Northbound LG1 at Eastview Cut, Eastview, Kentucky I spent this afternoon chasing the Paducah and Louisville Railway LG1 loaded coal train from Madisonville to Eastview, Kentucky. The latter was my goal for this chase as I've never photographed the cut at Eastview before and it's been on my list for a while now. I got to the location about 10 minutes before the train and checked out the scene with my Nikon first as the cut is right up against the bridge on Meeting Creek Road and I wasn't sure I wanted or even needed to use the drone at this location. After consideration I decided to launch the drone as I felt it could give me the best platform for a shot that would offer the best perspective that was different from other photos I've seen taken from here. With the drone in place, it was a short wait as I captured Paducah and Louisville University of Kentucky locomotives 4522 and 2012 lead the Louisville Gas & Electric loaded coal train as it made its way north and through the cut at Eastview, Kentucky. Tech Info: Wide Photo: DJI Mavic Air 2 Drone, RAW, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/500, ISO 100, August 17, 2021.

Northbound LG1 at Eastview Cut, Eastview, Kentucky

I spent this afternoon chasing the Paducah and Louisville Railway LG1 loaded coal train from Madisonville to Eastview, Kentucky. The latter was my goal for this chase as I’ve never photographed the cut at Eastview before and it’s been on my list for a while now.

I got to the location about 10 minutes before the train and checked out the scene with my Nikon first as the cut is right up against the bridge on Meeting Creek Road and I wasn’t sure I wanted or even needed to use the drone at this location. After consideration I decided to launch the drone as I felt it could give me the best platform for a shot that would offer the best perspective that was different from other photos I’ve seen taken from here.

With the drone in place, it was a short wait as I captured Paducah and Louisville University of Kentucky locomotives 4522 and 2012 lead the Louisville Gas & Electric loaded coal train as it made its way north and through the cut at Eastview, Kentucky.

Tech Info: Wide Photo: DJI Mavic Air 2 Drone, RAW, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/500, ISO 100, August 17, 2021.

Southbound load of coal at dusk at Ridgetop, TN CSX N302 heads south as it snakes its way through the valley as its tail end still exits Baker Tunnel back around the hills at Ridgetop, Tennessee on the Henderson Subdivision, as the light of day begins to fade from the scene. This trainset runs from Evansville, IN (EVWR) to Stilesboro, GA with a load of coal from the Sugar Camp Mine at Akin, IL and is headed to Georgia Power's Bowen Plant to help keep the lights on! Tech Info: Wide Photo: DJI Mavic Air 2 Drone, RAW, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/50, ISO 100, June 12, 2021.

Southbound load of coal at dusk at Ridgetop, TN

CSX N302 heads south as it snakes its way through the valley as its tail end still exits Baker Tunnel back around the hills at Ridgetop, Tennessee on the Henderson Subdivision, as the light of day begins to fade from the scene. This trainset runs from Evansville, IN (EVWR) to Stilesboro, GA with a load of coal from the Sugar Camp Mine at Akin, IL and is headed to Georgia Power’s Bowen Plant to help keep the lights on!

Tech Info: Wide Photo: DJI Mavic Air 2 Drone, RAW, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/50, ISO 100, June 12, 2021.