July 9, 2015 – CSX empty coal train N012-08 heads into the setting sun as it approaches the Happy Lane crossing just West of Manitou, Ky on the Morganfield Branch as it makes it’s way to Dotki Mine at Clay, Ky to pickup a load of coal. – Tech Info: 1/1000sec, f/3.5, ISO 100, Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 36mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 26, 2015 – Union Pacific’s 1688 leading with NS 8821 trailing, passes under the signal bridge as it moves it’s autorack train north on UP’s Chester Subdivision, just outside of Gorham, Illinois.. – Tech Info: 1/1250sec, f/5.6, ISO 200, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 200 mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. ?#?jimstrainphotos?
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?
June 26, 2015 – BNSF engine 4599 leads a northbound grain train through the yards at Gorham, Illinois on the Chester Subdivision as another northbound UP freight waits in the background. – Tech Info: 1/1250 sec, f/5.6, ISO 360, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 300 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?