First Place – West Ky NRHS March 2021 Photo Contest by Matt Gentry – Having heard of a southbound with UP power on the point on this bright and sunny spring day I wanted to get a unique shot. Remembering that almost all UP power has the American flag on the long hood and realizing that I was close to Crofton, I remembered an idea I had back in January. But this time there is a theme – Flags! Not long after setting up the shot, the train became audible and, to my surprise, traffic on US41 cooperated and left a huge window for this unobstructed shot.Second Place – West Ky NRHS March 2021 Photo Contest by Cooper Smith – A Dash 8 rebuild CSX 7779 leads a K train north from Nashville, TN after meeting a southbound autorack train.CSX rail train preparing to drop new continuous rail north of Crofton, KY. – Photo by William Farrell, 3/30/2021.Rolling along at track speed, the always reliable CSX Q025 and his 12,700 foot train are about to cross Peddler McDonald Road just North of Sebree, KY on a wonderful spring Saturday on March 27, 2021. Photo by Bill GradyMarch 28, 10:35 AM a South bound CSX Q-029 passes through Mortons Gap KY on the Henderson Subdivision. – Photo by Rick BivinsOn March 30th, 2021 CSXT 434 pulls CSX W029 pulls a military train as it passes over the grade crossing at the north end of Kelly, KY as it heads south on the CSX Henderson Subdivision. – Photo by William FarrellHaving finished getting his train out of the Ohio River Valley, Norfolk Southern #224 is westbound and about to go under the new overpass for Lanesville Road just west of Georgetown, Indiana on March 24, 2021. – Photo by Bill GradyOn March 28th, 2021, Some foreign visitors head up a northbound covered hopper train headed out of Evansville, IN. Seen here going under the bridge that is Baseline Rd. on Evansville’s north side, the train has taken the siding to hold for a southbound manifest that will pass by shortly. – Photo by Matt GentryThe rising sun peeks through a loaded CSX coal train as it heads south bound on the Henderson Subdivision on March 30, 2021 at Mortons Gap, Kentucky. – Photo by Rick BivinsPAL 4516 heads up the northbound LG train as it passes Rob Roy Rd near Beaver Dam, KY. – Photo by Cooper Smith
