CSX Q513-26 with two interesting moves It’s not very often that I catch a train that has two interesting moves at the same time, but March 26th, 2021 was one of those days when I caught CSX Q513 heading south on the Henderson Subdivision! Up front behind the first engine was a GMTX 192 switcher (ex-Kansas City Southern Unit) passing through Mortons Junction at Mortons Gap, Ky, which I’m told is headed for St. Marys Railroad Company, located in St. Marys, Georgia. On the rear of the train was Mid-America Railcar Leasing (MRLX) 1226, which appears to be an ex-Amtrak baggage car that I'm also told is headed for the Georgia coastal railway at St. Marys, Georgia. I’m also told that it will be converted to a gift shop for their excursion trains. Here it’s passing through the crossing at the north end of the siding at Kelly, Ky, behind the DPU on the rear of the train as they head south on the Henderson Subdivision. St. Marys Railroad (reporting marks SM) is a standard gauge, Class III, common carrier railroad based out of St. Marys, Georgia. Interchange is made with the First Coast Railroad in Kingsland, Georgia and gives customers easy access to Jacksonville, Florida railroads CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway and Florida East Coast Railway. Mid America Railcar Leasing is a limited liability company that leases private passenger railroad cars, most of which can be pulled on the end of Amtrak trains. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2 Drone, RAW, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/800 & 1/1250, ISO 100. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #dronephotography #jimpearsonphotography

CSX Q513-26 with two interesting moves

It’s not very often that I catch a train that has two interesting moves at the same time, but March 26th, 2021 was one of those days when I caught CSX Q513 heading south on the Henderson Subdivision!

Up front behind the first engine was a GMTX 192 switcher (ex-Kansas City Southern Unit) passing through Mortons Junction at Mortons Gap, Ky, which I’m told is headed for St. Marys Railroad Company, located in St. Marys, Georgia.

On the rear of the train was Mid-America Railcar Leasing (MRLX) 1226, which appears to be an ex-Amtrak baggage car that I’m also told is headed for the Georgia coastal railway at St. Marys, Georgia. I’m also told that it will be converted to a gift shop for their excursion trains. Here it’s passing through the crossing at the north end of the siding at Kelly, Ky, behind the DPU on the rear of the train as they head south on the Henderson Subdivision.

St. Marys Railroad (reporting marks SM) is a standard gauge, Class III, common carrier railroad based out of St. Marys, Georgia. Interchange is made with the First Coast Railroad in Kingsland, Georgia and gives customers easy access to Jacksonville, Florida railroads CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway and Florida East Coast Railway.

Mid America Railcar Leasing is a limited liability company that leases private passenger railroad cars, most of which can be pulled on the end of Amtrak trains.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2 Drone, RAW, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/800 & 1/1250, ISO 100.

 

A loaded southbound ethanol train, CSX B647 with Kansas City Southern Gray Ghost 4567, KCS 4162 and Norfolk Southern 9649 leading, heads south as it approaches Casky Yard at Hopkinsville, Kentucky on April 15th, 2024, on the CSX Henderson Subdivision. The Henderson Subdivision sees foreign power quite often and this train is one example of it. This train runs from Bensenville, IL (CPKC) to Lawrenceville, GA, as needed. Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1600, ISO 120.

A loaded southbound ethanol train, CSX B647 with Kansas City Southern Gray Ghost…

A loaded southbound ethanol train, CSX B647 with Kansas City Southern Gray Ghost 4567, KCS 4162 and Norfolk Southern 9649 leading, heads south as it approaches Casky Yard at Hopkinsville, Kentucky on April 15th, 2024, on the CSX Henderson Subdivision.

The Henderson Subdivision sees foreign power quite often and this train is one example of it. This train runs from Bensenville, IL (CPKC) to Lawrenceville, GA, as needed.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1600, ISO 120.

May 4th, 2024 – Episode 70Saturday Edited Video from Jim Pearson Photography

This week we catch the Paducah and Louisville Local at Madisonville, Ky and then a lot of rail action on the Henderson Subdivision, including a 4-way meet at Crofton, Ky and a Kansas City Southern Gray Ghost leading at Kelly, Ky. Sit back, turn up the sound, expand to full screen, enjoy and please like, share, subscribe, and thanks for watching!

A loaded southbound ethanol train, CSX B647 with Kansas City Southern Gray Ghost 4567, KCS 4162 and Norfolk Southern 9649 leading, heads south as it approaches the middle of Casky Yard at Hopkinsville, Kentucky on April 15th, 2024, on the CSX Henderson Subdivision. The Henderson Subdivision sees foreign power quite often and this train is one example of it. This train runs from Bensenville, IL (CPKC) to Lawrenceville, GA, as needed. Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1600, ISO 100.

CSX B647 with Kansas City Southern Gray Ghost 4567 heads south at Casky Yard, Hopkinsville, Ky

A loaded southbound ethanol train, CSX B647 with Kansas City Southern Gray Ghost 4567, KCS 4162 and Norfolk Southern 9649 leading, heads south as it approaches the middle of Casky Yard at Hopkinsville, Kentucky on April 15th, 2024, on the CSX Henderson Subdivision.

The Henderson Subdivision sees foreign power quite often and this train is one example of it. This train runs from Bensenville, IL (CPKC) to Lawrenceville, GA, as needed.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1600, ISO 100.

A loaded southbound ethanol train, CSX B647 with Kansas City Southern Gray Ghost 4567, KCS 4162 and Norfolk Southern 9649 leading, heads south through the Crofton Cut at Crofton, Kentucky on April 15th, 2024, on the CSX Henderson Subdivision. The Henderson Subdivision sees foreign power quite often and this train is one example of it. This train runs from Bensenville, IL (CPKC) to Lawrenceville, GA, as needed. Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1000, ISO 100.

CSX B647 with Kansas City Southern Gray Ghost 4567 southbound at Crofton Cut, Crofton, Ky

A loaded southbound ethanol train, CSX B647 with Kansas City Southern Gray Ghost 4567, KCS 4162 and Norfolk Southern 9649 leading, heads south through the Crofton Cut at Crofton, Kentucky on April 15th, 2024, on the CSX Henderson Subdivision.

The Henderson Subdivision sees foreign power quite often and this train is one example of it. This train runs from Bensenville, IL (CPKC) to Lawrenceville, GA, as needed.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1000, ISO 100.

A loaded southbound ethanol train, CSX B647 with Kansas City Southern Gray Ghost 4567, KCS 4162 and Norfolk Southern 9649 leading, heads south across Red River Trestle at Adams, Tennessee, on April 15th, 2024, on the CSX Henderson Subdivision. The Henderson Subdivision sees foreign power quite often and this train is one example of it. This train runs from Bensenville, IL (CPKC) to Lawrenceville, GA, as needed. Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1600, ISO 100.

CSX B647 with Kansas City Southern Gray Ghost 4567, heads south across Red River Trestle, Adams, TN

A loaded southbound ethanol train, CSX B647 with Kansas City Southern Gray Ghost 4567, KCS 4162 and Norfolk Southern 9649 leading, heads south across Red River Trestle at Adams, Tennessee, on April 15th, 2024, on the CSX Henderson Subdivision.

The Henderson Subdivision sees foreign power quite often and this train is one example of it. This train runs from Bensenville, IL (CPKC) to Lawrenceville, GA, as needed.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1600, ISO 100.

A loaded southbound ethanol train, CSX B647 with Kansas City Southern Gray Ghost 4567, KCS 4162 and Norfolk Southern 9649 leading, heads south as it passes under US 41 at Mortons Gap, Kentucky on April 15th, 2024, on the CSX Henderson Subdivision. The Henderson Subdivision sees foreign power quite often and this train is one example of it. This train runs from Bensenville, IL (CPKC) to Lawrenceville, GA, as needed. Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1000, ISO 100.

CSX B647 with KCS Gray Ghost 4567, KCS 4162 and NS 9649 leading at Mortons Gap, Ky

A loaded southbound ethanol train, CSX B647 with Kansas City Southern Gray Ghost 4567, KCS 4162 and Norfolk Southern 9649 leading, heads south as it passes under US 41 at Mortons Gap, Kentucky on April 15th, 2024, on the CSX Henderson Subdivision.

The Henderson Subdivision sees foreign power quite often and this train is one example of it. This train runs from Bensenville, IL (CPKC) to Lawrenceville, GA, as needed.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1000, ISO 100.

A loaded southbound ethanol train, CSX B647 with Kansas City Southern Gray Ghost 4567, KCS 4162 and Norfolk Southern 9649 leading, heads south across the Sulfur Fork Creek Trestle at Springfield, Tennessee, on April 15th, 2024, on the CSX Henderson Subdivision. The Henderson Subdivision sees foreign power quite often and this train is one example of it. This train runs from Bensenville, IL (CPKC) to Lawrenceville, GA, as needed. Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1600, ISO 100.

CSX B647 with Kansas City Southern Gray Ghost 4567, KCS 4162 southbound at Springfield, Tennessee

A loaded southbound ethanol train, CSX B647 with Kansas City Southern Gray Ghost 4567, KCS 4162 and Norfolk Southern 9649 leading, heads south across the Sulfur Fork Creek Trestle at Springfield, Tennessee, on April 15th, 2024, on the CSX Henderson Subdivision.

The Henderson Subdivision sees foreign power quite often and this train is one example of it. This train runs from Bensenville, IL (CPKC) to Lawrenceville, GA, as needed.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1600, ISO 100.

A loaded southbound ethanol train, CSX B647 with Kansas City Southern Gray Ghost 4567, KCS 4162 and Norfolk Southern 9649 leading, heads south as it approaches Casky Yard at Hopkinsville, Kentucky on April 15th, 2024, on the CSX Henderson Subdivision. The Henderson Subdivision sees foreign power quite often and this train is one example of it. This train runs from Bensenville, IL (CPKC) to Lawrenceville, GA, as needed. Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1600, ISO 100.

CSX B647 with Kansas City Southern Gray Ghost 4567 southbound at Hopkinsville, Ky

A loaded southbound ethanol train, CSX B647 with Kansas City Southern Gray Ghost 4567, KCS 4162 and Norfolk Southern 9649 leading, heads south as it approaches Casky Yard at Hopkinsville, Kentucky on April 15th, 2024, on the CSX Henderson Subdivision.

The Henderson Subdivision sees foreign power quite often and this train is one example of it. This train runs from Bensenville, IL (CPKC) to Lawrenceville, GA, as needed.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1600, ISO 100.

KCS 5003 and CP 8883 lead CSX B622 as they pull into the siding at the south end of Rankin, Ky with a empty ethanol train, where they waited for another northbound to pass them, as they make their way north on April 8th, 2024, on the CSX Henderson Subdivision. Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1250, ISO 100.

KCS 5003 and CP 8883 lead CSX B622 at Rankin, Ky

KCS 5003 and CP 8883 lead CSX B622 as they pull into the siding at the south end of Rankin, Ky with a empty ethanol train, where they waited for another northbound to pass them, as they make their way north on April 8th, 2024, on the CSX Henderson Subdivision.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1250, ISO 100.

The conductor on KCS 5003 gives a friendly wave to the crew of the passing I026 as he prepares to conduct a roll-by inspection, as he waits for it to pass so his train, B622 can pull out of the siding at the north end of Rankin, Ky behind the intermodal and continue their move north on April 8th, 2024, on the CSX Henderson Subdivision. Tech Info: Nikon D810, RAW, 150-600mm @600, f/6.3, 1/2500, ISO 80.

The conductor on KCS 5003 gives a friendly wave to the crew of the passing I026 at Rankin, Ky

The conductor on KCS 5003 gives a friendly wave to the crew of the passing I026 as he prepares to conduct a roll-by inspection, as he waits for it to pass so his train, B622 can pull out of the siding at the north end of Rankin, Ky behind the intermodal and continue their move north on April 8th, 2024, on the CSX Henderson Subdivision.

Tech Info: Nikon D810, RAW, 150-600mm @600, f/6.3, 1/2500, ISO 80.

Kansas City Southern 4121 (Now CPKC) leads a Union Pacific train westbound out of the yard at Cheyenne, Wyoming on the Laramie Subdivision passing under the overpass for the Front Range Subdivision on March 18th, 2023 as it heads west. Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Nikon 70-300 @70mm, f/5.6, 1/1000, ISO 320. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #dronephotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer #jimpearsonphotography #UPtrains #NikonD800 #UnionPacific #WyomingTrains #KCS #CPKC

CPKC 4121 leads a westbound freight out of Cheyenne, Wy

Kansas City Southern 4121 (Now CPKC) leads a Union Pacific train westbound out of the yard at Cheyenne, Wyoming on the Laramie Subdivision passing under the overpass for the Front Range Subdivision on March 18th, 2023 as it heads west.

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Nikon 70-300 @70mm, f/5.6, 1/1000, ISO 320.

CSX B244, an empty potash train waits in the siding at the north end of Kelly, Kentucky on the CSX Henderson Subdivision, on March 31st, 2023, as loaded coal train passes him on the main headed south. CSX B244 is a fairly new, as-needed potash train off the CP that runs between Chicago, IL and Tampa, FL. The power on this move is CSX 3443, KCS 4728, CP 8933 and CP 8021. Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/1000, ISO 140. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #dronephotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer #jimpearsonphotography #kentuckytrains #csx #csxrailway #KellyKy #mavic3classic #drones #trainsfromtheair #trainsfromadrone #csxhendersonsubdivison

CSX B244, an empty potash train waits in the siding at the north end of Kelly, Kentucky

CSX B244, an empty potash train waits in the siding at the north end of Kelly, Kentucky on the CSX Henderson Subdivision, on March 31st, 2023, as loaded coal train passes him on the main headed south. CSX B244 is a fairly new, as-needed potash train off the CP that runs between Chicago, IL and Tampa, FL. The power on this move is CSX 3443, KCS 4728, CP 8933 and CP 8021.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/1000, ISO 140.

Kansas City Southern 4149 leads an eastbound freight toward KCS/MILW Joint Agency’s Knoche Yard at Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City Southern 4149 leads an eastbound freight toward KCS/MILW Joint Agency’s Knoche Yard at Kansas City, Missouri on June 30th, 2022. The Kansas City Southern, along with the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, used the Joint Agency Yard from 1942 until 1985. It is now operated by the KCS and Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad (IC&E). Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600mm @ 550mm, f/6.3, 1/1000, ISO 360. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #jimpearsonphotography #trainphotographer
After spending a couple days railfanning the Kansas City areas, myself and fellow railfan Ryan Scott of SteelRails started our trip back home and decided to railfan our way back which brought us to this scene at Marshall, Missouri on the afternoon of June 30th, 2022. We came here to try and catch something coming through the flyover here where the UP and KCS cross each other, but never made it to the location because we heard from a fellow railfan, Drew Davison, there was a westbound Kansas City Southern fright headed to Marshall. We decided to wait here to get a shot of it passing the old Chicago and Alton Depot here at Marshall. Now, we didn’t expect a 3-4 hour wait, but that’s what it turned out to be, but the shot was well worth it! According to the website roadtrippers.com, The Chicago and Alton Depot, also known as the Illinois Central Gulf Depot, is a historic train station located at Marshall, Saline County, Missouri. It was designed by the noted architect Jarvis Hunt and built in 1906 by the Chicago and Alton Railroad. It is a one-story, brick and stone building with Jacobethan Revival and Mission Revival style design elements. The building measures approximately 113 feet 2 inches in length and 42 feet 11 inches wide. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2500, ISO 100. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #dronephotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer #jimpearsonphotography

Kansas City Southern fright westbound past the old Chicago and Alton Depot at Marshall, MO

After spending a couple days railfanning the Kansas City areas, myself and fellow railfan Ryan Scott of SteelRails started our trip back home and decided to railfan our way back which brought us to this scene at Marshall, Missouri on the afternoon of June 30th, 2022.

We came here to try and catch something coming through the flyover here where the UP and KCS cross each other, but never made it to the location because we heard from a fellow railfan, Drew Davison, there was a westbound Kansas City Southern fright headed to Marshall. We decided to wait here to get a shot of it passing the old Chicago and Alton Depot here at Marshall. Now, we didn’t expect a 3-4 hour wait, but that’s what it turned out to be, but the shot was well worth it!

According to the website roadtrippers.com, The Chicago and Alton Depot, also known as the Illinois Central Gulf Depot, is a historic train station located at Marshall, Saline County, Missouri. It was designed by the noted architect Jarvis Hunt and built in 1906 by the Chicago and Alton Railroad. It is a one-story, brick and stone building with Jacobethan Revival and Mission Revival style design elements. The building measures approximately 113 feet 2 inches in length and 42 feet 11 inches wide. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2500, ISO 100.

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