November 6, 2018 – Day 371 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Damion – Today’s portrait is of my nephew Damion’s new Minion toy! One of these days I’ll actually get a picture of them, but this will do for now! LOL
November 3, 2018 – CIT CEFX 115, ex-San Luis & Rio Grande…
November 3, 2018 – CIT CEFX 115, ex-San Luis & Rio Grande, brings up the rear on CSX Q512 as it waits for a East Bound intermodal to pass it on the St. Louis Line Subdivision at Danville, IN.
According to Wikipedia: The San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad is a class III railroad operating in Colorado. The SLRG began operations in 2003 using 154 miles of former Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks on three lines radiating from Alamosa, Colorado. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
November 5, 2018 – Day 371 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Photograph the foot
November 5, 2018 – Day 370 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Photograph the foot – Today’s portrait is of my niece Elaina! Well, sort of! I tried to get my portrait today of my niece Elaina and she just wasn’t in the mood, so this is what I ended up with! I still love it as it is so her!! Don’t worry about not being conventional in your portrait work as it will allow you to have more storytelling images sometimes! Think outside the box!
Long Exposure Photography – JW Marriott Building
I’m beginning to delve into the world of Long Exposure Photography! I’ve been intrigued by pictures I’ve seen using this technique and have decided to learn the ins and outs of doing it and see if I can apply it to my train photography! These first two are of the new JW Marriott hotel in downtown Nashville, Tennessee.
JW Marriott Building 1, Nashville, TN – Sigma 24-70 at 31mm, f/5.6, ISO 100 for 237 seconds
November 3, 2018 – Indiana Railroad 9004 leads Z464…
November 3, 2018 – Indiana Railroad 9004 leads Z464 as it pulls onto the CSX CE&D Subdivision’s Baker siding at Terre Haute, Indiana to perform interchange work with CSX as the last light of the day fades from the sky.
According to Wikipedia: The Indiana Rail Road (reporting mark INRD) is a United States Class II railroad, originally operating over former Illinois Central Railroad trackage from Newton, Illinois, to Indianapolis, Indiana, a distance of 155 miles. This line, now known as the Indiana Rail Road’s Indianapolis Subdivision, comprises most of the former IC line from Indianapolis to Effingham, Illinois; Illinois Central successor Canadian National Railway retains the portion from Newton to Effingham. INRD also owns a former Milwaukee Road line from Terre Haute, Indiana, to Burns City, Indiana (site of the Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center), with trackage rights extending to Chicago, Illinois. INRD serves Louisville, Kentucky, and the Port of Indiana on the Ohio River at Jeffersonville, Indiana, through a haulage agreement with the Louisville & Indiana Railroad (LIRC). – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad #inrdrailroad #indianarailroad
November 4, 2018 – Day 370 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Jeremiah
November 4, 2018 – Day 369 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Jeremiah – I’ve that for the next 30 days I’m going to try to do a B&W portrait a day with this challenge. I’ve not really used the portrait feature of the iPhone a whole lot so I’ve decided to work on it for the next 30 days. The first portrait is of my great-great nephew Jeremiah today after church as we were eating lunch. I can tell after working on getting a photo of this 2-year-old that using the portrait mode on kids is going to be a bit more of a challenge! Step outside your box today with your photography by doing something different!
November 3, 2018 – CSXT 2810 passes the I.U. Interlocking tower…
November 3, 2018 – CSXT 2810 passes the I.U. Interlocking tower as it leads a mixed freight westbound on the Indianapolis Terminal Subdivision at Indianapolis, Indiana. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
October 17, 2018 – Union Pacific 6609 leads…
October 17, 2018 – Union Pacific 6609 leads a loaded coal train around the curve approaching MP 211.5 as it heads north along the Paducah and Louisville Railway, headed for the Calvert City Terminal, at Calvert City, Ky in the glow of the late afternoon sun. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #fujixt1 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
November 3, 2018 – Day 369 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Waiting Room with style
November 3, 2018 – Day 369 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Waiting Room with style – This is ceiling of one of the waiting rooms in the historic Indianapolis Union Station at downtown Indianapolis, Indiana! If only the building could talk, the stories it could tell!
November 2, 2018 – Day 368 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – The Panes
November 2, 2018 – Day 368 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – The Panes – Lines, windows and reflections make for an interesting pattern picture of the side of the new JW Marriott building in downtown Nashville, Tennessee.
November 1, 2018 – Day 367 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – The Waiting Game
November 1, 2018 – Day 367 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – The Waiting Game – This young boy was playing a game on his mom’s phone, that seemed to require him to get up and move around a little, as they were waiting for their car to get an oil change. Sometimes photos and puns just happen!
October 29, 2018 – After throwing the switch…
October 29, 2018 – After throwing the switch at the North End of the Paducah and Louisville Railway yard, the conductor on the CN local from Fulton, Ky keeps a watchful eye as they enter the yard at Paducah, Kentucky yard with their train. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #cnrailway #canadiannationalrailway
October 31, 2018 – Day 366 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Rainy Day
October 31, 2018 – Day 366 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Rainy Day – While waiting for my nephew Jayden to get out of school on this rainy Wednesday afternoon I shot this interesting abstract of my windshield and a railroad crossing sign! Pictures are all around you! Just open your eyes to them!
October 29, 2018 – Newly refurbished BNSF 60M’s 1448 and 1442…
October 29, 2018 – Newly refurbished by the NRE shops at Paducah or Progress Rail in Mayfield (not sure which), BNSF 60M’s 1448 and 1442 sit in the north end of the Paducah and Louisville Railway yard at Paducah, Ky as PAL 3809 and Salute the Troops 2127, work on building a train. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #bnsf #palrailway #paducahandlouisvillerailway
October 30, 2018 – Day 365 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Eye Contact
October 30, 2018 – Day 365 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Eye Contact – My niece Elaina makes eye contact with “her Tabatha” after school this afternoon. These two always make a bee-line for each other when she arrives. I’m not sure which one loves which more. This also marks one year of shooting B&W with my iPhone project! We’ll see where it takes me down the road!
October 29, 2018 – Amtrak 390, the Illini, crosses over the Muddy River bridge…
October 29, 2018 – Amtrak 390, the Illini, crosses over the Muddy River bridge as it starts it’s early morning journey north to Chicago from Carbondale, Illinois on CN’s Centralia Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #cn #amtrak #passengertrain
October 24, 2018 – CIT CEFX 115, ex-San Luis & Rio Grande, brings up the rear…
October 24, 2018 – CIT CEFX 115, ex-San Luis & Rio Grande, brings up the rear on CSX Q647’s power consist, as it heads through Mortons Gap, Ky, on it’s way south along the Henderson Subdivision.
According to Wikipedia: The San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad is a class III railroad operating in Colorado. The SLRG began operations in 2003 using 154 miles of former Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks on three lines radiating from Alamosa, Colorado. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
October 29, 2018 – Day 364 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Dillinger’s
October 29, 2018 – Day 364 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Dillinger’s – The light and shadows on this old grainery at Carbondale, Illinois make this picture!
October 28, 2018 – Day 363 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Keeping it simple
October 28, 2018 – Day 363 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Keeping it simple – This came from waiting for my dinner order at our local Kentucky Fried Chicken. I sat in a booth as I was waiting and captured this shot of the edge of the table with the booth back. It speaks to me!
October 27, 2018 – Day 362 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Jeremiah the Cat
October 27, 2018 – Day 362 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Jeremiah the Cat – Today my niece Jeanne had her annual Halloween Party and Birthday party for my nephew Xavier and Jeremiah came as a cat! I just love this expression!!
October 26, 2018 – Amtrak 391, the Saluki from Chicago, Illinois…
October 26, 2018 – Amtrak 391, the Saluki from Chicago, Illinois, heads into it’s final station stop at Carbondale, Illinois on the CN Centrailia Subdivision, after passing the coaling towers that were built for the then Illinois Central Railroad in 1949. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #amtrak #saluki #carbondale