A busy moment at CSX Casky yard in Hopkinsville, Kentucky on a cold fringed afternoon as CSX Q503 departs the yard headed south on the Henderson Subdivision on January 7th, 2022, as CSX K467 pulls onto the main behind him at the south end of Casky. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/3000, ISO 110. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #jimpearsonphotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer

CSX Q503 and K467 head south from Casky Yard at Hopkinsville, Kentucky

A busy moment at CSX Casky yard in Hopkinsville, Kentucky on a cold fringed afternoon as CSX Q503 departs the yard headed south on the Henderson Subdivision on January 7th, 2022, as CSX K467 pulls onto the main behind him at the south end of Casky.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/3000, ISO 110.

CSX K442 (Hookers Point - Tampa, FL to Bensenville, IL) a empty ethanol train snakes off into the distance, being led by Norfolk Southern 7607, Union Pacific 3898 and BNSF 6872, waits in the siding at the north end of Kelly, Kentucky for an track inspector to get by, on January 17th, 2022. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/400, ISO 120. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #jimpearsonphotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer

CSX K422 waits to head north from Kelly, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision

CSX K442 (Hookers Point – Tampa, FL to Bensenville, IL) a empty ethanol train snakes off into the distance, being led by Norfolk Southern 7607, Union Pacific 3898 and BNSF 6872, waits in the siding at the north end of Kelly, Kentucky for an track inspector to get by, on January 17th, 2022.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/400, ISO 120.

Four of the major railroads are represented here in this shot of northbound empty ethanol train, CSX K442 (Hookers Point - Tampa, FL to Bensenville, IL), being led by Norfolk Southern 7607, Union Pacific 3898 and BNSF 6872, waits in the siding at the north end of Kelly, Kentucky. Here they meet a southbound hot intermodal, I029, led by CSXT 3472, (59th Street Yard - Chicago, IL to Fairburn, GA) on January 17th, 2022, on the Henderson Subdivision. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/500, ISO 150. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #jimpearsonphotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer

CSX K442 meets I029 at the north end of Kelly, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision

Four of the major railroads are represented here in this shot of northbound empty ethanol train, CSX K442 (Hookers Point – Tampa, FL to Bensenville, IL), being led by Norfolk Southern 7607, Union Pacific 3898 and BNSF 6872, waits in the siding at the north end of Kelly, Kentucky.

Here they meet a southbound hot intermodal, I029, led by CSXT 3472, (59th Street Yard – Chicago, IL to Fairburn, GA) on January 17th, 2022, on the Henderson Subdivision.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/500, ISO 150.

CSX Intermodal I026 (Duval Yard - Jacksonville, FL to Bedford Park, IL) prepares to head upgrade out of Mortons Junction on the Henderson Subdivision at Mortons Gap, Kentucky as it moves north through a fresh snowfall on January 7th, 2022. Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 410mm, f/8, 1/1600, ISO 2500. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #jimpearsonphotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer

CSX Intermodal I026 northbound through the snow at Mortons Gap, KY

CSX Intermodal I026 (Duval Yard – Jacksonville, FL to Bedford Park, IL) prepares to head upgrade out of Mortons Junction on the Henderson Subdivision at Mortons Gap, Kentucky as it moves north through a fresh snowfall on January 7th, 2022.

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 410mm, f/8, 1/1600, ISO 2500.

A busy moment at CSX Casky yard in Hopkinsville, Kentucky on a cold fringed afternoon as the conductor on loaded ethanol train K627 does a roll-by check from the ground of CSX I026 as their DUP passes his head end and CSX Q503 departs the yard headed south on the Henderson Subdivision on January 7th, 2022. CSX 503’s crew pulled into the yard around 4am in the morning and it was almost 3pm before a new crew was available to continue its run south to Radnor Yard at Nashville, TN. CSX K627 continued behind 503 to its Hookers Point in Tampa, FL, and I026 continued north to Bedford Park, IL on its daily run. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/3000, ISO 130.

A busy moment at CSX Casky yard in Hopkinsville, Kentucky on a cold fringed afternoon

A busy moment at CSX Casky yard in Hopkinsville, Kentucky on a cold fringed afternoon as the conductor on loaded ethanol train K627 does a roll-by check from the ground of CSX I026 as their DUP passes his head end and CSX Q503 departs the yard headed south on the Henderson Subdivision on January 7th, 2022.

CSX 503’s crew pulled into the yard around 4am in the morning and it was almost 3pm before a new crew was available to continue its run south to Radnor Yard at Nashville, TN. CSX K627 continued behind 503 to its Hookers Point in Tampa, FL, and I026 continued north to Bedford Park, IL on its daily run.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/3000, ISO 130.

CSXT 739 leads loaded grain train G419 past the old Louisville and Nashville (L&N) Railroad Depot after our first snowfall of the year on the Henderson Subdivision on January 7th, 2022. The snow which began to fall on the 6th brought a total of 4-6 inches of snow to the region and caused delays on the railroad due to switch problems along the line due to the snow and cold. According to Wikipedia: “The L &N Railroad Depot in the Hopkinsville Commercial Historic District of Hopkinsville, Kentucky is a historic railroad station on the National Register of Historic Places. It was built by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad in 1892. The year 1832 saw the first of many attempts to woo a railroad to Hopkinsville. This first attempt was to connect Hopkinsville to Eddyville, Kentucky. In 1868 Hopkinsville finally obtained a railroad station, operated by the Evansville, Henderson, & Nashville Railroad. The Louisville & Nashville Railroad acquired the railroad in 1879. The Hopkinsville depot is a single-story frame building with a slate roof. It has six rooms: A Ladies Waiting room (the room closest to the street), a General Waiting Room, a Colored Waiting Room, a baggage room (the furthest room from the street), a ticket office (the only room which connected to all three waiting rooms), and a ladies' restroom. Immediately outsides were warehouses for freight, usually tobacco. Its last long-distance (passenger) train was the Louisville and Nashville's Georgian, last operating in 1968. During its operating years, the Hopkinsville depot was a popular layover spot for those traveling by train. It was the only Louisville & Nashville station between Evansville, Indiana and Nashville, Tennessee where it was legal to drink alcohol. Hopkinsville got the nickname “Hop town” due to train passengers asking the conductors when they would arrive at Hopkinsville, so they could "hop off and get a drink". The Hopkinsville L&N Railroad Depot was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 1, 1975. CSX, which bought out the Louisville & Nashville, still run trains on the tracks next to the depot, but do not stop." Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/3200, ISO 110. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #jimpearsonphotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer

CSXT 739 leads loaded grain train G419 past the old Louisville and Nashville Depot at Hopkinsville, KY

CSXT 739 leads loaded grain train G419 past the old Louisville and Nashville (L&N) Railroad Depot after our first snowfall of the year on the Henderson Subdivision on January 7th, 2022. The snow which began to fall on the 6th brought a total of 4-6 inches of snow to the region and caused delays on the railroad due to switch problems along the line due to the snow and cold.

According to Wikipedia: “The L &N Railroad Depot in the Hopkinsville Commercial Historic District of Hopkinsville, Kentucky is a historic railroad station on the National Register of Historic Places. It was built by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad in 1892.

The year 1832 saw the first of many attempts to woo a railroad to Hopkinsville. This first attempt was to connect Hopkinsville to Eddyville, Kentucky. In 1868 Hopkinsville finally obtained a railroad station, operated by the Evansville, Henderson, & Nashville Railroad. The Louisville & Nashville Railroad acquired the railroad in 1879.

The Hopkinsville depot is a single-story frame building with a slate roof. It has six rooms: A Ladies Waiting room (the room closest to the street), a General Waiting Room, a Colored Waiting Room, a baggage room (the furthest room from the street), a ticket office (the only room which connected to all three waiting rooms), and a ladies’ restroom. Immediately outsides were warehouses for freight, usually tobacco.

Its last long-distance (passenger) train was the Louisville and Nashville’s Georgian, last operating in 1968.

During its operating years, the Hopkinsville depot was a popular layover spot for those traveling by train. It was the only Louisville & Nashville station between Evansville, Indiana and Nashville, Tennessee where it was legal to drink alcohol. Hopkinsville got the nickname “Hop town” due to train passengers asking the conductors when they would arrive at Hopkinsville, so they could “hop off and get a drink”.

The Hopkinsville L&N Railroad Depot was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 1, 1975. CSX, which bought out the Louisville & Nashville, still run trains on the tracks next to the depot, but do not stop.”

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/3200, ISO 110.