In this week’s Saturday Infrared Photo, CSXT 3261 leads intermodal train, I128, around the curve at the north end of Kelly, Kentucky, on the Henderson Subdivision as they head north on March 3rd, 2024.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 70-300 @ 100mm, f/5.6, 1/250, ISO 400.
CSX X513, with the CSX Operation Lifesaver locomotive CSXT 4568 leading, heads south on the Henderson Subdivision on April 12th, 2023, at Romney, Nortonville, Ky.
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/2.8, 1/1600, ISO 100.
After doing a train swap at Caneyville, Ky the conductor on the northbound Paducah and Louisville (PAL) Louisville Gas and Electric coal train prepares to throw the switch at the north end of the siding, to continue their move north on February 1st, 2024.
The Louisville crew is taking 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 is taking the empty train back south (in the distance) for another load of coal from Warrior Coal Mine.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2500, ISO 370.
CSX locomotive 5353 leads loaded ethanol train B795 as the pass through the S curve at Nortonville, Kentucky as they head south on February 15th, 2023, on the Henderson Subdivision.
Tech Info: Nikon D810, RAW, Nikon 70-300 @ 145mm, f/4.8, 1/1250, ISO 180.
Paducah and Louisville Railway 3812 leads a loaded ballast train as they work on dropping ballast between Richland and Madisonville, Kentucky on March 12th, 2024, as spring starts to show in the surrounding area.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/8, 1/2000, ISO 140.
Paducah and Louisville Railway’s University of Louisville locomotive 2013 leads a loaded Louisville Gas and Electric coal train north as it passes over the CSX Henderson Subdivision at Monarch on March 7th, 2024, at Madisonville, Kentucky as signs of spring are starting to show in the foliage.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/8, 1/800, ISO 210.
CSXT 3259 leads empty grain train G378 as they pass over the KY-70 West overpass at Madisonville, Kentucky as they head north on the CSX Henderson Subdivision on March 5th, 2024.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1000, ISO 190.
CSX Chesapeake & Ohio Heritage unit 1869 leads hot intermodal, CSX I026, as it crosses over Gum Lick Trestle, at Kelly, Kentucky as it heads north on the CSX Henderson Subdivision.
According to the CSX Website: A locomotive commemorating the proud history of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway has entered service as the fifth in the CSX heritage series celebrating the lines that came together to form the modern railroad.
Numbered CSX 1869 in honor of the year the C&O was formed in Virginia from several smaller railroads, the newest heritage locomotive sports a custom paint design that includes today’s CSX colors on the front of the engine and transitions to a paint scheme inspired by 1960s era C&O locomotives on the rear two-thirds.
The C&O Railway was a major line among North American freight and passenger railroads for nearly a century before becoming part of the Chessie System in 1972 and eventually merging into the modern CSX. In 1970, the C&O included more than 5,000 route miles of track stretching from Newport News, Virginia, to Chicago and the Great Lakes.
Designed and painted at CSX’s locomotive shop in Waycross, Georgia, the C&O unit will join four other commemorative units in revenue service on CSX’s 20,000-mile rail network.
The heritage series is reinforcing employee pride in the history of the railroad that continues to move the nation’s economy with safe, reliable, and sustainable rail-based transportation services.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1000, ISO 170.
CSX 3177 leads loaded coal train, C319, as they head south out of Nortonville, Ky, on February 5th, 2024, on the Henderson Subdivision, with their train, just north of Crofton, Kentucky.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1600, ISO 100.
Northbound CSX 3244 leads loaded military train S279 as they sit at the north end of the siding at Trenton, Kentucky, on February 5th, 2024, on the Henderson Subdivision, as they wait to meet a southbound grain train. They will head north shortly to deliver their military loads to the Ft. Campbell lead at Hopkinsville, Ky.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 110.
This week we catch CSX Intermodals with CSX Heritage Units leading the way on the CSX Henderson Subdivision from the ground and air. Sit back, turn up the sound, expand to full screen, enjoy and please like, share, subscribe, and thanks for watching!
CSX Seaboard System Heritage unit 1982 southbound leads hot intermodal, CSX I025, as they meet northbound M512 with a high and wide loaded transformer, at Nortonville, Kentucky as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision on March 4th, 2024.
According to Wikipedia: The Seaboard System Railroad, Inc. (reporting mark SBD) was a US Class I railroad that operated from 1982 to 1986.
Since the late 1960s, Seaboard Coast Line Industries had operated the Seaboard Coast Line and its sister railroads, notably the Louisville & Nashville and Clinchfield, as the “Family Lines System”. In 1980, SCLI merged with the Chessie System to create the holding company CSX Corporation; two years later, CSX merged with the Family Lines railroads to create the Seaboard System Railroad.
In 1986, Seaboard renamed itself CSX Transportation, which absorbed the Chessie System’s two major railroads the following year.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1250, ISO 110.
Paducah and Louisville Railway local WW1, running engines light northbound, passes a loaded Louisville Gas and Electric (LGE) coal train siting on the Warrior Mine lead, as WW1 heads to Atkison Yard at Madisonville, Ky and Central City, Ky to do their interchange work on February 29th, 2024. The LGE train will get a crew in about another hour and then head north to the power plant outside of Louisville, Ky.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1600, ISO 260.
CSX Chesapeake & Ohio Heritage unit 1869 leads hot intermodal, CSX I025, across Gum Lick Trestle as it head south, just north of Kelly, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision on February 29th, 2024.
According to the CSX Website: A locomotive commemorating the proud history of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway has entered service as the fifth in the CSX heritage series celebrating the lines that came together to form the modern railroad.
Numbered CSX 1869 in honor of the year the C&O was formed in Virginia from several smaller railroads, the newest heritage locomotive sports a custom paint design that includes today’s CSX colors on the front of the engine and transitions to a paint scheme inspired by 1960s era C&O locomotives on the rear two-thirds.
The C&O Railway was a major line among North American freight and passenger railroads for nearly a century before becoming part of the Chessie System in 1972 and eventually merging into the modern CSX. In 1970, the C&O included more than 5,000 route miles of track stretching from Newport News, Virginia, to Chicago and the Great Lakes.
Designed and painted at CSXs locomotive shop in Waycross, Georgia, the C&O unit will join four other commemorative units in revenue service on CSXs 20,000-mile rail network.
The heritage series is reinforcing employee pride in the history of the railroad that continues to move the nation’s economy with safe, reliable, and sustainable rail-based transportation services.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2500, ISO 140.
Norfolk Southern 4013 prepares to move south from the Paducah and Louisville Railway yard at Madisonville, Ky on the evening of March 2nd, 2024, as it heads to the Warrior Coal loop at Nebo, Ky to pick up another load of coal.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/5.6, 8 seconds, ISO 100.
Southbound CSX Chesapeake & Ohio Heritage unit 1869 leads hot intermodal, CSX I025, as it meets northbound empty coal train E904 at Nortonville, Kentucky, on the Henderson Subdivision on February 29th, 2024.
According to the CSX Website: A locomotive commemorating the proud history of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway has entered service as the fifth in the CSX heritage series celebrating the lines that came together to form the modern railroad.
Numbered CSX 1869 in honor of the year the C&O was formed in Virginia from several smaller railroads, the newest heritage locomotive sports a custom paint design that includes today’s CSX colors on the front of the engine and transitions to a paint scheme inspired by 1960s era C&O locomotives on the rear two-thirds.
The C&O Railway was a major line among North American freight and passenger railroads for nearly a century before becoming part of the Chessie System in 1972 and eventually merging into the modern CSX. In 1970, the C&O included more than 5,000 route miles of track stretching from Newport News, Virginia, to Chicago and the Great Lakes.
Designed and painted at CSX’s locomotive shop in Waycross, Georgia, the C&O unit will join four other commemorative units in revenue service on CSX’s 20,000-mile rail network.
The heritage series is reinforcing employee pride in the history of the railroad that continues to move the nation’s economy with safe, reliable, and sustainable rail-based transportation services.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2500, ISO 170.
One of the new CSX Heritage series locomotives, the Seaboard System unit 1982, leads on CSX I026 as it heads north at dusk at Madisonville, Ky, on March 2nd, 2024, on the Henderson Subdivision.
I first caught this train at Red River at Adams, TN and it was about 60 miles later here in Madisonville, Ky before I was able to get far enough ahead of it to setup for another shot.
I had hoped it would show up before the sunset, but alas, it didn’t happen. However I’m very pleased with this shot with my drone. I’ve been using DxO Pure RAW 3 for noise removal and it did a fantastic joh on this shot that was made at ISO 2630!
According to Wikipedia: The Seaboard System Railroad, Inc. (reporting mark SBD) was a US Class I railroad that operated from 1982 to 1986.
Since the late 1960s, Seaboard Coast Line Industries had operated the Seaboard Coast Line and its sister railroads, notably the Louisville & Nashville and Clinchfield, as the “Family Lines System”. In 1980, SCLI merged with the Chessie System to create the holding company CSX Corporation; two years later, CSX merged the Family Lines railroads to create the Seaboard System Railroad.
In 1986, Seaboard renamed itself CSX Transportation, which absorbed the Chessie System’s two major railroads the following year.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/240, ISO 2630.
CSX Chesapeake & Ohio Heritage unit 1869 leads hot intermodal, CSX I025, as it approaches the south end of the siding at Slaughters, Kentucky as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision on February 29th, 2024.
According to the CSX Website: A locomotive commemorating the proud history of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway has entered service as the fifth in the CSX heritage series celebrating the lines that came together to form the modern railroad.
Numbered CSX 1869 in honor of the year the C&O was formed in Virginia from several smaller railroads, the newest heritage locomotive sports a custom paint design that includes today’s CSX colors on the front of the engine and transitions to a paint scheme inspired by 1960s era C&O locomotives on the rear two-thirds.
The C&O Railway was a major line among North American freight and passenger railroads for nearly a century before becoming part of the Chessie System in 1972 and eventually merging into the modern CSX. In 1970, the C&O included more than 5,000 route miles of track stretching from Newport News, Virginia, to Chicago and the Great Lakes.
Designed and painted at CSX’s locomotive shop in Waycross, Georgia, the C&O unit will join four other commemorative units in revenue service on CSX’s 20,000-mile rail network.
The heritage series is reinforcing employee pride in the history of the railroad that continues to move the nation’s economy with safe, reliable, and sustainable rail-based transportation services.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 110.
CSX Chesapeake & Ohio Heritage unit 1869 leads hot intermodal, CSX I025, as it passes through the crossing on Main Street in Sebree, Kentucky headed south on the Henderson Subdivision on February 29th, 2024.
According to the CSX Website: A locomotive commemorating the proud history of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway has entered service as the fifth in the CSX heritage series celebrating the lines that came together to form the modern railroad.
Numbered CSX 1869 in honor of the year the C&O was formed in Virginia from several smaller railroads, the newest heritage locomotive sports a custom paint design that includes today’s CSX colors on the front of the engine and transitions to a paint scheme inspired by 1960s era C&O locomotives on the rear two-thirds.
The C&O Railway was a major line among North American freight and passenger railroads for nearly a century before becoming part of the Chessie System in 1972 and eventually merging into the modern CSX. In 1970, the C&O included more than 5,000 route miles of track stretching from Newport News, Virginia, to Chicago and the Great Lakes.
Designed and painted at CSX’s locomotive shop in Waycross, Georgia, the C&O unit will join four other commemorative units in revenue service on CSX’s 20,000-mile rail network.
The heritage series is reinforcing employee pride in the history of the railroad that continues to move the nation’s economy with safe, reliable, and sustainable rail-based transportation services.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2500, ISO 100.
CSX 459 leads empty coal train E300 across the Ohio River from Henderson, Ky as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision on February 17th, 2024. This train runs from Stilesboro, GA to Evansville, IN where it is passed off to the Evansville Western Railway for loading in southern Illinois.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/8, 1/5000, ISO 220.
In this week’s Saturday Infrared Photo, CSXT 5351 leads intermodal train, I128, past the old Louisville and Nashville (L&N) Railroad Depot. on the Henderson Subdivision as they head north on February 21st, 2024.
According to Wikipedia: “The L&N Railroad Depot in the Hopkinsville Commercial Historic District of Hopkinsville, Kentucky is a historic railroad station on the National Register of Historic Places. It was built by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad in 1892.
The year 1832 saw the first of many attempts to woo a railroad to Hopkinsville. This first attempt was to connect Hopkinsville to Eddyville, Kentucky. In 1868 Hopkinsville finally obtained a railroad station, operated by the Evansville, Henderson, & Nashville Railroad. The Louisville & Nashville Railroad acquired the railroad in 1879.
The Hopkinsville depot is a single-story frame building with a slate roof. It has six rooms: A Ladies Waiting room (the room closest to the street), a General Waiting Room, a Colored Waiting Room, a baggage room (the furthest room from the street), a ticket office (the only room which connected to all three waiting rooms), and a ladies’ restroom. Immediately outside were warehouses for freight, usually tobacco.
Its last long-distance (passenger) train was the Louisville and Nashville’s Georgian, last operating in 1968.
During its operating years, the Hopkinsville depot was a popular layover spot for those traveling by train. It was the only Louisville & Nashville station between Evansville, Indiana and Nashville, Tennessee where it was legal to drink alcohol. Hopkinsville got the nickname “Hop town” due to train passengers asking the conductors when they would arrive at Hopkinsville, so they could “hop off and get a drink”.
The Hopkinsville L&N Railroad Depot was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 1, 1975. CSX, which bought out the Louisville & Nashville, still run trains on the tracks next to the depot, but do not stop.”
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 10-24 @ 10mm, f/5.6, 1/340, ISO 400.