Waiting in the siding at Vienna Jct

SB empty train on the BNSF River Sub. This train will take the new wye and head up the Thayer Sub

NB train on the BNSF Thayer Sub

Empty coal returning to Memphis on NS

NS train 232 works hard to pull a heavy coal train up a grade between Moscow and La Grange

DPU

An empty coal train stops for a crew change at an intermodal loading facility near Memphis

EVWR ran this BNSF grain train to Abengoa in Posey County and on this trip is returning the empty train to BNSF at Woodlawn. The weather was horrible, but the allure of bright orange on EVWR got us out of the house and up for the chase.
The first shot was here at the old signal tower where L&N met NYC/IC in Carmi

Continuing west through Enfield

A pair of DPU on the BNSF train passes parked EVWR power. The heavy rain made for lens spots unfortunately.

Crossing over the CN at Belle Rive

Ugliness at Dahlgren. Always wanted this shot, but not in these conditions

Passing the dilapidated station at Mt Vernon IL

Finally home. The train was handed back to BNSF and headed north towards Centralia

Rerouted NS trains with BNSF power. These are usually on the Memphis line, but flooding pushed them north.

Train 737 crosses the Patoka River

A cloud moved over just in time to screw a shot of this WB 70ACe

Start of a south bound chase of CSX train Q595