I ventured out Saturday morning to Danville (KY) and stumbled on a busy Two hours. More trains than I could keep up with and a few sucker holes to boot. The...
Someone at Trainorders.com has posted videos taken on the Old Road in the early sixties. The first video shows the ferry move of the F&C's doodlebug to KRM....
*CSX to decentralize dispatching* July 2, 2007 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - For several years several Class I railroads have been engaged in a debate over the benefits...
I don't think I ever saw a BL-2 running backwards on the Louisville section, but I do remember seeing a NH car on the train. It was when they were still using...
Was in Macon for the holiday (and dad's b-day) and managed to catch these on the way home. First is a Rail Link switcher at the GC yard. Second shows one of ...
I went out to Lawrenceburg this evening to execute a plan that had been brewing in my head for Two years. The County was supposed to have its normal large...
Looked good to me! I was especially impressed with the water relection shot of the locomotive number boards, very clear and distinct! Gary ... From: E.M.Bell...
... Wow, this certainly is a radical shift in CSX's strategy. I just hope that while they are decentralizing the dispatching, they don't have as many problems...
There is an old United Airlines Commercial in which a boss is handling out airline tickets for his account representatives. They had not been visiting their...
Paducah Railroad Historical Society The Paducah Chapter of the National Railroad Historical Society invites everyone to join our monthly get-together at the...
I would also be very interested in obtaining a copy of the book on the Kentucky Terminal and Traction Company, if anyone is able to locate the source. Thanks, ...
Add my name to the list of folks wanting that book. Mike Gillespie ... ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be...
I know this is a little late to restart this discussion, but we've been out of town and I'm just catching up. I do remember seeing a BL2 running back- wards...
having ran a BL-2 backwards a time or two, I couldn't agree more with C&O's operating department. It's no fun at all trying to watch the equalizing resovoir ...
Back in the 50's when I lived in Danville, used to come visit an aunt and uncle that lived on Ann St., so frequently saw the afternoon GW (322) and I do recall...
I actually got in several rides on the GW from Lexington to at least Frankfort, and a couple on to Louisville in the early 60s. My Mom worked for an ...
Hey Jim, Does KRM have any plans to run the BL-2 this summer? It's terrific to see #152 back in steam, and I have some great pix of the CF-7; but I'd really...
There will hopefully be a book on the KT&T in 2008 or 2009 -- A small dummy book has been prepared for comment and this maybe what you saw --- No I am not the...
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Jul 12, 2007 10:25 pm
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R. J. Corman will start to put in steel ties and new track through the Frankfort Tunnel in the next week or so. The tunnel is to receive a concrete coating...
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Jul 12, 2007 11:53 pm
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R. J. Corman will lower the floor of the Eastwood Tunnel two feet starting next week. They will put in steel ties when finished. Have to lower floor as the...
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Jul 13, 2007 12:03 am
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I sure wish I had real photographs to supplement my mental pictures of those rides, Bill! And I wish time had permitted a ride on the GW from the last...
Hi, ?I have an?old railroad magazine from 1963 and it has an article on the?move?of the GW?from Central to?Union and?according to the article it happened in...
Hi, ?Does anyone know why a New Haven sleeper was on the GW? Steve ... From: Mike Gillespie <preacherman611@...> To: KentuckyRailfan@yahoogroups.com ...
Steve: It could have been a car chartered by a group from the Northeast headed to a Convention in Louisville. Since - I believe - one of the Pullmans on the GW...
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