July 20, 2016 CSX local J759-20, approaches Memphis Junction at Bowling Green, Ky as it heads north on the Mainline Subdivision with its short train. – Tech Info: 1/1250 | f/5.6 | ISO 2200 | Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 300mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
July 18, 2016 Norfolk Southern empty coal train, with 8015 leading, sits on the main at Paducah and Louisville Railways West Yard at Madisonville, Ky. They were waiting for a MOW worker to finish working on the Pee Vee Spur switch so they could head to Warrior coal to pickup their load. – Tech Info: 1/2500 | f/5.3 | ISO 560 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 220mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
July 18, 2016 CSX Geometry Train W001-18 heads north on the Henderson Subdivision after passing Monarch (where the Paducah and Louisville Railway passes over the CSX) at Madisonville, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/2500 | f/4.5 | ISO 1000 | Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 70mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
July 13, 2016 A Paducah and Louisville Railway local heads under the Ky 70 West bridge as it heads south at Richland, Ky with PAL 2131 leading. – Tech Info: 1/1250 | f/6 | ISO 1000 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 420mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
July 9, 2016 – LORAM Railgrinder action at Rankin, Ky
July 9, 2016 LORAM Railgrinder RGS-9 arrives at the south end of Rankin Siding at Rankin, Ky to begin it’s night of grinding switches and crossings on CSX’s Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/40 | f/1.4 | ISO 2000 | Lens: Nikon 50mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
July 9, 2016 LORAM Railgrinder RGS-9 waits in the siding at the north end of Robards, Ky as southbound loaded coal train CSX N040-05 passes it on CSX’s Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 3 seconds | f/2.8 | ISO 125 | Lens: Nikon 18mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 30, 2016 LORAM ballast cleaner SBC-2402 sits in the house track, as they perform maintenance before they start work on CSX’s Henderson Subdivision at Kelly, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/6400 | f/2.8 | ISO 280 -1 f/stop | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 26mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
July 1, 2016 Autorack CSX Q241-30 (Detroit, MI – Louisville, KY) heads south on the Short Line (LCL Subdivision) at Crestwood, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/400 | f/20 | ISO 1100 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 250mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
July 1, 2016 A CSX autorack works on loading automobiles at CSX’s Osborn Yard in Louisville, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/1600 | f/5.3 | ISO 500 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 210mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
July 1, 2016 A northbound CSX mixed freight passes the signals as it approaches Verona, Ky as it moves north on The Shortline (LCL Subdivison). – Tech Info: 1/1600 | f/8 | ISO 720 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
July 6, 2016 Steam rises above the roadbed after a summer rain on CSX’s Henderson Subdivision at Nortonville, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/2000 | f/5.3 | ISO 400 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 185mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 29, 2016 Engineer on RJ Corman’s 3813 drops a car manifest to a waiting crewman on the ground after arriving at CSX’s Guthrie Yard in Guthrie, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/6400 | f/5 | ISO 640 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 150mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 8, 2016 The conductor climbs back aboard Paducah and Louisville Railways LSX1, a Norfolk Southern Train with a brand new 3616 Tier 4 ET44AC leading on its first revenue run, after throwing the Pee Vee Spur switch at West Yard as they start their early morning run to Warrior Coal in Madisonville, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/2500 | f/6.3 | ISO 4000 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 550mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 8, 2016 – Paducah and Louisville Railway LSX1 pulls its Norfolk Southern Train into the loop at Warrior Coal in Madisonville, Ky with a brand new 3616 Tier 4 ET44AC leading on its first revenue run. – Tech Info: 1/1600 | f/2.8 | ISO 110 | Lens: Nikon 18mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. #jimstrainphotos
June 3, 2016 CSX empty coal train E302 (Stilesboro, GA – Evansville, IN (EVWR) pulls into the south end of Casky Inspection Yard at Hopkinsville, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision under stormy skies. – Tech Info: 1/320 | f/2.8 | ISO 850 | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 42mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 6, 2016 CSX Q294-06 (Nashville, TN – Indianapolis, IN) passes through Guthrie, Ky, with KCS 4162, 4006, 3961 and 3949 as power, as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/160 | f/6 | ISO 100 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 460mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 1, 2016 Norfolk Southern 1161 sits on the DPU end of a empty coal train at Squaw Creek as a loaded trains waits to move into the Alcoa Warrick Operations at Yankee Town Dock, just outside of Newburgh, Indiana. – Tech Info: 1/320 | f/2.8 | ISO 900 | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 40mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 1, 2016 CSX local J724-01 moves north at Henderson, Ky after combining Q586, (a total of 8 engines with unit 900 leading) with their train on the Henderson Subdivision, after the Q586 crew ran out of time before reaching Evansville, IN. – Tech Info: 1/3200 | f/2.8 | ISO 100 | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 70mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 15, 2016 CSX Q025-15 heads south at the north end of Casky at Hopkinsville, Ky as it prepares to head into Casky Inspection Yard to be refueled and inspected before continuing its trip on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/500 | f/6.3 | ISO 1400 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 15, 2016 Lights reflect off wet hopper cars as southbound CSX Q029-15 crests the north end of Crofton, Ky passing CSX G127, a northbound empty grain train, after a storm front passed through the area on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/500 | f/6.3 | ISO 800 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.