August 21, 2018 – Day 295 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Lights and Lines! – I like all the lines and different lights in this photo I shot this morning as I headed in for lunch with members of our local photography group.
August 2, 2018 – Canadian National 2269 heads up local L513 as it waits for a signal to pass the DPU end of a loaded BNSF coal train at CN’s P&I Junction at Paducah, Ky after performing interchange work with the Paducah and Louisville Railway. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #cn #pal
August 20, 2018 – Day 294 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Seats – Captured this scene just before my train club meeting. I liked the chairs lined up in a row and my shadow like it was almost sitting in one of them!
August 17, 2018 – CSXT 872 leads loaded coal train N320 as it heads upgrade at the north end of the siding at Hanson, Ky as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
August 19, 2018 – Day 293 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Are you ready? – My nephew Jordan peeks in the Worship and Wonder door after church to see what is going on in the class as he waits for his cousins to finish up. He-s still not quite old enough to participate, but it won-t be much longer as he starts pre-school next month!
August 17, 2018 – CSX loaded coal train N040 passes through the south end of the siding at Slaughters, Ky as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
August 18, 2018 – Day 292 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Alien Princess – This afternoon I stopped by the Kelly Little Green Men festival at Kelly, Ky and found this Alien Princess wandering around the grounds! The festival stems from an alleged sighting of aliens back in 1955. I love roaming around small festivals like this as there’s always interesting pictures to be made!
September 17, 2014 – A BNSF intermodal heads under the signal bridge just below Hill 582 in southern California’s Cajon Pass as it heads eastbound up the pass. – #jimstrainphotos #californiarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #bnsf #bnsfrailway
August 17, 2018 – Day 291 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Junior Warriors – My great-great nephews Jayden, Damion and Xavier pose with their sensei Eric Myers after their first day in their Junior Warriors Karate Class! It was Jayden’s first day and the other two moved up from the Little Warriors class! They all did a great job! Damion wanted to do a serious pose, so no smiles or thumbs up!
August 16, 2018 – CSX X267 snakes it’s way through the S curve on track 2 between Nortonville and Romney, with BNSF 3924 leading, as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision from Nortonville, Ky. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad #bnsf #bnsfrailway
August 16, 2018 – Day 290 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Quality Time – After picking my nephew Jayden up from 1st grade we spent some quality time roaming around town looking for pictures to shoot. Here we find him checking out the photo he just shot of a vegetable peddler. If you want to see his picture head over to his page I maintain for him on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/shutterbugjayden/ or visit http://www.shutterbugkids.org/.
August 14, 2018 – CSXT 3423 leads empty autorack train X267 upgrade as it passes under the north main street overpass at Madisonville, Ky as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
August 15, 2018 – Day 289 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Leaf – While waiting around on a small bridge for a coal train I captured this photo of a single small leaf laying on the rail and liked the simplicity of the scene.
September 23, 2014 – The last light of day reflects off the side of a eastbound Union Pacific intermodal with 8059 leading at Lordsburg, New Mexico on the Lordsburg Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #newmexicorailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #up #uprailroad
August 14, 2018 – Day 288 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Schools Out! – My nephew Jayden climbs into the car under the watchful eye of one of the school’s safety patrol students, as he finishes up a busy day at school. He had just given the safety patrol kid a hug before climbing in the car and that’s what the big smile is about. I missed that shot as the door covered most of the event. Maybe next time!
September 24, 2014 – A Texas Pacífico (TXPF) Railway mixed freight makes it’s way with a mix of power, consisting of CIT 407, CEFX 400, Ferromex 20141 and CEFX 2004, at Ft. Stockton, Texas.
It operates freight service over 382 miles in West Texas. The line runs from San Angelo Junction to Alpine Junction. TXPF has trackage right over UP between Alpine Junction to Paisano Junction and operates from Paisano Junction to International Bridge near Presidio, TX. TXPF has connections with UP, FXE, BNSF and FWWR.
The railroad was originally chartered in 1897 as the Colorado Valley Railroad and provided service from Colorado City to San Angelo. By 1909, the railroad had changed its name to Kansas City, Mexico and Orient of Texas and ran from the Rio Grande River to the Red River. In 1928 the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe purchased the line. In 1992, ATSF transferred the right of way and fixed assets to South Orient Rural Rail Transportation District (an instrumentality of the State of Texas) and leased the line and the right to salvage to South Orient Railroad Company. In 1998, South Orient Railroad notified the STB of its intent to abandon the line. The State retained ownership of the line and the South Orient discontinued service. In 2000, Texas Pacifico Transportation Company leased the line and operations began in 2004. – #jimstrainphotos #texasrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway
August 13, 2018 – Day 287 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – First Stripe! – In case you can’t tell, my niece Elaina is very proud of her first stripe (it-s white so kind of hard to see) that she got today for speed training in her Little Warriors Karate Class.
September 8, 2014 – Utah Railway 5001 pulls away from the east end of Soldier Summit, Utah with a heavy load of coal.
According to Wikipedia, the Utah Railway operates over 423 miles of track between Grand Junction, Colorado, and Provo, Utah, of which 45 miles are owned, and the remainder operated under agreements with BNSF Railway and Union Pacific. As of January, 2017; the company no longer hauls coal. The Utah Railway also owns a subsidiary railroad, the Salt Lake City Southern Railroad, serving over 30 customers on over 25 miles of track between Salt Lake City and Draper, Utah. In addition, switching services are provided in Ogden and elsewhere. – #jimstrainphotos #utahrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway
August 12, 2018 – Day 286 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Hugs – Damion’s dad, JD, waits patiently as Damion and his cousin Jayden hug goodbye today after church as the rest of the family waits for the other kids to get out of their Worship and Wonder class.
August 2, 2018 – Canadian National 2269 leads local L513 around the curve leading out of the Paducah and Louisville Railway yard after doing interchange work. The trailing engine is PRLX 240. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #cn #pal
August 11, 2018 – Day 285 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Pumpkins – Well, let’s see, Halloween is about 80 days away, so I guess it’s time to bring out the Halloween stock at our local stores! I guess next month they’ll set out Thanksgiving! Well, if nothing else it provides me with an interesting shot for my black and white challenge today!