LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Authorities planned to keep an evacuation and shelter-in-place order in effect through Thursday morning as crews continued their efforts to put out a fire in a derailed train tank car near West Point, Ky. WDRB 41 … Continue reading
Crude-by-Rail Transportation is Growing… In past months, KBT’s Transportation News has reported on the recent increase of crude oil- by- rail transportation in Canada and the United States. Freight rail transportation of crude, in part, stems from opposition to new … Continue reading
by Times-Mail Staff Writer Roger Moon Submitted by chapter member Chris Dees Alan Barnett is retiring in July as general manager of the Indiana Railway Museum in French Lick, but he has no intention of completely separating himself from the … Continue reading
(Reprinted from Greene County Daily World Monday, August 26, 2011) Submitted by Chris Dees Indiana Rail Road Company (IRRC) will announce a major capital investment at a groundbreaking ceremony today in Jasonville. IRRC President and Chief Executive Officer Thomas G. … Continue reading
A CSX train derailed at Guthrie, Ky at 05:20 (CDT) on September 15, 2011. The Lead loco is just south of Fairgrounds Rd with a broken knuckle. The second loco is about 1/4 mile north upright at a 30 degree … Continue reading
Amtrak is calling “all kids—young and old” to join the coast-to-coast celebration of train love. On Saturday, May 7th, hundreds of National Train Day festivities are taking place across the country including four major events in Washington, DC, Philadelphia, Los … Continue reading
Those of you who know a little about using scanners to listen in on radio communications while railfanning know that the industry is changing with CSX is poised to lead the way. However, this may come at a hefty price … Continue reading
The “Old Goat” (Dennis Carnal) walks along the CSX Morganfield Branch, just west of Manitou, KY, where a loaded Dotiki unit coal train derailed in December, 2010, grounding seven aluminum 100-ton hoppers. – Photographs by Bill Thomas
Remember the phrase “I love the smell of napalm in the morning” from one of those old war movies? Well fellow Hoosier Railfan, spent the morning of December 14, 2010, in Crawfordsville, watching CSX crews take down the remaining semaphores … Continue reading