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Title: Snow on the NS and a trip to the PAL
Post by: Gage O'Dell on January 28, 2015, 10:50:29 PM

As Emmett already posted earlier, we took a little road trip to Western Kentucky to the Paducah and Louisville Railway to see the Norfolk and Western heritage unit, but were treated to a couple of other goodies while we were over there. Before we made the 3 hour journey, we stayed around home to shoot a couple trains on the Louisville District while the snow was fresh and still around before the warmer weather melted it all. After shooting a surprisingly clean UP EMD, we started our journey west toward the PAL, my first visit in fact. And it couldn't have started any better by shooting a set of 6 Geeps leading an empty coal train headed for the mine at McHenry. After shooting them and a loaded CSX coal train, NS 890 finally got on the move and we started our chase in amazing light and were treated to a beautiful sunset.

All in all it was a fantastic day and a great first road trip of 2015. Below are a few pictures from the days adventure, you can see the rest over on my Flickr>>https://www.flickr.com/photos/46459752@N08/

NS M67 pops into a winter wonderland at Alton Station
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7407/16359308022_583935a4f1_c.jpg)

NS M67 kicks up snow as it rolls through Nevin
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7315/16334239806_58ea11eec2_c.jpg)

PAL LG3 rolls through the open valley at Spring Lake with fresh Kentucky snow
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7393/16174322077_c8f0ba0bea_c.jpg)

LC3 curves through the small town of McHenry as it prepares to back into the Armstrong Mine
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8582/15740235793_6dd312fed8_c.jpg)

NW 8103 pushes hard on PAL LCL3 (NS 890) as it passes by a classic Illinois Central signal near Beaver Dam, KY
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8625/16173986309_95f1a9c75e_c.jpg)

The sun sets in the sky as P&L LCL3 rounds the bend at Spring Lake near Caneyville, KY.
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7449/16172825770_9b8e0830b2_c.jpg)

Title: Re: Snow on the NS and a trip to the PAL
Post by: leroy on January 29, 2015, 08:09:53 AM

Gage... Great shots... My favorite is the full face shot of P&L2113....

Keep up the good work...
leroy

Title: Re: Snow on the NS and a trip to the PAL
Post by: Matt L on January 29, 2015, 08:09:12 PM

What type of EMDs are the PAL engines?

Title: Re: Snow on the NS and a trip to the PAL
Post by: Gage O'Dell on January 29, 2015, 08:41:00 PM

Quote from: Matt L on January 29, 2015, 08:09:12 PM
What type of EMDs are the PAL engines?

3, I believe, are GP40-3s and the other 3 are slugs, not sure what classification

Title: Re: Snow on the NS and a trip to the PAL
Post by: Bill Richardson on January 29, 2015, 10:14:17 PM

Some of their engines are "roadmates". I saw an abbreviated version of that name on a couple of them. Number 2104 is one. It has "RdMate" in small letters right under the number on the cab.

Title: Re: Snow on the NS and a trip to the PAL
Post by: thpbears on January 30, 2015, 06:49:39 AM

Very Nice shots.

Title: Re: Snow on the NS and a trip to the PAL
Post by: Matt L on February 01, 2015, 07:17:48 PM

Thanx for the answers, guys. The engines look great.

JREB.ORG

Photo and Video => Trip Reports and Photo Sharing => Topic started by: Gage O'Dell on January 28, 2015, 10:50:29 PM