Southbound CN at Chiles Junction CN 2977 leads a mixed freight as it passes through Chiles Junction as it heads south on the CN Bluford Subdivision at West Paducah, Kentucky. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/800, ISO 100.

Southbound CN at Chiles Junction, West Paducah, Ky

CN 2977 leads a mixed freight as it passes through Chiles Junction as it heads south on the CN Bluford Subdivision at West Paducah, Kentucky.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/800, ISO 100.

Chihuly Red Tubes at Cheekwood A few days ago I visited the Cheekwood Estate in Nashville, Tennessee to photograph the Chihuly glass exhibit and spent the morning capturing these IR photos of these beautiful pieces! Tech Info: iPhone 11 Pro, 720nm filter, Moment Filter Adapter, 1.5mm wide lens (13mm equivalent), f/2.4, 1/15sec, ISO 500, Edited in Snapseed and Adobe RAW.

Chihuly Red Tubes at Cheekwood

A few days ago I visited the Cheekwood Estate in Nashville, Tennessee to photograph the Chihuly glass exhibit and spent the morning capturing these IR photos of these beautiful pieces!

Tech Info: iPhone 11 Pro, 720nm filter, Moment Filter Adapter, 1.5mm wide lens (13mm equivalent), f/2.4, 1/15sec, ISO 500, Edited in Snapseed and Adobe RAW.

BNSF SPC1 arriving at Paducah, Ky A infrared view from November 17th, 2020 of BNSF 6092, 6370 and 9196 head up empty coal drag SPC1 a Paducah and Louisville Railway crew pulls it into the north end of the yard at Paducah, Kentucky from Calvert City Terminal. Here a fresh BNSF crew will pickup the train and take it on north for another load of coal. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #infraredtrainphotography Tech Info: Fuji XT-1 with a Fuji 18-55 @ 26mm, f/5.6, 1/110, ISO 3200 and a 720nm IR filter.

A infrared view from November 17th, 2020 of BNSF…

BNSF SPC1 arriving at Paducah, Ky A infrared view from November 17th, 2020 of BNSF 6092, 6370 and 9196 heads up empty coal drag SPC1 as a Paducah and Louisville Railway crew pulls it into the north end of the yard at Paducah, Kentucky from Calvert City Terminal. Here a fresh BNSF crew will pickup the train and take it on north for another load of coal.

#infraredtrainphotography Tech Info: Fuji XT-1 with a Fuji 18-55 @ 26mm, f/5.6, 1/110, ISO 3200 and a 720nm IR filter.

Waiting on a fresh crew at Calvert City, Ky On November 17th, 2020 BNSF 6092, 6370 and 9196 head up empty coal drag SPC1 as it sits in the loop at Calvert City Terminal waiting for a fresh crew from the Paducah and Louisville Railway to ferry the train back to their yard at Paducah, Kentucky. There a fresh BNSF crew will pickup the train and take it on north for another load of coal. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/800, ISO 100.

November 17th, 2020 BNSF 6092, 6370 and 9196 head up…

Waiting on a fresh crew at Calvert City, Ky

On November 17th, 2020 BNSF 6092, 6370 and 9196 head up empty coal drag SPC1 as it sits in the loop at Calvert City Terminal (CCT)waiting for a fresh crew from the Paducah and Louisville Railway to ferry the train back to their yard at Paducah, Kentucky. There a fresh BNSF crew will pickup the train and take it on north for another load of coal.

CCT offers its customers unprecedented flexibility through its rail & barge loading, rail & barge unloading, short- & long-term storage, and material blending services.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/800, ISO 100.

Port Harbor RR at the A&K Railroad Materials Yard Port Harbor (PHRR) switcher 8166, PHRR America's Central Port 2758, "Illini Terminal" No. 2301 and 2064 sit tied down on Saturday, November 7th, 2020 at the A&K Rail Yard in Granite City, Illinois, waiting for their next assignment. According to Wikipedia: The Port Harbor Railroad (reporting mark PHRR) is a short-line railroad in Granite City, Illinois, serving an industrial port district known as America's Central Port. PHRR began operations in 2004 as a subsidiary of the Respondek Railroad and connects with the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis at "WR Tower," a major railroad junction in Granite City. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 100.

Port Harbor RR at the A&K Railroad Materials Yard…

Port Harbor RR at the A&K Railroad Materials Yard

Port Harbor (PHRR) switcher 8166, PHRR America’s Central Port 2758, “Illini Terminal” No. 2301 and 2064 sit tied down on Saturday, November 7th, 2020 at the A&K Rail Yard in Granite City, Illinois, waiting for their next assignment.

According to Wikipedia: The Port Harbor Railroad (reporting mark PHRR) is a short-line railroad in Granite City, Illinois, serving an industrial port district known as America’s Central Port. PHRR began operations in 2004 as a subsidiary of the Respondek Railroad and connects with the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis at “WR Tower,” a major railroad junction in Granite City.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 100.

CSX Q025-14 Atlanta, GA - Chicago, IL Hot intermodal Q028-14 passes the signals at Mortons Junction as it heads downgrade at Mortons Gap, Kentucky as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision on November 10th, 2020 as the last light of the day rakes across the trees. Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @460mm, f/6, 1/250, ISO 360.

CSX Q028 northbound at Mortons Gap, Kentucky

CSX Q025-14 Atlanta, GA – Chicago, IL

Hot intermodal Q028-14 passes the signals at Mortons Junction as it heads downgrade at Mortons Gap, Kentucky as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision on November 10th, 2020 as the last light of the day rakes across the trees.

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @460mm, f/6, 1/250, ISO 360.

Bedford Park, IL - Jacksonville, FL CSX hot intermodal Q025-28 passes under the Paducah and Louisville Railway at Arklow on October 28th, 2020 as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/160, ISO 100.

CSX hot intermodal Q025-28 at Arklow, Madisonville, Ky

Bedford Park, IL – Jacksonville, FL

CSX hot intermodal Q025-28 passes under the Paducah and Louisville Railway at Arklow on October 28th, 2020 as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/160, ISO 100.

N015 Evansville, IN (EVWR) - Palatka, FL CSX loaded coal train N015 weaves its way through the countryside as the late evening like rakes across the tops of trees as it heads south through Nortonville, Kentucky on November 12th, 2020 on the Henderson Subdivision. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/200, ISO 100.

CSX loaded coal train N015 Southbound at Nortonville, ky

N015 Evansville, IN (EVWR) – Palatka, FL

CSX loaded coal train N015 weaves its way through the countryside as the late evening like rakes across the tops of trees as it heads south through Nortonville, Kentucky on November 12th, 2020 on the Henderson Subdivision.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/200, ISO 100.

LORAM Maintenance at Madisonville, Ky Crews work on the grinding wheels of LORAM Grinder 54 as it sits just south of the Paducah and Louisville Railway yard at Madisonville, Kentucky on a crisp cool fall morning on November 10th, 2020. Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @450mm, f/6, 1/640, ISO 320.

LORAM Grinder 4 at Paducah and Louisville West Yard, Madisonville, Ky

LORAM Maintenance at Madisonville, Ky

Crews work on the grinding wheels of LORAM Grinder 4 as it sits just south of the Paducah and Louisville Railway yard at Madisonville, Kentucky on a crisp cool fall morning on November 10th, 2020.

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @450mm, f/6, 1/640, ISO 320.

CSX Q028-10 Atlanta, GA - Chicago, IL CSXT 5412 leads hot intermodal north Q028-10 across the Gum Lick Trestle between Kelly and Crofton, Kentucky as the last rays of the fall sunset rakes through the valley on the Henderson Subdivision. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/400, ISO 100.

Q028-10 Northbound over Gum Lick Trestle

CSX Q028-10 Atlanta, GA – Chicago, IL

CSXT 5412 leads hot intermodal north Q028-10 across the Gum Lick Trestle between Kelly and Crofton, Kentucky as the last rays of the fall sunset rakes through the valley on the Henderson Subdivision on November 10th, 2020.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/400, ISO 100.

Port Harbor Railroad Salutes the Troops I thought Veterans Day was a good one to post the latest photographs I've shot of a locomotive painted to honor Veterans. This is Port Harbor Railroad's 5730, "Saluting Our Troops" engine as it works on dumping KCS Soybean Meal cars at America's Central Port in Madison, Illinois on November 7th, 2020. According to Wikipedia: The Port Harbor Railroad is a short-line railroad in Granite City, Illinois, serving an industrial port district known as America's Central Port. PHRR began operations in 2004 as a subsidiary of the Respondek Railroad and connects with the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis at "WR Tower," a major railroad junction in Granite City. PHRR transports everything from steel and aluminum products to foods, lumber, paper, chemicals, minerals, grains and other products. The railroad is classified as a Class III Common Carrier. Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @165mm, f/8, 1/800, ISO 280.

Port Harbor Railroad’s 5730, “Saluting Our Troops” at Madison, IL

Port Harbor Railroad Salutes the Troops


I thought Veterans Day was a good one to post the latest photographs I’ve shot of a locomotive painted to honor Veterans. This is Port Harbor Railroad’s 5730, “Saluting Our Troops” engine as it works on dumping KCS Soybean Meal cars at America’s Central Port in Madison, Illinois on November 7th, 2020.

According to Wikipedia: The Port Harbor Railroad is a short-line railroad in Granite City, Illinois, serving an industrial port district known as America’s Central Port.

PHRR began operations in 2004 as a subsidiary of the Respondek Railroad and connects with the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis at “WR Tower,” a major railroad junction in Granite City.

PHRR transports everything from steel and aluminum products to foods, lumber, paper, chemicals, minerals, grains and other products. The railroad is classified as a Class III Common Carrier.

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @165mm, f/8, 1/800, ISO 280.

Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis The conductor on BNSF 7447 throws one of several switches as it prepares to take its power out of the yard track to work on building his train at the Terminal Railroad Association (TRRA) of St. Louis yard at Venice, Illinois, with a rainbow of power sitting in the yard. According to the TRRA website: "Since 1889, the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis has played a vital role in the railroad operations and growth of the St. Louis metropolitan area. The Association was originally created to satisfy the need for an efficient, safe, and economical method of interchanging rail traffic at the railroad hub of St. Louis, Missouri: the "Gateway to the West." Over 120 years later, the employees of the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis make the same commitment to efficiency, safety, and value to our customers, owners, and the public with each new day." Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @550mm, f/6.3, 1/1000, ISO 400.

Working the Terminal Railroad Yard at Venice, IL

Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
 
The conductor on BNSF 7447 throws one of several switches as it prepares to take its power out of the yard track to work on building his train at the Terminal Railroad Association (TRRA) of St. Louis Madison yard at Venice, Illinois, with a rainbow of power sitting in the yard.
 
According to the TRRA website: “Since 1889, the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis has played a vital role in the railroad operations and growth of the St. Louis metropolitan area.
 
The Association was originally created to satisfy the need for an efficient, safe, and economical method of interchanging rail traffic at the railroad hub of St. Louis, Missouri: the “Gateway to the West.”
 
Over 120 years later, the employees of the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis make the same commitment to efficiency, safety, and value to our customers, owners, and the public with each new day.”
 
 
Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @550mm, f/6.3, 1/1000, ISO 400.
Port Harbor Railroad Honors 1st Responders A last bit of fall clings to the trees still on November 7th, 2020, as Port Harbor Railroad Corporation's (reporting mark PHRR) Honoring 1st Responders locomotive 8955 sits tied down at Granite City, Illinois at America's Central Port America's Central Port. According to Wikipedia: The Port Harbor Railroad is a short-line railroad in Granite City, Illinois, serving an industrial port district known as America's Central Port. PHRR began operations in 2004 as a subsidiary of the Respondek Railroad and connects with the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis at "WR Tower," a major railroad junction in Granite City. PHRR transports everything from steel and aluminum products to foods, lumber, paper, chemicals, minerals, grains and other products. The railroad is classified as a Class III Common Carrier. Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @150mm, f/16, 1/400, ISO 650.

Port Harbor Railroad Corporation’s Honoring 1st Responders locomotive 8955

Port Harbor Railroad Honors 1st Responders

A last bit of fall clings to the trees still on November 7th, 2020, as Port Harbor Railroad Corporation’s (reporting mark PHRR) Honoring 1st Responders locomotive 8955 sits tied down at Granite City, Illinois at America’s Central Port America’s Central Port.

According to Wikipedia: The Port Harbor Railroad is a short-line railroad in Granite City, Illinois, serving an industrial port district known as America’s Central Port.

PHRR began operations in 2004 as a subsidiary of the Respondek Railroad and connects with the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis at “WR Tower,” a major railroad junction in Granite City. PHRR transports everything from steel and aluminum products to foods, lumber, paper, chemicals, minerals, grains and other products. The railroad is classified as a Class III Common Carrier.

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @150mm, f/16, 1/400, ISO 650.

Over the Hump! With darkness fast approaching MetroLink 110 heads down their overpass at the Alton Southern Railway in East St. Louis, Missouri as their train set heads to their barn from Lambert Airport. According to Wikipedia: MetroLink (reporting mark BSDA) is the Greater St. Louis Metropolitan mass transit system serving Missouri and the Metro East area of Illinois. The system consists of two lines (Red Line and Blue Line) connecting St. Louis Lambert International Airport and Shrewsbury, Missouri with Scott Air Force Base near Shiloh, Illinois, Washington University, Forest Park, and Downtown St. Louis. The system features 38 stations and is the only light rail system in the country to cross state lines. As of the first quarter of 2015, it is second only to Minneapolis Metro Transit's Blue and Green lines in the Midwestern United States in terms of ridership, and is the 11th-largest light rail system in the country. Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @600mm, f/6.3, 1/160, ISO 2,800.

MetroLink 110 at East St. Louis, Missouri

Over the Hump!

With darkness fast approaching MetroLink 110 heads down their overpass at the Alton Southern Railway in East St. Louis, Missouri as their train set heads to their barn from Lambert Airport.

According to Wikipedia: MetroLink (reporting mark BSDA) is the Greater St. Louis Metropolitan mass transit system serving Missouri and the Metro East area of Illinois. The system consists of two lines (Red Line and Blue Line) connecting St. Louis Lambert International Airport and Shrewsbury, Missouri with Scott Air Force Base near Shiloh, Illinois, Washington University, Forest Park, and Downtown St. Louis.

The system features 38 stations and is the only light rail system in the country to cross state lines. As of the first quarter of 2015, it is second only to Minneapolis Metro Transit’s Blue and Green lines in the Midwestern United States in terms of ridership, and is the 11th-largest light rail system in the country.

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @600mm, f/6.3, 1/160, ISO 2,800.

E303 - Stilesboro, GA - Evansville, IN (EVWR) CSXT 3062 passes under the North Main Street overpass on November 5th, 2020, with empty coal train E303, as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision at Madisonville, Ky as it heads to Evansville, Indiana. There the Evansville Western Railway will pick-up the empty train and load it at Sugar Camp Mine (Akin, IL). Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/320, ISO 100.

CSX E303 Northbound at Madisonville, Ky

E303 – Stilesboro, GA – Evansville, IN (EVWR)

CSXT 3062 passes under the North Main Street overpass on November 5th, 2020, with empty coal train E303, as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision at Madisonville, Ky as it heads to Evansville, Indiana. There the Evansville Western Railway will pick-up the empty train and load it at Sugar Camp Mine (Akin, IL).

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/320, ISO 100.

Jacksonville, FL - Bedford Park, IL Daily CSXT 3003 leads intermodal Q026-15 north on the Henderson Subdivision as it passes under the signals at the south end of Casky Yard on October 16, 2020 at Hopkinsville, Kentucky. It is one of four hot intermodals that run up and down the Henderson Sub and they are Q025 & Q029 SB along with their counterparts Q028 & Q026. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/640, ISO 100.

CSXT 3003 leads intermodal Q026-15 north at Hopkinsville, Ky

Jacksonville, FL – Bedford Park, IL Daily

CSXT 3003 leads intermodal Q026-15 north on the Henderson Subdivision as it passes under the signals at the south end of Casky Yard on October 16, 2020 at Hopkinsville, Kentucky. It is one of four hot intermodals that run up and down the Henderson Sub and they are Q025 & Q029 SB along with their counterparts Q028 & Q026.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/640, ISO 100.

Waycross, GA - Avon, IN The glow of the late evening sunset illuminates the sides of loaded coal hoppers on CSX N015 as it waits in the siding at Kelly, Kentucky, as CSXT 32 leads the daily Q512 north on the Henderson Subdivision on November 3rd, 2020. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/200, ISO 200.

CSX Q512 passes N015 at Kelly, Ky

Waycross, GA – Avon, IN

The glow of the late evening sunset illuminates the sides of loaded coal hoppers on CSX N015 as it waits in the siding at Kelly, Kentucky, as CSXT 32 leads the daily Q512 north on the Henderson Subdivision on November 3rd, 2020.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/200, ISO 200.

Q026 Jacksonville, FL - Bedford Park, IL CSXT 364 leads hot intermodal Q026-27 climbs up out of the hole at the north end of Pembroke as it comes out of the Casky Yard after completing a crew change at Hopkinsville, Kentucky on the henderson Subdivision as it continues its run north to Bedford Park, Illinois on October 28, 2020. Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @250mm, f/8, 1/500, ISO 640.

CSXT 364 leads hot intermodal Q026-27 at Hopkinsville, Ky

Q026 Jacksonville, FL – Bedford Park, IL

CSXT 364 leads hot intermodal Q026-27 climbs up out of the hole at the north end of Pembroke as it comes out of the Casky Yard after completing a crew change at Hopkinsville, Kentucky on the henderson Subdivision as it continues its run north to Bedford Park, Illinois on October 28, 2020.

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @250mm, f/8, 1/500, ISO 640.

Rolling meet at Nortonville, Ky CSX Q512 heads north as it passes Q513, heading south, along the Henderson Subdivision on October 29, 2020 on a wet fall day. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/120, ISO 200.

CSX Q512 heads north as it passes Q513 at Nortonville, Ky

Rolling meet at Nortonville, Ky

CSX Q512 heads north as it passes Q513, heading south, along the Henderson Subdivision on October 29, 2020 on a wet fall day.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/120, ISO 200.

Southbound through the morning mist CSXT 403 leads Q503 climbs up out of the hole at the north end of Crofton, Kentucky in the early morning mist as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision on October 28, 2020. Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 with 1.4 teleconverter @ 850mm, f/9, 1/1000, ISO 1600.

CSXT 403 leads Q503 climbs up out of the hole…

Southbound through the morning mist

CSXT 403 leads Q503 climbs up out of the hole at the north end of Crofton, Kentucky in the early morning mist as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision on October 28, 2020.

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 with 1.4 teleconverter @ 850mm, f/9, 1/1000, ISO 1600.

PAL UK and U of L SB Load of Coal Paducah & Louisville Railway 2012 (University of Kentucky) and 2013 (University of Louisville) locomotives lead a loaded coal train as it travels next to Ky Hwy 70 at Richland as it heads south to Calvert City, Kentucky after picking up another load at Warrior Coal loadout at Nebo, Ky, on October 27, 2020. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/120, ISO 200.

PAL Loaded Coal SB at Richland, Ky

PAL UK and U of L SB Load of Coal

Paducah & Louisville Railway 2012 (University of Kentucky) and 2013 (University of Louisville) locomotives lead a loaded coal train as it travels next to Ky Hwy 70 at Richland as it heads south to Calvert City, Kentucky after picking up another load at Warrior Coal loadout at Nebo, Ky, on October 27, 2020.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/120, ISO 200.