CSXT 3161 heads up CSX I028 as it spits the signals at the south end of the siding at Latham as it makes its way north through the freshly fallen snow at Hopkinsville, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision in the 5-degree weather! This is the scene I posted a Waiting on a Train photo from last Friday, December 23rd, 2022.
Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 310mm, f/5.6, 1/500, ISO 110.
On this Christmas Day I’m posting one of my favorite snow scenes from this year of CSX Intermodal I026 (Duval Yard – Jacksonville, FL to Bedford Park, IL) as it heads upgrade out of Mortons Junction on the Henderson Subdivision at Mortons Gap, Kentucky on January 7th, 2022. I wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!
Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 410mm, f/8, 1/1600, ISO 2500.
This Saturday’s edited video is a bit different as it was all shot in B&W Infrared!
Not really the best time of the year to shoot Infrared as it works best when it has a lot of greenery in the scene. I have been considering doing this for awhile now and decided to take it on as a challenge to see what I could come up with during the starkness of the winter.
The videos were all shot on my Fuji XT1 which was converted to 720nm Infrared! If you’re interested in seeing still shots that I do in Infrared then pay a visit to my website at http://www.jimpearsonphotography.com or my Facebook Page at https://www.facebook.com/jimpearsonsp… where you’ll find the photography end of my passion.
My videos are also posted there as well. I hope you all enjoy my latest edited video and I plan to do IR video occasionally, but probably when were into Spring and Summer. If you have any questions just drop them in the comments! – Jim
CSXT 928 leads M513 as it navigates the S curve at Nortonville, Kentucky, during the golden hour, as they head south on the Henderson Subdivision on October 14th, 2022.
Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 340mm, f/5.6, 1/400, ISO 450.
CSX E164 (doubled up empty coal train) as it passes through the crossing in downtown Sebree, Kentucky, northbound on October 13th, 2022, on the Henderson Subdivision.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2500, ISO 100, -.7stops.
In today’s Infrared view we find CSXT 542 leading Intermodal I028 as it approaches the north Main Street Overpass at Madisonville, KY on October 10th, 2022, as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 10-24 @ 24mm, f/4.5, 1/500, ISO 200.
BNSF 9073 leads B207, a loaded phosphate train headed for Cicero, IL (BNSF) from Mulberry, FL, as it heads north on the CSX Henderson Subdivision through Mortons Gap, Kentucky on November 17th, 2022.
Tech Info: iPhone 14 Pro, 6.9 (24mm) Lens, f/1.8, 1/222, ISO 64.
I was really doubtful I’d catch CSXT 1776, Honoring our Veterans Unit on November 30th, 2022, as it led CSX I028 out of Hopkinsville, KY, as I didn’t get notice it was coming until I finally got out of bed and that was 45 minutes after I got the message. It was passing through Hopkinsville, KY and I live about 30 minutes from there, so I figured I had missed it as they don’t usually let Intermodal sit around for very long.
Well, I was sitting here in my home office working on pictures, responding to comments and listening to the scanner when I heard I028 was coming into Madisonville, KY and it was about an hour after it left Hopkinsville, Ky! I decided to head out and see if I could catch it somewhere north of Madisonville.
I threw up a little prayer for some help on catching it (yes, I do that) and I heard the dispatcher tell them that they would be taking the siding at Slaughters, Kentucky to wait on three, yes three southbounds!
This is one of the photos I captured of CSXT 1776, Honoring our Veterans Unit, as it waits in the siding at the north end of Slaughters, Kentucky, for the three southbound trains to pass on the Henderson Subdivision on November 30th, 2022.
I found out they were doing major track work at the south end of the siding at Breton, Kentucky, which is about 7 miles north of Slaughters and trains through there were restricted to 10mph, which caused a major bottleneck. They waited at Slaughters in the siding for about an hour for B795, M513 and hot intermodal I025 to pass before he got his turn to head north. There were also about 4 other trains behind I028 waiting to move as well! Quite a bottleneck for the railroad, turned out to be a haven for photos and videos for future posts!
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2 Drone, RAW, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 200.
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This weeks infrared shot is the power from the Fulton to Paducah, Kentucky local (FUPD) as it works the north end of the yard at the Paducah and Louisville Railway during its interchange work on November 23rd, 2022, with IC/CN 9620 and IC 6250, Operation Lifesaver engine as power.
The DPU (Distributive Power Unit) end of a Norfolk Southern loaded coal train waits on track two for a crew to take it north from Madisonville, Kentucky as the early morning sun begins to light up the sky over the Paducah and Louisville Railway yard, on October 17th, 2022.
DPU Stands for Distributed Power Unit, a locomotive set capable of remote-control operation in conjunction with locomotive units at the train’s head end. DPUs are placed in the middle or at the rear of heavy trains (such as coal, grain, soda ash and even manifest) usually to help climb steep grades.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/200, ISO 100, -1stop.
![Union Pacific 4139 leads Norfolk Southern 196 across High Bridge on November 8th, 2022, as it heads north across the Kentucky River on the NS CNO&TP First District (Short Line).
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, 1/2000, ISO 110.
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Union Pacific 4139 leads Norfolk Southern 196 across High Bridge on November 8th, 2022, as it heads north across the Kentucky River on the NS CNO&TP First District.
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, 1/2000, ISO 110.
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 after they crossed the bridge over the Tennessee River at Kentucky Dam, north of Gilbertsville, 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, 1/2000, ISO 120.
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 Ky 282 at Gilbertsville, 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, 1/2000, ISO 140.
CSXT 845 leads E302 northbound as it exits the bridge over the Ohio River at sunrise, from Henderson, Kentucky, on October 28th, 2022, on the Henderson Subdivision. This train runs between Stilesboro, GA (Plant Bowen) and Sugar Camp Mine on the Evansville Western Railway.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 100 -1.7stops.
Today we have an infrared shot of CSXT 4572 leading the Hopkinsville Local (L391) as it heads north to CSX Atkinson Yard at Madisonville, Kentucky on October 7th, 2022, to do its work there before returning to Casky Yard at Hopkinsville, KY.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 10-24 @ 18mm, f/4.5, 1/250, ISO 200.
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 Ky 282 at Gilbertsville, 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, 1/2000, ISO 140.
With fall color ablaze, CSX M648 heads north across Gum Lick Trestle with CSXT 7241 and 5408 leading, just north of Kelly, Kentucky on October 17th, 2022, on the Henderson Subdivision. This train runs between Rice Yard at Waycross, GA and Clearing Yard at Chicago, IL
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1500, ISO 130.
The mid-train DPU on CSX C306 speeds southward as it approaches the bridge over the Ohio River at Henderson, Kentucky, on October 28th, 2022, into the rising sun on the Henderson Subdivision. This train runs between Evansville, IN (Evansville Western Railway), White Oak Mine at Dahlgren, IL and Georgia Power’s Bowen Plant at Stilesboro, GA.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2.5sec, ISO 100.
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 the Tennessee River passing Kentucky Dam, just north of Gilbertsville, 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, 1/730, ISO 110.
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 the Tennessee River passing Kentucky Dam, just north of Gilbertsville, 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, 1/730, ISO 110.