Railway Historical

Ubiquitous

Crossing the north/south rail line in Seymour, Indiana, I noticed a headlight. I pulled over and set up for this northbound train, which can be seen with a connector track to the east/west line in town.

The train is on the Louisville & Indiana (former Pennsylvania) with the unseen line being CSX (former Baltimore & Ohio). I was hoping for some spiffy-painted L&I units (which take after the old Pennsy), but instead got yet another dose of the ubiquitous Union Pacific.

One image by Richard Koenig; taken November 15th 2024.

Color Position Lights

This is the second time, in the last few years, that I've ventured down to see the Ohio & Mississippi in southern Indiana. I photographed a fair amount of action on this line (as the Baltimore & Ohio) when I was a teenager back in the late 1970s. I'll try to illustrate that soon here.

I scouted a couple of spots today, but seemed to have missed the one train per day that rides these rails. We're between Seymour and Brownstown, Indiana, and I believe this particular spot is called Shields, not far from mile post 94 (measured from Cincinnati).

One image by Richard Koenig; taken November 13th 2024.