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| Jim Pearson Photography posted Paducah and Louisville Railway loaded coal at Big Clifty, Kentucky Paducah and Louisville University of Kentucky locomotives 4522 and 2012 lead the Louisville Gas & Electric loaded coal train across the trestle at Big Clifty, Kentucky as it heads north along highway 62 on its way to the Louisville Gas and Electric power plant in the Kosmosdale neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. According to their website: “The Mill Creek Generation Station is LG&E’s largest coal-fired power plant, with a generating capacity of 1,465 megawatts. Mill Creek sits on 544 acres in southwest Jefferson County, Ky. The late 1960s and early 1970s saw an unprecedented increase in the construction of new industrial, commercial, and residential facilities in the Louisville area. As customers’ demand for energy increased, LG&E needed additional generating capability to guarantee supply and ensure reliability. Mill Creek began commercial operation in 1972 to meet this growing demand.” Tech Info: Wide Photo: DJI Mavic Air 2 Drone, RAW, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/640, ISO 100, August 17, 2021. Jim Pearson Photography Lisa Ann Keown Absolutely beautiful !! I've lived near this bridge my entire life and always wondered how it looked from above.  This bridge was built in 1934. It is 920' 6" long and sits 128 feet above Clifty Hollow! This is how the town of Big Clifty was born. |
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| Redeker Rail Video & Photography posted Was finally able to grab a shot I have been after for a while on the Clifty Creek trestle on the Paducah & Louisville yesterday. While working in the area the last few days I realized PAL4522 (UofK Basketball Championships Unit) would lead coal loads from McHenery Mine to Louisville Gas & Electrics plant near Kosmodale ( just outside Louisville). On top of that it was a cloudy day which would make a shot possible otherwise it would be extremely backlit when it crossed the trestle heading Railroad north(eastbound) around 2pm.. LG1 (assuming that’s the correct symbol) with PAL4522 on the point leads coal loads across the Clifty Creek trestle between Clarkson and Big Clifty Kentucky on September 15th 2021. Terry Redeker shared |
Most of the towers are hidden by trees. In this example. the girders across the towers are as deep as the longer girders between towers.
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