April 12, 2018 – Norfolk Southern 8051 crests the hill as it leads an eastbound freight towards the crossing at county road 150 at Princeton, Indiana on the NS Southern-East District. The second unit is NS 8999 and the trailing unit is BNSF 6919. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #ns #nsrailway
April 12, 2018 – Union Pacific 8974 heads up a string of 8 locomotives on NS 319 as it pulls to a stop short of Ohio Street in Princeton, Indiana. It’s crew had to drop four of the engines at Princeton before continuing on east on the NS Southern-East District. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #ns #nsrailway
April 10, 2018 – Day 162 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Ta Da!! – My niece Elaina definitely has her own style! Today during lunch with several members of our local photography club she was being herself as we were waiting for the check to come when she kept jumping out from behind my chair and doing this Ta Da! I had been trying all morning to get her to stand and let me get a good shot of her and her outfit and it just wasn’t happening! Sometimes it happens like that. You’ve just got to be patient and let the picture happen. This was way better than if she had just stood for me to take the picture when I asked earlier! I’d make the “Punky Brewster” reference here, but most younger photographers probably wouldn’t know who Im talking about! LOL
April 4, 2018 – The engineer remotely controls MALX 4111, Ex-CN GP9RM, as it pulls out of the wye at the Port of Indiana in Mount Vernon, Indiana after doing a pickup at the Valero Renewable Fuels. MALX is the reporting mark for Mid-America Locomotive and Car Repair Incorporated, which owns the locomotive that operates the port area. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway
March 23, 2018 – A Chicago Transit Authority Rapid transit “L” train passes through the tower 18 interlocking in downtown Chicago, Illinois. For decades, the Tower 18 junction at Lake & Wells has been billed as one of the busiest railroad junctions in the world.
According to Wikipedia, The Chicago “L” (short for “elevated”) is the rapid transit system serving the city of Chicago and some of its surrounding suburbs in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is operated by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA). It is the fourth-largest rapid transit system in the United States in terms of total route length, at 224.1 miles long, and the second-busiest rail mass transit system in the United States, after the New York City Subway.
Chicago’s “L” provides 24-hour service on some portions of its network, being one of only six rapid transit systems in the United States to do so. The oldest sections of the Chicago “L” started operations in 1892, making it the second-oldest rapid transit system in the Americas, after New York City’s elevated lines.
The “L” has been credited with fostering the growth of Chicago’s dense city core that is one of the city’s distinguishing features. The “L” consists of eight rapid transit lines laid out in a spoke-hub distribution paradigm focusing transit towards the Loop. Although the “L” gained its name because large parts of the system are elevated, portions of the network are also in subway tunnels, at grade level, or open cut. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #cta #commutertrains.
April 9, 2018 – Day 161 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Airborne! – My nephew Damion does a jump during his Little Warriors Karate Class as some of his classmates take their own stances as if it’ll give him a little extra help! Indoors and low light can make shooting action difficult when using your iPhone. Best thing I’ve found is to use the burst mode and try to catch the peak action. Either way, any picture is better than none! Shoot!!!
April 4, 2018 – Evansville Western Railway local MVL01 works the industrial area as it backs across the Mt Vernon Interlocking at Mount Vernon, Indiana. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #evwr #evwrrailway #evansvillewesternrailway
April 8, 2018 – Day 160 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Kids will be kids – My nephew Jordan makes one of his classic faces Sunday as we were getting ready to leave church. Sometimes it’s best to let kids be kids when you’re shooting their picture! Can make for some fun, memorable and great picture times!
April 7, 2018 – Day 158 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Lamp Light – Stopped by Fazoli’s for lunch today and found this light against a black background which I think makes for a nice photo! Keeping your pictures simple and easy to read will help make them stronger!
April 7, 2018 – CSX Q648-05 waits in the siding as hot intermodal Q025-07 passes it at the north end of Romney siding on the way south on the Henderson Subdivision at Nortonville, Ky. Progress to complete joining the Romney and Nortonville siding into a two track main is well underway. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
April 6, 2018 – With permission I was able to get this shot of Respondek Railroad Corporation’s 415 and 2425 sitting in the old engine service facility at CSX’s Atkinson Yard in Madisonville, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision. Last word I got was that these two units were going to be servicing industry in the Henderson, Ky area. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
April 4, 2018 – Evansville Western Railway local MVL01 backs past the CountryMark Co-Op LLP Refinery at Mount Vernon, Indiana as it makes a drop off of some tank cars.
The refinery was built in Mount Vernon in 1940, shortly after a local gusher well was discovered nearby. The farmer owners who built the 2,000 barrel-per-day refinery had a vision of energy security and independence, and a commitment to manufacture high quality fuels.
The refinery processes 30,000 barrels of local crude oil per day, operating 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. It brings to the market 450 million gallons of finished fuel products per year. It is a supplier of market-leading energy products and services for farms, fleets and families in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Kentucky. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #evwr #evwrrailway #evansvillewesternrailway
April 6, 2018 – Day 157 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Elaina Cat – My Elaina Cat caught squeaker!!! My niece Elaina loves cats and has earned my pet name for her which is Elaina Cat! This afternoon she walks into my office with her toy rat, yes toy rat as she really loves most all animals. I asked if I could take a picture of her and “Squeaker” and this is what she did!!!
April 5, 2018 – Day 156 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Markers – Well it’s been almost a year since my brother Davie passed from this world to the next and we’ve finally got his estate settled and today his and our brother Eddie’s markers were placed over their ashes. Both served in the Army during Viet Nam. Proud of them both and glad the winter weather has passed enough that we could get the markers placed next to our parents. Photograph life, sad and happy!
April 4, 2018 – CSXT 2785 with an American Flag waving on it’s hood, heads up local Y102-04 after passing ADMX 57, an EMD-built SW1200, originally Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) 9621, at the ADM facility as it makes it’s way south to Howell Yard in Evansville, Indiana with Chessie System Caboose 904138. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
April 4. 2018 – A Evansville Western Railway empty coal train sits at the SITRAN Coal transfer facility, in the golden glow of the setting sun. In the background putting out all the steam is the Green Plains Bioenergy plant at West Franklin, Indiana. The Sitran Terminal was commissioned in April 2012 and is owned by Foresight Energy. It is capable of receiving up to 150 car trains from mines originating on the EVWR, NS, CSX and BN Railroads via the Evansville Western Railroad. The facility can store 1 million tons of coal. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #evwr #evwrrailway #coaltrain
April 4, 2018 – Evansville Western Railway MVT01 pulls out onto the main as the last light of the setting sun reflects on the train and rails, after the crew finished their pickup at the Port of Indiana at Mount Vernon, Indiana.
Contiguous to the Ohio River, Ports of IndianaMt. Vernon is the 7th largest inland port in the United States and serves as a major multi-modal hub for the region handling over 4 million trip tons of cargo a year. It is one of the major transportation engines for not only Posey County but the State of Indiana. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #evwr #evansvillewesternrailway
April 4, 2018 – Day 155 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Wolfie is found!!! – After several months of being lost Damion’s sister Elaina found his favorite stuffed toy called “Wolfie.” It was under their dunk bed here at the house and we now have a very happy Damion!!!
April 3, 2018 – CSX C027-03 heads under the overpass on Davis Road at Mannington, Ky with a loaded rail train as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision. I tried catching it twice before at Madisonville and Nortonville, but it was arriving both times when I got to those places. Fortunately this was the shot that was to be, and much better than the other spots. Sometimes fate knows what I need! – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
March 29, 2018 – CSX intermodal Q025-29 snakes through the curve approaching the north end of the siding at Romney as it heads south at Nortonville, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision. Construction combining the sidings at Romney and Nortonville continues. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad