Nomad of Mid-America
Sinking a Three-Pointer
The quickly ascending sun of a fall morning in eastern Kentucky shines rather ironically onto the valley floor at Sinks, its wide spot left from years of excavation as a limestone mine. Winding through the valley's twists and turns and carving through the solid rock when necessary, northbound CSX manifest freight Q542 22 en route to the Queen City's Queensgate Yard prepares the plunge into the darkness of the Mullins Station Tunnel at Sinks while making its way northward on the CC Subdivision, one "C" each representing the major endpoints on the line--Corbin and Cincy. Only Q542 and its southbound counterpart Q541 remain as regularly scheduled freights out here, mixing with a decreasing handful of bulk trains that ply this remotely scenic stretch of the Old Reliable.
Sinking a Three-Pointer
The quickly ascending sun of a fall morning in eastern Kentucky shines rather ironically onto the valley floor at Sinks, its wide spot left from years of excavation as a limestone mine. Winding through the valley's twists and turns and carving through the solid rock when necessary, northbound CSX manifest freight Q542 22 en route to the Queen City's Queensgate Yard prepares the plunge into the darkness of the Mullins Station Tunnel at Sinks while making its way northward on the CC Subdivision, one "C" each representing the major endpoints on the line--Corbin and Cincy. Only Q542 and its southbound counterpart Q541 remain as regularly scheduled freights out here, mixing with a decreasing handful of bulk trains that ply this remotely scenic stretch of the Old Reliable.