This week we see trains at Sebree, Slaughters, Madisonville, Ky and Adams, TN, including the CSX Conrail Heritage Unit, some UP power along with a rail train a couple D11 CAT Dozers and a $500 video clip of M500! It happened as I was tending to my landing drone. Enjoy and please Like! Share and Subscribe! Thanks for watching!
Paducah and Louisville Railway loaded coal train on Warrior Coal Lead, Madisonville, Ky
A Paducah and Louisville Railway (PAL) loaded coal train heads down the Warrior Coal Loop lead with a newly acquired Union Pacific SD70M 4125 as the trailing unit at Madisonville, Ky on August 13th, 2023.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/1600, ISO 180.
CSX M512 meets CSX B795 at the north end of the siding at Crofton, Ky
CSX M512 meets CSX B795 at the north end of the siding at Crofton, Ky on August 14th, 2023, as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision with two high/wide transformers as part of their cargo. Here it passes the ethanol train as the conductor and his trainee do a roll by inspection as M512 rolls by with a 10mph speed restriction.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/2500, ISO 300.
CSX E904 heads north trough Mortons Gap, Kentucky
CSXT 4565 leads an empty coal train E904 as it heads north trough Mortons Gap, Kentucky on August 14th, 2023, along the Henderson Subdivision. E904 runs between Pennroyal, SC and Evansville, IN where it’s handed off to the Evansville Western Railway for loading at Sugar Camp Mine in Illinois.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/3200, ISO 230.
Digital Art Photo – CSX Heritage series locomotive 1973, the Chessie System locomotive
Digital Art Photo – CSX Heritage series locomotive 1973, the Chessie System unit, pulls its empty coal train up the lead, approaching the Warrior Coal Loop, outside of Nebo, Kentucky on August 13th, 2023, as it prepares to load CSX R592.
According to Wikipedia: The three railroads that would make up the Chessie System had been closely related since the 1960s. C&O had acquired controlling interest in B&O in 1962, and the two had jointly controlled WM since 1967.
Chessie System, Inc. was a holding company that owned the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O), the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O), the Western Maryland Railway (WM), and Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad (B&OCT). Trains operated under the Chessie name from 1973 to 1987.
On November 1, 1980, Chessie System merged with Seaboard Coast Line Industries to form CSX Corporation. Initially, the three Chessie System railroads continued to operate separately, even after Seaboard’s six Family Lines System railroads were merged into the Seaboard System Railroad on December 29, 1982. That began to change in 1983, when the WM was merged into the B&O. The Chessie image continued to be applied to new and re-painted equipment until July 1, 1986, when CSXT introduced its own paint scheme. In April 1987, the B&O was merged into the C&O. In August 1987, C&O merged into CSX Transportation, a 1986 renaming of the Seaboard System Railroad, and the Chessie System name was retired.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/320, ISO 130.
CSX I028 heads northbound through Trenton, Kentucky
An early morning CSX I028 heads northbound through Trenton, Kentucky on August 24th, 2023, as it passes the WF Ware grain facility.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/5000, ISO 240.
Roll by inspection at Hanson, Ky on the CSX Henderson Subdivision
The conductor and his trainee keep a watchful eye as they do a roll-by inspection of CSX southbound M513 as they pass their rail train (W016) in the siding at Hanson, Kentucky on August 25th, 2023, on the Henderson Subdivision.
M513 had ex-CP Rail 3018 dead in tow as its trailing unit with painted new reporting marks of SBZX, which is SB Railcar Inc. based out of New Hampshire and is a leasing company.
Also sitting on the ground is a new switch that will be installed in the siding at Hanson as some point in the future.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 120.
Saturday Infrared photo, CSX Chessie System Heritage unit, 1973 at Madisonville, Ky
In this week’s Saturday Infrared photo, CSX Chessie System Heritage unit, 1973, heads down the Pee Vee Spur at Madisonville, Ky, to connect to the Warrior lead, as it heads up CSX R592 on their way to the Warrior Coal mine load out, outside Nebo, Ky on August 19th, 2023.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 10-24 @ 11mm, f/5.6, 1/300, ISO 400.
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September 2nd, 2023 – Episode 35 Saturday Edited Video from Jim Pearson Photography
This week we take to the air giving the video a bird’s eye view of action on the CSX Henderson Subdivision between Hopkinsville and Madisonville, Ky, including an appearance of the CSX Honoring our Law Enforcement locomotive! Enjoy and please Like! Share and Subscribe! Thanks for watching!
Saturday Infrared view, we catch CSX M513 approaching Pembroke, Kentucky
In this week’s Saturday Infrared view, we catch CSX M513 as it heads south out of Casky at Hopkinsville, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision, on August 19th, 2023.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 70-300 @ 300mm, f/8, 1/400, ISO 400.
Here we get a bird’s eye view of CSX Heritage series locomotive 1973 at Warrior Coal, Nebo, Kentucky
Here we get a bird’s eye view of CSX Heritage series locomotive 1973, the Chessie System unit, as it pulls its empty coal train through the loop at Warrior Coal Loop, outside of Nebo, Kentucky on August 13th, 2023, as it prepares to load CSX R592.
According to Wikipedia: The three railroads that would make up the Chessie System had been closely related since the 1960s. C&O had acquired controlling interest in B&O in 1962, and the two had jointly controlled WM since 1967.
Chessie System, Inc. was a holding company that owned the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O), the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O), the Western Maryland Railway (WM), and Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad (B&OCT). Trains operated under the Chessie name from 1973 to 1987.
On November 1, 1980, Chessie System merged with Seaboard Coast Line Industries to form CSX Corporation. Initially, the three Chessie System railroads continued to operate separately, even after Seaboard’s six Family Lines System railroads were merged into the Seaboard System Railroad on December 29, 1982. That began to change in 1983, when the WM was merged into the B&O. The Chessie image continued to be applied to new and re-painted equipment until July 1, 1986, when CSXT introduced its own paint scheme. In April 1987, the B&O was merged into the C&O. In August 1987, C&O merged into CSX Transportation, a 1986 renaming of the Seaboard System Railroad, and the Chessie System name was retired.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/240, ISO 120.
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CSXT 5341 local, L391, southbound at Nortonville, Ky
CSXT 5341 local, L391, makes their way through the S curve with its short train, as they make their way south at Nortonville, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision. This train runs daily between Casky Yard in Hopkinsville, Ky and Atkinson Yard at Madisonville, Ky.
Tech Info: Nikon D800, Sigma 150-600 @150mm, f/5, 1/1000, ISO 280.
Digital Photo Art – Approaching storm on the Paducah and Louisville Railway at Richland, Ky
Digital Photo Art – The Paducah and Louisville Railway signal at Richland, Kentucky glows green for a southbound train as a lightning bolt strikes at the vanishing point of the tracks and lights up the sky, as a storm rolls into the area on July 13th, 2011.
Tech Info: Nikon D800, Nikon 18mm, f/2.8, 30 seconds, ISO 200.
CSXT 3026 leads S980-07, a high/wide move at Crofton, Ky
CSXT 3026 leads S980-07, a high/wide move of sheet metal, south on the CSX Henderson Subdivision on August 8th, 2023, as it passes through downtown Crofton, Kentucky. There was a total of 99 bulkhead flat cars on the train, each loaded with 8-10 pieces of steel metal plates. I’m told they are bound for Panama City, Florida where the metal will be fabricated into industrial pipe at the Borusan Berg Pipe plant located there.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/1250, ISO 100.
CSX M512 takes the cutoff at Mortons Junction with two transformers at Mortons Gap, Ky
CSX M512 takes the cutoff at Mortons Junction on August 14th, 2023, as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision with two high/wide transformers as part of their cargo, at Mortons Gap, Kentucky. The track they’re taking cuts off the downtown areas of Earlington and Madisonville, Ky and frees up the main for the dispatcher to run opposing trains.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/500, ISO 190.
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Conductor Nick Jochim climbs aboard CSX Heritage series locomotive 1973 at Madisonville, Ky
On August 12th, 2023, Conductor Nick Jochim climbs aboard CSX Heritage series locomotive 1973, the Chessie System unit, after throwing several switches to align his empty coal train E002, into the south end of Atkison Yard at Madisonville, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision.
According to Wikipedia: The three railroads that would make up the Chessie System had been closely related since the 1960s. C&O had acquired controlling interest in B&O in 1962, and the two had jointly controlled WM since 1967.
Chessie System, Inc. was a holding company that owned the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O), the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O), the Western Maryland Railway (WM), and Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad (B&OCT). Trains operated under the Chessie name from 1973 to 1987.
On November 1, 1980, Chessie System merged with Seaboard Coast Line Industries to form CSX Corporation. Initially, the three Chessie System railroads continued to operate separately, even after Seaboard’s six Family Lines System railroads were merged into the Seaboard System Railroad on December 29, 1982. That began to change in 1983, when the WM was merged into the B&O. The Chessie image continued to be applied to new and re-painted equipment until July 1, 1986, when CSXT introduced its own paint scheme. In April 1987, the B&O was merged into the C&O. In August 1987, C&O merged into CSX Transportation, a 1986 renaming of the Seaboard System Railroad, and the Chessie System name was retired.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/320, ISO 420.
August 19th, 2023 – Episode 33 Saturday Edited Video from Jim Pearson Photography
In this week’s edited video, we catch a variety of interesting moves on the CSX Henderson Subdivision and the Paducah and Louisville Railway, including a couple high/wide moves and one of CSX’s new Heritage Units, The Chessie System! Enjoy and please Like Share and Subscribe! Thanks for watching!
Canadian Pacific 8953 and 8831 lead empty potash train B244 north at Poorhouse, Madisonville, Ky
Canadian Pacific 8953 and 8831 lead empty potash train B244, as they pass the pond around the location known as poorhouse on the railroad, as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision at Madisonville, Ky at sunset on August 15th, 2023.
This location is right around MP 279 on the Henderson Subdivision and got its name from the Louisville and Nashville Railway days when the Hopkins County Poorhouse stood near this location.
According to the Kentucky Historic Institutions website: In 1910 there were more than 84 thousand paupers that were enumerated in poorhouses in the United States; this was a marked increase of 3 percent compared to 1904. In Kentucky, the number of enumerated people in poorhouses in 1910 were 1,522; 871 being male and 651 being female. Of that population, 1,044 were native born, 167 were foreign born, 27 have unknown nativity, and 284 were colored, Irish and Swiss immigrants had a much high ratio of pauperism in 1910 than any other nationality.
According to the occupations of individuals admitted into poorhouses, unskilled laborers made up the highest number. Skilled trades also held a relatively considerable number as well. Women frequently were domestic servants prior to admission. A relatively large number of about two filths reported being unable to do any work of any kind. A statistically significant number of paupers during the year 1910 were consider physically or mentally defective though the number of insane and feeble-minded almshouses was on the decline in 1910. Three fourths of discharges were done so as self-supporting. Approximately 17,000 paupers died in poorhouses during 1910 a rate of 207.7 paupers per 1,000. The most common cause of death at that time was tuberculosis of the lungs.
In earlier days, poorhouses were sometimes used as temporary shelters for vagrants as well as a place of detention for petty criminals. This was often due to poorhouses being the only public agency available to offer relief, even to those who were insane, feeble-minded, or epileptic. Some communities combined poorhouses with free hospitals or infirmaries that catered to the poor.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/1600, ISO 390.
CSX M513 heads through downtown Hanson, KY with two CAT D11 dozers
CSX M513 passes through downtown Hanson, KY, with two brand new large Caterpillar D11 Dozers at the front of their train, as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision on July 31st, 2023.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 120.
CSX Heritage series locomotive 1973, the Chessie System unit northbound at Kelly, Ky
CSX Heritage series locomotive 1973, the Chessie System unit, is bathed in the light of the setting sun as it rounds the curve on the north end of the siding at Kelly, Kentucky as it leads empty coal train E002, bound for Atkison Yard in Madisonville, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision on August 12th, 2023. As of this morning (13th) the train is waiting its turn to load at Warrior Coal loop, just outside Madisonville.
According to Wikipedia: The three railroads that would make up the Chessie System had been closely related since the 1960s. C&O had acquired controlling interest in B&O in 1962, and the two had jointly controlled WM since 1967.
Chessie System, Inc. was a holding company that owned the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O), the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O), the Western Maryland Railway (WM), and Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad (B&OCT). Trains operated under the Chessie name from 1973 to 1987.
On November 1, 1980, Chessie System merged with Seaboard Coast Line Industries to form CSX Corporation. Initially, the three Chessie System railroads continued to operate separately, even after Seaboard’s six Family Lines System railroads were merged into the Seaboard System Railroad on December 29, 1982. That began to change in 1983, when the WM was merged into the B&O. The Chessie image continued to be applied to new and re-painted equipment until July 1, 1986, when CSXT introduced its own paint scheme. In April 1987, the B&O was merged into the C&O. In August 1987, C&O merged into CSX Transportation, a 1986 renaming of the Seaboard System Railroad, and the Chessie System name was retired.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/250, ISO 140.
Saturday Infrared photo, CSX L391 heads south, between Mannington and Crofton, Ky
In this weeks Saturday Infrared photo, I caught the daily local, CSX L391, as it headed south between Mannington and Crofton, Ky, on the Henderson Subdivision on August 3rd, 2023. This train runs daily between Casky Yard in Hopkinsville and Atkinson Yard in Madisonville, Ky
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 70-300 @ 70mm, f/4.5, 1/180, ISO 200.