In this week’s Saturday Infrared Photo, we catch CSX intermodal I128 as it pulls under the highway 41 overpass at Mortons Gap, Kentucky on March 26th, 2024, on the Henderson Subdivision.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Sigma 150-600 @ 240mm, f/5.6, 1/125, ISO 400.
This week we have a wide variety of trains starting with the daily CN local at Paducah, Ky, then CN Support the Troops engine 3233 at Mortons Gap, Ky, then at Nortonville we see M647 with a load of military equipment and again at Kelly, Ky. Sit back, turn up the sound, expand to full screen, enjoy and please like, share, subscribe, and thanks for watching!
CSX M500 heads north at Mortons Gap, Kentucky, with CSX Heritage Unit, L&N 1850, on March 24th, 2024, on the Henderson Subdivision.
According to CSXT: CSX has introduced the sixth locomotive in its heritage series, a freshly painted unit honoring the Louisville & Nashville Railroad. Designated CSX 1850, the locomotive will be placed into service, carrying the L&N colors across the 20,000-mile CSX network.
The paint scheme was designed and applied at the CSX Locomotive Shop in Waycross, Georgia, which has produced all six units in the heritage series celebrating the lines that came together to form the modern CSX. Like the other heritage locomotives, the L&N unit combines the heritage railroad’s iconic logo and colors on the rear two-thirds of the engine with today’s CSX colors and markings on the cab end.
Chartered by the State of Kentucky in 1850, the L&N grew into a vital transportation link between the Gulf Coast and the nation’s heartland. The railroad was absorbed by the Seaboard Coastline Railroad, which subsequently became part of the Chessie System and, ultimately, today’s CSX.
The CSX heritage series is reinforcing employee pride in the history of the railroad that continues to move the nation’s economy with safe, reliable and sustainable rail-based transportation services.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1600, ISO 110.
Canadian National (CN) locomotive 3233 (Support our Troops) leads B229-13 as they wait for hot intermodal I025 to pass at Arklow, at Madisonville, Kentucky, on the CSX Henderson Subdivision, March 16th, 2024, so they can continue their move north.
From a CN Press Release: “CN’s two tribute locomotives (CN 3233 & 3015) pay homage to veterans and active military men and women across North America. Their custom design represents the proud footprint we have established across our network and our deep recognition for the veterans who live and work in the communities our trains pass through every day.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1600, ISO 100.
In this week’s Saturday Infrared Photo, CSXT 3177 leads M647 south from the north end of Kelly, Kentucky with a long string of Bradly Fighting Vehicles on the Henderson Subdivision on March 19th, 2024.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 10-24 @ 24mm, f/5.6, 1/850, ISO 400.
The Conductor on Canadian National (CN) locomotive 3233 (Support our Troops), B229-13 conducts a roll-by inspection as they wait for hot intermodal I025 to pass at Arklow, in Madisonville, Kentucky, on the CSX Henderson Subdivision, March 16th, 2024, while waiting to continue their move north.
From a CN Press Release: “CN’s two tribute locomotives (CN 3233 & 3015) pay homage to veterans and active military men and women across North America. Their custom design represents the proud footprint we have established across our network and our deep recognition for the veterans who live and work in the communities our trains pass through every day.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 200.
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The daily Canadian National (CN) local pulls across the fly-over at the Paducah and Louisville Railway yard in downtown Paducah Kentucky on March 15th, 2024, as they prepare to do their interchange work. On the right is the tower for the yard and in the upper left you can see the engine maintenance facility.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/120, ISO 100.
BNSF 6293 leads a coal train through the loop at the Four Rivers Marine Terminal along the Ohio River at West Paducah, Kentucky as it finishes up unloading their train on March 15th, 2024.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/640, ISO 180.
Canadian National (CN) locomotive 3233 (Support our Troops) leads B229-13 as they head north through the curve at Mortons Gap, Kentucky a beautiful spring day, on the CSX Henderson Subdivision, March 16th, 2024.
From a CN Press Release: “CN’s two tribute locomotives (CN 3233 & 3015) pay homage to veterans and active military men and women across North America. Their custom design represents the proud footprint we have established across our network and our deep recognition for the veterans who live and work in the communities our trains pass through every day.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 140.
Canadian National (CN) locomotive 3233 (Support our Troops) leads B229-13 as they head north through the curve at the north end of Kelly, Kentucky, on the CSX Henderson Subdivision, March 16th, 2024.
From a CN Press Release: “CN’s two tribute locomotives (CN 3233 & 3015) pay homage to veterans and active military men and women across North America. Their custom design represents the proud footprint we have established across our network and our deep recognition for the veterans who live and work in the communities our trains pass through every day.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 110.
Canadian National (CN) locomotive 3233 (Support our Troops) leads B229-13 as they wait in the siding for loaded coal train CSX C002 headed south at the north end of Crofton, Kentucky, on the CSX Henderson Subdivision, March 16th, 2024.
From a CN Press Release: “CN’s two tribute locomotives (CN 3233 & 3015) pay homage to veterans and active military men and women across North America. Their custom design represents the proud footprint we have established across our network and our deep recognition for the veterans who live and work in the communities our trains pass through every day.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/3200, ISO 180.
Paducah and Louisville Railway 3812 leads a loaded ballast train as they cross over Clear Creek as they work on dropping ballast between Richland and Madisonville, Kentucky on March 12th, 2024.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/8, 1/2000, ISO 140.
Canadian National (CN) locomotive 3233 (Support our Troops) heads north on the CSX Henderson Subdivision leading as it passes the Veterans Memorial Park at Crofton, Kentucky, on March 16th, 2024.
From a CN Press Release: “CNs two new tribute locomotives (CN 3233 & 3015) pay homage to veterans and active military men and women across North America. Their custom design represents the proud footprint we have established across our network and our deep recognition for the veterans who live and work in the communities our trains pass through every day. Stay tuned as they make their debut on our main line in the coming days!”
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1250, ISO 100.
CSX locomotive 3080 leads empty coal train E321 as it passes over White Creek at the north end of the siding at Latham as they head north on the CSX Henderson Subdivision, on March 13th, 2024. This train runs between Cross, SC to Evansville, IN where it transfers to the Evansville and Western Railway who takes it to Sugar Camp Mine in southern Illinois.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1250, ISO 230.
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 @ 100mm, f/5.6, 1/250, ISO 400.
CSX X513, with the CSX Operation Lifesaver locomotive CSXT 4568 leading, heads south on the Henderson Subdivision on April 12th, 2023, at Romney, Nortonville, Ky.
According to a CSX press release: CSX unveiled a new OLI rail safety commemorative locomotive in September of 2022, and it was painted at the railroads locomotive shop in Huntington, West Virginia. The CSXT 4568 engine will travel the company’s rail network as a visual reminder for the public to be safe at highway-rail grade crossings and near railroad tracks.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1600, ISO 100.
After doing a train swap at Caneyville, Ky the conductor on the northbound Paducah and Louisville (PAL) Louisville Gas and Electric coal train prepares to throw the switch at the north end of the siding, to continue their move north on February 1st, 2024.
The Louisville crew is taking the loaded train back to their home territory north on the PAL to deliver their load to Louisville Gas and Electric power plant, outside of Louisville, Ky. The Madisonville crew is taking the empty train back south (in the distance) for another load of coal from Warrior Coal Mine.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2500, ISO 370.
CSX locomotive 5353 leads loaded ethanol train B795 as the pass through the S curve at Nortonville, Kentucky as they head south on February 15th, 2023, on the Henderson Subdivision.
Tech Info: Nikon D810, RAW, Nikon 70-300 @ 145mm, f/4.8, 1/1250, ISO 180.
Paducah and Louisville Railway 3812 leads a loaded ballast train as they work on dropping ballast between Richland and Madisonville, Kentucky on March 12th, 2024, as spring starts to show in the surrounding area.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/8, 1/2000, ISO 140.
Paducah and Louisville Railway’s University of Louisville locomotive 2013 leads a loaded Louisville Gas and Electric coal train north as it passes over the CSX Henderson Subdivision at Monarch on March 7th, 2024, at Madisonville, Kentucky as signs of spring are starting to show in the foliage.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/8, 1/800, ISO 210.
CSXT 3259 leads empty grain train G378 as they pass over the KY-70 West overpass at Madisonville, Kentucky as they head north on the CSX Henderson Subdivision on March 5th, 2024.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1000, ISO 190.