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After meeting C887 (bound for Gary, Indiana) B241 is now rolling through the home stretch towards Corbin where it will have all 3 of its units refueled for the journey south. Leading the charge is Canadian National heritage unit 3115, painted for BC Rail. Forget another railroad, this one is taking us out of the country, making it that much more unusual to see on former L&N trackage, displayed by the old searchlights here at Lily. This is the closest thing to British Columbia that you will ever see in the Bluegrass State.

CN 3115, painted for BC Rail, leads a rerouted B241 into the yard in Corbin, Ky, and past the old L&N Depot. The heavy rain had now slowed to a drizzle as we stood on the old station platform. The BC Rail is the farthest thing from the scene of an old L&N passenger train rolling in here in the 50's, though the red, white, and blue scheme does resemble that classic "'Murica!" feel. Out of sight on the other end of the depot is L&N 2132, the only remaining L&N-built steam locomotive to exist. Funny enough, the day marked the 7-year anniversary of its dedication here in this very spot. Who knew that 7 years from that moment, we would be standing at the depot awaiting our train.

After getting held up north for a bit, CSX B241-20 made its way into south Georgia with CN 3115, the BC Rail heritage unit, leading the loaded potash train south. This one sure drew out the crowd today, and for good reason. CN 3115 is painted in the same form that BC Rail used to paint their MLW M420 units after going to the red, white and blue paint scheme. This is also the first of the CN heritage units that has made it this far south. These loaded potash trains typically come from CN but will occasionally come off the CP as well. In this case, the train arrived in Chicago as CN B746

The train that brought people in droves to the Bluegrass state, B241-20 with CN 3115 leading, exits the tunnel at Sinks and rolls by an abandoned limestone quarry, on its trek to Corbin for a crew change, and later Tampa.

With the sun finally breaking through for last light after a day of storms, empty potash train CSX B240-11 rolls through the small community of Rebecca, GA with a trio of CN motors hustling the long string of empties back to Chicago. Also of interest was the rotary Bone Valley phosphate hopper on the head end of the cars.

NS ET44AC #3657 leads the charge with Intermodal 277 in tow as the train reaches the summit of a 12-mile incline, 10 miles of which are at a 1% grade or higher.

One of the New River Valley’s longest trains, Intermodal 277, passes by the old Norfolk and Western Christiansburg Depot as it winds through the curves and hills of the Christiansburg District towards Bluefield, WV.

BNSF 3944 and Citirail 1411 lead an empty oil train in south Seattle, WA with a large summer thunderstorm in the background in June 2016.

CN 3219, sporting a CN 100th anniversary sticker, leads a southbound manifest through the town of Munger.

CN M30511 12 slows down through Brockville preparing to hold at Lynn for VIA 645

KCSM 4887 leads 267 at Rankin during a glorious golden hour at dawn.

NS 3636 leads NS 179-24 by West End- Springfield, OH under the moonlight and the New York Central Big Four Type G Tri Light signal dating back to 1925. West End was a Interlocking between the Columbus to Cincinnati Mainline and the P&E Division mainline between Springfield & Indianapolis. Today the P&E no longer remains and this signal is all there is to show today.

Eastbound CFE 06 sand train for interchange with the Wheeling & Lake Erie rolls through Pierceton on the former PRR main as the light fades away. A KCS and GECX ET44 pair lead the way, making for an interesting duo.

UP 7294 West leads a loaded grain train up the steep grade at Medbury Hill near the summit at Reverse, Idaho.

BNSF 8290 west enters into the town of Cheney through a sweeping curve.

CN 2725 is the lead unit in a display of colorful power with engines from KCS, UP and Grand Trunk.

CP 9761 and PRLX Demo unit 7234 power a northbound oil train into the KCS Heavener yard.

Both CN veterans units power CN Z195 on a midnight run through Centralia

Chased one of my friends down the W line and took this picture of him rounding a curve.

Both Canadian Pacific and Canadian National locomotives power CN A431-71 coming into the yard northbound