July 16, 2015 – A loaded CSX coal train sits idle at the south end of CSX’s Casky Inspection Yard glowing in the late evening crew while it waits for it’s crew to take the train on south on the Henderson Subdivision from Hopkinsville, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/500sec, f/5.6, ISO 100, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 300mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
July 16, 2015 – CSX loaded autorack Q211 approaches the Fogg Street crossing in Nashville, Tennessee as it heads south toward CSX’s Radnor Yard pulling over 8,000 feet of cargo, with engine 5015 in the lead. – Tech Info: 1/1600sec, f/5.6, ISO 560, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 300mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 26, 2015 – A set of BNSF engines pull a heavy coal train south on Union Pacific’s Chester Subdivision as they approach Gorham, Illinois. Traffic was being re-routed from across the river due to flooding. – Tech Info: 1/1250sec, f/5.6, ISO 450, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 195mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
July 17, 2015 – I got a bit far from the tracks today! Our local photography club, West Kentucky Photography Club of which I’m their president, had a Milky Way Photography Event at Pennyrile Forest in Dawson Springs, Ky. Here’s three of my favorite shots from the shoot! – Tech Info all photos: 30sec, f/2.8, ISO 4000, Lens: Rokinon 14mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. Click on each photo for a larger view.
July 16, 2015 – CSX locomotive 2427 (SD40-2) with Yard slug 1065 trailing, heads south from the hump yard area of CSX’s Radnor Yard in Nashville, Tennessee and being controlled remotely from the front of the engine. – Tech Info: 1/1600sec, f/4.5, ISO 200, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 70mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
July 11, 2015 – Norfolk Southern’s 75w, with Heritage Unit 1071, Jersey Central Lines in the lead and NS 6691 trailing, moves along the siding at Taswell, Indiana as light fades from the sky on the NS Southern-East district with it’s empty coal train to wait for a eastbound freight. – Tech Info: 1/500sec, f/2.8, ISO 4000, Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 32mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
November 1999 – Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad’s 464 and 463 double-head as they head for Antonito, Colorado after leaving Chama, NM.
July 11, 2015 – Norfolk Southern’s 75w, with Heritage Unit 1071, Jersey Central Lines in the lead, moves along the siding at Taswell, Indiana on the NS Southern-East district with it’s empty coal train to wait for a eastbound freight at dusk. – Tech Info: 1/500sec, f/2.8, ISO 4000, Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 70mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
July 11, 2015 – Norfolk Southern’s 75w, with Heritage Unit 1071, Jersey Central Lines in the lead, moves along the siding at Taswell, Indiana on the NS Southern-East district with it’s empty coal train to wait for a eastbound freight as light fades from the sky. – Tech Info: 1/500sec, f/2.8, ISO 4000, Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 31mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.