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?
June 29, 2015 – CSX intermodal Q028-28 passes through Pembroke, Ky as engine 5400 leads it south on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/1600 sec, f/5, ISO 280, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 185 mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. ?#?jimstrainphotos?
June 26, 2015 – BNSF engine 4599 leads a northbound grain train through the yards at Gorham, Illinois on the Chester Subdivision as another northbound UP freight waits in the background. – Tech Info: 1/1250 sec, f/5.6, ISO 360, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 300 mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. ?#?jimstrainphotos?
July 2, 2015 – Newly Painted in UK colors Paducah and Louisville Railway’s 4522 pulls it’s loaded coal train out onto the main from the Warrior Lead as it heads north into a siding at West Yard in Madisonville, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/1600 sec, f/5.6, ISO 250, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 122mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. ?#?jimstrainphotos?
July 2, 2015 – A string of mostly CSX 70MACs sit in the south yard at Atkinson in Madisonville, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision, waiting for pickup by Paducah and Louisville Railway. The units are going to either NRE in Paducah or Progress Rail in Mayfield, Ky for rebuilding and modifications. There are 14 units and they are, CSX 4814, 4550, PRLX 3415, LETX 6900, CSX 4548, 4708, 4566, 4573, 4574, 4552, 4509, 4576, 4772 and 4722.
July 1, 2015 – CSX intermodal Q029, with engine 842 in the lead, prepares to pass loaded coal train N308 at the north end of Romney Siding in Nortonville, Ky as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/1600 sec, f/5.6, ISO 4000, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 300mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. ?#?jimstrainphotos?
June 29, 2015 – Southbound CSX R515, left, on the Casky #2 track, meets northbound empty grain train (engine 5009) on the Casky # 1 track as a empty coal train (engine 83) coming out of the new Casky Inspection Yard waits for the traffic to clear so it can head on north behind the grain train at Hopkinsville, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision. I’ve been looking to get this shot of a three way meet (perhaps my first on the Henderson Sub) since they started operations at the yard this past weekend. – Tech Info: 1/1600sec, f/5.3, ISO 400, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 200mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. #jimstrainphotos
June 26, 2015 – At the south end of CSX’s Casky Inspection Yard in Hopkinsville, Ky crews work on servicing one of the engines on a loaded coal train, getting it ready for it’s southbound movement on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/1600sec, f/5.6, ISO 250, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 300mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. #jimstrainphotos
June 26, 2015 – The one that almost got past me! Union Pacific : UP 1995 Heritage Unit (C&NW) – SD70ACe – Heads north from the La Rue Hills bridge at the Big Muddy River, as it heads toward Gorham, Illinois. I had shot the train coming over the bridge and didn’t notice that this unit was trailing as the last unit. A fellow railfan, Rick Bivins, yelled at me about it otherwise I would have missed it! – Tech Info: 1/1250sec, f/5.6, ISO 1100, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 90mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. #jimstrainphotos
June 26, 2015 – Today I went on a railfanning outing with several other railfan friends to catch trains on UP’s Chester Subdivision in Southern Illinois. This shot from our first stop was my first train of the day. It’s Union Pacific’s engine 7791 leading a southbound intermodal over the La Rue Hills bridge at the Big Muddy River, at MP 94.6, as it heads toward Wolf, Illinois. I think all in all we caught about 25 different trains on our trip so it was a great day. I’ll be posting shots from this trip over the next couple weeks. Hope everyone enjoys!
June 26, 2015 – Union Pacific’s 1688 rounds the curve heading north on the Chester Subdivision approaching the La Rue Hills bridge at Wolf, Illinois with an autorack train. – Tech Info: 1/1250sec, f/5.6, ISO 720, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 270mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. #jimstrainphotos
June 6, 2015 – A Union Pacific Railroad autorack train meets a southbound manifest at Gorham, Illinois as it makes its way north on the Chester Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/1250 sec, f/5.6, ISO 500, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 300mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. #jimstrainphotos
June 26, 2015 – Southbound CN manifest train with engine 5721 as it’s leading engine, waits for a green signal at Chiles Junction in Paducah, Ky as light fades from the day. CN is the lower track and the upper track belongs to Paducah & Louisville Railway. – Tech Info: 1/320sec, f/5.6, ISO 4000, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 185mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. #jimstrainphotos
June 26, 2015 – Southbound CN manifest train with engine 5721 in the lead, heads south at Chiles Junction in Paducah, Ky as light fades from the day. – Tech Info: 1/200sec, f/5.6, ISO 4000, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 70mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. #jimstrainphotos
June 25, 2015 – Southbound CSX Q597, with engine 901 in the lead, meets E015, a northbound empty coal train, at Crofton, Ky as it makes it’s way Nashville, Tn from Chicago, Ill on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/2000sec, f/5.6, ISO 640, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 260mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. #jimstrainphotos
A gallery of images from CSX’s new Casky Inspection Yard at Hopkinsville, Ky
June 24, 2015 – Ex-Virginia Railway Express commuter locomotive 217, at least as far as I can find out, is moved into the siding at CSX’s south yard at Atkinson in Madisonville, Ky by CSX Q597. Afterwards the crew picks up the last of it’s cars before heading south on the Henderson Subdivision. As of 4:30 CST this engine was till setting at the south yard. It was dropped off by P&L on June 23, 2015. – Tech Info: 1/800sec, f/14, ISO 1000, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ various focal lengths with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. #jimstrainphotos
June 24, 2015 – Ex-Virginia Railway Express commuter locomotive 217, at least as far as I can find out, is moved into the siding at CSX’s south yard at Atkinson in Madisonville, Ky by CSX Q597. Afterwards the crew picks up the last of it’s cars before heading south on the Henderson Subdivision. As of 4:30 CST this engine was till setting at the south yard. It was dropped off by P&L on June 23, 2015. – Tech Info: 1/800sec, f/14, ISO 1000, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ various focal lengths with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. #jimstrainphotos
June 24, 2015 – Ex-Virginia Railway Express commuter locomotive 217, at least as far as I can find out, is moved into the siding at CSX’s south yard at Atkinson in Madisonville, Ky by CSX Q597. Afterwards the crew picks up the last of it’s cars before heading south on the Henderson Subdivision. As of 4:30 CST this engine was till setting at the south yard. It was dropped off by P&L on June 23, 2015. – Tech Info: 1/800sec, f/14, ISO 1000, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ various focal lengths with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. #jimstrainphotos
June 24, 2015 – A Conductor watches Norfolk Southern’s 8081 pull through the switch out onto the main from the siding at Cimarron Mine in Madisonville, Ky after doing a run-around of it’s loaded coal train, while they prepare to hook onto the rear to start their movement north on the Paducah and Louisville Railway. – Tech Info: 1/800sec, f/14, ISO 1000, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 300mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. #jimstrainphotos
June 24, 2015 – Norfolk Southern’s 8081 heads north at Cimarron Mine in Madisonville, Ky with it’s loaded coal train, on the Paducah and Louisville Railway.
June 22, 2015 – United States Army Genset 6524 sits outside the back gate of National Railway Equipment’s shops in Paducah, Ky, where it waits to be picked up by the Paducah and Louisville Railway for movement to Madisonville, Ky for interchange with CSX. The last one went south on the Henderson Subdivision. Don’t know where it’s headed from there. Tech Info: 1/800sec, f/14, ISO 1000, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 300mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. #jimstrainphotos
June 22, 2015 – Fresh out of the paint shop at NRE (National Railway Equipment Co.) in Paducah, Ky, Paducah and Louisville’s engine 4522 sports a brand new UK paint scheme showing all the years that the University of Kentucky has won a NCAA National Championship. This is one of series of photographs I’ll be doing for P&L over the next few months. Thanks to P&L for allowing me to share it with you. – Tech Info: 1/800sec, f/7, ISO 140, Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. #jimstrainphotos
June 22, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s University of Louisville engine 3801 and University of Kentucky engine 1998 sit in the yard at Paducah, Ky as they wait on a crew. – Tech Info: 1/800sec, f/14, ISO 450, Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 40mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. #jimstrainphotos