CSX Transportation, CSXT 9969 EMD GP40WH-2, on an overcast and rainy day CSX W003-28 Geometry train heading north over the approach bridge to the Henderson Ohio river bridge that you can see in the foreground. W003 will tie down in one of the old piggyback tracks in the CSX Howell yard in Evansville, Indiana on October 29, 2020
Tag: Evansville
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CSXT 3468 GE ET44AH
CSX Transportation, CSXT 3468 GE ET44AH GEVO Tier 4 in the lead departing Howell Yard on the CSX Evansville Terminal Subdivision in Evansville, Indiana on July 26, 2020.
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CP 8747 GE ES44AC
Canadian Pacific, CP 8747 GE ES44AC crew ties down K443-30 on the CSX Evansville Terminal Subdivision at Harwood siding in Evansville, Indiana on July 31, 2020.
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CP 7021 EMD SD70ACU
Canadian Pacific, CP 7021 EMD SD70ACU rebuilt SD90MAC wears the sand colour that the Canadian and U.S. armies apply to fighting vehicles and equipment serving in arid climates. Today it is leading CSX K815-19 in CSX Howell yard on the Evansville Terminal Subdivision where they will drop off and pick up some cars in Evansville, Indiana on July 21, 2020.
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CP 7021 EMD SD70ACU
Canadian Pacific, CP 7021 EMD SD70ACU rebuilt SD90MAC wears the sand colour that the Canadian and U.S. armies apply to fighting vehicles and equipment serving in arid climates. Today it is leading CSX K815-19 in CSX Howell yard on the Evansville Terminal Subdivision where they will drop off and pick up some cars in Evansville, Indiana on July 21, 2020.
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CP 7021 EMD SD70ACU
Canadian Pacific, CP 7021 EMD SD70ACU rebuilt SD90MAC wears the sand colour that the Canadian and U.S. armies apply to fighting vehicles and equipment serving in arid climates. Today it is leading CSX K815-19 in CSX Howell yard on the Evansville Terminal Subdivision where they will drop off and pick up some cars in Evansville, Indiana on July 21, 2020.
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CP 7021 EMD SD70ACU
Canadian Pacific, CP 7021 EMD SD70ACU rebuilt SD90MAC wears the sand colour that the Canadian and U.S. armies apply to fighting vehicles and equipment serving in arid climates. Today it is leading CSX K815-19 heading south passing by the AMD switcher as it heads into CSX Howell yard on the Evansville Terminal Subdivision in Evansville, Indiana on July 21, 2020
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CSX viaduct foggy morning
A few years ago I was talking to a friend about the CSX viaduct which leads up to the Ohio River bridge. He told me that he had been there before and told me about one foggy morning, how peaceful and beautiful it was as the train passed by in the fog.
So on February 2, 2019 I got up early and headed to the viaduct runs through part of Evansville, Indiana known as Rahm. I was driving on Old Henderson Road in the fog as the sun started to come up, thinking that I was going to be too late for the shot I had in mind.
As I was passing through the location known as Dogtown and keeping a close eye on the road, a deer ran out in front of my truck! I tried to stop but still hit it, knocking it down. It got up, looked at me, laughed, and then ran into the woods. I got out to look at the damage to my truck, but luckily there was only minor damage to the grill and headlights, so I proceeded to the viaduct.
When I got there I knew wanted a shot of a northbound so after looking at several spots I found the one that I liked. Luckily, there was plenty of time before the fog would burn off. Then, off in the distance, across the Ohio River, I heard lonesome horn of northbound coming north from Henderson, Kentucky.
I got set up, making camera adjustments as it got closer, for the sharpest picture. I don’t think I got the best shot, but I’m pleased with the results! I waited for another train but the fog lifted, so in the end all I got was a really expensive picture for the day! However, at least my insurance paid for the repairs from the deer encounter and a rental for a new Toyota Camry while my truck was repaired! The hazards of rail fanning!
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CSXT 844 GE ES44AH
On March 11, 2020 CSX Transportation, CSXT 844 GE ES44AH leads a manifest train north over the viaduct to the Ohio river bridge into Henderson, Kentucky from Evansville, Indiana on the Henderson Subdivision.
The original viaduct was constructed in 1885 by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and in 1932 the current viaduct was constructed and is 12,123 feet long, the bridge over the Ohio River taking up 648 feet of that distance.
The span over the Ohio River was designed and built to be used as a double track and the approach pier has a block puzzle design for interlocking the existing pier to the new pier to allow a second approach.
However, the second approach was never built, and I was told by a CSX employee that the track on the bridge is too close for the harmony rocking of the trains.
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CSXT 1543 EMD GP15-1
The street lights provide good lighting on the old Chessie System Steel Bay Window Caboose as it gets dark early here in Indiana on November 4, 2017 just before 8:00pm. Here I caught the CSX Evansville local tied down on the lead to downtown, waiting for a crew and a new day. The local uses whatever is available, this day the power was CSXT 1543 an EMD GP15-1 with Fruit Growers Express C-27A ex-C&O caboose CSXT 904138 tagging along for shoving moves through town.