CSX Q025-22 SB at North Romney, Nortonville, Ky

April 21, 2018 – CSX crews work on tying in the new track to the existing track at the north end of the current siding at Romney as CSX Q025-21 passes on the main at restricted speed due to the construction. The MOW crews are in the process of tying in the new tracks to the switches as the final phase of converting the siding at Romney and Nortonville into a two track main. From what I’m told the first scheduled traffic down the new track 2 should be on Wednesday, the 25th of April, if all goes well. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad

April 21, 2018 – Day 172 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Meeting Abe

CSX 0501-18 with NS 911 at Sebree, Ky

April 19, 2018 – Norfolk Southern Railway’s “Honoring First Responders” engine 9-1-1, heads up CSX Q501-18 as it sits on track two as CSX Q518 highballs past him on track 1 at Sebree, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision.
One of several commemorative locomotives, it’s a SD60E honoring emergency first responders. The locomotive with insignia recognizing police, fire, and emergency services runs on Norfolk Southerns 22-state network and obviously sometimes even beyond! – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad #nsrailway #norfolksouthern

April 20, 2018 – Day 172 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Blue Belt

CSX 0501-18 NB with Norfolk Southern 911 at Henderson, Ky

April 19, 2018 – CSX Q501-18 (Chicago to Nashville) had Norfolk Southern’s 911 unit, Honoring First Responders, as it passed under the signals at the south end of Henderson, Ky on its way south on the Henderson Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #ns #nsrailway #nsheritageunit

April 19, 2018 – Day 171 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Flagpole

April 18, 2018 – Day 170 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Karaoke

April 16, 2018 – Day 169 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Glasses

CSX Q028-11 approaches SE of Harwood, Evansville, In

April 12, 2018 – Norfolk Southern 9091 and two Union Pacific engines head up CSX Q028-11 as it rounds the curve coming into the south end of Harwood on it’s way north up the CE&D Subdivision at Evansville, Indiana. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad #nsrailway #nsrailroad

CSX Q028-11 passes Q025-12 at Anaconda, Sebree, Ky

April 12, 2018 – Norfolk Southern 9190, with two Union Pacific units trailing, leads hot intermodal CSX Q028-11 as it passes another hot intermodal, CSX 025-12 at Anaconda, just south of Robards, Ky, on the Henderson Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad

CSX Q289 SB with CREX 1338 at Ft. Branch, In

April 12, 2018 CSX Q289 heads through Ft. Branch, Indiana with leading CREX 1338 leading the way, as it heads south on the CE&D Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad

CSX Q501-12 at the south end of Harwood in Evansville, Indiana

April 12, 2018 A new train, CSX Q501-12 (Chicago to Nashville), heads through the south end of Harwood at Evansville, Indiana with KCS 3937 leading the way as it heads south on the CE&D Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad

NS 54G EB approaches CR 150, Princeton, In

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

NS 319 EB with 8 Units at Ohio Street, Princeton, In

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 11-16, 2018 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge Photos

April 16, 2018 – Day 168 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Karate Kid Moves – Damion watches as his Sensei demonstrates the karate move that was made famous in the movie and follows along during his Little Warriors Karate Class this afternoon. When photographing in low light situations with your iPhone try to catch your subject at it’s peak action for the sharpest photo.

April 15, 2018 – Day 167 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Milestones – This weekend my 6 year old nephew Shutterbug Xavier took part in the Spring Photography Weekend at Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park in Dawson Springs, Ky. This was his first time competing in an event and he participated in the Children’s Division where won the Bonus Category with a B&W Photo of the boat dock, 2nd Place in the Water Category with a shot of the Waterfall at Pennyrile and his 3rd place photo was in the Landscape Category with the sun setting over Pennyrile Lake! We’re all very proud of him. Capturing milestones in the life of those you love are the best moments!

April 14, 2018 – Day 166 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Waterfall – Today’s photo of a small cascade of water was shot using the “Live” photo feature on my iPhone 7 Plus. It’s a real nice way of getting the smoky look to your waterfall type pictures that you take with your iPhone. After you take your “Live” photo go to the camera roll, find the photo you like and swipe up! You’ll see different effects that you can apply to the photo and Long Exposure is the last one on the right. Give it a try! This was after a heavy rainfall during the Spring Photography Weekend at Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park in Dawson Springs, Ky.

April 13, 2018 – Day 165 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge – The Door – I spent today shooting pictures for the first day of the Pennyrile Forest Resort Parks Spring Photography Weekend in Dawson Springs, Ky. One of the categories for the contest is Black and White so this shot fit in nicely with my challenge as well. Found this old weathered door sitting against more weathered boards of and storage building on the park grounds. I was drawn to the gray on gray!

April 12, 2018 – Day 164 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge – KFC Light – Stopping by Kentucky Fried Chicken to pickup dinner after a day of railfanning in southern Indiana I found the store had been remodeled since the last time I was in and they’ve added this unique light over one of the round tables. I think it fits my “Lamps and Lights” series pretty well! Want to improve your photography series with a long-term project? It’s not as difficult as you think. Pick something your passionate or interested in photographing and start! It’s that easy!

April 11, 2018 – Day 163 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Stoney – Today I was out on a Photographic Adventure with my nephew Shutterbug Jayden and we visited the community of Hanson, Ky where I used the portrait mode on my iPhone to capture this environmental portrait of friend and local artist Stoney Whitehouse at his shop.

April 10, 2018 – Day 162 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Ta Da!!

MALX 4111 works the port at Mt. Vernon, IN

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 CTA “L” train passes through the tower 18 interlocking…

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 102.8 miles (165.4 km) 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.