CSX S710 hooks up to their first string of military equipment on the Fort Campbell Wye from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, on the CSX Henderson Subdivision at Hopkinsville, Kentucky on November15th, 2024.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/100, ISO 120.
CSX M503 takes the siding at the north end of the siding at Kelly, Kentucky after a snow fall on January 11th, 2024, as they make their way south on the CSX Henderson Subdivision.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 100.
Paducah and Louisville Railway 2104 leads a southbound local as they pass PAL 2012 in the siding with a empty coal train at West Yard, Madisonville, Ky, on a cold, snowy winter day.
Tech Info: Nikon 810, RAW, Nikon 24-70 @ 70mm, f/2.8, 1/3200, ISO 100.
Paducah and Louisville Railway 4121 heads up a coal train as they load the tail end of their train at the Warrior Coal Loop outside of Nebo, Kentucky on January 10th, 2025, during a heavy snowfall.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1000, ISO 100.
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.
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.
In this week’s Saturday Infrared Photo, CSXT 3261 leads intermodal train, I128, around the curve at the north end of Kelly, Kentucky, on the Henderson Subdivision as they head north on March 3rd, 2024.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 70-300 @ 110mm, f/5.6, 1/320, ISO 400.
CSX B210 heads north from Oak Hill, just south of Mortons Gap, Ky with CN 2786, an ex-CitiRail unit leading two more CitiRail and a CN unit leading their empty Phosphate train, as they head north on January 8th, 2025, on the CSX Henderson Subdivision.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/500, ISO 100.
CSX B210 pulls onto the main at Oak Hill, just south of Mortons Gap, Ky with CN 2786, an ex-CitiRail unit leads with two more CitiRail and a CN unit leading their empty Phosphate train north on January 8th, 2025, on the CSX Henderson Subdivision.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1000, ISO 100.
CSXT 832 leads loaded grain train G437 southbound as they split the signals at the north end of the siding at Kelly, Kentucky on January 10th, 2025.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/400, ISO 100.
January 30, 2016 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s 3800 and 3804 head north across the lift bridge at Rockport, Ky, with PAL’s business car, Bluegrass State 1 trailing behind it, on it’s way to Louisville, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/2000 | f/2.8 | ISO 100 | -1 stop | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
January 30, 2016 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s 3800 and 3804 head north over the bridge outside of Big Clifty, Ky, with PAL’s business car, Bluegrass State 1 trailing behind it, on it’s way to Louisville, Ky.
Tech Info: 1/6400 | f/2.8, ISO 100, Lens: Nikon 18mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
January 11th, 2025 – Episode 106 – Saturday Edited Video from Jim Pearson Photography
In this week’s video I’m taking you on a tour of some of my favorite spots to railfan around Nortonville, Ky on the CSX Henderson Subdivision.
July 27, 2015 – United States Army GenSets 6519 and 6520 head through an open field along highway 41A, as they move a loaded military train from Ft. Campbell Army Post to CSX’s Fort Campbell Wye in Hopkinsville, Ky. There CSX picked up the train and took it on north on the Henderson Subdivision.
Tech Info: 1/2000sec, f/4.5, ISO 160, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 82mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
July 27, 2015 – United States Army GenSets 6519 and 6520 passes an old general store along highway 41A, as they move a loaded military train from Ft. Campbell Army Post to CSX’s Fort Campbell Wye in Hopkinsville, Ky. There CSX picked up the train and took it on north on the Henderson Subdivision.
Tech Info: 1/2000sec, f/4.5, ISO 125, Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
Union Pacific 6660 lead a loaded coke train south on the Paducah and Louisville Railway (PAL) line at the location known as Monarch, at Madisonville, Ky on December 26th, 2024. This location is where the PAL crosses over the CSX Henderson Subdivision where I’ve been trying to catch two trains at for several years.
This was a close one as the train I posted earlier and this one were only about 15 minutes apart! Persistence will pay off and the shot will happen!!
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/1000, ISO 140.
Norfolk Southern 4261 Leads CSX B647, a loaded ethanol train, south as it passes under the Paducah and Louisville Railway line at the location known as Monarch, at Madisonville, Ky on December 26th, 2024, on the CSX Henderson Subdivision. This train runs between Bensenville, IL (CPKC) and TDSI (RPMG) – Lawrenceville, GA, on a as needed basis.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/1000, ISO 140.
March 4, 2015 – A Paducah and Louisville Railroad crew moves a empty coal train north through the driving snow at Richland, Ky with Ferromex 4664 trailing behind Union Pacific 7190. This was the start of the 16-19 inches of snow that fell on the area overnight back in 2015.
Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Nikon 24-70 @ 50mm, f/3.5, 1/1000, ISO 3,200.
March 4, 2015 – A Paducah and Louisville Railroad crew moves a empty coal train north through the driving snow at Richland, Ky with Union Pacific 7190 and Ferromex 4664 trailing. This was the start of the 16-19 inches of snow that fell on the area overnight back in 2015.
Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Nikon 24-70 @ 50mm, f/3.5, 1/1000, ISO 1,250.
January 4th, 2025 – Episode 105 – Railfanning Mortons Gap, Ky – Saturday Edited Video from Jim Pearson Photography My Saturday edited videos for 2025 will all highlight places that I like to railfan starting with Mortons Gap, Kentucky on the CSX Henderson Subdivision! Sit back, turn up the sound, expand to full screen and prepare to learn where some of my favorite places to rail fan are located!! Please like, share, subscribe and thanks for watching!