Nomad of Mid-America
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Paducah and Louisville local LML1 ducks under a venerable wooden road bridge in the tight confines of a rock cut near Eastview, KY, on the eastward leg of a round-trip between Lietchfield and Vine Grove. The train consists mostly of loaded rock hoppers for Scotty's Contracting & Stone moving between the company's quarry in Lietchfield and a new stone yard in Vine Grove. The engines in view are actually bringing up the rear of the train. LML1 combined with a work train at Lietchfield and the crew assembled the train in a 2x3 power configuration for the trip to Vine Grove. The cars for the work train and some of the locomotives would later be set out at Cecilia on the return westbound trip.
An hour prior to this photograph, the tracks through this rock cut were completely lit by the afternoon sun. A 25-mph heat restriction slowed the train's progress enough for the sun to swing around and leave most of the rock cut in shadows by the time the train arrived. While there was enough sun for a "spotlit" shot of the nose, it is hard not to be somewhat disappointed with this image knowing what could have been.
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Paducah and Louisville local LML1 ducks under a venerable wooden road bridge in the tight confines of a rock cut near Eastview, KY, on the eastward leg of a round-trip between Lietchfield and Vine Grove. The train consists mostly of loaded rock hoppers for Scotty's Contracting & Stone moving between the company's quarry in Lietchfield and a new stone yard in Vine Grove. The engines in view are actually bringing up the rear of the train. LML1 combined with a work train at Lietchfield and the crew assembled the train in a 2x3 power configuration for the trip to Vine Grove. The cars for the work train and some of the locomotives would later be set out at Cecilia on the return westbound trip.
An hour prior to this photograph, the tracks through this rock cut were completely lit by the afternoon sun. A 25-mph heat restriction slowed the train's progress enough for the sun to swing around and leave most of the rock cut in shadows by the time the train arrived. While there was enough sun for a "spotlit" shot of the nose, it is hard not to be somewhat disappointed with this image knowing what could have been.