Indiana Southern railroad locomotive 3387 leads the morning local pulls into the Algers, Winslow and Western Railway (AWW) yard (now belongs to Norfolk Southern Railway) at Oakland City, Indiana to do its interchange work on October 20th, 2022. According to Wikipedia: The Indiana Southern Railroad (reporting mark ISRR) is a short line or Class III railroad operating in the United States state of Indiana. It began operations in 1992 as a RailTex property,[1] and was acquired by RailAmerica in 2000. RailAmerica was itself acquired by Genesee & Wyoming in December 2012. The Algers, Winslow and Western Railway (reporting mark AWW) was a Class III short-line railroad that served the surface mining operations in Pike County, Indiana. It operated approximately 19 miles of track which reached from the coal mines west of Cato south to those at Enos Corner and ran close to the Norfolk Southern Railway and Indiana Southern Railroad. It was acquired in March 2007 by Norfolk Southern, but still operating under the original company's name. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1500, ISO 130. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #dronephotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer #jimpearsonphotography #indianasouthernrailroad #indianarailroads #trainsfromtheair

Indiana Southern railroad locomotive 3387 leads the morning local at Oakland City, IN

Indiana Southern railroad locomotive 3387 leads the morning local pulls into the Algers, Winslow and Western Railway (AWW) yard (now belongs to Norfolk Southern Railway) at Oakland City, Indiana to do its interchange work on October 20th, 2022.

According to Wikipedia: The Indiana Southern Railroad (reporting mark ISRR) is a short line or Class III railroad operating in the United States state of Indiana. It began operations in 1992 as a RailTex property,[1] and was acquired by RailAmerica in 2000. RailAmerica was itself acquired by Genesee & Wyoming in December 2012.

The Algers, Winslow and Western Railway (reporting mark AWW) was a Class III short-line railroad that served the surface mining operations in Pike County, Indiana. It operated approximately 19 miles of track which reached from the coal mines west of Cato south to those at Enos Corner and ran close to the Norfolk Southern Railway and Indiana Southern Railroad. It was acquired in March 2007 by Norfolk Southern, but still operating under the original company’s name.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1500, ISO 130.

The Indiana Railroad (INRD), “Honoring First Responders” locomotive 4002, leads the railroads Santa Train on December 3rd, 2022, as they pass over the Indiana Southern diamond at Switz City, Indiana. The Saturday run of the train made stops between Bloomington and Jasonville, IN to allow the kids in various towns along the way to come on board and have a brief visit with Santa Claus. The Indiana Railroad (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 (249 km). This line, now known as the Indiana Rail Road's Indianapolis Subdivision, comprises most of the former IC/ICG 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 no longer 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). Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/725, ISO 110. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #dronephotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer #jimpearsonphotography #inrd #IndianaRailroad #RegionalRailroad #trainsfromtheair

INRD Santa Train crosses the Indiana Southern at Switz City, Indiana

The Indiana Railroad (INRD), “Honoring First Responders” locomotive 4002, leads the railroads Santa Train on December 3rd, 2022, as they pass over the Indiana Southern diamond at Switz City, Indiana. The Saturday run of the train made stops between Bloomington and Jasonville, IN to allow the kids in various towns along the way to come on board and have a brief visit with Santa Claus.

The Indiana Railroad (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 (249 km). This line, now known as the Indiana Rail Road’s Indianapolis Subdivision, comprises most of the former IC/ICG 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 no longer 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).

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/725, ISO 110.

Indiana Southern Railroad locomotive 3382 leads an empty coal train down the Bear Run Mine lead as it heads to the loop to pickup another load of coal on December 3rd, 2022 as it passes under a farm overpass at Dugger, Indiana. According to Wikipedia: The Indiana Southern Railroad (reporting mark ISRR) is a short line or Class III railroad operating in the United States state of Indiana. It began operations in 1992 as a RailTex property and was acquired by RailAmerica in 2000. RailAmerica was acquired by Genesee & Wyoming in December 2012. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1250, ISO 100. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #dronephotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer #jimpearsonphotography

Indiana Southern Railroad locomotive 3382 leads an empty coal train at Dugger, Indiana

Indiana Southern Railroad locomotive 3382 leads an empty coal train down the Bear Run Mine lead as it heads to the loop to pickup another load of coal on December 3rd, 2022 as it passes under a farm overpass at Dugger, Indiana.

According to Wikipedia: The Indiana Southern Railroad (reporting mark ISRR) is a short line or Class III railroad operating in the United States state of Indiana. It began operations in 1992 as a RailTex property and was acquired by RailAmerica in 2000. RailAmerica was acquired by Genesee & Wyoming in December 2012.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1250, ISO 100.

Hoosier Southern (HOS) 468 leads the daily local as through the countryside at Buffalo City, IN and heads to Tell City, IN, after picking up its interchange work from Norfolk Southern Railway at Lincoln City, IN on October 20th, 2022. The small structures are for a local farmers chicken, which I thought made an interesting addition to the photo. The railroad originally consisted of a 22.3-mile line between the Indiana communities of Cannelton and Santa Claus that the Port Authority purchased from Norfolk Southern in 1991. The line had been unused since the mid-1980s and Norfolk Southern was considering abandonment prior to the Port Authority's (PCPA) purchase. PCPA's goal in obtaining and putting the Hoosier Southern line back into service was (and is) to attract new industry to Perry County. When Waupaca Foundry announced plans to build a facility just north of Tell City in 1995, the Port Authority undertook construction of a spur to that site. In 1996, an additional 2.4 miles of trackage between Santa Claus and Lincoln City was added to the HOS system. This trackage was also purchased from Norfolk Southern. Combined with the Tell City River Port on the Ohio River at Tell City, the Hoosier Southern provides multimodal transportation to serve the needs of businesses in both Perry and Spencer counties. Though the Hoosier Southern is no longer part of the Norfolk Southern system, it interchanges with the NS system at Lincoln City. NS gives HOS customers a direct connection to much of the eastern United States, with lines to such centers of commerce as Kansas City, Missouri and Louisville, Kentucky. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 120. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #dronephotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer #jimpearsonphotography #HoosierSouthernRailroad #indianarailroads #trainsfromtheair

Hoosier Southern 468 leads the daily local as through Buffalo City, IN

Hoosier Southern (HOS) 468 leads the daily local as through the countryside at Buffalo City, IN and heads to Tell City, IN, after picking up its interchange work from Norfolk Southern Railway at Lincoln City, IN on October 20th, 2022. The small structures are for a local farmers chicken, which I thought made an interesting addition to the photo.

The railroad originally consisted of a 22.3-mile line between the Indiana communities of Cannelton and Santa Claus that the Port Authority purchased from Norfolk Southern in 1991. The line had been unused since the mid-1980s and Norfolk Southern was considering abandonment prior to the Port Authority’s (PCPA) purchase.

PCPA’s goal in obtaining and putting the Hoosier Southern line back into service was (and is) to attract new industry to Perry County. When Waupaca Foundry announced plans to build a facility just north of Tell City in 1995, the Port Authority undertook construction of a spur to that site. In 1996, an additional 2.4 miles of trackage between Santa Claus and Lincoln City was added to the HOS system. This trackage was also purchased from Norfolk Southern.

Combined with the Tell City River Port on the Ohio River at Tell City, the Hoosier Southern provides multimodal transportation to serve the needs of businesses in both Perry and Spencer counties.

Though the Hoosier Southern is no longer part of the Norfolk Southern system, it interchanges with the NS system at Lincoln City. NS gives HOS customers a direct connection to much of the eastern United States, with lines to such centers of commerce as Kansas City, Missouri and Louisville, Kentucky.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 120.

Norfolk Southern 4152 leads D375 as they depart Huntingburg, Indiana as it heads south on the NS Evansville Branch with a load of rolled steel for the AK Steel plant at Rockport, Indiana, on October 20th, 2022, on a beautiful fall afternoon. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 120. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #dronephotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer #jimpearsonphotography

Norfolk Southern 4152 leads D375 as they depart Huntingburg, Indiana

Norfolk Southern 4152 leads D375 as they depart Huntingburg, Indiana as it heads south on the NS Evansville Branch with a load of rolled steel for the AK Steel plant at Rockport, Indiana, on October 20th, 2022, on a beautiful fall afternoon.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 120.

Canadian National 2276 leads GLCNTH25, a loaded grain train, as they head north on the Indiana Railroad's Indianapolis Subdivision heading through the crossing just past Milepost 115, just north of Sullivan, Indiana on November 25th, 2022. Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm, f/6.3, 1/640, ISO 1000. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #jimpearsonphotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer #regionalrailroad

Canadian National 2276 leads GLCNTH25 at Sullivan, IN

Canadian National 2276 leads GLCNTH25, a loaded grain train, as they head north on the Indiana Railroad’s Indianapolis Subdivision heading through the crossing just past Milepost 115, just north of Sullivan, Indiana on November 25th, 2022.

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm, f/6.3, 1/640, ISO 1000.

Hoosier Southern (HOS ) 468 leads the daily local as it heads south to perform interchange work from Norfolk Southern Railway at Lincoln City, Indiana on October 20th, 2022. The railroad originally consisted of a 22.3-mile line between the Indiana communities of Cannelton and Santa Claus that the Port Authority purchased from Norfolk Southern in 1991. The line had been unused since the mid-1980s and Norfolk Southern was considering abandonment prior to the Port Authority's (PCPA) purchase. PCPA's goal in obtaining and putting the Hoosier Southern line back into service was (and is) to attract new industry to Perry County. When Waupaca Foundry announced plans to build a facility just north of Tell City in 1995, the Port Authority undertook construction of a spur to that site. In 1996, an additional 2.4 miles of trackage between Santa Claus and Lincoln City was added to the HOS system. This trackage was also purchased from Norfolk Southern. Combined with the Tell City River Port on the Ohio River at Tell City, the Hoosier Southern provides multimodal transportation to serve the needs of businesses in both Perry and Spencer counties. Though the Hoosier Southern is no longer part of the Norfolk Southern system, it interchanges with the NS system at Lincoln City. NS gives HOS customers a direct connection to much of the eastern United States, with lines to such centers of commerce as Kansas City, Missouri and Louisville, Kentucky. Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600mm @ 190mm, f/5.3, 1/2000, ISO 1250. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #jimpearsonphotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer #shortlinerailroad #indiananortheasternrailroad

Hoosier Southern 468 leads the daily local at Lincoln City, Indiana

Hoosier Southern (HOS ) 468 leads the daily local as it heads south to perform interchange work from Norfolk Southern Railway at Lincoln City, Indiana on October 20th, 2022.

The railroad originally consisted of a 22.3-mile line between the Indiana communities of Cannelton and Santa Claus that the Port Authority purchased from Norfolk Southern in 1991. The line had been unused since the mid-1980s and Norfolk Southern was considering abandonment prior to the Port Authority’s (PCPA) purchase.

PCPA’s goal in obtaining and putting the Hoosier Southern line back into service was (and is) to attract new industry to Perry County. When Waupaca Foundry announced plans to build a facility just north of Tell City in 1995, the Port Authority undertook construction of a spur to that site. In 1996, an additional 2.4 miles of trackage between Santa Claus and Lincoln City was added to the HOS system. This trackage was also purchased from Norfolk Southern.

Combined with the Tell City River Port on the Ohio River at Tell City, the Hoosier Southern provides multimodal transportation to serve the needs of businesses in both Perry and Spencer counties.

Though the Hoosier Southern is no longer part of the Norfolk Southern system, it interchanges with the NS system at Lincoln City. NS gives HOS customers a direct connection to much of the eastern United States, with lines to such centers of commerce as Kansas City, Missouri and Louisville, Kentucky.
Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600mm @ 190mm, f/5.3, 1/2000, ISO 1250.

Indiana Southern railroad locomotive 3387 leads the morning local across the marshlands as it heads to the Algers, Winslow and Western Railway (AWW) yard (now belongs to Norfolk Southern Railway) at Oakland City, Indiana to do its interchange work on October 20th, 2022. According to Wikipedia: The Indiana Southern Railroad (reporting mark ISRR) is a short line or Class III railroad operating in the United States state of Indiana. It began operations in 1992 as a RailTex property,[1] and was acquired by RailAmerica in 2000. RailAmerica was itself acquired by Genesee & Wyoming in December 2012. The Algers, Winslow and Western Railway (reporting mark AWW) was a Class III short-line railroad that served the surface mining operations in Pike County, Indiana. It operated approximately 19 miles of track which reached from the coal mines west of Cato south to those at Enos Corner and ran close to the Norfolk Southern Railway and Indiana Southern Railroad. It was acquired in March 2007 by Norfolk Southern, but still operating under the original company's name. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1500, ISO 130. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #dronephotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer #jimpearsonphotography #csxce&dsubdivison #indianasouthernrailroad #indianarailroads #trainsfromtheair

Indiana Southern railroad locomotive 3387 heads to the AWW Yard at Oakland City, IN

Indiana Southern railroad locomotive 3387 leads the morning local across the marshlands as it heads to the Algers, Winslow and Western Railway (AWW) yard (now belongs to Norfolk Southern Railway) at Oakland City, Indiana to do its interchange work on October 20th, 2022.

According to Wikipedia: The Indiana Southern Railroad (reporting mark ISRR) is a short line or Class III railroad operating in the United States state of Indiana. It began operations in 1992 as a RailTex property,[1] and was acquired by RailAmerica in 2000. RailAmerica was itself acquired by Genesee & Wyoming in December 2012.

The Algers, Winslow and Western Railway (reporting mark AWW) was a Class III short-line railroad that served the surface mining operations in Pike County, Indiana. It operated approximately 19 miles of track which reached from the coal mines west of Cato south to those at Enos Corner and ran close to the Norfolk Southern Railway and Indiana Southern Railroad. It was acquired in March 2007 by Norfolk Southern, but still operating under the original company’s name.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1500, ISO 130.

Canadian National 2276 leads LGCN25, a loaded grain train, as they head north on the Indiana Railroad’s Indianapolis Subdivision approaching Milepost 115, just north of Sullivan, Indiana on November 25th, 2022. Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm, f/6.3, 1/640, ISO 1000. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #jimpearsonphotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer #regionalrailroad

Canadian National 2276 leads LGCN25 Northbound at Sullivan, Indiana

Canadian National 2276 leads GLCNTH25, a loaded grain train, as they head north on the Indiana Railroad’s Indianapolis Subdivision approaching Milepost 115, just north of Sullivan, Indiana on November 25th, 2022.

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm, f/6.3, 1/640, ISO 1000.

The Indiana Railroad (INRD), "Honoring First Responders" locomotive 4002, leads the railroads Santa Train on December 3rd, 2022, as they pass over the White River at Elliston, Indiana. The Saturday run of the train made stops between Bloomington and Jasonville, IN to allow the kids in various towns along the way to come on board and have a brief visit with Santa Claus. At this location they just left Bloomfield and are heading for their next stop at Linton, IN. The Indiana Railroad (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 (249 km). This line, now known as the Indiana Rail Road's Indianapolis Subdivision, comprises most of the former IC/ICG 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 no longer 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). Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 140. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #dronephotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer #jimpearsonphotography #inrd #IndianaRailroad #RegionalRailroad #trainsfromtheair

The Indiana Railroad Santa Train heads over the White River at Ellison, Indiana

The Indiana Railroad (INRD), “Honoring First Responders” locomotive 4002, leads the railroads Santa Train on December 3rd, 2022, as they pass over the White River at Ellison, Indiana. The Saturday run of the train made stops between Bloomington and Jasonville, IN to allow the kids in various towns along the way to come on board and have a brief visit with Santa Claus. At this location they just left Bloomfield and are heading for their next stop at Linton, IN.

The Indiana Railroad (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 (249 km). This line, now known as the Indiana Rail Road’s Indianapolis Subdivision, comprises most of the former IC/ICG 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 no longer 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).

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 140.

Indiana Railroad 9007 and 9012 lead a local across the Wabash River from Palestine, Illinois as they head south on the Indianapolis Subdivision on November 25th, 2022. The Indiana Railroad (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 (249 km). This line, now known as the Indiana Rail Road's Indianapolis Subdivision, comprises most of the former IC/ICG 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 no longer 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). Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/640, ISO 130. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #dronephotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer #jimpearsonphotography #indianatrains #indianarailroad

Indiana Railroad 9007 and 9012 lead a local across the Wabash River from Palestine, Illinois

Indiana Railroad 9007 and 9012 (SD90MACs) lead a local across the Wabash River from Palestine, Illinois as they head south on the Indianapolis Subdivision on November 25th, 2022.

The Indiana Railroad (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 (249 km).

This line, now known as the Indiana Rail Road’s Indianapolis Subdivision, comprises most of the former IC/ICG 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 no longer 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).

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/640, ISO 130.

Nickel Plate Road (NKP) steam locomotive 765 passes through the northern Indiana countryside during one of many runs on September 24th, 2022, on the Indiana Northeastern Railroad, between Angola and Palmer Lake, Indiana.Nickel Plate Road (NKP) steam locomotive 765 backs up through the northern Indiana countryside during one of many runs on September 24th, 2022, on the Indiana Northeastern Railroad, between Angola and Pleasant Lake, Indiana. It was pulling the American History Train between the two cities during the annual American History Days Festival. It took guests back to the 1940s for a living history experience at Pleasant Lake from Angola. The passengers then got a 45-minute layover at Pleasant Lake where they visited with WWII reenactors, listened to live music and much more. According to Wikipedia: Nickel Plate Road 765 is a class “S-2” 2-8-4 “Berkshire” type steam locomotive built for the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, commonly referred to as the “Nickel Plate Road”. No. 765 continues to operate in mainline excursion service and is owned and maintained by the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society and was also added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 12, 1996. Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600mm @ 150mm, f/5, 1/1000, ISO 200.

Nickel Plate Road (NKP) steam locomotive 765 passes through the northern Indiana countryside

Nickel Plate Road (NKP) steam locomotive 765 passes through the northern Indiana countryside during one of many runs on September 24th, 2022, on the Indiana Northeastern Railroad, between Angola and Palmer Lake, Indiana.Nickel Plate Road (NKP) steam locomotive 765 backs up through the northern Indiana countryside during one of many runs on September 24th, 2022, on the Indiana Northeastern Railroad, between Angola and Pleasant Lake, Indiana.

It was pulling the American History Train between the two cities during the annual American History Days Festival. It took guests back to the 1940s for a living history experience at Pleasant Lake from Angola. The passengers then got a 45-minute layover at Pleasant Lake where they visited with WWII reenactors, listened to live music and much more.

According to Wikipedia: Nickel Plate Road 765 is a class “S-2” 2-8-4 “Berkshire” type steam locomotive built for the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, commonly referred to as the “Nickel Plate Road”.

No. 765 continues to operate in mainline excursion service and is owned and maintained by the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society and was also added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 12, 1996.

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600mm @ 150mm, f/5, 1/1000, ISO 200.

CSXT 845 leads E302heads down the viaduct at Rahm, Indiana as the rising sun casts long shadows across the landscape, on October 28th, 2022, as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision. This train runs between Stilesboro, GA (Plant Bowen) and Sugar Camp Mine on the Evansville Western Railway. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/730, ISO 100 -1.7stops. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #dronephotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer #jimpearsonphotography

CSXT 845 leads E302heads down the viaduct at Rahm, Indiana

CSXT 845 leads E302heads down the viaduct at Rahm, Indiana as the rising sun casts long shadows across the landscape, on October 28th, 2022, as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision. This train runs between Stilesboro, GA (Plant Bowen) and Sugar Camp Mine on the Evansville Western Railway.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/730, ISO 100 -1.7stops.

Todays Infrared photo is of Norfolk Southern Railway 1107, as it leads 895 a trio of locomotives as they cross over the Indiana Southern Railway at the diamond in downtown Oakland City, Indiana. They are pulling an empty coal train westbound on the Norfolk Southern east/west District on October 20th, 2022. Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 10-24 @ 24mm, f/4.5, 1/500, ISO 320. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #jimpearsonphotography #infraredtrainphotography #infraredphotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer

Infrared photo of Norfolk Southern Railway 1107, as it leads a westbound at Oakland City, Indiana

Todays Infrared photo is of Norfolk Southern Railway 1107, as it leads 895 a trio of locomotives as they cross over the Indiana Southern Railway at the diamond in downtown Oakland City, Indiana. They are pulling an empty coal train westbound on the Norfolk Southern east/west District on October 20th, 2022.

Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 10-24 @ 24mm, f/4.5, 1/500, ISO 320.

The daily Evansville Western Railway local, with EVWR 6004 (SD60) leading, backs their train into CSX Howell Yard in Evansville, IN, as it arrives to perform its interchange work, in this cropped aerial view from outside the yard area. Pretty much the entire Howell yard facility can be seen from this view looking south. According to Wikipedia: The Evansville Western Railway (reporting mark EVWR) is a Class III common carrier shortline railroad operating in the southern Illinois and Indiana region. It is one of three regional railroad subsidiaries owned and operated by P&L Transportation. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/3000, ISO 120. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #dronephotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer #jimpearsonphotography #evansvillewesternrailway #evwr #indianatrains

The daily Evansville Western Railway local at CSX Howell Yard, Evansville, IN

The daily Evansville Western Railway local, with EVWR 6004 (SD60) leading, backs their train into CSX Howell Yard in Evansville, IN, as it arrives to perform its interchange work, in this cropped aerial view from outside the yard area. Pretty much the entire Howell yard facility can be seen from this view looking south.

According to Wikipedia: The Evansville Western Railway (reporting mark EVWR) is a Class III common carrier shortline railroad operating in the southern Illinois and Indiana region. It is one of three regional railroad subsidiaries owned and operated by P&L Transportation.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/3000, ISO 120.

Norfolk Southern 4152 leads D375 through Lincoln, Indiana as it heads north on the NS Evansville Branch with a load of rolled steel for the AK Steel plant at Rockport, Indiana, on October 20th, 2022, on a beautiful fall afternoon. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 120. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #dronephotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer #jimpearsonphotography #indianatrains #norfolksouthern

Norfolk Southern 4152 leads D375 through Lincoln, Indiana

Norfolk Southern 4152 leads D375 through Lincoln, Indiana as it heads south on the NS Evansville Branch with a load of rolled steel for the AK Steel plant at Rockport, Indiana, on October 20th, 2022, on a beautiful fall afternoon.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 120.

#trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #dronephotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer #jimpearsonphotography #indianatrains #norfolksouthern

Hoosier Southern (HOS ) 468 leads the daily local as it heads north after picking up its interchange work from Norfolk Southern Railway at Lincoln City, Indiana on October 20th, 2022. The railroad originally consisted of a 22.3-mile line between the Indiana communities of Cannelton and Santa Claus that the Port Authority purchased from Norfolk Southern in 1991. The line had been unused since the mid-1980s and Norfolk Southern was considering abandonment prior to the Port Authority's (PCPA) purchase. PCPA's goal in obtaining and putting the Hoosier Southern line back into service was (and is) to attract new industry to Perry County. When Waupaca Foundry announced plans to build a facility just north of Tell City in 1995, the Port Authority undertook construction of a spur to that site. In 1996, an additional 2.4 miles of trackage between Santa Claus and Lincoln City was added to the HOS system. This trackage was also purchased from Norfolk Southern. Combined with the Tell City River Port on the Ohio River at Tell City, the Hoosier Southern provides multimodal transportation to serve the needs of businesses in both Perry and Spencer counties. Though the Hoosier Southern is no longer part of the Norfolk Southern system, it interchanges with the NS system at Lincoln City. NS gives HOS customers a direct connection to much of the eastern United States, with lines to such centers of commerce as Kansas City, Missouri and Louisville, Kentucky. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1600, ISO 130. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #dronephotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer #jimpearsonphotography #HoosierSouthernRailroad #indianarailroads #trainsfromtheair

Hoosier Southern 468 leads the daily local at Lincoln, Indiana

Hoosier Southern (HOS ) 468 leads the daily local as it heads north after picking up its interchange work from Norfolk Southern Railway at Lincoln City, Indiana on October 20th, 2022.

The railroad originally consisted of a 22.3-mile line between the Indiana communities of Cannelton and Santa Claus that the Port Authority purchased from Norfolk Southern in 1991. The line had been unused since the mid-1980s and Norfolk Southern was considering abandonment prior to the Port Authority’s (PCPA) purchase.

PCPA’s goal in obtaining and putting the Hoosier Southern line back into service was (and is) to attract new industry to Perry County. When Waupaca Foundry announced plans to build a facility just north of Tell City in 1995, the Port Authority undertook construction of a spur to that site. In 1996, an additional 2.4 miles of trackage between Santa Claus and Lincoln City was added to the HOS system. This trackage was also purchased from Norfolk Southern.

Combined with the Tell City River Port on the Ohio River at Tell City, the Hoosier Southern provides multimodal transportation to serve the needs of businesses in both Perry and Spencer counties.

Though the Hoosier Southern is no longer part of the Norfolk Southern system, it interchanges with the NS system at Lincoln City. NS gives HOS customers a direct connection to much of the eastern United States, with lines to such centers of commerce as Kansas City, Missouri and Louisville, Kentucky.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1600, ISO 130.

CSXT 3365 leads M513 as it creeps across the Patoka River at Patoka, Indiana at less that 10mph, due to a bad order car, toward the rear of its over 10,000-foot train as it heads south on the CSX CE&D subdivision on October 20th, 2022, in this cropped to a vertical drone photo. Note that the drone was up and out of the way before the train even got close to the end of the bridge. The train sat out the bad car at Princeton, Indiana and continued its way to its destination at Radnor Yard in Nashville, TN. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2 Drone, RAW, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/500, ISO 110. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #dronephotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer #jimpearsonphotography #indianarailroads #trainsfromtheair

CSXT 3365 leads M513 as it creeps across the Patoka River at Patoka, Indiana

CSXT 3365 leads M513 as it creeps across the Patoka River at Patoka, Indiana at less that 10mph, due to a bad order car, toward the rear of its over 10,000-foot train as it heads south on the CSX CE&D subdivision on October 20th, 2022, in this cropped to a vertical drone photo.

Note that the drone was up and out of the way before the train even got close to the end of the bridge. The train sat out the bad car at Princeton, Indiana and continued its way to its destination at Radnor Yard in Nashville, TN.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2 Drone, RAW, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/500, ISO 110.

Indiana Southern railroad locomotive 3387 leads the morning local across the marshlands as it heads to the Algers, Winslow and Western Railway (AWW) yard (now belongs to Norfolk Southern Railway) at Oakland City, Indiana to do its interchange work on October 20th, 2022. According to Wikipedia: The Indiana Southern Railroad (reporting mark ISRR) is a short line or Class III railroad operating in the United States state of Indiana. It began operations in 1992 as a RailTex property,[1] and was acquired by RailAmerica in 2000. RailAmerica was itself acquired by Genesee & Wyoming in December 2012. The Algers, Winslow and Western Railway (reporting mark AWW) was a Class III short-line railroad that served the surface mining operations in Pike County, Indiana. It operated approximately 19 miles of track which reached from the coal mines west of Cato south to those at Enos Corner and ran close to the Norfolk Southern Railway and Indiana Southern Railroad. It was acquired in March 2007 by Norfolk Southern, but still operating under the original company's name. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1500, ISO 130. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #dronephotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer #jimpearsonphotography #csxce&dsubdivison #indianasouthernrailroad #indianarailroads #trainsfromtheair

Indiana Southern railroad locomotive 3387 leads the morning local at Oakland City, IN

Indiana Southern railroad locomotive 3387 leads the morning local across the marshlands as it heads to the Algers, Winslow and Western Railway (AWW) yard (now belongs to Norfolk Southern Railway) at Oakland City, Indiana to do its interchange work on October 20th, 2022.

According to Wikipedia: The Indiana Southern Railroad (reporting mark ISRR) is a short line or Class III railroad operating in the United States state of Indiana. It began operations in 1992 as a RailTex property,[1] and was acquired by RailAmerica in 2000. RailAmerica was itself acquired by Genesee & Wyoming in December 2012.

The Algers, Winslow and Western Railway (reporting mark AWW) was a Class III short-line railroad that served the surface mining operations in Pike County, Indiana. It operated approximately 19 miles of track which reached from the coal mines west of Cato south to those at Enos Corner and ran close to the Norfolk Southern Railway and Indiana Southern Railroad. It was acquired in March 2007 by Norfolk Southern, but still operating under the original company’s name.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1500, ISO 130.

Nickel Plate Road 765 is a class "S-2" 2-8-4 "Berkshire" type steam locomotive built for the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, commonly referred to as the "Nickel Plate Road". No. 765 continues to operate in mainline excursion service and is owned and maintained by the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society and was also added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 12, 1996. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/100, ISO 110. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #dronephotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer #jimpearsonphotography

Nickel Plate Road 765 is a class “S-2” 2-8-4 “Berkshire” type steam locomotive

The American History Train, being led by Nickel Plate Road (NKP) steam locomotive 765, passes the old New York Central Depot on September 24th, 2022, at Pleasant Lake, Indiana.

NKP 765 was pulling the American History Train between Pleasant Lake from Angola, Indiana during the annual American History Days Festival. It took guests back to the 1940s for a living history experience. The passengers then got a 45-minute layover at Pleasant Lake where they visited with WWII reenactors, listened to live music and much more.

According to Wikipedia: Pleasant Lake depot is also known as the New York Central Railroad Depot and is a historic train station located at Pleasant Lake, Steuben Township, Steuben County, Indiana. It was built in 1882 by the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, and is a one-story, rectangular, Gothic Revival style frame building. It has a gable roof and is clad in board and batten siding.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001 as the Pleasant Lake Depot.

Nickel Plate Road 765 is a class “S-2” 2-8-4 “Berkshire” type steam locomotive built for the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, commonly referred to as the “Nickel Plate Road”.

No. 765 continues to operate in mainline excursion service and is owned and maintained by the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society and was also added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 12, 1996.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/100, ISO 110.