June 6, 2018 – CSX military train W865, with BNSF 5536 leading and 6359 trailing, heads south on the Henderson Subdivision as they approach the Davis Road overpass with it’s loaded train bound for Hopkinsville, Ky where it’ll drop the cargo off on the Ft. Campbell Wye for pickup by Ft. Campbell Rail. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad #ftcampbellrail #bnsf
June 9, 2018 – There’s just something about the lure of street running trains and when you throw in a BNSF War Bonnet, well, it makes it even better. Here we have a southbound CSX Q231-08 as begins to make it’s way through downtown La Grange toward Louisville, Ky. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad #bnsfrailway #bnsfwarbonnet
May 31, 2018 – CSX Local J724-31 meets CSX W865-30 at the south end of Slaughters siding during a heavy rain, with BNSF 6162 leading a military train, as the both make their way along CSX’s Henderson Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad #bnsf #bnsfrailway #militarytrain
May 31, 2018 – The Conductor from local 726-31, a local running light, does a roll-by inspection as CSX W865-30, a military train with BNSF 6162 leading, passes them at the Norton end of the siding at Hanson, Ky, as 865 continues it’s move southbound on CSX’s Henderson Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad #bnsf #bnsfrailway #militarytrain
May 29, 2018 – Under a light rain, CSX W865-27 heads out of Sebree, Ky with BNSF 7976 and 988 leading a long military train as it makes its way south to Hopkinsville, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
March 10, 2018 – Norfolk Southern 8156 and BNSF Warbonnet 737 lead NS 168 West across the swollen Wabash River at Mount Carmel, Illinois with a short, 1,500ft train.
October 20, 2008 – A BNSF ballast train makes it’s way west from the Summit of the Cajon Pass in Southern California with BNSF 6735 leading. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond300 #railroad #railroads#train #railways #railway #bnsf #bnsfrailway #cajonpass
February 14, 2018 – BNSF 4151 and 758 pull a mixed freight onto track 2 at the north end of Buda, as it heads south on CN’s Cairo Subdivision at Clinton, Ky.
February 14, 2018 – BNSF 4151 and 758 pull a mixed freight past a string of Anhydrous Ammonia cars at Farmer’s Gin Co., as it heads south on CN’s Cairo Subdivision at Clinton, Ky.
June 23, 2006 – BNSF 4439 pulls a freight though one of the many tunnels in the Tehachapi Mountains, outside Bakersfield, CA with a rainbow of power.
January 25, 2018 – BNSF 6121 leads CSX Q647-24 (Chicago, IL – Waycross, GA) thru “Sandcut,” outside of Crofton, Ky, as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision.
November 24, 2017 – Norfolk Southern train 375 pulls out of the yard at Princeton, Indiana, with BNSF 5952 leading the way, as it heads westbound.
June 19, 2006 – A BNSF mixed freight, with different paint schemes on the four lead units, heads southbound through the Cajon Pass in southern California, in this view from the famous train watching spot called Hill 582.
September 27, 2011 – BNSF 7902 leads a loaded intermodal through the famous “Sullivan’s Curve” as it heads north up the Cajon Pass in southern California.
“Sullivans Curve is where the Union Pacific Palmdale Cutoff, and the BNSF mains 1 and 2 curve in a large horseshoe curve directly next to some large, rather impressive, rock formations. Promotional photos taken at this curve for the Santa Fe in the 1930’s through the 1950’s by photographer Herb Sullivan were fantastic, and made famous by their composition. The curve that he used so frequently was named in his honor, and rightfully so.”
September 27, 2011 – The sun begins to dip in the sky as a loaded BNSF freight train heads north up the grade in the Cajon Pass in southern California, approaching the Summit of the pass as BNSF 7726 leads the way. Shooting directly into the sun can cause many exposure issues, but if you get it right it can make for some spectacular photographs.
I shot this as a RAW file on a Nikon D700 Full Frame Camera and exposed more for the sun, but made sure I still had enough exposure in the midtones by checking my histogram.
By doing this I was able to bring the highlights down in RAW to bring the sun more in line with the rest of the photo and also used a gradient filter to help control the brightness of the sky. I also opened up the shadows in RAW to bring out the detail my sensor captured there, resulting is this final scene.
June 19, 2006 – A complete mashup of BNSF power, with different paint schemes, move a mixed freight train southbound down the Cajon Pass in southern California with a couple helpers on the rear, in this view from the famous train watching spot called Hill 582.
September 25, 2011 – BNSF 7567 and 7209 lead a long intermodal freight, elephant style, as they head east through Campbell Pass at Continental Divide, New Mexico.
August 15, 2017 – A BNSF empty coal train pulls past the tower in the Paducah and Louisville Railway yard at Paducah, Ky as it pulls through the yard where it tied down after unloading its train at Calvert City Loadout. The overhead track is the CN line.
September 23, 2017 – BNSF 7145 and 4116 lead CSX hot intermodal Q028-23 as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision at Henderson, Ky. I got a heads up from fellow railfan Ricky Bivins about this train heading through Mortons Gap, Ky, which is about 8 miles from my home in Richland. By the time I finally got ahead of it to where I could setup and get this shot I had to travel about 45 miles north of Mortons Gap to Henderson in order to do so. Good thing it was I-69 all the way as it showed up shortly after I got there!
September 8, 2017 – BNSF 9221 leads a loaded coal train down grade alongside Norfolk Southern DeButts Yard in Chattanooga, TN as it heads west on the Chattanooga Terminal.
September 2, 2017 – Well, today was my day for catching long strings of power! Not only did I catch the Paducah and Louisville Railway local between Madisonville and Paducah, Ky, but when I got to the PAL Yard at Paducah I found this string of ex-BNSF units destined for Progress Rail. There’s 13 of them in all and I couldn’t get a shot where I could read all their numbers.