Jim Pearson – Page 37 – The Pennyrail Online Edition

Living in the Cincinnati metro area, in my opinion, it’s less stressful to take public transportation to and from work and not do battle with I75 traffic. Recently, because of street car construction, specifically track laying, the bus I use, started taking a different route.

Some of you may know that Cincinnati was a large railroad town. Prior to the 1960’s there was probably at least 5 major railroads that pulled into Cincinnati and many used C.U.T. (Cincinnatti Union Terminal). I digress. One morning when we first started taking the new route, I noticed a building that had the wording on the side of it “ Baltimore and Ohio Railroad freight station & storage warehouse.” That evening, when I got home from work, I did some research about the building (most of this is information is gleaned from the internet).

The building was built in 1904, it is 5 stories tall and 1,277 feet long. The length of the building was the first thing I noticed about it. And because of it’s close proximity to C.U.T., I suspected it was probably used by some railroad. There are 80,000 feet of pillings used to support the concrete foundation. There are 4.2 million bricks used in the walls. There are 2.5 million board feet of lumber used for floors, joists, roof beams, etc.

The lower floor was designed for inbound freight and the 4 (four) upper floors were used for storage. The facility trackage could accommodate 125 cars. Other facilities included a boiler house, a 6 stall roundhouse, a coal tipple and a US Customs Bonded Warehouse, for the care of imported goods. The building is listed in the National Register of historic buildings. However, to my knowledge, you cannot go into the building as it current used by private businesses.

For more information about the building, google: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad storage Cincinnati.

Paducah and Louisville’s engine 4522 by Jim Pearson

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Fresh out of the paint shop at NRE (National Railway Equipment Co.) in Paducah, Ky, Paducah and Louisville’s engine 4522 sports a brand new UK paint scheme showing all the years that the University of Kentucky has won a NCAA National Championship. This is one of series of photographs I’ll be doing for P&L over the next few months. Thanks to P&L for allowing me to share it with you. – Tech Info: 1/800sec, f/7, ISO 140, Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. – Jim Pearson

CSX Office Car Special Movement, CSX P901-11 by Bill Grady

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Right - In a surprise CSX Office Car Special Movement, CSX P901-11 is running track speed(60mph) by the South End of Bonnieville, KY siding. The train left Louisville with officials on board headed for Birmingham. Departing at 0700, It was shot here at 0822 at milepost 67. One can only think that this is how the L&N would run the Hummingbird. The L&N would be hitting 90 mph here back then. 8/11/15 - Bill Grady — In a surprise CSX Office Car Special Movement, CSX P901-11 is running track speed(60mph) by the South End of Bonnieville, KY siding. The train left Louisville with officials on board headed for Birmingham. Departing at 0700, It was shot here at 0822 at milepost 67. One can only think that this is how the L&N would run the Hummingbird. The L&N would be hitting 90 mph here back then. 8/11/15 – Bill Grady

UP ES44AC #8051 by Matt Gentry

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UP ES44AC #8051 leads its stack train, made up primarily of K-Line containers, towards Devore on BNSF trackage. UP’s Palmdale cutoff are the tracks in the foreground. - Matt Gentry, 3/28/15 — UP ES44AC #8051 leads its stack train, made up primarily of K-Line containers, towards Devore on BNSF trackage. UP’s Palmdale cutoff are the tracks in the foreground. – Matt Gentry, 3/28/15

The Gulf Mobile & Ohio’s Rebel Pride by Chris Dees

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The Gulf Mobile & Ohio’s Rebel Pride is alive and well on the southern portion of the railroad near Montgomery, AL. Three former GM&O GP35’s, rebuilt by VMV Paducah in the 1990s for Burlington Northern, now work on GM&O track between Prattville, AL and Maplesville, AL. The trio is seen on the 4th of July 2015 at the headquarters of the line’s new owner, Autauga Northern, a subsidiary of Webb Asset Management Group. - Chris Dees — The Gulf Mobile & Ohio’s Rebel Pride is alive and well on the southern portion of the railroad near Montgomery, AL. Three former GM&O GP35’s, rebuilt by VMV Paducah in the 1990s for Burlington Northern, now work on GM&O track between Prattville, AL and Maplesville, AL. The trio is seen on the 4th of July 2015 at the headquarters of the line’s new owner, Autauga Northern, a subsidiary of Webb Asset Management Group. – Chris Dees

Former US Army SW8 2019 by Chris Dees

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Former US Army SW8 2019, last serving with the 101st Airborne Screaming Eagles at Fort Campbell, KY, spends the Fourth of July 2015 still serving her country at the Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum in Calera, AL. A great home of one of the country’s brave soldiers from the Korean Conflict. - Chris Dees — Former US Army SW8 2019, last serving with the 101st Airborne Screaming Eagles at Fort Campbell, KY, spends the Fourth of July 2015 still serving her country at the Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum in Calera, AL. A great home of one of the country’s brave soldiers from the Korean Conflict. – Chris Dees

P&L #4503 South by Bill Grady

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P&L #4503 South leads a loaded Coal Train across the Tennessee River at Kentucky Dam on a comfortable late summer afternoon. In a few short miles, this train will turn into the Calvert City Coal Terminal for unloading. 8/3/15. - Bill Grady — P&L #4503 South leads a loaded Coal Train across the Tennessee River at Kentucky Dam on a comfortable late summer afternoon. In a few short miles, this train will turn into the Calvert City Coal Terminal for unloading. 8/3/15. – Bill Grady

August 2015 Railflicks with Tom Johnson

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This video takes us to Minneapolis-St. Paul in the spring of 1970 and to Chicago for scenes from 1966-1970. We see many of the long gone railroads that we remember from our younger days and some that we never heard of.

In the MSP area are: Soo Line; Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern; Burlington Northern; Chicago & Northwestern; Rock Island, and Milwaukee Road.

In the Chicago area we will see: B&O; Belt Railway of Chicago; Burlington Northern, Canadian National; C&O; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; Chicago & Eastern Illinois; Chicago & Northwestern; Chicago Great Western; Chicago River & Indiana; Chicago, South Shore & South Bend; Elgin, Joliet & Eastern; Erie Lackawana; Pennsylvania; Grand Trunk Western; Great Northern; Gulf, Mobile & Ohio; Illinois Central; Indiana Harbor Belt; L&N; Northern Pacific; Seaboard Coast Line; Soo Line; Wabash; and the earliest days of Amtrak.

Not much needs to be said about this video. Reading the list of railroads that will appear in the video should stir something inside the hearts of rail fans. This DVD gives us a good look at old locomotive types that were commonly used in the late sixties and early seventies, including some Fairbanks Morse, Baldwin, GP series, SD series, and U series. Seeing the old locomotives proudly wearing the paint schemes of those long gone railroads is a trip back in time.

The image quality is representative of the technology of the time but is still good enough to make it a joy to watch this video.

I think you will like this one.