Paducah and Louisville Railway 4518 & 4523 lead a loaded Louisville Gas and Electric coal train, as it crosses over the 148′ high and 891 ft. long, Big Clifty bridge, at Big Clifty, Kentucky on its way north to Louisville, KY on April 7th, 2022.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1000, ISO 130
Norfolk Southern Heritage unit 8100, Nickel Plate Road, and Canadian National 5702 lead CSX Q512-24 (Radnor Yard – Nashville, TN – Avon, IN Daily) as it pulls out of the yard at Casky after picking up 10 loads of truck frames at Hopkinsville, Kentucky on the CSX Henderson Subdivision on February 24th, 2022.
One of the things I like about railfanning the Henderson Subdivision is because we get all kinds of interesting and different foreign power that runs up and down the line! While most of it is CSX, we do get a mix of just about every major railroad on this line at some point in time during each week. You never know when its coming, but when it does as with this unit, railfans gather along the tracks for their own crack at capturing their own images of the move and Im no exception!
While you cant control the weather for these shots, railroads operate in all kinds of weather and so Im trackside when the train is! Hardest thing about shooting in bad weather is getting out the door in my opinion! A large golf umbrella helps a lot!!
Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 210mm, f/4.5, 1/125, ISO 280.
On April 8th, 2022, CSX Q513 heads south through downtown Hanson, Kentucky on the CSX Henderson Subdivision as ex-Illinois Central Executive E8 Unit 101 runs dead in tow behind the mid train DPU 3282. The E unit was purchased by Aberdeen, Carolina & Western Railway Company (ACWR) and on its way to be delivered at Aberdeen, NC.
Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Nikon 10-24 @ 10mm, f/3.5, 1/5000, ISO 640.
What appears to be a CSX Harsco Mark IV tamper leads the way as it and other equipment make their way through the crossovers at Nortonville, Kentucky on the CSX Henderson Subdivision on April 5th, 2022, after finishing some track work between Romney and Oak Hill on the Henderson Subdivision.
Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 280mm, f/5.6, 1/500, ISO 2000.
April 1, 2022 – CSX I025 rolls though the site of the December 10th, 2021, tornado that derailed CSX Q500 on the Henderson Subdivision and devastated the small community Barnsley, Kentucky, and many others along its path as it plowed through 6 states. After four months a lot of debris has been cleared, homeowners have begun to rebuild their homes and lives.
Fortunately, this community didn’t lose anyone to the storm and there were miracles, one of which was when two Hopkins County Sheriff Deputies along with other rescuers found 3- and 15-month baby boys safe inside a bathtub where they’d been hidden to shelter before the Kentucky tornado that killed 78 people in its path, sucked up the whole tub with them inside and flung it from their house.
The boys – 15-month-old Kaden and three-month-old Dallas – were ripped from the home in Barnsley when the tornado struck on December 10. Their grandmother had tucked them into the bathtub for shelter with blankets and a Bible as the storm bore down on them. They all survived the tornado.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 110.
Paducah and Louisville’s (PAL) University of Kentucky locomotives, 2012 and 4522 lead loaded Louisville Gas and Electric coal train as it works north on the Warrior lead, passing the CSX PeeVee Spur at Madisonville, Kentucky on March 30th, 2022.
The two locomotives have been painted to commemorate the NCAA wins by the University of Kentucky and theyve also got a couple painted for the University of Louisvilles wins as well in the system.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1600, ISO 200
On March 14th, 2022 United States Army Gensets 6520 and 6519 prepare to pull south to Ft. Campbell, Ky, under the Lovers Lane Overpass, at Hopkinsville, Kentucky with another loaded military train, returning from military exercises somewhere out west.
The equipment was delivered by CSX S864, which was a Rose Lake, IL – Hopkinsville, Ky train and was one of about 5 trains that ran down the CSX CE&D and Henderson Subdivisions to Hopkinsville over the past week, returning equipment from training to Ft. Campbell.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/3000, ISO 100.
Northbound intermodal I026 meets southbound ethanol train B795 with the CSXT 911, Honoring First Responders trailing, at the south end of the siding at Crofton, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision on March 25th, 2022.
CSXT 911 is painted in vibrant red with white and gold striped accents along with the logo of program partners First Responders Childrens Foundation and Operation Gratitude. It also features generic police, fire and emergency medical services logos.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1000, ISO 110
Norfolk Southern Heritage Unit 1072, Illinois Terminal, and NS 8090 bring up the rear of a coal train as they at the Warrior Coal Mine loop, outside Madisonville, Kentucky on March 18th, 2022.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2500, ISO 100.
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Southbound CSX loaded coal train N002 meets CSX Q648 at the north end of the siding at Kelly, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision on March 17th, 2022.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1000, ISO 200
Kansas City Southern 4841 and 4150 lead CSX S864 they pull south through the S curve at with a loaded military train at Nortonville, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision on March 8th, 2022. S is one of the new designations which indicates a “Special Move” which used to be W Series trains.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/500, ISO 150.
Norfolk Southern Heritage Unit 1072, Illinois Terminal, and NS 8090 bring up the rear of a northbound loaded coal train on the Paducah and Louisville Railway as they pass a CSX Loaded coal train in the Pond River Siding, west of Madisonville, Kentucky on March 18th, 2022.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1000, ISO 150.
CSX 483 leads CSX Q228 passes a set of searchlight signals at MP 137.2, just east of Henderson, Kentucky on the CSX Texas Line (LH&StL Subdivision) as it as it heads west to the Toyota Plant in Princeton, Indiana from Louisville, KY on March 7th, 2022.
CSX currently runs two through trains daily along the line and it has been open now for about two weeks. It also sees several locals as well. While the bridge was shut down trains were pretty much just locals between Louisville and Henderson, Ky (where the Texas line runs).
According to Wikipedia: The LH&STL Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was originally built as the Louisville, Henderson, and Texas Railway in 1882, with the intent of building a line to Texas by way of St. Louis, Missouri. It was nicknamed “The Texas Line,” by which it is still often referred today. The line fell into bankruptcy and was reorganized as the Louisville, Henderson, and St. Louis Railway in 1896. The rail line was acquired by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in 1929; the parent company still exists and holds other rail-related assets. Through a series of mergers, the line is now operated by CSX.
The line runs from Louisville, Kentucky, to Henderson, Kentucky, for a total of 136.5 miles (219.7 km). At its east end the line continues west from the Louisville Terminal Subdivision, and at its west end the line continues west as the Henderson Subdivision of the Nashville Division.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/250, ISO 150.
On March 14th, 2022 United States Army Gensets 6520 and 6519 build air on their train as they prepare to pull south to Ft. Campbell, Ky, over US 41A at Hopkinsville, Kentucky with another loaded military train, returning from military exercises somewhere out west.
The equipment was delivered by CSX S864, which was a Rose Lake, IL – Hopkinsville, Ky train and was one of about 5 trains that ran down the CSX CE&D and Henderson Subdivisions to Hopkinsville over the past week, returning equipment from training to Ft. Campbell.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2500, ISO 100.
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The unmanned CSX DPU’s on a combined 12,000 ft empty coal train on E302 passes loaded military train S864 sitting in the siding at Kelly, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision on March 8th, 2022.
According to the web: 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) to help climb steep grades.
CSX S864 is a Rose Lake, IL – Hopkinsville, Ky train and was returning the military equipment to Ft. Campbell, Ky from training exercises in the west, where Ft. Campbell Rail picked the train up off the Ft. Campbell wye connection and took it onto the post.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/500, ISO 100.