May 23, 2010 CSX Derailment at Robards, Ky
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Monthly Archives: May 2010
May 24, 2010 Meeting Notes – Hopkinsville, Ky
The May 24, 2010 chapter meeting will be held at the L&N Depot at Hopkinsville, Ky with a program by some of the following individuals: Ed Whitfield, Michael Pape, Wallace Henderson or William Turner. Topics are yet to be determined. … Continue reading
Summerail at Cincinnati Union Terminal
SUMMERAIL AT C.U.T. from 1:00 PM to 10:00 PM and RAILROAD SHOW AND SALE 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM, in the Rotunda Saturday, August 14, 2010 at CINCINNATI UNION TERMINAL at 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio Join us at this … Continue reading
CSX Smoker by Matt Gentry
I was headed down to USI for my 1:30 class a couple weeks ago and as I was headed west on the Lloyd Expressway/SR62 I happened to noticed some thick black smoke rolling out of the city from what seemed … Continue reading
May 2010 Regional Rail Notes…
BRUSH CREEK, Tenn. – A group of train enthusiasts were among the many people stranded by flood waters on Saturday. Five-hundred fifty passengers were on a train ride from the Middle Tennessee Central Railway Museum. They were trying to make … Continue reading
Midwest High Speed Rail
The Illinois Senate today voted 59-0 to create the Illinois and Midwest High Speed Rail Commission with the intent of issuing a roadmap for the creation of bullet train lines in Illinois and neighboring states. Under General Assembly rules, such … Continue reading
CSX Track Work
Crew members came from various locations on the CSX system to work on upgrading crossings and track along the Henderson Subdivison that runs through Madisonville, Ky. Photos by Bill Thomas and Jim Pearson
April 23, 2010 saw P&L GP40 2119 and slug 2112
April 23, 2010 saw P&L GP40 2119 and slug 2112 leading freshly rebuilt Metra FP40 “Village of Orland Park” #116 and Indiana Railroad’s SD90 #9009 out of Progress Rail and toward Paducah where they would spend the weekend. Monday afternoon both units … Continue reading
West Kentucky Chapter Celebrates 25 Years
Charter members gathered for a group photo (right) during the April meeting of the West Kentucky Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society in Madisonville, KY. These members formed the consist of the chapter’s beginnings in 1985, after several had … Continue reading
Rich’s May 2010 Ramblings
We had a very interesting slide presentation by Dr. Fred Ripley that covered some interesting portions of the Pennsylvania Railroad last month. Fred is an accomplished photographer and had some great morning and twilight time photos to show us. It … Continue reading
Tied Up on The Henderson Sub by Chuck Hinrichs
If you’ve been anywhere near the Henderson Subdivision lately you have noticed the new ties and rail equipment present all along the line, even the supposedly ill-fated Earlington Main through Madisonville (which is also in the process of receiving new … Continue reading
Hook Line & Singer RR Report
Just like the prototypes, running a garden railroad has its hazards. Falling tree limbs seem to be my nemesis lately. I suppose it is due to all the loosely-attached hickory limbs – ice storm damage from 2009. These before and … Continue reading