April 13, 2019 – Norfolk Southern Railway 1005 heads up a loaded coal train as it sits at Milepost 143 as it waits for a green signal, just south of the Pond River Siding on the Paducah and Louisville Railway at Madisonville, Ky. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #PAL #paducahandlouisvillerailway #norfolksouthernrailway
April 3, 2019 – CSX Q500-03, (Nashville, TN – Chicago, IL) with NS 7709 and CP 8799 leading, head past the signals at the south side of the Trident crossover on the Henderson Subdivision as they make their way north on the Henderson Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
March 27, 2019 CSX Ethanol Tank train K721, led by Norfolk Southern 9260 with 8106 trailing, passes the north end of Slaughters siding as it heads north on CSX’s Henderson Subdivision at Slaughters, Ky.
March 27, 2019 CSX Ethanol Tank train K721, led by Norfolk Southern 9260 with 8106 trailing, passes the siding at the north end of Slaughters and it heads north on CSX’s Henderson Subdivision at Slaughters, Ky. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad #nsrailway
February 22, 2019 – CSX Q500, led by Norfolk Southern’s 1111 (nicknamed as the bar-code unit), passes through the Romney with Union Pacific 4254 trailing, as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision and Nortonville, Ky. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad #nsrailway #norfolksouthern #unionpacific
February 23, 2019 – CSX grain train G235-22 heads through the north end of Slaughters, through the falling rain, as it makes its way south on the Henderson Subdivision at Slaughters, Kentucky. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
February 21, 2019 – Norfolk Southern 1111, referred to as the “Bar Code” unit, trails behind Union Pacific 4254, leading CSX Q501, as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision at Sand Cut, just north of Crofton, Kentucky under stormy skies. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
February 22, 2019 – CSX Q500, led by Norfolk Southern’s 1111 (nicknamed as the bar-code unit), passes through the crossovers onto track 2 as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision and Nortonville, Ky with Union Pacific 4254 trailing. –#jimstrainphotos#kentuckyrailroads#trains#nikond800#railroad#railroads#train#railways#railway#csx#csxrailroad#nsrailway#norfolksouthern#unionpacific
January 17, 2019 – A Norfolk Southern autorack pulls though the yard to the crosswalk where it will do a crew change, at Princeton, Indiana on the NS Southern-East District. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #ns #nsrailway #norfolksouthern
January 13, 2019 – NS 6104 leads a mixed freight as it works the north end of Charlotte Yard at Charlotte, NC as it builds a train with the city skyline in the background on a wet and dreary day. – #jimstrainphotos #northcarolinarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #NC #NCrailroads
January 1, 2019 – Norfolk Southern 9898 leads 375 through Mt. Carmel, Illinois with CBFX 6028, One of the three former BN SD60M’s trailing, as they head west on the NS Southern-West District. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #ns #norfolksouthern #nsrailroad
December 29, 2018 – A lone bird soars through the sky above NS 9510 as it leads a loaded, short autorack train east across the NS/Indiana Southern RR diamond at Oakland City, Indiana. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #d800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #ns #nsrailway
November 3, 2018 – CSX Q512 waits for a East Bound intermodal, with NS 6908 leading, to pass it on the St. Louis Line Subdivision at Danville, IN on its way to the yard at Avon, IN. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad #nsrailway
October 20, 2018 – Norfolk Southern 8455 leads CSX intermodal Q029 (Chicago, IL – Atlanta, GA) as it passes through Morton’s Junction on the way south on the Henderson Subdivision at Mortons Gap, Kentucky on a crisp fall afternoon. I understand they’ll be leading Q028 when it comes northbound on Oct 22, 2018. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad #nsrailway
August 29, 2018 – Norfolk Southern Railway 4081 leads empty coal train 71G eastbound out of Mt. Carmel, Illinois after coming off the bridge over the Wabash River on the NS Southern-West District. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #ns #nsrailway
August 29, 2018 – PRLX 691 passes over the Walbash River bridge on Norfolk Southern 168 as it heads West on the NS Southern-West District at Mt. Carmel, Indiana at MP 151. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #fujixt1 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
July 17, 2018 – Norfolk Southern 5642 heads up the NS Safety Train as it sits in a house track at Mount Vernon, Illinois. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #ns #nsrailway
July 5, 2018 – Norfolk Southern 6956 and 9356 lead 60A (Rockport, IN – Middletown, OH), pulling an empty coil train, east through what used to be Tunnel Hill, east of Depauw, Indiana, as the sun dips behind the clouds and the day comes to a close on the NS Southern-East District. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #ns #nsrailway
July 5, 2018 – After a couple hours of working in the Norfolk Southern yard at Princeton, Indiana the conductor and engineer of I24 leave NS Heritage Unit 1068, The Erie, in front of the yard office after turning it on the wye. The engine sat there about an hour and then was added as a DPU onto the end of 799, an empty coal train headed to pickup a load of coal on the Evansville Western Railway. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #ns #nsrailway #heritageunits #nsheritageunit
June 6, 2018 – Norfolk Southern Railway Geometry Train platform #38, commonly known as “The Brick” sits in the siding at the east end Huntingburg, Indiana, as the warm light of the setting sun illuminates the scene on the NS Southern-East District. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #ns #nsrailway #norfolksouthernrailway
June 6, 2018 – Norfolk Southern inspection train known as “The Brick” makes it’s way east at the NS/Indiana Southern Diamond in downtown Oakland City, Indiana.
Light from the bottom of the cars on the geometry train take a digital profile of the track which is used for maintenance and upgrades.
The NS Research platform 38 The Brick was rebuilt using the frame and trucks of former NS/NW EMD SD40 1620. It contains sensing and measuring equipment to record track geometry and rail profile (rail wear), as well as the power supply for itself and NS Research car.
The Research 36 car contains the recording and processing equipment for the data supplied by NS 38. Here its being pulled by NS 9272 as it does its testing on the NS Southern-East District. #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #ns #nsrailway #norfolksouthernrailway