April 6, 2019 – Union Pacific 7493 brings up the rear as the DPU of a loaded southbound grain train at Gorham, Illinois on the Chester Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #uprailroad #unionpacific
April 6, 2019 – Union Pacific 4428 heads up a mixed freight train, as it heads northbound UP’s Mt. Vernon Subdivision at Gorham, Illinois. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #uprailroad #unionpacific
April 18, 2019 – CSXT 4003 leads Q647 as it approaches Milepost 263 on the Henderson Subdivision at the New Salem Church overpass in Nortonville, Ky as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
April 6, 2019 – Burlington Northern Santa Fe, 4178 leads a northbound grain train at the signal bridge at McClure, Illinois on UP’s Chester Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #uprailroad #unionpacific #bnsfrailway #bnsf
April 17, 2019 – BNSF 6999 pulls a load of empty flats past the Warrior Coal lead switch as it heads north on the Paducah and Louisville Railway. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #bnsf #bnsfrailway #pal #palrailway
April 17, 2019 – Canadian National 2845 (GE ES44AC) with GECX 2037 trailing, leads CSX Q501 as it passes through the north end of Hanson, Ky as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad #cn #cnrailway
April 17, 2019 – Canadian National 2845 (GE ES44AC) with lease unit GECX 2037 trailing, leads CSX Q501 as it approaches 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 #cn #cnrailway
April 6, 2019 – Union Pacific 5376 passes under a signal bridge at Jonesboro, Illinois as it leads a grain train southbound on UP’s Chester Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #uprailroad #unionpacific
March 15, 2019 – A piece of CSX MOW equipment crests the hill under the north Main Street overpass while motorists go about their daily routine, as we look at the scene from a 600mm perspective, as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision at Madisonville, Ky. The building at the left is the old L&N Depot. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
April 6, 2019 – Union Pacific 8161 leads a mixed freight over the Mississippi River on the Thebes Bridge at Thebes, Illinois as it makes its way south on UP’s Chester Subdivision.
According to Wikipedia: The Thebes Bridge is a truss bridge carrying the Union Pacific Railroad (previously carried the Missouri Pacific and Southern Pacific, in a joint operation) across the Mississippi River between Illmo, Missouri and Thebes, Illinois. It is owned by the Southern Illinois and Missouri Bridge Company, now a UP subsidiary.
The Southern Illinois and Missouri Bridge Company was incorporated in Illinois on December 28, 1900 to own the bridge and 4.64 miles (7.47 km) of connecting rail line. It was initially owned equally by the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad, Illinois Central Railroad, Missouri Pacific Railway, St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway, and St. Louis Southwestern Railway.
The designer of the bridge was Polish-American engineer Ralph Modjeski. The Missouri Pacific and SLIM&S merged in 1917, and in 1945 the C&EI sold its 1/5 share to the Missouri Pacific, giving the latter company, since merged into the UP, a majority interest. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #uprailroad #unionpacific
April 13, 2019 – Norfolk Southern Railway 1005 heads up a loaded coal train as it sits at Milepost 143 as it waits for a green signal, just south of the Pond River Siding on the Paducah and Louisville Railway at Madisonville, Ky. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #PAL #paducahandlouisvillerailway #norfolksouthernrailway
April 6, 2019 – Burlington Northern Santa Fe, 3887 brings up the rear as the DPU on a northbound grain train as a southbound Union Pacific intermodal passes it at the signal bridge at McClure, Illinois on UP’s Chester Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #uprailroad #unionpacific #bnsfrailway #bnsf
April 11, 2019 – CSXT 6898 heads up C020-11 passes milepost 137 with a loaded ballast train as it heads north on CSX’s MH&E Branch at Madisonville, Ky. There’s been rumors that the branchline will be shut down, due there only being one customer, but with ballast work being done and appears there’s a track gang getting ready to work on this line, perhaps not. It currently sees three trains a week out to Reed Minerals Harsco Corp. at Drakesboro, Ky. Last I heard the train heads north to Drakesboro MWF in the morning and returns around noon. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
March 26, 2019 – Two lovers embrace as they wait for their Blue Line train to Forest Park to stop at the Clark/Lake Street station in downtown Chicago, Illinois