June 26, 2015 – Union Pacific’s 5885 leads a mixed freight southbound at Howardton Junction, south of Gorham, Illinois on UP’s Chester Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/1250sec, f/5.6, ISO 800, Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 40mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW
July 10, 2015 – CSX Q443, with Canadian Pacific 9648 in the lead, makes it’s way at dusk through Romney siding at Nortonville, Ky with it’s loaded ethanol train as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/640sec, f/3.5, ISO 4000, Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 31mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
July 9, 2015 – CSX Q124, with engine 7881 in the lead, passes Arklow at the north end of CSX’s Atkinson Yard in Madisonville, Ky as it heads north with it’s intermodal cargo. – Tech Info: 1/1000sec, f/2.8, ISO 400, Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 40mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 26, 2015 – Union Pacific’s 5885 leads a southbound mixed freight under the signals at the north end of Gorham, Illinois on UP’s Chester Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/1250sec, f/5.6, ISO 220, Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 52mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. ?#?jimstrainphotos?
July 9, 2015 – CSX empty coal train N012-08 heads into the setting sun as it approaches the Happy Lane crossing just West of Manitou, Ky on the Morganfield Branch as it makes it’s way to Dotki Mine at Clay, Ky to pickup a load of coal. – Tech Info: 1/1000sec, f/3.5, ISO 100, Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 36mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 26, 2015 – BNSF 9260 moves it’s loaded train along the Shawnee Power Plant Lead as it heads to the plant to offload it’s coal at Paducah, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/1250sec, f/5.6, ISO 2000, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 300mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 26, 2015 – BNSF engine 6073 leads a manifest train south on UP’s Chester Subdivision as it passes under the north end signal bridge approaching Gorham, Illinois. – Tech Info: 1/1250sec, f/5.6, ISO 180, Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 70 mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW
July 8, 2015 – CSX engine 899 leads a mixed freight north at Henderson, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/320sec, f/6.3, ISO 140, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 300 mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 26, 2015 – Norfolk Southern’s engine 9304 leads it’s mixed freight train off UP’s Chester Subdivision onto UP’s Mt. Vernon Subdivision at Gorham, Ill. – Tech Info: 1/1250sec, f/5.6, ISO 320, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 250 mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
July 2, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville’s UK 4522 and 4510 pull into the siding at West Yard in Madisonville, Ky after loading their coal train at Warrior Mine in Nebo, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/1600sec, f/5.6, ISO 250, Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 62 mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 26, 2015 – A loaded BNSF grain train, with engine 8253 in the lead, heads south on the Chester Subdivision through Gorham, Illinois. – Tech Info: 1/150sec, f/5.6, ISO 450, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 195 mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
July 2, 2015 – CSX intermodals Q025 and Q026 meet at the north end of the Crofton siding on the Henderson Subdivision at Crofton, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/640sec, f/5.6, ISO 180, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 122 mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
July 2, 2015 – CSX Q592 starts it’s run through downtown Hopkinsville, Ky, where it has a multitude of crossings, as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/1600sec, f/5.6, ISO 560, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 300 mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 26, 2015 – Union Pacific’s 1688 waits with it’s autorack train as a southbound intermodal passes them on UP’s Chester Subdivision at Gorham, Ill. – Tech Info: 1/1250sec, f/5.6, ISO 560, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 300 mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
July 4, 2015 – My favorite shot from yesterday’s 4th Fest activities at the Madisonville, Ky City Park. This is one of the shots I did as part of a picture story for The Messenger Newspaper that will come out in their annual progress edition later on this summer.- Tech Info: 20sec, f/11, ISO 250, Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 26 mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 26, 2015 – Union Pacific’s engines 7116 and 6920, ex-Southern Pacific, unload coal at the Kinder Morgan Cora Terminal coal facility at Cora, Ill, just off UP’s Chester Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/1250sec, f/5.6, ISO 320, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 135 mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
July 1, 2015 – CSX loaded coal train N308 meets N208, (empties) at the north end of the Nortonville Siding at Nortonville, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/1600sec, f/4.8, ISO 1250, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 112 mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 26, 2015 – Union Pacific’s engine 8609 leads a intermodal as it heads south on the Chester Subdivision at Jacob, Illinois. – Tech Info: 1/1250sec, f/5.6, ISO 280, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 270 mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
July 1, 2015 – CSX Q029 passes loaded coal train N308 at MP 261 at the south end of Romney siding as they head south on the Henderson Subdivision at Nortonville, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/1600sec, f/4.5, ISO 900, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 102 mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. ?#?jimstrainphotos?
June 26, 2015 – Union Pacific’s 1688 leading with NS 8821 trailing, passes under the signal bridge as it moves it’s autorack train north on UP’s Chester Subdivision, just outside of Gorham, Illinois.. – Tech Info: 1/1250sec, f/5.6, ISO 200, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 200 mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. ?#?jimstrainphotos?
June 28, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville Railway loaded coal train sits on the main at West Yard in Madisonville, Ky with 4510, 4522 and 4512 as power, waiting on a crew to take the train south to Calvert City, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/640sec, f/5.6, ISO 100, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 78 mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. ?#?jimstrainphotos?