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.
Infrared Sky Reflections, downtown Nashville, Tennessee.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Fuji 18-55 @21.4mm, f/7.1, 1/250, ISO 250.
On May 1st, 2021 I chased the BUGX 1752 between Tell City and Troy, Indiana for my first time on the Ohio River Scenic Railway with good friend Ryan Scott! This nose shot photograph was shot as Infrared and really like the way it turned out!
Last fall I started dabbling into the realm of Infrared (IR) photography, specifically to apply it to railroad photography, but with the onset of winter I put it on the back burner as IR just doesnt work as well without the greenery, at least for what I want.
I even started a group here on Facebook for Infrared Train Photography if any of my subscribers are interested in the technique!
BUGX 1752 is an ex-CN Rebuilt EMD that is leased now by the Ohio River Scenic Railway from Dieselmotive Company of Northern California. It is a former Canadian National FP9A unit, which was recently sold by Pioneer RailCorp affiliate Keokuk Junction Railway to Dieselmotive and has become one of their lease units.
Tech Info: Fuji X-T1, RAW, 18-35 @18mm. f/5.6, 1/40, ISO 3200 with a 720nm IR Filter.
Cheekwood leaf IR shot of a backlit leaf at the Cheekwood Estate in Nashville, TN!
Tech Info: iPhone 11 Pro, 720nm filter, Moment Filter Adapter, 1.5mm wide lens (13mm equivalent), f/2.4, 1/15sec, ISO 500, Edited in Snapseed and Adobe RAW. #cheekwood
A few days ago I visited the Cheekwood Estate in Nashville, Tennessee to photograph the Chihuly glass exhibit and spent the morning capturing these IR photos of these beautiful pieces!
Tech Info: iPhone 11 Pro, 720nm filter, Moment Filter Adapter, 1.5mm wide lens (13mm equivalent), f/2.4, 1/15sec, ISO 500, Edited in Snapseed and Adobe RAW.
BNSF SPC1 arriving at Paducah, Ky A infrared view from November 17th, 2020 of BNSF 6092, 6370 and 9196 heads up empty coal drag SPC1 as a Paducah and Louisville Railway crew pulls it into the north end of the yard at Paducah, Kentucky from Calvert City Terminal. Here a fresh BNSF crew will pickup the train and take it on north for another load of coal.
#infraredtrainphotography Tech Info: Fuji XT-1 with a Fuji 18-55 @ 26mm, f/5.6, 1/110, ISO 3200 and a 720nm IR filter.