Steve Gentry happened upon these RJ Corman units at a sand and gravel distributor on River Road in Louisville March 14, 2022. Could the sky have been any more perfect?
RJC 3806 is a GP 38 rebuild – one of my favorites! My opinion, the GPs and SDs and the greatest looking faces and bodies.
The Norfolk Southern heritage unit, NS 8114 at Princeton, IN. – Photos by Steve Gentry
Steve Gentry caught two NS freights waiting to enter the yard at Princeton, IN, May 8, 2021. – Photo by Steve Gentry
Steve Gentry spotted this WFRX GP15 March 9, 2021, it was sitting on the site of the old L&N station in Evansville. The old L&N station was located on Fulton Ave close to Ohio Street. It has a fresh coat of paint. The track it was sitting on services a couple of downtown Evansville locations. Apparently 560 is being assigned switching duties at Berry Plastics in Evansville.
Living in the Cincinnati metro area, in my opinion, it’s less stressful to take public transportation to and from work and not do battle with I75 traffic. Recently, because of street car construction, specifically track laying, the bus I use, started taking a different route.
Some of you may know that Cincinnati was a large railroad town. Prior to the 1960’s there was probably at least 5 major railroads that pulled into Cincinnati and many used C.U.T. (Cincinnatti Union Terminal). I digress. One morning when we first started taking the new route, I noticed a building that had the wording on the side of it “ Baltimore and Ohio Railroad freight station & storage warehouse.” That evening, when I got home from work, I did some research about the building (most of this is information is gleaned from the internet).
The building was built in 1904, it is 5 stories tall and 1,277 feet long. The length of the building was the first thing I noticed about it. And because of it’s close proximity to C.U.T., I suspected it was probably used by some railroad. There are 80,000 feet of pillings used to support the concrete foundation. There are 4.2 million bricks used in the walls. There are 2.5 million board feet of lumber used for floors, joists, roof beams, etc. 
The lower floor was designed for inbound freight and the 4 (four) upper floors were used for storage. The facility trackage could accommodate 125 cars. Other facilities included a boiler house, a 6 stall roundhouse, a coal tipple and a US Customs Bonded Warehouse, for the care of imported goods. The building is listed in the National Register of historic buildings. However, to my knowledge, you cannot go into the building as it current used by private businesses.
For more information about the building, google: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad storage Cincinnati.
