CSX 3244 leads loaded military train, S279, as they pass the signals at the north end of the yard in Guthrie, Kentucky, on February 5th, 2024, on the Henderson Subdivision, bound for Ft. Campbell, Ky.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/8, 1/2000, ISO 160.
The conductor on CSX X513 does a roll-by inspection on a northbound empty coal train at Romney, Nortonville, Ky, with the CSX Operation Lifesaver locomotive CSXT 4568 leading, on the Henderson Subdivision on April 12th, 2023.
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/8, 1/1600, ISO 100.
Paducah and Louisville Railway (PAL) locomotive 4120, ex UP 4120, pulls the daily local back south toward Princeton, Ky as it pulls through Richland, Ky, on January 31st, 2024. The unit is one of several Union Pacific engines that PAL recently acquired and unit they get their time in the paint shop, sport the PAL logo on the nose and side. With the paint over the UP herald, it looks like the engines have a mustache to me.
Tech Info: Nikon D810, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm, f/6.3, 1/500, ISO 90.
Paducah and Louisville Railway University of Louisville locomotive 2013 pulls a loaded Louisville Gas and Electric (LGE) coal train off the Warrior lead as they start their move north to the LGE power plant, just outside Louisville, Ky, on January 24th, 2024.
This engine is specially painted to honor the school’s NCAA basketball wins.
According to Wikipedia: The Paducah & Louisville Railway (reporting mark PAL) is a Class II railroad that operates freight service between Paducah and Louisville, Kentucky. The line is located entirely within the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/320, ISO 200.
Paducah and Louisville (PAL) crews on the Louisville Gas and Electric Paducah and Louisville (PAL) empty and loaded coal trains meet at Caneyville, Kentucky, and exchange trains on February 1st, 2024. The Louisville crew will take 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 will take the empty train back south for another load of coal from Warrior Coal Mine.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/320, ISO 100.
In this week’s Saturday Infrared Photo, we catch CSX local L391 as it heads north through Mortons Gap, Ky, on January 17th, 2024, on the Henderson Subdivision.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 10-24 @ 10mm, f/5.6, 1/600, ISO 400.
Photography This Saturday we spend time on the Paducah and Louisville Railway where we catch trains from the ground and from the air! In the video I’ll take you along for some PAL, NS and a bit of ex-UP action between Princeton and Caneyville, Ky. Enjoy and please like, share, subscribe, and thanks for watching! Thanks for watching! Don’t forget to Subscribe and Ring the Notification Bell so you won’t miss any of my future videos! Have a blessed day everyone!!
CSXT 3326 leads I025, one of the daily hot intermodals on the CSX Henderson Subdivision, as it splits the signals at the north end of Kelly, Kentucky, on February 1st, 2024, as it heads south to Jacksonville, Florida.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1250, ISO 100.
Paducah and Louisville Railway University of Kentucky locomotive 2012 leads a Louisville Gas and Electric loaded coal train as it heads north through Rosine, Kentucky on February 1st, 2024, after loading at Warrior Coal loop, outside of Nebo, Ky.
The engine was specially painted to honor the school’s NCAA basketball wins.
According to Wikipedia: The Paducah & Louisville Railway (reporting mark PAL) is a Class II railroad that operates freight service between Paducah and Louisville, Kentucky. The line is located entirely within the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
The 270-mile (430 km) line was purchased from Illinois Central Gulf Railroad in August 1986. The 223-mile (359 km) main route runs between Paducah and Louisville with branch lines from Paducah to Kevil and Mayfield, Kentucky, and another from Cecilia to Elizabethtown, Kentucky. The PAL interchanges with Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) and Canadian National (CN), formerly Illinois Central Railroad, in Paducah. In Madisonville, the line interchanges with CSX Transportation (CSXT).
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 400.
CSX hot intermodal I026 passes under the Paducah and Louisville Railway (PAL) on the Henderson Subdivision as it heads north at the location called Monarch in Madisonville, Ky on January 29th, 2024.
I’ve been trying for a long time to catch an over/under shot at this location and today I thought I had it, but the PAL train was a bit short today and the CSX train got at this spot about 2 minutes after he had passed. It’ll happen someday!!
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/8, 1/1250, ISO 270.
CSX local L391 pulls out of the south end of Atkinson Yard in Madisonville, Ky on a wet, foggy afternoon on January 23rd, 2024 as it heads back to Casky Yard at Hopkinsville, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision.
Tech Info: Nikon D810, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm, f/6, 1/800, ISO 1100.
Paducah and Louisville (PAL) 2013 and 4505, on far right, pull through the loading facility at Warrior Coal mine on a snowy cold morning as they begin to load their empty coal train on January 15th, 2024, between Madisonville and Nebo, Kentucky. Once loaded this train will move north on the PAL to deliver their load to Louisville Gas and Electric power plant, outside of Louisville, Ky. PAL 2013 is painted in the University of Louisville colors to honor their different NCAA wins.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1250, ISO 100.
CSXT 721 leads hot intermodal I025 south on a freezing cold day at the north end of the siding at Kelly, Kentucky kicking up a cloud of snow along the way, on January 15th, 2024, on the Henderson Subdivision.
Tech Info: Nikon D810, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 360mm, f/5.6, 1/800, ISO 180.
In this week’s Saturday Infrared Photo, we catch CSX intermodal I128 just after cresting the hill at Mortons Junction as it heads north on January 17th, 2024, on the Henderson Subdivision.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 70-300 @ 75mm, f/5.6, 1/320, ISO 400.
This week we catch trains between Breton and Mortons Gap Kentucky featuring CSX I025, M512, I128, B426, I026 and E319. Enjoy and please like, share, and subscribe, and thanks for watching!
Empty coal train E319, Cross, SC Evansville, IN (EVWR) to Sugar Creek Mine, heads north at East Diamond on January 15th, 2024, on the Henderson Subdivision. The track to the left is the connector between CSX and the Paducah and Louisville Railway. It’s called East Diamond because it used to be the connector also to the East Diamond Coal loadout, when doesn’t exist any longer.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/4000, ISO 150.
CSXT 3031 and 3008 lead CSX I128 lead their loaded intermodal north across Gum Lick Trestle, just outside of Kelly, Kentucky, as they make their way north through the frigid countryside, on January 16th, 2024, on the Henderson Subdivision.
Gum Lick trestle is located between Kelly and Crofton, Ky and not only the longest trestle on the subdivision but also the highest on the old Louisville and Nashville Railway line, now known as the Henderson Subdivision.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/400, ISO 110.
A CSX Maintenance of Way Brush Cutter works on cleaning up the right-of-way on the Henderson Subdivision just past the highway 41 overpass at Barnsley, Ky, on January 11th, 2024.
Tech Info: Nikon D810, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 390mm, f/6, 1/1000, ISO 125.
Paducah and Louisville Railway University of Louisville Locomotive 2013 and 4503 pull their empty coal train under the coaling temple at the Warrior Coal Mine loop, outside of Nebo, Kentucky as they start to load another train bound for the Louisville Gas & Electric power plant, outside of Louisville, Ky on January 15th, 2024.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1600, ISO 100.
CSXT 721 leads hot intermodal I025 south on a freezing cold day as it approaches the north end of the siding at Kelly, Kentucky kicking up a cloud of snow along the way, on January 15th, 2024, on the Henderson Subdivision.
Tech Info: Nikon D810, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 500mm, f/6, 1/800, ISO 500.
Paducah and Louisville 35th Anniversary units lead the afternoon local as the back into the south end of CSX’s Atkinson Yard in Madisonville, Kentucky on January 5th, 2024, to conduct interchange work.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1640, ISO 100.