Trackside with my nephew Damion and his old style Polaroid!
June 17, 2016 – Trackside with my nephew Damion and his old style Polaroid!
June 15, 2016 CSX N017 heads north into a storm at Mortons Gap, Ky
June 15, 2016 I stopped at Mortons Gap, Ky as I chased the leading edge of this storm front and caught empty coal train CSX N017 as it headed north on the Henderson Subdivision. I love shooting in weather like this as it makes for a very dramatic photo! – Tech Info: 1/800 | f/2.8 | ISO 4000 | Lens: Nikon 18mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 15, 2016 CSX Q592-15 in stormy weather, Kelly, Ky
June 15, 2016 I chased the leading edge of this storm front for about 20 miles till I finally caught CSX Q592-15 approaching the south end of the siding at Kelly, Ky as it headed north on the Henderson Subdivision. As dark and nasty as the sky looked, all it did was dump a lot of rain and create some lighting and fortunately for me it didn’t do it while I was shooting! – Tech Info: 1/400 | f/2.8 | ISO 900 | Lens: Nikon 18mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 10, 2016 CSX Q515 (Indianapolis, IN – Nashville, TN) southbound at Nortonville, Ky
June 10, 2016 CSX Q515 (Indianapolis, IN – Nashville, TN) passes under the I-69 overpass as Union Pacific 8956 leads it into the siding at Nortonville, Ky on its way south on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/1600 | f/6 | ISO 720 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 500mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 14, 2016 A Paducah and Louisville Railway local at Richland, Ky
June 14, 2016 A Paducah and Louisville Railway local, with engine 2018 in the lead, rounds the curve approaching the Earlington Road Crossing in Richland, Ky as it heads to Princeton, Ky with a short freight. – Tech Info: 1/1600 | f/6.3 | ISO 1250 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
une 1, 2016 CSXT 555 leads a set of light engines down the Vectren Lead at Abee, Indiana
June 1, 2016 CSXT 555 leads a set of light engines down the Vectren Lead at Abee, Indiana after leaving a string of coal hoppers, (upper left) at Vectren’s A. B. Brown Generating Station. – Tech Info: 1/1250 | f/5 | ISO 280 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 150mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 7, 2016 CSX X186-07 at Nortonville, Ky
June 7, 2016 CSX X186-07, a empty intermodal with BNSF power, makes its way from Romney siding at Nortonville, Ky and heads north on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/2500 | f/2.8 | ISO 280 | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 36mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 1, 2016 Savatrans Indian 6 up the Vectran Main at Abee, IN
June 1, 2016 Savatrans Indian 6 up the Vectran Main away from the Sitran Dock with a empty coal train being pulled by SVTX 1912 and 1982 as power, near Mount Vernon, Indiana after unloading its load of coal. The Chris Cline Group are owners of the company Savatrans which purchased three ES44AC locomotives which operate from Sugar Camp Mine in Akin, IL to Abee, IN near the Mount Vernon/West Franklin area.- Tech Info: 1/1000 | f/6.3 | ISO 800 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 550mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
May 10, 2016 – Fredonia Valley Railroad at Princeton, Ky
May 10, 2016 – Fredonia Valley Railroad’s GATX/GMTX 428 lease unit begins to back its empty rock train the 7 miles back to Martin Marietta Materials after dropping off a load of rock at the Paducah and Louisville Railway yard in Princeton, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/800 | f/5 | ISO 1250 | Lens: Nikon 18mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. ?
March 14, 2016 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s 2111 at Princeton, Ky
March 14, 2016 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s 2111 leads a lashup of six units as they make their way south at the Princeton, Ky yard as PAL 2121 sits in the siding with a empty coal train waiting to head north. – Tech Info: 1/1250 | f/6.3 | ISO 400 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
March 19, 2016 – CSX empty ethanol train K444-15 at Hopkinsville, Ky
March 19, 2016 – CSX empty ethanol train K444-15 at the north end of Pembroke at Hopkinsville, Ky with CN 2596 leading and UP 5873 trailing as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/1600 | f/5.3 | ISO 250 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 200mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
March 20, 2016 – CSX X804-19 with Union Pacific’s MKT Heritage Unit 1988, “The Katy” at Slaughters, Ky
March 20, 2016 – CSX X804-19 departs from the siding at the north end of Slaughters, Ky with Union Pacific’s MKT Heritage Unit 1988, “The Katy” heading north on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/500 | f/2.8 | ISO 100 | Lens: Nikon 18mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
March 20, 2016 – CSX X804-19 with UP 1988 at Sebree, Ky
March 20, 2016 – CSX X804-19 approaches Sebree, Ky with Union Pacific’s MKT Heritage Unit 1988, “The Katy” leading as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/1600 | f/2.8 | ISO 320 | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 36mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
March 19, 2016 – CSX K444-15 at Ace, south of Guthrie, Ky
March 19, 2016 – CSX empty ethanol train K444-15 at MP 214, just south of Guthrie, Ky with CN 2596 leading and UP 5873 trailing as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision under stormy skies. – Tech Info: 1/1600 | f/6 | ISO 250 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 420mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
March 14, 2016 – A Paducah and Louisville Railway empty ballast train at Dawson Springs, Ky
March 14, 2016 – A Paducah and Louisville Railway empty ballast train heads south, past the signals at the north end of the siding at Dawson Springs, Ky, on it’s way to Grand Rivers to pickup a load of rock, with units PAL 3808, GATX/GMTX 2207, 2698 and PAL 2125. – Tech Info: 1/1250 | f/6.3 | ISO 200 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
March 14, 2016 – A Paducah and Louisville Railway empty ballast train at Princeton, Ky
March 14, 2016 – A Paducah and Louisville Railway empty ballast train heads south through Princeton, Ky, on it’s way to Grand Rivers to pickup a load, with units PAL 3808, GATX/GMTX 2207, 2698 and PAL 2125 as power. – Tech Info: 1/800 | f/4.5 | ISO 110 | Lens: Nikon 18mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
March 14, 2016 – Paducah and Louisville Railway soutbound coal train at Charleston, Ky
March 14, 2016 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s 2111 leads a lashup of six units as they make their way south approaching the cut at Charleston, Ky with a load of coal. – Tech Info: 1/800 | f/5 | ISO 320 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 170mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
March 16, 2016 – A CSX Maintenance of Way track crew at Adams, Tn
March 16, 2016 – A CSX Maintenance of Way track crew makes it’s way across the Red River Trestle as it makes its way north at Adams, Tennessee on the Henderson Subdivision. The sub will be undergoing MOW work for the next few weeks. – Tech Info: 1/1000 | f/6 | ISO 280 | Lens: Sigma 15-600 @ 440mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
March 16, 2016 – CSXT switcher 1238 at Nashville, Tn
March 16, 2016 – A local crew on CSXT switcher 1238 wait for a signal just past the 10th Avenue crossing in downtown Nashville, Tn with a short string of tank cars. – Tech Info: 1/1000 | f/6 | ISO 560 | Lens: Sigma 15-600 @ 440mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
March 16, 2016 – CSX Q294 at Springfield, Tn
March 16, 2016 – CSX Q294 heads over the Sulfur Creek Trestle at Springfield, TN as it makes it’s way north on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/2500 | f/7 | ISO 250 | Lens: Rokinon 14mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
March 14, 2016 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s 2111 on Warrior Lead, Madisonville, Ky
March 14, 2016 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s 2111 leads a lashup of six engines as they make their way up the Warrior Lead after picking up a load of coal at Warrior Coal in Nebo, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/2000 | f/8 | ISO 900 | Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 122mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.