January 1, 2019 – RJ Corman 3438 backs a string of empty autoracks into the loading area of the Toyota Plant at Princeton, Indiana. RJ Corman switching company was awarded the job at four Toyota Locations. Here’s the news release. https://www.rjcorman.com/newsroom/press-releases/r-j-corman-switching-company-llc-awarded-job-four-toyota-locations-0 – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #rjc #rjcrailroad
January 1, 2019 – CSX Q513-01, with a brand new Genesee & Wyoming motor third out, going to the Georgia Central Railway heads through the siding at Alliance as it heads south at Princeton, Indiana on the CE&D Subdivision.
According to Wikipedia: The Georgia Central Railway (reporting mark GC) operates about 174 miles (280 km) of former Seaboard Coast Line track from Macon, Georgia through Dublin, Georgia and Vidalia, Georgia to Savannah, Georgia. It also operates about 20 miles (32 km) of trackage between Savannah and Riceboro, Georgia, switching Interstate Paper LLC. It connects with CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway. The Georgia Central Railway is owned by Rail Link, a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
December 29, 2018 – With Toyota shut down for the holidays this is about the best shot I could catch of RJ Corman’s 7697, 7908 and 3438 at Princeton, Indiana. RJC has taken over the rail operations at the automotive plant from Road And Rail Services. –#jimstrainphotos#indianarailroads#trains#nikond800#railroad#railroads#train#railways#railway#rjcorman#rjcormanrailroad
November 23, 2018 – Indiana Southern Railroad’s 4020 (An ex-Rail America GP40) and 3051 sit tied down with their train in the yard at Petersburg, Indiana waiting on a crew. – #jimstrainphotos#indianarailroads#trains#nikond800#railroad#railroads#train#railways#railway#indianasouthern#israilroad
December 29, 2018 – A lone bird soars through the sky above NS 9510 as it leads a loaded, short autorack train east across the NS/Indiana Southern RR diamond at Oakland City, Indiana. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #d800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #ns #nsrailway
November 23, 2018 – Indiana Railroad 3803 backs a set of empty hoppers into Berry Plastic at Bloomington, Indiana as it does a drop-off and pick-up from the plant. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #inrd #indianarailroad
November 3, 2018 – Illuminated by the early morning sun, CSX Q029 (Chicago, IL – Atlanta, GA) heads south on CSXs CE&D Subdivision at Sullivan, Indiana, under the old C&EI coaling tower that was built in 1941 to service steam locomotives. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
December 12, 2018 – CSXT 3145 leads loaded coal train N058 as it heads south across the Sulfur Creek Trestle at Springfield, Tennessee on its way south along the Henderson Subdivision with a DPU pushing from the rear. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
November 23, 2018 – Louisville & Indiana Railroad 2302 and 2003 lead a loaded military train over the Flatrock River at Columbus, Indiana as it makes its way north to deliver its cargo to Camp Atterbury, Indiana.
Camp Atterbury, located in south-central Indiana, about 4 miles west of Edinburgh, Indiana, serves as a military and civilian training base under the auspices of the Indiana National Guard.
The Louisville and Indiana Railroad (reporting mark LIRC) is a Class III railroad that operates freight service between Indianapolis, Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky, with a major yard and maintenance shop in Jeffersonville, Indiana.
According to Wikipedia: The 106-mile line was purchased from Conrail in March 1994. Previous to Conrail, the line was owned by Penn Central, and before that, the Pennsylvania Railroad. It serves the cities of Franklin, Sellersburg, Seymour and Columbus, Indiana, and also serves the former Clark Maritime Center, now Port of Indiana, Jeffersonville. In Louisville, the LIRC interchanges with the Paducah and Louisville Railway, CSX Transportation and the Indiana Rail Road, former Canadian Pacific Railway (via trackage rights over CSX’s former Monon line). Traffic from them mostly is potash. In Indianapolis, the line interchanges with CSX Transportation at Avon Yard approximately 7 miles west of the Circle City.
November 23, 2018 – Louisville & Indiana Honoring our Veterans units, 3001 and 3002, pull south toward their yard at Columbus, Indiana with a small load of freight. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #LIrailway #louisvilleandindianarailwayNovember 23, 2018 – Louisville & Indiana Honoring our Veterans units, 3001 and 3002, pull south toward their yard at Columbus, Indiana with a small load of freight. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #LIrailway #louisvilleandindianarailway
November 23, 2018 – The Indiana Railroad 3803 leads a short freight (The Bloomington Turn) with INRD 31687 caboose bringing up the rear as it heads across the Tulip Trestle at Solsberry, Indiana.
According to Wikipedia: The Tulip Viaduct is a 2,295-foot long railroad bridge (also known as the Greene County Viaduct or Tulip Trestle, and officially designated Bridge X76-6) in Greene County, Indiana, that spans Richland Creek between Solsberry and Tulip. According to Richard Simmons and Francis Haywood Parker, authors of Railroads of Indiana, it is “easily the state’s most spectacular railroad bridge”. The bridge was built in 1905 and 1906 by the Indianapolis Southern Railway and successor Indianapolis Southern Railroad, which became part of the Illinois Central Railroad in 1911. It is now part of the IndianapolisNewton, Illinois, line of the Indiana Rail Road. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #inrd #indianarailroad
November 3, 2018 – CSX Q512 waits for a East Bound intermodal, with NS 6908 leading, to pass it on the St. Louis Line Subdivision at Danville, IN on its way to the yard at Avon, IN. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad #nsrailway
November 3, 2018 – A CSX mixed freight, carrying a tank car on a flat, with Kansas City Southern 4866 and 4198 leading, pass the I.U. Interlocking tower as it east on the Indianapolis Terminal Subdivision at Indianapolis, Indiana. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
October 3, 2018 – This was an unexpected find! While traveling to another spot to shoot photos in Indianapolis, Indiana with fellow railfan Ryan Scott we stumbled across these two unusual switchers, Locomotive 1A and II! They used to be used to move coal around the Harding Street Power Station (previously E.W. Stout) until it was converted to gas and now they sit outside the power station; fate unknown, at least to this photographer. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
October 3, 2018 – Union Pacific 8686 leads CSX Q131 Westbound as it pulls out of the west end of Avon Yard at Indianapolis, Indiana with it’s intermodal train. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad #uprailroad #unionpacific
November 3, 2018 – Illuminated by the early morning sun, CSX Q029 (Chicago, IL – Atlanta, GA) heads south on CSX’s CE&D Subdivision at Sullivan, Indiana, under the old C&EI coaling tower that was built in 1941 to service steam locomotives. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
November 3, 2018 – Indiana Railroad 9004 leads Z464 as it pulls onto the CSX CE&D Subdivision’s Baker siding at Terre Haute, Indiana to perform interchange work with CSX as the last light of the day fades from the sky.
According to Wikipedia: The Indiana Rail Road (reporting mark INRD) is a United States Class II railroad, originally operating over former Illinois Central Railroad trackage from Newton, Illinois, to Indianapolis, Indiana, a distance of 155 miles. This line, now known as the Indiana Rail Road’s Indianapolis Subdivision, comprises most of the former IC line from Indianapolis to Effingham, Illinois; Illinois Central successor Canadian National Railway retains the portion from Newton to Effingham. INRD also owns a former Milwaukee Road line from Terre Haute, Indiana, to Burns City, Indiana (site of the Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center), with trackage rights extending to Chicago, Illinois. INRD serves Louisville, Kentucky, and the Port of Indiana on the Ohio River at Jeffersonville, Indiana, through a haulage agreement with the Louisville & Indiana Railroad (LIRC). – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad #inrdrailroad #indianarailroad
November 3, 2018 – CSXT 2810 passes the I.U. Interlocking tower as it leads a mixed freight westbound on the Indianapolis Terminal Subdivision at Indianapolis, Indiana. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
October 6, 2018 – Signals reflect off the side of CSX Q647, as makes its way through Howell Yards, in Evansville, Indiana, as it continues south to it’s final destination of Waycross, GA. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
October 6, 2018 – Against the night sky glow from Evansville, Indiana the headlights from CSX E306 lights up the railing as it heads slowly down the viaduct at Rham, Indiana with its empty coal train after crossing over the Ohio River on the Henderson Subdivision. Nikon D800, 4 min exposure at f/11 at ISO 100 with a Nikon 18mm lens. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
August 29, 2018 – Norfolk Southern Railway 4081 leads empty coal train 71G eastbound out of Mt. Carmel, Illinois after coming off the bridge over the Wabash River on the NS Southern-West District. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #ns #nsrailway