August 9, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s empty coal train LG1 with UK 2012 in the lead, heads into Spring Lick just south of Caneyville, Ky on it’s way south to Madisonville, Ky as dusk settles across the valley. – Tech Info: 1/400sec, f/1.4, ISO 2000, Lens: Nikon 50mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
August 9, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s LG2 loaded coal train heads north at McHenry, Ky with University of Kentucky engine 4522, University of Louisville engine 2013 and engine 4510 as power on their way to meet the southbound LG1 empties at Caneyville, Ky. – – Tech Info: 1/640sec, f/11, ISO 1000, Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 31mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
August 4, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s 4503 and 4518 head across Barkley Dam with a loaded coal train at Lake City, Ky on it’s way south to the load out facility at Calvert City, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/2000sec, f/5.6, ISO 1250, Lens: Tamron 150-600 @ 280mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
August 4, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s 4503 leads a loaded coal train past the north end of the siding at Dawson Springs, Ky as it heads south to Calvert City, Ky to the loadout facility there. – Tech Info: 1/2000sec, f/6.3, ISO 900, Lens: Tamron 150-600 @ 600mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
August 4, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s 4503 leads a loaded coal train around the curve heading into Gilbertsville, Ky as it heads south to Calvert City, Ky to the loadout facility there. – Tech Info: 1/2000sec, f/6, ISO 720, Lens: Tamron 150-600 @ 380mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
August 4, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville’s 4503 and 4518 head southbound over the bridge at Kentucky Lake, Ky with a full load of coal, headed for the loadout at Calvert City, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/2000sec, f/6.3, ISO 640, Lens: Tamron 150-600 @ 600mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW
July 28, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville’s University of Kentucky engines 2012 and 4522 lead a loaded coal train as it as it heads east past the the PeeVee Spur on CSX’s Morganfield Branch in Madisonville, Ky. The second UK engine, 4522 came out of the Paducah NRE paint shop about a month ago and the lettering and graphics on the side of the engine is different than 2012. The other two photos show the loaded train headed down the Warrior Coal lead, heading toward Paducah and Louisville’s West Yard in Madisonville. In the third photo you can see the new lettering and graphics on 4522. – Tech Info: Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW
July 28, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville’s University of Kentucky engines 2012 and 4522 lead a loaded coal train as it backs down the PeeVee Spur in Madisonville, Ky, to P&L’s Warrior Lead in preparation for the train to head north this evening to Louisville. – Tech Info: 1/1000sec, f/7, ISO 180, Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 70mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
July 16, 2015 – A CSX empty coal train, with engine 856 in the lead, passes the signals at MP 153.3 approaching the Earlington Road Crossing in Richland, Ky as it heads north on the Paducah and Louisville Railway toward Madisonville, Ky to pickup another load of coal. – Tech Info: 1/1600sec, f/2.8, ISO 400, Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
July 2, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville’s UK 4522 and 4510 pull into the siding at West Yard in Madisonville, Ky after loading their coal train at Warrior Mine in Nebo, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/1600sec, f/5.6, ISO 250, Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 62 mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 28, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville Railway loaded coal train sits on the main at West Yard in Madisonville, Ky with 4510, 4522 and 4512 as power, waiting on a crew to take the train south to Calvert City, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/640sec, f/5.6, ISO 100, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 78 mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. ?#?jimstrainphotos?
July 2, 2015 – Newly Painted in UK colors Paducah and Louisville Railway’s 4522 pulls it’s loaded coal train out onto the main from the Warrior Lead as it heads north into a siding at West Yard in Madisonville, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/1600 sec, f/5.6, ISO 250, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 122mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. ?#?jimstrainphotos?
June 22, 2015 – United States Army Genset 6524 sits outside the back gate of National Railway Equipment’s shops in Paducah, Ky, where it waits to be picked up by the Paducah and Louisville Railway for movement to Madisonville, Ky for interchange with CSX. The last one went south on the Henderson Subdivision. Don’t know where it’s headed from there. Tech Info: 1/800sec, f/14, ISO 1000, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 300mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. #jimstrainphotos
June 22, 2015 – Fresh out of the paint shop at NRE (National Railway Equipment Co.) in Paducah, Ky, Paducah and Louisville’s engine 4522 sports a brand new UK paint scheme showing all the years that the University of Kentucky has won a NCAA National Championship. This is one of series of photographs I’ll be doing for P&L over the next few months. Thanks to P&L for allowing me to share it with you. – Tech Info: 1/800sec, f/7, ISO 140, Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. #jimstrainphotos
June 22, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s University of Louisville engine 3801 and University of Kentucky engine 1998 sit in the yard at Paducah, Ky as they wait on a crew. – Tech Info: 1/800sec, f/14, ISO 450, Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 40mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. #jimstrainphotos
June 8, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville’s LGE train sits in the pouring rain as they prepare to depart Cimarron Mine in Madisonville, Ky for the Louisville Gas & Electric plant with UK 2012 and UL 2013 as their leading units. Tech Info: 1/1600sec, f/5.6, ISO 560, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 300mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. #jimstrainphotos
June 8, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville’s UK engine 2012 and UL 2013 head through head down CSX Henderson Subdivision’s cutoff at Madisonville, Ky with a loaded coal train for Louisville Gas and Electric. The train came off CSX’s Morganfield Branch from Clay, Ky and went onto the P&L at East Diamond, where it went on north to Louisville. Tech Info: 1/1600sec, f/3.2, ISO 200, Lens: Sigma 24-70 @24mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. #jimstrainphotos
June 8, 2015 – I caught this lone deer standing in the fog on the Paducah and Louisville’s right-of-way at the highway 175 crossing just outside Bremen, Ky while I was waiting for the northbound Louisville Gas & Electric (LGE) coal train. Tech Info: 1/1600sec, f/5.6, ISO 4000, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @300mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. #jimstrainphotos
June 8, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville’s Louisville Gas & Electric loaded coal train passes the signal just before the highway 175 crossing just outside Bremen, Ky as it heads north with University of Kentucky engine 2012 on point, cutting through the fog. Tech Info: 1/1000sec, f/5.6, ISO 3200, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @300mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. #jimstrainphotos
May 6, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville’s 3807 sits tied to a local freight in an industrial area at Calvert City, Ky.
May 2, 2015 – Paducah and Louisville Railroad’s University of Louisville engine 2013 heads up northbound loaded coal train with University of Kentucky engine 2012 trailing behind on LSX1 at Rosine, Ky.