In this week’s Saturday Infrared photo, we find CSX 5341 climbing the grade at the south end of Crofton, Kentucky as it leads Local L391 south along the CSX Henderson Subdivision on September 30th, 2023.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Sigma 150-600 @ 300mm, f/5.6, 1/600, ISO 400.
In this weeks Saturday Infrared view, we catch CSX I025 as it heads south into downtown Crofton, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision, on September 30th, 2023, with CSXT 5252 leading the way.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Sigma 150-600 @ 270mm, f/5.6, 1/400, ISO 1100.
In this weeks Saturday Infrared photo, I caught the CSX Chesapeake & Ohio Heritage unit 1869 as it led CSX M500 at Howell Yard in Evansville, Indiana on September 28th, 2023, as it headed north on the Evansville Terminal Subdivision. This was the fifth CSX Heritage Unit I’ve caught of the six they’ve released. Now I am waiting for the L&N unit to get close to me!
I really didnt expect to catch this unit as it was supposed to pass through yesterday during the late afternoon, but they ran into problems with their DPU at Guthrie, Ky and had to leave their train there and run to Casky Yard in Hopkinsville, Ky for a replacement. All said and done the train passed through my area in the dead of night.
I got a heads up from a friend the next morning that it was still at Howell and a new crew was starting to do their drop off and pickup there. I figured that one of the hot intermodals coming south would keep it in the yard awhile and so I decided to make the one-hour drive north to see if I could catch them and I got there just when he was finishing up his work! I chased him all the way to Princeton, Indiana on the CE&D Subdivision and got several nice shots which I will be posting in the weeks ahead!
According to the CSX Website: A locomotive commemorating the proud history of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway has entered service as the fifth in the CSX heritage series celebrating the lines that came together to form the modern railroad.
Numbered CSX 1869 in honor of the year the C&O was formed in Virginia from several smaller railroads, the newest heritage locomotive sports a custom paint design that includes todays CSX colors on the front of the engine and transitions to a paint scheme inspired by 1960s era C&O locomotives on the rear two-thirds.
The C&O Railway was a major line among North American freight and passenger railroads for nearly a century before becoming part of the Chessie System in 1972 and eventually merging into the modern CSX. In 1970, the C&O included more than 5,000 route miles of track stretching from Newport News, Virginia, to Chicago and the Great Lakes.
Designed and painted at CSXs locomotive shop in Waycross, Georgia, the C&O unit will join four other commemorative units in revenue service on CSXs 20,000-mile rail network.
The heritage series is reinforcing employee pride in the history of the railroad that continues to move the nations economy with safe, reliable and sustainable rail-based transportation services.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 10-24 @ 12mm, f/5.6, 1/400, ISO 400.
In this weeks Saturday Infrared photo, we find Paducah and Louisville Railway 2021 and 1986, their 35th Anniversary units, leading the afternoon local at as they head north from West Yard in Madisonville, Ky on September 20th, 2023.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 10-24 @ 11mm, f/5.6, 1/850, ISO 400.
In this week’s Saturday Infrared photo, we find Paducah and Louisville Railway 8507 leading the afternoon local at Richland, Kentucky as it returns south to Princeton, Ky after working Central City and Madisonville, Ky on September 12th, 2023.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 70-300 @ 70mm, f/4.5, 1/75, ISO 400.
In this weeks Saturday Infrared photo, we catch CSXT 921 leading M512 as it splits the signals at the south end of the Latham siding at Hopkinsville, Ky on August 19th, 2023, as it heads north on the CSX Henderson Subdivision.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Sigma 150-600 @ 280mm, f/10, 1/400, ISO 400.
In this week’s Saturday Infrared photo, CSX Chessie System Heritage unit, 1973, heads down the Pee Vee Spur at Madisonville, Ky, to connect to the Warrior lead, as it heads up CSX R592 on their way to the Warrior Coal mine load out, outside Nebo, Ky on August 19th, 2023.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 10-24 @ 11mm, f/5.6, 1/300, ISO 400.
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In this week’s Saturday Infrared view, we catch CSX M513 as it heads south out of Casky at Hopkinsville, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision, on August 19th, 2023.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 70-300 @ 300mm, f/8, 1/400, ISO 400.
In this week’s Saturday Infrared photo, I caught the daily local, CSX L391, as it headed south between Mannington and Crofton, Ky, on the Henderson Subdivision on August 3rd, 2023. This train runs daily between Casky Yard in Hopkinsville and Atkinson Yard in Madisonville, Ky.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 70-300 @ 70mm, f/4.5, 1/180, ISO 200.
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In this weeks Saturday Infrared photo, I caught the daily local, CSX L391, as it headed south between Mannington and Crofton, Ky, on the Henderson Subdivision on August 3rd, 2023. This train runs daily between Casky Yard in Hopkinsville and Atkinson Yard in Madisonville, Ky
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 70-300 @ 70mm, f/4.5, 1/180, ISO 200.
This weeks Saturday Infrared photo is of a meet between M648, left, and L391, as they pass each other at the crossover at Nortonville, Ky, on the Henderson Subdivision on August 3rd, 2023.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 70-300 @ 70mm, f/4.5, 1/180, ISO 200.
This week’s Saturday Infrared photo is of CSXT 981 leading a southbound loaded coal train as they meet a northbound empty grain train at Kelly, Ky, on the Henderson Subdivision on May 29th, 2023.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 10-24 @14mm, f/4, 1/1000, ISO 200.
Incoming Storm, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington – Infrared Photo – Fuji XT-1 Converted to 720nm, 1/1000 sec, f/3.5, 200 ISO.
This week’s Saturday Infrared photo is of newly painted and refurbished RJ Corman units 2645 and 2648, along with GMTX 9059, as they sit at Nugent Sand Yard in Louisville, Ky on Saturday afternoon, April 15th, 2023. These first two units were recently acquired by the company from Norfolk Southern and are SD70M locomotives, which are beginning to see road service after coming out of the shops.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 10-24 @10mm, f/9, 1/250, ISO 400.
This week’s Saturday Infrared photo is of CSX Local L391 as it heads past the old L&N Depot in downtown Hopkinsville, Kentucky, on October 15th, 2022, on the Henderson Subdivision.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 10-24 @ 10mm, f/4.5, 1/250, ISO 200.
Infrared photo of Nevada Northern locomotive 81, as it sits in the yard at Ely, Nevada on February 12th, 2022 during the museums 2022 Winter Photo Charter event, next to Nevada Mines Division’s #22 Kennecott Caboose.
Nevada Northern No. 81 is a “Consolidation” type (2-8-0) steam locomotive that was built for the Nevada Northern in 1917 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, PA, at a cost of $23,700. It was built for Mixed service to haul both freight and passenger trains on the Nevada Northern railway.
According to Wikipedia: “The Nevada Northern Railway Museum is a railroad museum and heritage railroad located in Ely, Nevada and operated by a historic foundation dedicated to the preservation of the Nevada Northern Railway.
Tech Info: Fuji XT1 converted to 720nm, Nikon 10-24 @ 13mm, f/4, 1/500, ISO 200.
This week,s Saturday Infrared photo is of CSX M648 as it passes through the south end of Latham Siding under stormy skies over the CSX Henderson Subdivision on February 9th, 2023.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 10-24 @ 24mm, f/4.5, 1/250, ISO 400.
This week’s Saturday Infrared photo is of CSX W001, a geometry train inspecting the siding track at Kelly, Kentucky under stormy skies as it works southbound on the CSX Henderson Subdivision on February 9th, 2023.
A geometry train measures the track geometry by using electromagnetic devices. These trains are used to pinpoint any kind of defect in the tracks that may affect the safe operation of trains.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 10-24 @ 10mm, f/3.5, 1/2000, ISO 400.
Infrared photo of Nevada Northern Railway fireman Will Ebbert keeps a watchful eye from locomotive 81, as they head back through the yard at Ely, Nevada on February 12h, 2022 during during the museums 2022 Winter Photo Charter event.
Nevada Northern No. 81 is a “Consolidation” type (2-8-0) steam locomotive that was built for the Nevada Northern in 1917 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, PA, at a cost of $23,700. It was built for Mixed service to haul both freight and passenger trains on the Nevada Northern railway.
According to Wikipedia: The Nevada Northern Railway Museum is a railroad museum and heritage railroad located in Ely, Nevada and operated by a historic foundation dedicated to the preservation of the Nevada Northern Railway.
Tech Info: Fuji XT1 converted to 720nm, Nikon 10-24 @ 10mm, f/4, 1/220, ISO 200.
In this dramatic black and white Infrared photo Nevada Northern Railway engine 93 heads back to Ely, Nevada with an empty ore train under the control of engineer Jim Montague and fireman, as they approach the Lackawanna Crossing on the Robinson Canyon Route on February 12th, 2022.
They werent moving ore but was a part of the museums three-day Winter Photo Charter event that ran from February 11-13th, 2022. This was my first trip to the Nevada Northern and wont be my last!
Locomotive #93 is a 2-8-0 that was built by the American Locomotive Company in January of 1909 at a cost of $17,610. It was the last steam locomotive to retire from original revenue service on the Nevada Northern Railway in 1961 and was restored back into service in 1993, according to the NNRY website.
According to Wikipedia: The Nevada Northern Railway Museum is a railroad museum and heritage railroad located in Ely, Nevada and operated by a historic foundation dedicated to the preservation of the Nevada Northern Railway.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Sigma 24-70 @ 70mm, f/4.5, 1/1000, ISO 200.
Saturday Infrared photo – Drama is one of the major things I like about the look of black and white Infrared photography of trains! It produces a great look for that I love, as with this shot of empty CSX grain express train, G304 as it rounds the curve coming into downtown Mortons Gap, Kentucky shows as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 18-250 @ 22mm, f/4, 1/550, ISO 200.