Thank you Michael. I saw on Facebook that after we left a CSX train came to Ravenna to store some boxcars. Wish we had seen it. Have a great week and stay safe!
Thanks for sharing this Thom. My wife fell in love with the Family Lines paint scheme way back and picked up a Kato unit maybe 25 years ago. Still runs great.
You are welcome, Jack. I always liked it myself and also like the Seaboard System scheme. I didn’t know it was a ‘dummy’ unit until I saw that the air intakes on the back had been covered over and painted. Are there any Kato’s that don’t run great?😁 Enjoy the rest of your week.
Hello Thom, an interesting trip to the Ravenna Railroad Festival 2023. A well-preserved saddle-boiler steam locomotive and a short ride. The steam locomotives awaiting restoration were magnificent. Thank you for taking us with you. Best regards Wolfgang
Thanks for visiting and riding with us Thom! We appreciate the video and hope to see ya’ll again! Enjoyed chatting on the train ride. Your model of Oak Hill & Cedar Heights Clay is incredible!!
Thanks for the nice comments, Ty. We enjoyed the day and it was nice talking to you. You guys have gotten a lot done over the past few years! I have lots of videos of various kinds on my channel, so I hope you check some more out when you have time. Have a great week and stay safe!
Wow, great to see a Vulcan locomotive still working. I live across the Susquehanna river from Wilkes Barre. Today the Vulcan Iron Works buildings are a metal recycling center.
Jawtooth has at least a couple of videos of it in action. They had it set up so people couldn’t get near the tracks while it was moving. Thanks for the personal note, Maurice. Have a great week and stay safe!
Hello from Kentucky. Thank you for watching and commenting. You probably won’t see this until Saturday morning so: Good morning! Have a great weekend and stay safe!
Hi Thom. My mom may she rest in peace was from Irvine fright next door to Ravenna. My grandparents who were very well known, liked and respected in the community were in the store business for over 40 years before retiring. I would always go see my grandparents in the summer for at least a week and I’m old enough to remember when the EK subdivision was booming with traffic. Sadly the EK sub has been defunct for a long time. CSX uses the few remaining yard tracks for storage but yeah the coal traffic is gone. I’m very happy that CSX and Kentucky Steam Heritage worked out a deal to have the Kentucky Steam Heritage facility and it’s been reconnected to the North American rail network after years of being idle and abandoned. Thank you for sharing this with us!
Good morning Johnathan. Thank you for the personal connection. I saw on Facebook last night where a CSX train pulled into the yard after we left to store some boxcars. They were glad to see the train! I gave a presentation on the logging railroads of the Red River Gorge many years ago in Estill County. Not much going on there these days, lots of empty stores. Have a great week and stay safe!
@@thomplacier677 - yeah once the Walmart in Richmond was built and the road to Richmond was improved that killed both Irvine and Ravenna economically. My grandparents got out of the store business in 1980 and I remember in just a couple years after that downtown Irvine was hurting bad Ravenna wasn’t any better off. Have a great day!
Wasn’t intending to comment, but thought I’d mention that I’ve opted on a model railroad in a town just east of Santa Barbara, CA. It’s supposed to be the EK division of the L&N. Some names were just names to me, but interesting they were mentioned in that page about the CSX and Ravenna history you were showing. Ravenna isn’t modeled nor part of anything on the layout though. Looked like a fun time.
Good morning Ken. Fantastic scenery opportunities but unless you go back in time quite a bit 98% of the traffic would be coal. Not enough diversity for me. There wouldn’t even be the bridge traffic like the Clinchfield had. Then again, I can’t complain about a long coal train snaking through mountainous scenery! Thanks for watching. Stay safe!
@@thomplacier677 not sure you call it “bridge traffic” but besides coal traffic, the EK division layout has a solid reefer train from Florida and Georgia to Chicago and Great Lakes, auto parts trains, three mixed merchandise trains. The mixed trains are staged to drop off some cars at yards called Dent or Hazard. There are several mixed merchandise trains out of an offsite (staging) called Corbin via the C&O. Locals and turns out of Dent and Fowler (or something like that) give crews industry switching. For 15 operators who see the layout only once monthly, it provides enough variety.
@@KenN.OXN.805 good morning. He has done a lot of creative engineering to create traffic for his railroad but there’s nothing wrong with that. I’m sure it’s fun to run. Tony Koesters and Allan McClellands layouts were similar but they used fictional names. I would love to see those L&N trains running through eastern KY! Hazard was further down the line from Ravenna and on a separate line than Corbin. Corbin is a junction along the mainline and is in the mainline from Cincinnati to Atlanta. Not as much traffic now that there isn’t much coal but it was the line that was in my backyard when I lived in Cynthiana in the late 80’s. And it goes through Paris where I shot a few trains from the depot restaurant there. Thanks for the information. I hope to see his layout on RUclips or in a magazine someday. Stay safe!
@@thomplacier677 actually, the layout has been written up a few times in the past. You might try a search for “gary siegel ho scale l&n ek division” or variations of that.
Located in the heart of coal hopefully they can continue their mission is that is not necessarily where the average tourist is going to go to. Somewhat mind-boggling that the little train makes a circle on what were active Mainline yard tracks. While the rail world scene there will never make a comeback to 1915 levels at least it will have its historical connection
Yes, that’s going to be the struggle point for them. Location, location, location. I just can’t help thinking how much better it would be if they could get the old TTI with the roundhouse and turntable in Paris. That’s within 80 miles of Lexington, Cincinnati, and Louisville, not far off of the Interstate and in horse country. Like you, I hope they succeed and they are off to a good start. Have a great week, Paul. Stay safe!
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Very enjoyable. Thanks for sharing.
Rich
Thanks for watching, Rich. Have a great week and stay safe!
Thanks Thom.
Right in the heart of L&N coal country.
Glad you had a great weekend.
And have a safe week
Thank you Michael. I saw on Facebook that after we left a CSX train came to Ravenna to store some boxcars. Wish we had seen it.
Have a great week and stay safe!
Beautiful Big sounding Whistle!!
Yes it was. Fun day. Thanks for watching and stay safe!
This was really cool to watch !😊
Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching. Enjoy the rest of your week and stay safe!
Thanks for sharing Thom. Very interesting.
Thanks for watching, Scott. Enjoy your yard work and stay safe doing it!
Thanks for sharing this Thom. My wife fell in love with the Family Lines paint scheme way back and picked up a Kato unit maybe 25 years ago. Still runs great.
You are welcome, Jack. I always liked it myself and also like the Seaboard System scheme. I didn’t know it was a ‘dummy’ unit until I saw that the air intakes on the back had been covered over and painted.
Are there any Kato’s that don’t run great?😁 Enjoy the rest of your week.
Hi Thom, looked like that was a good time. Thanks for sharing. Have a good night and stay safe. Happy modeling!! - Jason
Thanks for watching, Jason. It was a fun little trip. Enjoy your week and stay safe!
Hello Thom, an interesting trip to the Ravenna Railroad Festival 2023. A well-preserved saddle-boiler steam locomotive and a short ride. The steam locomotives awaiting restoration were magnificent. Thank you for taking us with you. Best regards Wolfgang
You are welcome, Wolfgang. I’m glad you enjoyed it. I hope you are doing well. Stay safe!
Thanks for visiting and riding with us Thom! We appreciate the video and hope to see ya’ll again!
Enjoyed chatting on the train ride. Your model of Oak Hill & Cedar Heights Clay is incredible!!
Thanks for the nice comments, Ty. We enjoyed the day and it was nice talking to you. You guys have gotten a lot done over the past few years!
I have lots of videos of various kinds on my channel, so I hope you check some more out when you have time.
Have a great week and stay safe!
Wow, great to see a Vulcan locomotive still working. I live across the Susquehanna river from Wilkes Barre. Today the Vulcan Iron Works buildings are a metal recycling center.
Jawtooth has at least a couple of videos of it in action. They had it set up so people couldn’t get near the tracks while it was moving.
Thanks for the personal note, Maurice. Have a great week and stay safe!
Hello, very nice video, I like what you are doing, have a nice day, nice recording, nice commenting. Greetings from the Netherlands
Hello from Kentucky. Thank you for watching and commenting. You probably won’t see this until Saturday morning so: Good morning!
Have a great weekend and stay safe!
@@thomplacier677 ok🚂🚃🚃🚃
Hi Thom. My mom may she rest in peace was from Irvine fright next door to Ravenna.
My grandparents who were very well known, liked and respected in the community were in the store business for over 40 years before retiring.
I would always go see my grandparents in the summer for at least a week and I’m old enough to remember when the EK subdivision was booming with traffic.
Sadly the EK sub has been defunct for a long time.
CSX uses the few remaining yard tracks for storage but yeah the coal traffic is gone.
I’m very happy that CSX and Kentucky Steam Heritage worked out a deal to have the Kentucky Steam Heritage facility and it’s been reconnected to the North American rail network after years of being idle and abandoned.
Thank you for sharing this with us!
Good morning Johnathan. Thank you for the personal connection. I saw on Facebook last night where a CSX train pulled into the yard after we left to store some boxcars. They were glad to see the train!
I gave a presentation on the logging railroads of the Red River Gorge many years ago in Estill County. Not much going on there these days, lots of empty stores.
Have a great week and stay safe!
@@thomplacier677 - yeah once the Walmart in Richmond was built and the road to Richmond was improved that killed both Irvine and Ravenna economically.
My grandparents got out of the store business in 1980 and I remember in just a couple years after that downtown Irvine was hurting bad
Ravenna wasn’t any better off.
Have a great day!
You are the only person attending the festival.
@@jkyoft78 I won’t be there this year, I think. Enjoyed last year, though.
Wasn’t intending to comment, but thought I’d mention that I’ve opted on a model railroad in a town just east of Santa Barbara, CA. It’s supposed to be the EK division of the L&N. Some names were just names to me, but interesting they were mentioned in that page about the CSX and Ravenna history you were showing. Ravenna isn’t modeled nor part of anything on the layout though.
Looked like a fun time.
Good morning Ken. Fantastic scenery opportunities but unless you go back in time quite a bit 98% of the traffic would be coal. Not enough diversity for me. There wouldn’t even be the bridge traffic like the Clinchfield had. Then again, I can’t complain about a long coal train snaking through mountainous scenery!
Thanks for watching. Stay safe!
@@thomplacier677 not sure you call it “bridge traffic” but besides coal traffic, the EK division layout has a solid reefer train from Florida and Georgia to Chicago and Great Lakes, auto parts trains, three mixed merchandise trains. The mixed trains are staged to drop off some cars at yards called Dent or Hazard. There are several mixed merchandise trains out of an offsite (staging) called Corbin via the C&O. Locals and turns out of Dent and Fowler (or something like that) give crews industry switching.
For 15 operators who see the layout only once monthly, it provides enough variety.
@@KenN.OXN.805 good morning. He has done a lot of creative engineering to create traffic for his railroad but there’s nothing wrong with that. I’m sure it’s fun to run. Tony Koesters and Allan McClellands layouts were similar but they used fictional names. I would love to see those L&N trains running through eastern KY!
Hazard was further down the line from Ravenna and on a separate line than Corbin. Corbin is a junction along the mainline and is in the mainline from Cincinnati to Atlanta. Not as much traffic now that there isn’t much coal but it was the line that was in my backyard when I lived in Cynthiana in the late 80’s. And it goes through Paris where I shot a few trains from the depot restaurant there.
Thanks for the information. I hope to see his layout on RUclips or in a magazine someday. Stay safe!
@@thomplacier677 actually, the layout has been written up a few times in the past. You might try a search for “gary siegel ho scale l&n ek division” or variations of that.
Located in the heart of coal hopefully they can continue their mission is that is not necessarily where the average tourist is going to go to. Somewhat mind-boggling that the little train makes a circle on what were active Mainline yard tracks. While the rail world scene there will never make a comeback to 1915 levels at least it will have its historical connection
Yes, that’s going to be the struggle point for them. Location, location, location. I just can’t help thinking how much better it would be if they could get the old TTI with the roundhouse and turntable in Paris. That’s within 80 miles of Lexington, Cincinnati, and Louisville, not far off of the Interstate and in horse country. Like you, I hope they succeed and they are off to a good start.
Have a great week, Paul. Stay safe!