PAL UK and U of L SB Load of Coal Paducah & Louisville Railway 2012 (University of Kentucky) and 2013 (University of Louisville) locomotives lead a loaded coal train as it travels next to Ky Hwy 70 at Richland as it heads south to Calvert City, Kentucky after picking up another load at Warrior Coal loadout at Nebo, Ky, on October 27, 2020. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/120, ISO 200.

PAL Loaded Coal SB at Richland, Ky

PAL UK and U of L SB Load of Coal

Paducah & Louisville Railway 2012 (University of Kentucky) and 2013 (University of Louisville) locomotives lead a loaded coal train as it travels next to Ky Hwy 70 at Richland as it heads south to Calvert City, Kentucky after picking up another load at Warrior Coal loadout at Nebo, Ky, on October 27, 2020.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/120, ISO 200.

Paducah & Louisville LG1 Northbound Paducah and Louisville Railway's University of Kentucky Locomotive 4522 leads LG1, a northbound Louisville Gas and Electric load of coal across the drawbridge at Rockport, Kentucky on October 30, 2020. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/1250, ISO 100.

Paducah & Louisville LG1 Northbound at Rockport, Ky

Paducah and Louisville Railway’s University of Kentucky Locomotive 4522 leads LG1, a northbound Louisville Gas and Electric load of coal across the drawbridge at Rockport, Kentucky on October 30, 2020.
 
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/1250, ISO 100.
WEB-10.29.20 Wet Spider Web, Madisonville, Ky

Jewell Web

The beauty of nature is all around us, we only have to see! I caught this jewel of a spider web during my daily 4 mile walk through my home town of Madisonville, Kentucky. The misty rain from Hurricane Zeta did a great job of creating these jewel like water drops on the web.

Tech Info: iPhone 11 Pro, JPG, 1.5mm lens (14mm), f/2.4, 1/122, ISO 25.

Northbound Geometry Train Running under the remnants of Hurricane Zeta, CSXT 9969 passes the granary at Pembroke, Kentucky with a geometry train as it inspects the Henderson Subdivision between Nashville, TN and Evansville, IN on a rainy fall afternoon. Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 24-70mm @ 24mm, f/2.8, 1/640, ISO 720.

CSX Geometry Train W003 at Pembroke, Ky

Northbound Geometry Train

Running under the remnants of Hurricane Zeta, CSXT 9969 passes the granary at Pembroke, Kentucky with geometry train W003 as it inspects the Henderson Subdivision between Nashville, TN and Evansville, IN on a rainy fall afternoon.

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 24-70mm @ 24mm, f/2.8, 1/640, ISO 720.

Emergency, Emergency, Emergency CSX Q648, with Metra rebuilt unit 213, went into emergency about 7 miles after I captured this scene at Trenton, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision. I first caught this train at Guthrie and got ahead of it for this shot at Trenton. I was hoping to get another shot at Casky Yard, but unfortunately the train went into emergency under stormy skies and after the conductor walked the train he found a broken air hose that caused the problem. I had hoped to catch it at the north end of Casky when it got underway, but I left them searching for a replacement hose in the yard as I figured it was going to be dark before they got moving again! It's the way it goes sometime, but I'm very pleased how this shot turned out! A big shout out to fellow railfans down the line for the heads up on this move! Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/240, ISO 100.

CSX Q648, with Metra rebuilt unit 213…

Emergency, Emergency, Emergency

CSX Q648, with Metra rebuilt unit 213, went into emergency about 7 miles after I captured this scene at Trenton, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision.

I first caught this train at Guthrie and got ahead of it for this shot at Trenton. I was hoping to get another shot at Casky Yard, but unfortunately the train went into emergency under stormy skies and after the conductor walked the train he found a broken air hose that caused the problem.

I had hoped to catch it at the north end of Casky when it got underway, but I left them searching for a replacement hose in the yard as I figured it was going to be dark before they got moving again! It’s the way it goes sometime, but I’m very pleased how this shot turned out! A big shout out to fellow railfans down the line for the heads up on this move!

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/240, ISO 100.

PAL UK and U of L leading empty coal A Paducah and Louisville Railway empty coal train travels along the Warrior Coal Mine Lead, with University of Kentucky (2012) and University of Louisville (2013) leading the way, as it approaches AC Slaton road as it makes its way to Warrior Coal mine to pick up another load of coal for the Calvert City Terminal on October 27, 2020 in a light foggy mist. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/200, ISO 100.

PAL empty coal headed for Warrior Coal, Madisonville, Ky

PAL UK and U of L leading empty coal

A Paducah and Louisville Railway empty coal train travels along the Warrior Coal Mine Lead , with University of Kentucky (2012) and University of Louisville (2013) leading the way, as it approaches AC Slaton road at Madisonville, Ky as it makes its way to Warrior Coal mine to pick up another load of coal for the Calvert City Terminal on October 27, 2020 in a light foggy mist.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/200, ISO 100.

Southbound takes siding at Slaughters, Ky A Southbound CSX Q501 takes the siding at the north end of Slaughters, Kentucky as it prepares to meet a northbound on the Henderson Subdivision on October 12, 2020. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/400, ISO 200.

CSX Q501 takes the siding at the north end of Slaughters, Kentucky

Southbound takes siding at Slaughters, Ky

A Southbound CSX Q501 takes the siding at the north end of Slaughters, Kentucky as it prepares to meet a northbound on the Henderson Subdivision on October 12, 2020.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/400, ISO 200.

On a mission A bald eagle heads out from it's nest, just off highway 917 at Lake City, Kentucky, on a hunting mission as it flies low between trees, on October 24, 2020. Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 with a 1.4 teleconverter, 850mm, f/9, 1/1000, ISO 500.

Eagle on a Mission

A bald eagle heads out from it’s nest, just off highway 917 at Lake City, Kentucky, on a hunting mission as it flies low between trees, on October 24, 2020.

Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 with a 1.4 teleconverter, 850mm, f/9, 1/1000, ISO 500.

Eagle on a Mission I played tour guide today with my niece Jeanne and her husband David to several eagle nest locations around Kentucky Lake I caught this Bald Eagle as it heads on what I assume is a hunting mission after leaving it's nest off of hwy 917 at Lake City, Kentucky on October 24, 2020. Out of the three spots we visited this was the only location we found eagles. However, it was during midday, when they normally are out hunting. Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 with a 1.4 teleconverter, 850mm, f/9, 1/1000, ISO 500.

Eagle on a Mission… Lake City, Ky

I played tour guide today with my niece Jeanne and her husband David to several eagle nest locations around Kentucky Lake I caught this Bald Eagle as it heads on what I assume is a hunting mission after leaving it’s nest off of hwy 917 at Lake City, Kentucky on October 24, 2020. Out of the three spots we visited this was the only location we found eagles. However, it was during midday, when they normally are out hunting.

Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 with a 1.4 teleconverter, 850mm, f/9, 1/1000, ISO 500.

Ethanol Train Meet at Mortons Junction BNSF 6357 heads up loaded ethanol train CSX K707 as waits on the Earlington Cutoff at Mortons Junction, as empty ethanol train CSX K423 heads north on the Earlington main, on the Henderson Subdivision at Mortons Gap, Ky with CSXT 5221 and 5461 leading the way. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 200.

CSX K423 meets CSX K707 at Mortons Gap, Ky

Ethanol Train Meet at Mortons Junction

BNSF 6357 heads up loaded ethanol train CSX K707 as waits on the Earlington Cutoff at Mortons Junction, as empty ethanol train CSX K423 heads north on the Earlington main, on the Henderson Subdivision at Mortons Gap, Ky with CSXT 5221 and 5461 leading the way.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 200.

Workday end is near! The RJ Corman local arrives back at Guthrie, Ky to drop off its interchange work from a long day of picking up and dropping off freight along RJC's Memphis Line, to CSX on the Henderson Subdivision on October 16, 2020. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/1000, ISO 100.

RJ Corman local arrives back at Guthrie, Ky

Workday end is near!

The RJ Corman local arrives back at Guthrie, Ky to drop off its interchange work from a long day of picking up and dropping off freight along RJC’s Memphis Line, to CSX on the Henderson Subdivision on October 16, 2020.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/1000, ISO 100.

PAL Northbound loaded coal Paducah and Louisville Railway University of Kentucky locomotive 2012 and 4503 lead the afternoon Louisville Gas and Electric coal train northbound at McHenry, Kentucky on its way to Louisville on September 21, 2020. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/1250, ISO 100.

Paducah and Louisville Railway LGE train at McHenry, Ky

PAL Northbound loaded coal

Paducah and Louisville Railway University of Kentucky locomotive 2012 and 4503 lead the afternoon Louisville Gas and Electric coal train northbound at McHenry, Kentucky on its way to Louisville on September 21, 2020.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/1250, ISO 100.

Lunch Break! Union Pacific 6493 and 7188 pull away from their Paducah and Louisville Railway PRX2 loaded coal train just outside Princeton, Kentucky after the crew received permission to stop for lunch from PAL dispatch on October 17, 2020. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/1250, ISO 100.

Union Pacific 6493 and 7188 at Princeton, Ky

Lunch Break!

Union Pacific 6493 and 7188 pull away from their Paducah and Louisville Railway PRX2 loaded coal train just outside Princeton, Kentucky after the crew received permission to stop for lunch from PAL dispatch on October 17, 2020.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/1250, ISO 100.

BNSF Leading the Way BNSF 688 and 8355 lead Potash train CSX K810 as they take the siding at the south end of the Slaughters Siding, preparing to meet CSX Q025 at Slaughters, Kentucky as the head north on the Henderson Subdivision on October 17, 2020. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/3200, ISO 400.

BNSF 688 and 8355 lead Potash train CSX K810 at Slaughters, Ky

BNSF Leading the Way

BNSF 688 and 8355 lead Potash train CSX K810 as they take the siding at the south end of the Slaughters Siding, preparing to meet CSX Q025 at Slaughters, Kentucky as the head north on the Henderson Subdivision on October 17, 2020.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/3200, ISO 400.

RJC Interchange work The RJ Corman local arrives back at Guthrie from the Memphis Line to drop off its interchange work from the day, as long shadows from the setting sun rake across the scene on the Henderson Subdivision on October 16, 2020. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/640, ISO 100.

The RJ Corman local arrives back at Guthrie, Ky

RJC Interchange work

The RJ Corman local arrives back at Guthrie, Ky from the Memphis Line to drop off its interchange work from the day, as long shadows from the setting sun rake across the scene on the Henderson Subdivision on October 16, 2020.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/640, ISO 100.