Running long hood forward, CSXT 6418 leads CSX rail train W872 as they work on picking up ribbon rail along the Henderson Subdivision right-of-way at Nortonville, Kentucky on August 30th, 2022.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2 Drone, RAW, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/1600, ISO 110.
CSX intermodal I028 passes the old Louisville and Nashville Railroad Depot in downtown Madisonville, Kentucky as it heads north on the CSX Henderson Subdivision on September 6th, 2022.
This depot was originally dedicated in 1929 and last saw passenger service about 1968 when L&N built a yard office at Atkinson Yard in Madisonville and the passenger train service was moved to that location. Currently the station is owned by the city of Madisonville and houses one of the hubs of the Kentucky Innovation Stations, which helps encourage entrepreneurs, creative business founders, high-growth startups, and savvy investors star in their own success stories.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2 Drone, RAW, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/1250, ISO 150.
A southbound CSX I025 passes over Gum Lick Trestle, just north of Kelly, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision on September 2nd, 2022. This is cropped shot from my Air 2S Drone and shows the many autoracks running behind CSXT 3071 loaded with Teslas. I then moved the drone off the tracks before the train arrived at its location.
The Gum Lick name comes from the fact that the valley here is named Gum Lick Hollow and it sits between Crofton and Kelly Kentucky where it crosses over the West Fork of Pond River and is the highest and longest trestle on the CSX Henderson Subdivision. Its located between J. Knight Road grade crossing and the Cavanaugh Lane overpass.
This month this intermodal has been running with these autoracks loaded with Teslas out of California by way of Union Pacific on their way south to Florida. Todays train had 22 autoracks. The cars range in price from $46,000 $120,000, depending on the model. If you use the If you use a mid-range average price of $60,000 these 22 autoracks are carrying about $12 million dollars in Teslas!
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1000, ISO 120.
CSX intermodal I025 passes the old Louisville and Nashville Railroad Depot in downtown Madisonville, as it heads south on the CSX Henderson Subdivision on August 31st, 2022.
This depot was originally dedicated in 1929 and last saw passenger service about 1968 when L&N built a yard office at Atkinson Yard in Madisonville and the passenger train service was moved to that location. Currently the station is owned by the city of Madisonville and houses one of the hubs of the Kentucky Innovation Stations, which helps encourage entrepreneurs, creative business founders, high-growth startups, and savvy investors star in their own success stories.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2 Drone, RAW, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/1600, ISO 110.
Paducah and Louisville Railway (PAL) locomotive 4512 leads a loaded coal train south past the siding at Dawson Springs, Kentucky on August 26th, 2022. The trailing unit is an Evansville Western locomotive, which is also owned by the PAL. They picked the coal up at Warrior Coal Mine, outside Madisonville, KY. I’m not sure if it was headed to Calvert City loadout or somewhere on the Evansville Western route up in southern Indiana.
According to Wikipedia: The Paducah & Louisville Railway 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 line was purchased from Illinois Central Gulf Railroad in August 1986.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1500, ISO 100.
CSX P001-23 Office Car Special passenger train sits at Atkinson Yard in Madisonville, Kentucky with CSXT 1, 2 and 3 leading the way on the Henderson. The officials onboard the train conducted an inspection of the yard and facilities during a 40-minute stop over before continuing their run south Subdivision on August 23rd, 2022.
CSX repainted these three-executive fleet F40PH locomotives in a paint scheme inspired by predecessor Baltimore & Ohio and a fleet of cars to finish out the train set. The city of Baltimore chartered the railroad on Feb. 28, 1827, to build west to a suitable point on the Ohio River. Ground was broken on July 4, 1828, at Carrollton, Md. By 1929 the railroad operated 5,658 miles of track and had 2,364 locomotives. In the 1970s the B&O became part of Chessie System and in the 1980s it became part of CSX.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/730, ISO 100.
CSX P001-23 Office Car Special passenger train makes its way across the old L&N bridge over the Ohio River as it heads south at Henderson, Kentucky with CSXT 1, 2 and 3 leading the way on the Henderson Subdivision on August 23rd, 2022.
CSX repainted these three-executive fleet F40PH locomotives in a paint scheme inspired by predecessor Baltimore & Ohio and a fleet of cars to finish out the train set. The city of Baltimore chartered the railroad on Feb. 28, 1827, to build west to a suitable point on the Ohio River. Ground was broken on July 4, 1828, at Carrollton, Md. By 1929 the railroad operated 5,658 miles of track and had 2,364 locomotives. In the 1970s the B&O became part of Chessie System and in the 1980s it became part of CSX.
LORAM Railgrinder RG414 grinds through the S curve at Nortonville, Kentucky as it makes its way south on the CSX Henderson Subdivision on May 23rd, 2022.
According to LORAM’s Website: Rail grinding is the cornerstone of virtually every railroad maintenance program. It maximizes the life and value of rail assets through precision removal of fatigued metal, restoration of the rail head profile and removal of rail defects which are the optimization goals of an effective rail grinding program.
Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 150mm, f/5, 1/320, ISO 3200.
CSX M501 pulls onto the main at Romney as it heads south from Nortonville, Kentucky with NRTX 122 (Regional Transportation Authority (Tennessee); Music City Star) engine trailing behind CSXT 980 and 378, on the Henderson Subdivision on August 16th, 2022.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/640, ISO 120.
August 3rd, 2022, CSX L392, the local that runs between Casky yard in Hopkinsville, KY and Radnor yard in Nashville, TN, sits at the south end of Casky yard at Hopkinsville, as it waits for a crew to take it south with several CIT units (Ex-BN) dead in tow. I’m told they went to Memphis, TN for scrap and units are CBFX 6034 (CIT), 6027, 6022 and 6032, behind CSXT 5283 and 5425.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1500, ISO 100.
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Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1500, ISO 100.
CSX loaded military train S850 sits in the siding at the north end of Rankin, Kentucky as they meet a southbound I025 on the Henderson Subdivision on August 4th, 2022. I’m told that lately this intermodal has been running with these autoracks loaded with Teslas on their way south. Today’s train had 25 autoracks. The cars range in price from $46,000 – $120,000, depending on the model.
Military Humvees cost around $70,000 each. Upgraded humvee variants, called armored or up-armored Humvees, carry higher price tags that range from $160,000 to $220000. A lot of money being moved here, not even including the intermodal shipments!
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/3000, ISO 100.
CSX L382 puts out a bit of smoke as it pulls away from WF Ware after picking up a cut of grain cars at Trenton, Kentucky on July 12th, 2022, on the Henderson Subdivision. L382 is the local that runs between Casky yard in Hopkinsville and Guthrie, Ky and here we catch it as it starts its run back to Casky.
Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 220mm, f/5.3, 1/1250, ISO 200.
When I was on photo assignment for the Paducah and Louisville Railway on July 8th, 2022, at Paducah, Ky I was given permission to photograph this ex-Dynegy switcher 9344, that is now lettered GMTX 527, as it sat in the north end of the yard for Progress Rail to pick it up. Not sure what’s being done to it or for who, but I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to photograph it.
From what I can find online: Dynegy Inc. was an electric company based in Houston, Texas, in the United States. It owned and operated several power stations in the U.S., all of which were natural gas-fueled or coal-fueled, until merging with Vistra Corp on April 9, 2018. I’m not a power guy, but I understand that it is a SW1500 with relco remote control added. It was built as PRR 7925 (SW1200) on 12/1957 and has a frame number of 4414-26.
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Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 110.
Paducah & Louisville Railway 35th Anniversary units, 2021 and 1986 work at the north end of the yard in this Infrared photo from July 8th, 2022, at Paducah, Kentucky.
The two engines have been painted in colors and scheme closely matching the original PAL paint scheme from 1986 and are in celebration of the 35th anniversary of the Paducah and Louisville Railway.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 10-24 @ 24mm, f/7.1, 1/250, ISO 200.
CSXT 911 leads a northbound empty coke train B420, on May 15th, 2022, as it pulls away from Arklow at Madisonville, Kentucky with an empty coke train after dropping off its load at Calvert City Terminal at Calvert City, Ky on the Paducah and Louisville Railway.
CSXT 911 is one of several specialty painted units that CSX has painted in the last few years and this unit honors First Responders.
Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600mm @ 330mm, f/5.6, 1/640, ISO 250.