I totally enjoy exploring new territory when it comes to railfanning and such was the case here on the CSX Mainline Subdivision, with fellow railfan and navigator, Cooper Smith on April 14th, 2021.

Here we find CSXT 3005 leading autorack Q202 northbound through Elizabethtown, Ky on the CSX Mainline Subdivision. This sub runs between Nashville, TN and Louisville, Ky and while I have railfanned it before, it has been several years and I’ve really only explored it around the Bowling Green, Ky area.

Cooper and I actually tried to catch this train at a crossing at the other end, but we saw where another autorack was in the siding and thought we’d go find the next crossing to get a shot of this passing the other. However, if you notice way down the track to the left where the other train sets, it has no power, plus it’s further back than we thought it’d be. Even with my long lens if it had power on it I don’t think it would have mattered. As it was this was shot at 850mm at over ¼ mile away.

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600mm with a 1.4 teleconverter @ 850mm, f/9, 1/640, ISO 1100.