SB grain train with a nice leader.

After meeting a NB, train Q651 pulls siding to main and heads to Evansville

Yellowbonnet at Howell.

A B40-8 leads extra 645 south on the viaduct at Rahm.

NB BNSF meets SB UP at a CSX yard. Got to love railroading in the modern age.

A BNSF B unit sits at Howell

Q649's conductor watches NB intermodal Q124 fly by at south Decker.

NS train 375 emerges from Duncan Tunnel.

375 clears the signal at Duncan

Tropical storm Arlene was the first of 2005 and it was raining down on this SB train going in to Howell Yard at Evansville

Q649 arrives at Howell during the rains brought by TS Arlene

NB train Q514 rides high above the dry flood plain south of Evansville

Crossing King Rd in rural Vanderburgh County

SB train Q645 kicks up dust passing new construction at Kings.

Rack train sitting on the east leg of the Toyota wye

Train 115 pulls up the siding and prepares to depart Princeton.

Construction ongoing to add 3 yard tracks between Princeton and Hydes Chapel Rd.

Train 224 pulls the grade between Francisco and East Douglas

A colorful array of engines pulls Q514 north near Patoka.

SB rack train waits to depart Radnor Yard at Nashville

SB rack train through Brentwood TN

A Katrina reroute north of Princeton.

SB reroute on the viaduct

A GP60B provides power for R655

SB reroute runs through the interlocker at Princeton

SB rack train with a GP60 leader

Q265 heads south towards Kentucky

SB on the siding at Oaktown

Stretched out on the siding at Oaktown

SB at Patoka

EB train 168 leaves Princeton on the siding

Chasing 168 east, on the roller coaster near AWW

Stretched out over the hump

WB near Duke Energy

9800' of intermodal and autoracks stretched out at Huntingburg, waiting for train 112 to arrive

On the move east, train 285 is about to enter the small town of Francisco.

Over the rollercoaster hump at Hatfield Junction

With a fresh crew, train 285 departs for Louisville

Blowing coal, a beautiful leader... if only there had been sunshine

Further north, T981 rounds the curve and is about to cross the NS diamond at Princeton

Cornfields, grain bins and a coal train. Must be Indiana!

Taking the siding at Decker for a meet with 6 southbound trains. It's gonna be awhile before he gets to move again.

So.. 6 trains and 3 hrs later, T981 is finally on the move north again.

Dramatic lighting as 981 emerges in to brief sunlight.

Train 283 backs in to Toyota wye to pick up loaded racks.

Leaving Princeton on the siding

The conductor from train Q645 keeps an eye on both the photographer and the rack train passing by.

Q645 gets a green signal and moves from siding to main at Decker

A pair of pumpkins at the point of SB train Q597.

Q597 rounds the curve prior to passing over the Ohio and in to Kentucky.

Two triple headed BNSF trains meet at Sullivan on CSX tracks.

SB train K837 gets the signal ahead of NS 283

A nice looking B40-8 in H1 paint leads a CSX grain train past Smith.

K828 continues north past Oaktown.

SB with 34 wide loads at the front end. This train later went in to emergency at south Princeton when it popped an air hose.

Pulling in to North Howell. Reitz High School in background

After a crew change, K837 leaves Evansville and heads over the Ohio River to Ky.

A beautiful SD60 pulls a CSX grain train south through the old CE&I coal chute north of Sullivan.

The train came to a stop in the siding for a meet with Q121

Q121 went south, S514 goes north.

NS train 283 sits high on the hill awaiting a crew.

The BNSF heritage train?

After a very long delay, and almost total loss of light, L645 finally pulls south through Kings.

WB NS grain train near Hatfield Junction

SB train Q515 slows near Deusner Rd for a meet with NB Q596 and Q592, both of which are coming across the Ohio River in to Evansville

Finally the sun pops out for a few minutes. The area was flooded during the last week, but the water has receded considerably.

A BNSF special running on CSX, possibly a reroute.

Recrewed and leaving Princeton yard

A BNSF reroute on CSX.

NB version of this rerouted train. It will go to Vincennes and turn west on the St. Louis sub.

SB extra coal train waits in the hole at south Hazelton.

BNSF business train holds the main at south Kings. The train is heading to the Ryder Cup at Louisville.

P921 gets up to speed quickly after exiting south Kings.

P921 pulls to south Howell for a crew change

On the move again after a few brief minutes at Howell.

Still standing but defunct tower at the former B&O diamond

Rear DPU pushes a loaded coal train across Carlyle Lake

Approaching Shattuc

Waiting in the siding at Vienna Jct

SB empty train on the BNSF River Sub. This train will take the new wye and head up the Thayer Sub

NB train on the BNSF Thayer Sub

Empty coal returning to Memphis on NS

NS train 232 works hard to pull a heavy coal train up a grade between Moscow and La Grange

DPU

An empty coal train stops for a crew change at an intermodal loading facility near Memphis

EVWR ran this BNSF grain train to Abengoa in Posey County and on this trip is returning the empty train to BNSF at Woodlawn. The weather was horrible, but the allure of bright orange on EVWR got us out of the house and up for the chase.
The first shot was here at the old signal tower where L&N met NYC/IC in Carmi

Continuing west through Enfield

A pair of DPU on the BNSF train passes parked EVWR power. The heavy rain made for lens spots unfortunately.

Crossing over the CN at Belle Rive

Ugliness at Dahlgren. Always wanted this shot, but not in these conditions

Passing the dilapidated station at Mt Vernon IL

Finally home. The train was handed back to BNSF and headed north towards Centralia

Rerouted NS trains with BNSF power. These are usually on the Memphis line, but flooding pushed them north.

Train 737 crosses the Patoka River

A cloud moved over just in time to screw a shot of this WB 70ACe

Start of a south bound chase of CSX train Q595

Passing the defunct Emison elevator

BNSF powered grain train on EVWR that unloaded at Abengoa.