CSXT 3011 and 428 lead loaded coal train C002 through the countryside as they head south on the CSX Henderson Subdivision on January 23rd, 2023, just north of Kelly, Ky.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1500, ISO 120.
January 28th, 2023 – Episode 4 – Rail action between Slaughters and Mortons Gap, Ky
Sporting Union Pacific’s new paint scheme, UP 6463 crosses Gum Lick Trestle at Kelly, Ky
Sporting Union Pacific’s new paint scheme, UP 6463, along with UP 8650 in the older paint scheme, leads CSX S764 as they pull an empty military train south across Gum Lick Trestle approaching Kelly, Ky on the CSX Henderson Subdivision on January 23rd, 2023.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1600, ISO 140.
CSX M513 take the siding at Slaughters, Ky
CSX M513, takes the siding, at the north end of Slaughters, Ky for a meet as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision on January 4th, 2023.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2500, ISO 150.
CSXT 993 leads hot intermodal I028 over the Ohio River bridge from Henderson, Kentucky
CSXT 993 leads hot intermodal I028 over the Ohio River bridge from Henderson, Kentucky as it heads north on the CSX Henderson Subdivision at Rahm, Indiana on January 4th, 2023. Here it heads down the long viaduct over the flood plain into Evansville, IN as it makes its run from Duval Yard at Jacksonville, FL to Bedford Park, IL (Chicago).
The CSX Henderson Subdivision is part of the Nashville Division, and it runs between Nashville, Tennessee, and Evansville Indiana for a length of about 145.3 miles of mainline track. On average it sees around 20-30 trains a day, with four of them being hot intermodals.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1600, ISO 150.
Infrared photo of CSX local L391 heading south out of Mortons Gap, Ky
This week’s Saturday Infrared photo is of CSX local L391 as it approaches the US 41 overpass at Mortons Gap, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision on its way south to Hopkinsville, KY after doing it’s work at Atkinson Yard in Madisonville, Ky on May 5th, 2022.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 50mm, f/4.5, 1/110, ISO 200.
CSXT 1776, Honoring our Veterans Unit northbound at Sebree, Ky
CSXT 1776, Honoring our Veterans Unit leads CSX I028 northbound through downtown Sebree, KY, on the Henderson Subdivision on November 30th, 2022 with a loaded intermodal train.
On April 30, 2019, CSX unveiled locomotives 911 and this one, 1776. The two locomotives were created to honor the first responders and veterans. Another special unit, CSX 3194, was unveiled on August 22, 2019, in honor of the law enforcement.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2 Drone, RAW, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 110.
CN and BNSF meet at Chiles Junction in West Paducah, KY
Canadian National 2233 and Union Pacific 7845 head up a southbound grain train as the daily BNSF local sits on the track to the left waiting to head north at Chiles Junction in West Paducah, Kentucky on November 23rd, 2022. The BNSF local has just dropped off and picked up its interchange work with the Paducah and Louisville Railway at Paducah and waiting its turn to head across the Ohio River toward Metropolis, Illinois.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1000, ISO 100.
CSX C015 Southbound load of coal at Pembroke, KY
CSXT 3368 and 4538 head up a very long loaded coal train, C015, as it approaches Pembroke, Kentucky on January 12th, 2022, on the CSX Henderson Subdivision out of Casky Yard at Hopkinsville, Ky. The coal on this train comes from White Oak Mine on the Evansville Western Railway in Indiana and runs back to the Seminole Electric Seminole Generating Station at Bostwick, FL.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/320, ISO 110.
January 21st, 2023 – Episode 3 – In this week’s edited video rail action between Hanson, Ky & Adams, TN
January 14th, 2023 – Episode 2 – This week’s edited video rail action between Robards and Kelly, Ky
Paducah and Louisville Railway (PAL) ran their Office Car Special at Barkley Dam, Grand Rivers, Ky
Saturday, October 29th, 2022, the Paducah and Louisville Railway (PAL) ran their Office Car Special (OCS) between Calvert City, Kentucky to just north of Barkley Dam to the railroad location known as Eureka, about 10 miles round trip. This event was in conjunction with their company picnic at Calvert City and the passengers were employees and their families. Here we catch them as they cross Barkley Dam at Grand Rivers, Kentucky.
The consist was led by their 35th anniversary units PAL 2021 and 1986, followed by PAL 10, a generator car, built from an ex-L&N Milk Car that was manufactured in January 1958. Next was PAL II – lounge car or diner car from what I can find online, then PAL 1 “Bluegrass State I” business or lounge car, (ex-ICG 2, exx-IC 6, exxx-16). If anyone has more information on these cars, Id apricate your comments. The trailing engine is PAL 2127, Salute to our Troops locomotive, which led the train heading southbound to Calvert City, KY.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1600, ISO 120.
Saturday Infrared photo – Drama is one of the major things I like…
Saturday Infrared photo – Drama is one of the major things I like about the look of black and white Infrared photography of trains! It produces a great look for that I love, as with this shot of empty CSX grain express train, G304 as it rounds the curve coming into downtown Mortons Gap, Kentucky shows as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 18-250 @ 22mm, f/4, 1/550, ISO 200.
CSXT 993 leads hot intermodal I028 across the Ohio River from Henderson, Kentucky
CSXT 993 leads hot intermodal I028 across the Ohio River from Henderson, Kentucky as it heads north on the CSX Henderson Subdivision at Rahm, Indiana on January 4th, 2022. From here it heads down the long viaduct over the flood plain into Evansville, IN as it makes its run from Duval Yard at Jacksonville, FL to Bedford Park, IL (Chicago).
The CSX Henderson Subdivision is part of the Nashville Division, and it runs between Nashville, Tennessee, and Evansville Indiana for a length of about 145.3 miles of mainline track. On average it sees around 20-30 trains a day, with four of them being hot intermodals.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2500, ISO 120.
CSX I026 heads north on the Henderson Subdivision at Madisonville, Ky
CSXT 866 leads a short I026 intermodal (Duval Yard – Jacksonville, FL to Bedford Park, IL) under the North Main Street overpass on January 3rd, 2023, as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision at Madisonville, Kentucky.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/500, ISO 100.
CSXT 783 and 3229 pass through the south end of the siding at Hanson, Kentucky on January 2nd, 2022, as they lead M648 north on the CSX Henderson Subdivision on a dreary overcast winter day.
The CSX Henderson Subdivision is part of the Nashville Division, and it runs between Nashville, Tennessee, and Evansville Indiana for a length of about 145.3 miles of mainline track. On average it sees around 20-30 trains a day, with four of them being hot intermodals.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1250, ISO 120.
CSXT 6402 heads up the power at Atkinson Yard at Madisonville, Ky on New Years Day
CSXT 6402 heads up the power at Atkinson Yard at Madisonville, Kentucky as they work the yard job in the early morning fog on New Year’s Day on January 1st, 2023, on the Henderson Subdivision.
The old saying is what you do on the first day of the new year determines what youll do all year long and so I made sure to get trackside today where I caught this action and a couple of videos that will be in next Saturdays edited video post!
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/730, ISO 120.
CSXT 5274 leads M501 south on the Earlington Cuttoff at Mortons Gap, Ky
CSXT 5274 leads M501 (Barr Yard – Chicago, IL to Radnor Yard – Nashville, TN) heads south on the Earlington Cutoff, that runs around downtown Earlington and Madisonville, KY on a cold winters evening, as it heads for Nashville, TN on the Henderson Subdivision, December 27th, 2022.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/640, ISO 120.
December 31st, 2022 – Saturday Edited Video – Dashing through the snow!
![A southbound Norfolk Southern intermodal heads across High Bridge on November 8th, 2022, as it heads north across the Kentucky River on the NS CNO&TP First District at Highbridge, Kentucky.
According to Wikipedia: The High Bridge is a railroad bridge crossing the Kentucky River Palisades, that rises approximately 275 feet from the river below and connects Jessamine and Mercer counties in Kentucky. Formally dedicated in 1879, it is the first cantilever bridge constructed in the United States. It has a three-span continuous under-deck truss used by Norfolk Southern Railway to carry trains between Lexington and Danville. It has been designated as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.
In 1851, the Lexington & Danville Railroad, with Julius Adams as chief engineer, retained John A. Roebling to build a railroad suspension bridge across the Kentucky River for a line connecting Lexington and Danville, Kentucky west of the intersection of the Dix and Kentucky rivers. In 1855, the company ran out of money and the project was resumed by Cincinnati Southern Railroad in 1873 following a proposal by C. Shaler Smith for a cantilever design using stone towers designed by John A. Roebling (who designed the Brooklyn Bridge).
The bridge was erected using a cantilever design with a three-span continuous under-deck truss and was opened in 1877 on the Cincinnati Southern Railway. It was 275 feet (84 m) tall and 1,125 feet (343 m) long: the tallest bridge above a navigable waterway in North America and the tallest railroad bridge in the world until the early 20th century. Construction was completed using 3,654,280 pounds of iron at a total cost of $404,373.31. In 1879 President Rutherford B. Hayes and Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman attended the dedication.
After years of heavy railroad use, the bridge was rebuilt by Gustav Lindenthal in 1911. Lindenthal reinforced the foundations and rebuilt the bridge around the original structure. To keep railroad traffic flowing, the track deck was raised by 30 feet during construction and a temporary trestle was constructed.[6] In 1929, an additional set of tracks was built to accommodate increased railroad traffic and the original limestone towers were removed.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1600, ISO 120.
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A southbound Norfolk Southern intermodal heads across High Bridge, Kentucky
A southbound Norfolk Southern intermodal heads across High Bridge on November 8th, 2022, as it heads north across the Kentucky River on the NS CNO&TP First District at Highbridge, Kentucky.
According to Wikipedia: The High Bridge is a railroad bridge crossing the Kentucky River Palisades, that rises approximately 275 feet from the river below and connects Jessamine and Mercer counties in Kentucky. Formally dedicated in 1879, it is the first cantilever bridge constructed in the United States. It has a three-span continuous under-deck truss used by Norfolk Southern Railway to carry trains between Lexington and Danville. It has been designated as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.
In 1851, the Lexington & Danville Railroad, with Julius Adams as chief engineer, retained John A. Roebling to build a railroad suspension bridge across the Kentucky River for a line connecting Lexington and Danville, Kentucky west of the intersection of the Dix and Kentucky rivers. In 1855, the company ran out of money and the project was resumed by Cincinnati Southern Railroad in 1873 following a proposal by C. Shaler Smith for a cantilever design using stone towers designed by John A. Roebling (who designed the Brooklyn Bridge).
The bridge was erected using a cantilever design with a three-span continuous under-deck truss and was opened in 1877 on the Cincinnati Southern Railway. It was 275 feet (84 m) tall and 1,125 feet (343 m) long: the tallest bridge above a navigable waterway in North America and the tallest railroad bridge in the world until the early 20th century. Construction was completed using 3,654,280 pounds of iron at a total cost of $404,373.31. In 1879 President Rutherford B. Hayes and Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman attended the dedication.
After years of heavy railroad use, the bridge was rebuilt by Gustav Lindenthal in 1911. Lindenthal reinforced the foundations and rebuilt the bridge around the original structure. To keep railroad traffic flowing, the track deck was raised by 30 feet during construction and a temporary trestle was constructed.[6] In 1929, an additional set of tracks was built to accommodate increased railroad traffic and the original limestone towers were removed.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1600, ISO 120.
CSX G421 loaded grain train southbound through Mortons Gap, Kentucky
CSXT 352 heads up CSX G421, a loaded grain train, as passes through Mortons Junction through the freshly fallen snow and extremely frigid weather at Mortons Gap, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision, in the 5-degree weather on December 23rd, 2022.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/8000, ISO 110.