February 6, 2016 – A CSX grain train, with engine 490 in the lead, rounds the curve after coming from across the bridge at Cincinnati, Ohio, as it heads south through Covington, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/1600 | f/5.3 | ISO 640 | Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 230mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
February 6, 2016 – CSX coal train U547-06, with engine 414, passes under I-71/75 as it heads south out of Cincinnati, Ohio. – Tech Info: 1/1600 | f/2.8 | ISO 320 | Lens: Nikon 18mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
February 3, 2016 – CSX Q294-03, with Union Pacific’s 4317 leading the way, heads north at the Ft. Campbell Wye at Hopkinsville, Ky, on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/1250 | f/6.3 | ISO 100 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
February 4, 2016 – Norfolk Southern rail train waits in the siding for a eastbound freight before heading on west at Milltown, Indiana. – Tech Info: 1/2500 | f/5.3 | ISO 900 | Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 200mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
January 30, 2016 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s 3800 and 3804 head north through Cecilia, Ky, with PAL’s business car, Bluegrass State 1 trailing behind it, on it’s way to Louisville, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/6400 | f/2.8 | ISO 400 | -.7 stops | Lens: Nikon 18mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
January 30, 2016 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s 3800 and 3804 head north across the Big Clifty Bridge with PAL’s business car, Bluegrass State 1 trailing behind it, at Big Clifty, Ky on it’s way to Louisville, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/6400 | f/2.8 | ISO 100 | -2 stops | Lens: Nikon 18mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
January 28, 2016 – CSX loaded coal train N006-27 passes the signals at the north end of Cedar Hill, Tennessee siding as the light fades from the sky on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/1250 | f/5 | ISO 3600 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 150mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
January 28, 2016 – CSX empty tank train K442-27 sits in the the fading light of the day at the north end of Cedar Hill, Tennessee with Norfolk Southern’s Interstate Heritage Unit 8105 in the lead, waiting for a southbound before heading on north on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/160 | f/6 | ISO 4000 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 500mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
January 28, 2016 – CSX empty tank train K442-27 sits in the siding at the north end of Cedar Hill, Tennessee with Norfolk Southern’s Interstate Heritage Unit 8105 in the lead as they wait for a southbound before heading on north on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/250 | f/6.3 | ISO 1100 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
January 28, 2016 – CSX empty tank train K442-27 approaches the Experimental Station Road crossing in Springfield, Tennessee with Norfolk Southern’s Interstate Heritage Unit 8105 in the lead as they head north on the Henderson Subdivision. Last word was the train was tied down at Casky Yard in Hopkinsville, Ky for the night so those to the north might catch it in daylight tomorrow! – Tech Info: 1/1250 | f/5.6 | ISO 500 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 500mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
January 27, 2016 – Road & Rail Services locomotive CEFX 3034 works on building a autorack train at the Toyota Plant in Princeton, Indiana as the last light of the day fades in the west. – Tech Info: 1/2500 | f/2.8 | ISO 2000 | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 70mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
January 27, 2016 – CSX Q294 passes the old Louisville and Nashville Railroad depot at Henderson, Ky as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision. Workers have began the task of starting to restore the old station that was saved from demolition. – Tech Info: 1/1250 | f/2.8 | ISO 160 | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. #jimstrainphotos Here’s where you can see what’s going on with the project: https://www.facebook.com/hendersontraindepot?fref=nf
January 20, 2016 – Lease units NREX 7351 (ex-MILW 184 SD40-2) and NREX ex-Santa Fe 6486 (ATSF 5692 SD45-2) sit in the yard area behind the Evansville Western Railway offices at Mount Vernon, Indiana. – Tech Info: 1/1000 | f/4.8 | ISO 1100 | Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 116mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
January 17, 2016 – Ex-Cotton Belt engine (UP1963) tied to GMTX/GATX 2156 at one of the crossovers in Mount Vernon, Illinois, waiting for a crew. I understand this location has been used as a tie down point here lately. – Tech Info: Shot with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
January 17, 2016 – Ex-Cotton Belt engine (UP1963) tied to GMTX/GATX 2156 at one of the crossovers in Mount Vernon, Illinois, waiting for a crew. I understand this location has been used as a tie down point here lately. – Tech Info: Shot with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
January 20, 2016 – CSX Q647 makes its way up the viaduct at Rham, Indiana as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/1250 | f/6.3 | ISO 110 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 150mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
January 24, 2016 – CSX loaded tank train K457-22 crests the hill as it heads into downtown Robard, Ky on it’s way south on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/1250 | f/6.3 | ISO 900 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
January 24, 2016 – CSX Q688, with engine 366 with the Chessie System emblem on it, passes through the north end of Robards, Ky as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/1250 | f/2.8 | ISO 100 | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 26mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
January 20, 2016 – CSX Q029 kicks up the snow as it heads south at Hanson, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/1250 | f/6 | ISO 500 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 400mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
January 22, 2016 – CSX Q028 approaches the south end of Romney siding at Nortonville, Ky, through the heavy snowfall, as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/1250 | f/6 | ISO 800 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 450mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.