November 21, 2018 – Arriving just over 3 hours late due to mechanical problems in Chicago, Amtrak 391, the Saluki, meets a northbound CN freight at the coaling towers in Carbondale, Illinois as the last light of the day fades from the sky on the Centrailia Subdivision. #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #amtrak #passengertrains #cn#cnrailway
November 21, 2018 – Day 387 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Tabatha – Today’s BW portrait is a pet portrait of my cat Tabatha in her favorite place, the footstool of my recliner.
November 15, 2018 – After the recent winter storm passed through Western Kentucky, Paducah and Louisville Railways 4512 leads a loaded coal train as it waits just short of the Pride Avenue crossing in Madisonville, Ky for a signal to cross the diamond at Trident on CSX’s Morganfield Branch. From here the coal train will head back onto their own property for the trip north to the Louisville Gas Electric power plant at Louisville, Ky. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
November 20, 2018 – Day 386 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Journey – Today’s BW portrait is of my great-great niece Journey as she peeks around her grandma, playing a hide-n-peek as I try to get her portrait with the iPhone 7 in portrait mode! I was surprised at how well it did, despite how slow the camera responds when in portrait mode.
November 19, 2018 – Day 385 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Jeremiah – Today’s BW portrait is of my great-great nephew Jeremiah hamming it up for the camera!
November 9, 2018 – CSX Q029 (Chicago, IL – Atlanta, GA) meets an empty northbound coal train with 5 units, as it passes it by taking the siding at the north end of Slaughters, Ky on its south on the Henderson Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
November 18, 2018 – Day 384 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Grandpa and grandson – Today’s BW portrait is of my great-great nephew Liam and his grandpa Henry on the day of Liam’s baptism.
November 17, 2018 – A Union Pacific Railroad work train passes through Valley Park, MO with UP 7271 & 6000 leading, as it heads east toward Kirkwood, MO on the Jefferson City Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #missourirailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #up #uprailroad
November 17, 2018 – Day 383 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Dad and son – Today’s BW portrait is of my great-nephew Colt and his son Liam the day before Liam’s baptism.
November 15, 2018 – After the recent winter storm passed through Western Kentucky, Paducah and Louisville Railways 4512 leads a loaded coal train through a forest of ice covered trees, on the way down CSX’s Earlington Cutoff to the East Diamond lead at Madisonville, Ky. From here the coal train will head back onto their own property for the trip north to the Louisville Gas Electric power plant at Louisville, Ky. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
November 16, 2018 – Day 382 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – One of our Karate Kids – Today’s BW portrait is of my nephew Jayden in his full karate mode before his class this afternoon.
November 15, 2018 – CSX’s hot intermodal, Q025 (Bedford Park, IL – Jacksonville, FL), passes through an ice forest of trees as it heads south out of Mortons Gap, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision, with CSXT 862 leading the way. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
November 15, 2018 – Day 381 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Dana – Today’s BW portrait is of Dana Classen, who is a good friend of mine from church. We ran into each other at Kroger and he was gracious enough to all me to photograph him. I shot this using the portrait mode on my iPhone 7 Plus and cropped it square as I like the way it looks better.