In this weeks Saturday Infrared photo, we find Paducah and Louisville Railway 2021 and 1986, their 35th Anniversary units, leading the afternoon local at as they head north from West Yard in Madisonville, Ky on September 20th, 2023.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 10-24 @ 11mm, f/5.6, 1/850, ISO 400.
In this week’s Saturday Infrared photo, we find Paducah and Louisville Railway 8507 leading the afternoon local at Richland, Kentucky as it returns south to Princeton, Ky after working Central City and Madisonville, Ky on September 12th, 2023.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 70-300 @ 70mm, f/4.5, 1/75, ISO 400.
In this weeks Saturday Infrared photo, we catch CSXT 921 leading M512 as it splits the signals at the south end of the Latham siding at Hopkinsville, Ky on August 19th, 2023, as it heads north on the CSX Henderson Subdivision.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Sigma 150-600 @ 280mm, f/10, 1/400, ISO 400.
In this week’s Saturday Infrared photo, CSX Chessie System Heritage unit, 1973, heads down the Pee Vee Spur at Madisonville, Ky, to connect to the Warrior lead, as it heads up CSX R592 on their way to the Warrior Coal mine load out, outside Nebo, Ky on August 19th, 2023.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 10-24 @ 11mm, f/5.6, 1/300, ISO 400.
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In this week’s Saturday Infrared view, we catch CSX M513 as it heads south out of Casky at Hopkinsville, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision, on August 19th, 2023.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 70-300 @ 300mm, f/8, 1/400, ISO 400.
In this week’s Saturday Infrared photo, I caught the daily local, CSX L391, as it headed south between Mannington and Crofton, Ky, on the Henderson Subdivision on August 3rd, 2023. This train runs daily between Casky Yard in Hopkinsville and Atkinson Yard in Madisonville, Ky.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 70-300 @ 70mm, f/4.5, 1/180, ISO 200.
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In this weeks Saturday Infrared photo, I caught the daily local, CSX L391, as it headed south between Mannington and Crofton, Ky, on the Henderson Subdivision on August 3rd, 2023. This train runs daily between Casky Yard in Hopkinsville and Atkinson Yard in Madisonville, Ky
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 70-300 @ 70mm, f/4.5, 1/180, ISO 200.
This weeks Saturday Infrared photo is of a meet between M648, left, and L391, as they pass each other at the crossover at Nortonville, Ky, on the Henderson Subdivision on August 3rd, 2023.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 70-300 @ 70mm, f/4.5, 1/180, ISO 200.
This week’s Saturday Infrared photo is of CSXT 981 leading a southbound loaded coal train as they meet a northbound empty grain train at Kelly, Ky, on the Henderson Subdivision on May 29th, 2023.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 10-24 @14mm, f/4, 1/1000, ISO 200.
Incoming Storm, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington – Infrared Photo – Fuji XT-1 Converted to 720nm, 1/1000 sec, f/3.5, 200 ISO.
This week’s Saturday Infrared photo is of newly painted and refurbished RJ Corman units 2645 and 2648, along with GMTX 9059, as they sit at Nugent Sand Yard in Louisville, Ky on Saturday afternoon, April 15th, 2023. These first two units were recently acquired by the company from Norfolk Southern and are SD70M locomotives, which are beginning to see road service after coming out of the shops.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 10-24 @10mm, f/9, 1/250, ISO 400.
This week’s Saturday Infrared photo is of CSX Local L391 as it heads past the old L&N Depot in downtown Hopkinsville, Kentucky, on October 15th, 2022, on the Henderson Subdivision.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 10-24 @ 10mm, f/4.5, 1/250, ISO 200.
Infrared photo of Nevada Northern locomotive 81, as it sits in the yard at Ely, Nevada on February 12th, 2022 during the museums 2022 Winter Photo Charter event, next to Nevada Mines Division’s #22 Kennecott Caboose.
Nevada Northern No. 81 is a “Consolidation” type (2-8-0) steam locomotive that was built for the Nevada Northern in 1917 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, PA, at a cost of $23,700. It was built for Mixed service to haul both freight and passenger trains on the Nevada Northern railway.
According to Wikipedia: “The Nevada Northern Railway Museum is a railroad museum and heritage railroad located in Ely, Nevada and operated by a historic foundation dedicated to the preservation of the Nevada Northern Railway.
Tech Info: Fuji XT1 converted to 720nm, Nikon 10-24 @ 13mm, f/4, 1/500, ISO 200.
This week,s Saturday Infrared photo is of CSX M648 as it passes through the south end of Latham Siding under stormy skies over the CSX Henderson Subdivision on February 9th, 2023.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 10-24 @ 24mm, f/4.5, 1/250, ISO 400.
This week’s Saturday Infrared photo is of CSX W001, a geometry train inspecting the siding track at Kelly, Kentucky under stormy skies as it works southbound on the CSX Henderson Subdivision on February 9th, 2023.
A geometry train measures the track geometry by using electromagnetic devices. These trains are used to pinpoint any kind of defect in the tracks that may affect the safe operation of trains.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 10-24 @ 10mm, f/3.5, 1/2000, ISO 400.
Infrared photo of Nevada Northern Railway fireman Will Ebbert keeps a watchful eye from locomotive 81, as they head back through the yard at Ely, Nevada on February 12h, 2022 during during the museums 2022 Winter Photo Charter event.
Nevada Northern No. 81 is a “Consolidation” type (2-8-0) steam locomotive that was built for the Nevada Northern in 1917 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, PA, at a cost of $23,700. It was built for Mixed service to haul both freight and passenger trains on the Nevada Northern railway.
According to Wikipedia: The Nevada Northern Railway Museum is a railroad museum and heritage railroad located in Ely, Nevada and operated by a historic foundation dedicated to the preservation of the Nevada Northern Railway.
Tech Info: Fuji XT1 converted to 720nm, Nikon 10-24 @ 10mm, f/4, 1/220, ISO 200.
In this dramatic black and white Infrared photo Nevada Northern Railway engine 93 heads back to Ely, Nevada with an empty ore train under the control of engineer Jim Montague and fireman, as they approach the Lackawanna Crossing on the Robinson Canyon Route on February 12th, 2022.
They werent moving ore but was a part of the museums three-day Winter Photo Charter event that ran from February 11-13th, 2022. This was my first trip to the Nevada Northern and wont be my last!
Locomotive #93 is a 2-8-0 that was built by the American Locomotive Company in January of 1909 at a cost of $17,610. It was the last steam locomotive to retire from original revenue service on the Nevada Northern Railway in 1961 and was restored back into service in 1993, according to the NNRY website.
According to Wikipedia: The Nevada Northern Railway Museum is a railroad museum and heritage railroad located in Ely, Nevada and operated by a historic foundation dedicated to the preservation of the Nevada Northern Railway.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Sigma 24-70 @ 70mm, f/4.5, 1/1000, ISO 200.
Saturday Infrared photo – Drama is one of the major things I like about the look of black and white Infrared photography of trains! It produces a great look for that I love, as with this shot of empty CSX grain express train, G304 as it rounds the curve coming into downtown Mortons Gap, Kentucky shows as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 18-250 @ 22mm, f/4, 1/550, ISO 200.
For this week’s Saturday Infrared photo, we find Meadow River Lumber Company steam locomotive, Heisler No. 6, as the blow off steam at Hosterman, West Virginia during the Mountain Rail WV, Rail Heritage Photography Weekend on November 4th, 2022. The event was held at the Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad, Durbin, WV, and Cass Scenic Railroad, Cass, WV, from November 4-6th, 2022.
According to Wikipedia: The Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad (reporting mark DGVR) is a heritage and freight railroad in the U.S. states of Virginia and West Virginia. It operates the West Virginia State Rail Authority-owned Durbin Railroad and West Virginia Central Railroad (reporting mark WVC), as well as the Shenandoah Valley Railroad in Virginia.
Beginning in 2015, DGVR began operating the historic geared steam-powered Cass Scenic Railroad, which was previously operated by the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources as part of Cass Scenic Railroad State Park.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 10-24 @ 10mm, f/4.5, 1/250, ISO 800.
In this week’s Saturday Infrared view, we catch an eastbound, with 4 BNSF units leading, as it heads away from downtown Kansas City, Missouri past the famous Santa Fe Junction on June 29th, 2022.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 10-24 @ 16mm, f/4, 1/250, ISO 200.
This week’s Saturday Infrared photo is of Cass Scenic Railway Shay locomotive number 11, (C-90-3) as it backs through the forest during the Rail Heritage Photography Weekend photo shoot at Cass, West Virginia on November 5th, 2022.
According to Wikipedia: Cass Scenic Railroad, is an 11-mile (18 km) long heritage railway owned by the West Virginia State Rail Authority and operated by the Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad. The park also includes the former company town of Cass and a portion of the summit of Bald Knob, the highest point on Back Allegheny Mountain.
Founded in 1901 by the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company (now WestRock), Cass was built as a company town to serve the needs of the men who worked in the nearby mountains cutting spruce and hemlock for the West Virginia Spruce Lumber Company, a subsidiary of WVP&P. At one time, the sawmill at Cass was the largest double-band sawmill in the world. It processed an estimated 1.25 billion board feet (104,000,000 cu ft; 2,950,000 m3) of lumber during its lifetime. In 1901 work started on the 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge railroad, which climbs Back Allegheny Mountain.
The railroad eventually reached a meadow area, now known as Whittaker Station, where a logging camp was established for the immigrants who were building the railroad. The railroad soon reached the top of Gobblers Knob, and then a location on top of the mountain known as ‘Spruce’. The railroad built a small town at that location, complete with a company store, houses, a hotel, and a doctor’s office. Work soon commenced on logging the red spruce trees, which grew in the higher elevations.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 10-24 @ 22mm, f/4.5, 1/180, ISO 640.