February 2021 Chapter Trains in the Snow Photo Contest Winners & Entries

1st Place West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS Trains in the Snow Contest winner – NS #22A has made the trip up from the south through the second snow storm where the snow was heavier and the cold air managed to make it stick. Here, #22A is in the siding for a meet with eastbound #23G at the Buechel, KY Depot on 2-17-2021 – Photo by Bill Grady
2nd Place West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS Trains in the Snow Contest winner – February 19, 2021: Southbound CSX N013 passes the Ex L&N Hopkinsville, Ky depot with a blanket on snow surrounding it as it heads south on the CSX Henderson Subdivision. – Photo by Cooper Smith
3rd Place West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS Trains in the Snow Contest winner – February 19, 2021: UP 4601 leads K403 south at the last light of day in Slaughters, KY as Q500?s DPU can be seen in the background. – Photo by Cooper Smith
NS #22A (dim headlight) has “dogged Lawed” in the siding at Buechel, KY on this cold day of 11 February 2021. The other train, NS #172 has pulled up next to 22A to pick up the crew and take them on to Louisville so everyone can get home. The focus on the bush shows that the Louisville area received about 1/4″ of Ice. – Photo by Bill Grady
CSX E303 ascends Barnsley Hill between Morton’s Gap and Earlington, KY, February 20, 2021, with nearly 100 empty coal hoppers. This is the ruling northbound grade on CSX’s Henderson Subdivision. ES44DC 5471 is under a Restricted Proceed signal (lunar) as it closely follows a “Tote” train. – Photo by Bill Thomas
SB CN ethanol train at Bobo Road, West Paducah, KY on February 20, 2021. – Photo by Ricky Bivins
CSX Q028 heads through Mortons Gap KY on the Henderson Subdivision on February 17, 2021. – Photo by Ricky Bivins

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