This weeks infrared shot is the power from the Fulton to Paducah, Kentucky local (FUPD) as it works the north end of the yard at the Paducah and Louisville Railway during its interchange work on November 23rd, 2022, with IC/CN 9620 and IC 6250, Operation Lifesaver engine as power.
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.
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 @ 24mm, f/4.5, 1/180, ISO 2000.
For this week’s Saturday Infrared photo, we find Meadow River Lumber Company steam locomotive, Heisler No. 6, leading a freight train 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. Cass Scenic Railroad, Cass Scenic Railroad State Park
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 400.
Today we have an infrared shot of CSXT 4572 leading the Hopkinsville Local (L391) as it heads north to CSX Atkinson Yard at Madisonville, Kentucky on October 7th, 2022, to do its work there before returning to Casky Yard at Hopkinsville, KY.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 10-24 @ 18mm, f/4.5, 1/250, ISO 200.
In this Infrared view we find CSX loaded grain train G351 heading south over the trestle at Sulfur Fork Creek at Springfield, Tennessee on October 15th, 2022, on the Henderson Subdivision.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 10-24 @ 20mm, f/4.5, 1/1000, ISO 200.
In this Infrared view we find CSXT 3300 on point as it leads I025 across the Diamond at Trident and the CSX Morganfield Branch, as they head south on October 7th, 2022 at Madisonville, Kentucky.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 10-24 @ 20mm, f/4.5, 1/1000, ISO 200.
In this dramatic black and white Infrared photo Nevada Northern Railway engine 93 heads out of Ely, Nevada with an empty ore train under the control of engineer Jim Montague on February 12th, 2022.
They weren’t moving ore but were 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, Nikon 70-300 @ 110mm, f/4.5, 1/850, ISO 200.
In this dramatic black and white Infrared photo Nevada Northern Railway engine 93 heads out of Ely, Nevada with an empty ore train under the control of engineer Jim Montague and fireman, as they pass a set of oil tanks, on February 12th, 2022.
They weren’t 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 won’t 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, Nikon 10-24 @ 24mm, f/4.5, 1/210, ISO 400.
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 weren’t 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 won’t 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, 1/950, ISO 200.
Paducah & Louisville Railway 35th Anniversary units, 2021 and 1986 work at the north end of the yard in this Infrared photo from July 8th, 2022, at Paducah, Kentucky.
The two engines have been painted in colors and scheme closely matching the original PAL paint scheme from 1986 and are in celebration of the 35th anniversary of the Paducah and Louisville Railway.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 10-24 @ 24mm, f/7.1, 1/250, ISO 200.
This afternoon we have an infrared shot of CSXT 911 as it leads B419, a loaded coke train on May 15th, 2022, as it prepares to enter the north end of CSX Atkinson Yard at the location known as Arklow at Madisonville, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision.
CSXT 911 is one of several specialty painted units that CSX has painted in the last few years and this unit honors First Responders.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 10-24 @ 10mm, f/4, 1/950, ISO 200, Exp. Comp.: -1.0.
May 6th, 2022 – Drama, that’s 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 @ 92mm, f/5, 1/160, 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 pass the old ore loading docks at the Lackawanna Crossing on the Robinson Canyon Route on February 12th, 2022.
They weren’t 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, Nikon 10-24 @ 14mm, f/4, 1/750, ISO 200.
In this dramatic black and white Infrared photo Nevada Northern Railway engine 81 leads a passenger train as they head into Robinson Canyon at the Lackawanna Crossing on the Robinson Canyon Route on February 12th, 2022.
This was the train that carried the photographers this evening during a three-day Winter Photo Charter event that ran from February 11-13th, 2022.
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 XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 10-24 @ 24mm, f/4.5, 1/460, 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 won’t 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, Nikon 10-24 @ 24mm, f/4.5, 1/420, ISO 200.
Infrared photograph of BNSF 5743 and 8363 as they head up a 7,600ft military train on August 11th, 2021, as it passes through Pembroke, Kentucky, with CSX W844-03. This was a third military move heading north to Hopkinsville, KY this week. At Hopkinsville they backed the train onto the Ft. Campbell wye where Ft. Campbell rail took it on the rest of the way to the base.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, sensor converted to 720nm B&W IR, Sigma 150-600mm @400mm, f/7.1, 1/250, ISO 200.
In this infrared photo we find Evansville Western Railway 4517, 4519 and 6002 as they sit tied down at the entrance of the Mt. Vernon Transfer Terminal, while they wait for their next assignment at Mt. Vernon, Indiana. There wasn’t a coal train in the transloading facility so the only thing I can figure is they were waiting to pick up cars at the Port of Indiana.
According the EVWR website: The Mt. Vernon Transfer Terminal is a coal-loading terminal on the Ohio River at Mt. Vernon, Indiana. Coal is delivered to Mt. Vernon by both rail and truck. The terminal has a capacity of 8 million tons per year with existing ground storage. Mt. Vernon is capable of receiving and unloading 105-car unit trains of coal via EVWR (with direct connections to the majority of Class I railroads) that can transfer to ground storage and/or direct to barge(s).
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm, f/5.6, 1/500, ISO 400, October 13th, 2021.
I’ve enjoyed returning to this dock for many years now and photographing it in various conditions and todays view is from my Infrared perspective! I’ve got other thoughts on shooting this dock, but I must wait till the conditions and time of day are just right.
It’s always a good exercise to have a location or scene in your photographic life that you can return to from time to time to stretch your vision and see what new views you can find!
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Fuji 18-55 @18mm, f/5, 1/1000, ISO 200.
CSX Q025 pulls up grade out of the valley with CSXT 3115 leading the way at Mortons Junction on the Henderson Subdivision as it heads south at Mortons Gap, KY in this infrared shot on July 16th, 2021 with over two miles of containers trailing behind.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Sigma 150-600 @ 300mm, f/8, 1/500, ISO 400.
In this Infrared shot from July 29th, 2021 we catch CSXT 3250 as it leads Q028-28 north, approaching the North Main Street overpass at Madisonville, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision.
I purposely chose to capture this train a bit further back in the frame as I really like the leading lines from the tracks, and it being surrounded by trees in the traditional infrared white! I did use a bit of vignette, as I do on most of my images, to help draw the eye and focal point to the subject of the photo.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Fuji 18-55 @55mm, f/5, 1/500, ISO 200.