August 13, 2020 - BNSF 5954 leads CSX Q028-12 across the diamond at Trident as it heads north with a 10,000+ foot intermodal on the Henderson Subdivision at Madisonville, Ky. Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm, f/6.3, 1/500, ISO 1600.

BNSF 5954 leads CSX Q028-12 across the diamond…

August 13, 2020 – BNSF 5954 leads CSX Q028-12 across the diamond at Trident as it heads north with a 10,000+ foot intermodal on the Henderson Subdivision at Madisonville, Ky.

Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm, f/6.3, 1/500, ISO 1600.

WEB-07.21.20 CSX K815-19 SB with CP 7021 arrives Howell Yard, Evansville, IN

CSX K815-19, with CP 7021 arrives at Evansville, IN

July 21, 2020 – CSX K815-19, with CP 7021, pulls under the signal bridge at the north end of Howell Yard in Evansville, Indiana, as it arrives with a loaded phosphate train.

Canadian Pacific unveiled 5 of these specially painted locomotives in November of 2019 on Remembrance Day in Canada and Veterans Day in the U.S. honoring the culture and history of the armed forces. The five Electro-Motive Diesel SD70ACUs will take the message of military pride across the CP system.

CP 7021 wears the sand colour that the Canadian and U.S. armies apply to fighting vehicles and equipment serving in arid climates.

Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm, f/4.5, 1/500, ISO 2500.

August 10, 2020 -CSXT 5479 runs long hood forward on the Henderson Subdivision as it leads railtrain J012-10 toward the siding at Latham, in Hopkinsville, Ky, after dropping rails between the south end of Kelly, Ky, working its way south towards Guthrie, Ky. I'm told there will be a CSX MOW blitz beginning is just under two weeks with a daily work curfew. Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 300mm, f/9, 1/1250, ISO 640.

CSXT 5479 runs long hood forward on the Henderson Subdivision…

August 10, 2020 – CSXT 5479 runs long hood forward on the Henderson Subdivision as it leads railtrain J012-10 toward the siding at Latham, in Hopkinsville, Ky, after dropping rails between the south end of Kelly, Ky, working its way south towards Guthrie, Ky. I’m told there will be a CSX MOW blitz beginning is just under two weeks with a daily work curfew.

Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 300mm, f/9, 1/1250, ISO 640.

August 10, 2020 - Hot Intermodal CSX Q025-10 passes railtrain J012-10 sitting in the siding at Latham as it heads south at Hopkinsville, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision. The rail train was dropping rails between the south end of Kelly, Ky, working its way south towards Guthrie, Ky. I'm told there will be a CSX MOW blitz beginning is just under two weeks with a daily work curfew. Using good, strong leading lines in your photos will help draw your viewers eye to the subject of your picture. One of the many photographic mentors in my life told me, when shooting, if something doesn't contribute to what you want your photo to say, then eliminate it when you shoot by using a different lens, perspective or angle when shooting! Advice I use today in my pictures. Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 360mm, f/9, 1/1250, ISO 900.

Hot Intermodal CSX Q025-10 passes railtrain J012-10…

August 10, 2020 – Hot Intermodal CSX Q025-10 passes railtrain J012-10 sitting in the siding at Latham as it heads south at Hopkinsville, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision. The rail train was dropping rails between the south end of Kelly, Ky, working its way south towards Guthrie, Ky. I’m told there will be a CSX MOW blitz beginning is just under two weeks with a daily work curfew.

Using good, strong leading lines in your photos will help draw your viewers eye to the subject of your picture. One of the many photographic mentors in my life told me, when shooting, if something doesn’t contribute to what you want your photo to say, then eliminate it when you shoot by using a different lens, perspective or angle when shooting! Advice I use today in my pictures.

Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 360mm, f/9, 1/1250, ISO 900.

August 1, 2020 - It's a hot and steamy summer night as the headlights of CSX Q513 illuminates the tracks at the south end of Howell Yard in Evansville, Indiana as it makes a pickup before continues its way south along the Henderson Subdivision. Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Nikkor 70-300 @112mm, f/4.8, 1/30, ISO 3,200.

It’s a hot and steamy summer night…

August 1, 2020 – It’s a hot and steamy summer night as the headlights of CSX Q513 illuminates the tracks at the south end of Howell Yard in Evansville, Indiana as it makes a pickup before continues its way south along the Henderson Subdivision.

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Nikkor 70-300 @112mm, f/4.8, 1/30, ISO 3,200.

July 20, 2020 - CSX loaded coal train N040-18 makes its way south through the Red River cut at Adams, Tennessee with CSXT 956 leading the way. Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 195mm, f/5.3, 1/320, ISO 220.

CSX N040-18 Southbound at Red River Cut, Adams, TN

July 20, 2020 – CSX loaded coal train N040-18 makes its way south through the Red River cut at Adams, Tennessee with CSXT 956 leading the way.

Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 195mm, f/5.3, 1/320, ISO 220.

August 3, 2020 - I originally set out to catch a local J009, which I've never heard of before through here, coming off the Morganfield Branch at Madisonville, Ky with 6,000ft of stored autoracks that was supposedly heading south on the Henderson Subdivision. When I arrived at my planned shooting location at Mortons Junction in Mortons Gap, Ky my good friend and fellow rail enthusiast, Ricky Bivins came over to the car from his yard work asked if I was chasing the two "Unmolested SD40-2s and if I was then they went through about 10 minutes before! Well, not being one that doesn't ask questions when I don't know the answer for sure, I asked him what he meant by Unmolested and that it wasn't my original plan. He informed me that they were SD40-2s with their original cabs so I figured I should be able to get to the North end of Kelly siding before he got there and started the trip further south to catch it and then catch the J009 after it got there. I got there in plenty of time to catch this shot of CSXT 8138 & 8821 leading CSX Q502 south on the main at the north end of Kelly, Ky along with a video clip of this and several other trains here, but not the elusive J009 with the autoracks! The crew of a empty coal train pulled up into the siding and got off to chat with me and they said dispatch said they were waiting on a J009, so I figured I was going to get a nice meet between them! Well, it turns out the train that showed up was an loaded southbound coal train and after it the empty NB coal received a green! So, determined to find the missing J009 I headed back north to Crofton, Ky thinking it'd be there in the siding to meet this NB train... nope, nothing, zip, nadda!! Well, to make a long story short, I made my way back to Mortons Junction and never did find the missing autoracks, even after checking the sidings along the way. I figure it might have still been on the Earlington Cutoff, but decided that it wasn't meant to be captured by my camera today and gave up! Some days are like that, but I will have a nice video clip of action at Kelly here in the next few days! Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, Irex 11mm, f/4, 1/1600, ISO 200.

CSX Q502 with two SD40-2s leading at Kelly, Ky

August 3, 2020 – I originally set out to catch a local J009, which I’ve never heard of before through here, coming off the Morganfield Branch at Madisonville, Ky with 6,000ft of stored autoracks that was supposedly heading south on the Henderson Subdivision.

When I arrived at my planned shooting location at Mortons Junction in Mortons Gap, Ky my good friend and fellow rail enthusiast, Ricky Bivins came over to the car from his yard work asked if I was chasing the two “Unmolested SD40-2s and if I was then they went through about 10 minutes before!

Well, not being one that doesn’t ask questions when I don’t know the answer for sure, I asked him what he meant by Unmolested and that it wasn’t my original plan. He informed me that they were SD40-2s with their original cabs so I figured I should be able to get to the North end of Kelly siding before he got there and started the trip further south to catch it and then catch the J009 after it got there.

I got there in plenty of time to catch this shot of CSXT 8138 & 8821 leading CSX Q502 south on the main at the north end of Kelly, Ky along with a video clip of this and several other trains here, but not the elusive J009 with the autoracks!

The crew of a empty coal train pulled up into the siding and got off to chat with me and they said dispatch said they were waiting on a J009, so I figured I was going to get a nice meet between them! Well, it turns out the train that showed up was an loaded southbound coal train and after it the empty NB coal received a green!

So, determined to find the missing J009 I headed back north to Crofton, Ky thinking it’d be there in the siding to meet this NB train… nope, nothing, zip, nadda!!

Well, to make a long story short, I made my way back to Mortons Junction and never did find the missing autoracks, even after checking the sidings along the way. I figure it might have still been on the Earlington Cutoff, but decided that it wasn’t meant to be captured by my camera today and gave up! Some days are like that, but I will have a nice video clip of action at Kelly here in the next few days!

Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, Irex 11mm, f/4, 1/1600, ISO 200.

The conductor on CSX Q513 shines a light on the track ahead from the nose of New Orleans Public Belt Railroad (NOPD) 2005 as it and 2004 are backed into Howell Yard in Evansville, Indiana to perform a pickup before continuing its trip on south along the Henderson Subdivision on a wet and cool summer night. According to a press release from – The New Orleans Public Belt Railroad (NOPB), it is in the process of upgrading its locomotive fleet with eight new locomotives to replace aging engines, improve efficiency, and lower overall emissions. Recognizable by their bright blue color, the new locomotives will provide reliable service and support the short-line railroad’s commitment to integrating more sustainable business and operational practices. The new EPA-classified Tier One locomotives will allow NOPB to reduce its fleet size by 46 percent, from 15 locomotives to eight. Fuel consumption will be reduced by 25 percent, and emission reductions include a 40 percent reduction in nitrous oxide (NOx), which pollutes the ozone layer and creates smog, along with a 50 percent reduction in particulate emissions. In addition to fuel and emissions savings, the new leasing structure allows NOPB to achieve significant operational and capital savings. These are two of their new locomotives that are dead-in-tow on Q513 heading south to their new home. According to Wikipedia: The New Orleans Public Belt Railroad (reporting mark NOPB) is a Class III railroad, and a subsidiary of the Port of New Orleans. It connects with six Class I railroads serving the city, and provides switching and haulage service. It is estimated that one-third of the United States' east-west rail freight crosses the Mississippi on the Huey P. Long Bridge segment of the railroad. The impetus for the NOPB came at the start of the 20th century era when multiple railroads terminating locally created both congestion at the Port of New Orleans and safety problems on city streets. The railroad began operation in 1908 with the intention of giving the major railroads "uniform and impartial" access to the port. Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Nikkor 50mm, f/1.4, 1/30, ISO 3,600.

New Orleans Public Belt Railroad 2005 and 2004 at Evansville, IN

August 1, 2020 – The conductor on CSX Q513 shines a light on the track ahead from the nose of New Orleans Public Belt Railroad (NOPD) 2005 as it and 2004 are backed into Howell Yard in Evansville, Indiana to perform a pickup before continuing its trip on south along the Henderson Subdivision on a wet and cool summer night.

According to a press release from – The New Orleans Public Belt Railroad (NOPB), it is in the process of upgrading its locomotive fleet with eight new locomotives to replace aging engines, improve efficiency, and lower overall emissions. Recognizable by their bright blue color, the new locomotives will provide reliable service and support the short-line railroad’s commitment to integrating more sustainable business and operational practices.

The new EPA-classified Tier One locomotives will allow NOPB to reduce its fleet size by 46 percent, from 15 locomotives to eight. Fuel consumption will be reduced by 25 percent, and emission reductions include a 40 percent reduction in nitrous oxide (NOx), which pollutes the ozone layer and creates smog, along with a 50 percent reduction in particulate emissions.

In addition to fuel and emissions savings, the new leasing structure allows NOPB to achieve significant operational and capital savings.

These are two of their new locomotives that are dead-in-tow on Q513 heading south to their new home.

According to Wikipedia: The New Orleans Public Belt Railroad (reporting mark NOPB) is a Class III railroad, and a subsidiary of the Port of New Orleans. It connects with six Class I railroads serving the city, and provides switching and haulage service. It is estimated that one-third of the United States’ east-west rail freight crosses the Mississippi on the Huey P. Long Bridge segment of the railroad.

The impetus for the NOPB came at the start of the 20th century era when multiple railroads terminating locally created both congestion at the Port of New Orleans and safety problems on city streets. The railroad began operation in 1908 with the intention of giving the major railroads “uniform and impartial” access to the port.

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Nikkor 50mm, f/1.4, 1/30, ISO 3,600.

July 21, 2020 - CSX K815-19 with CP 7021 has it stopped at Howell Yard in Evansville, Indiana with a potash train, where it dropped off all its cars, changed crews and picked up a load of mixed freight before continuing it's run south on the Henderson Subdivision. This was my first catch of one of these units! Canadian Pacific unveiled 5 of these specially painted locomotives in November of 2019 on Remembrance Day in Canada and Veterans Day in the U.S. honoring the culture and history of the armed forces. The five Electro-Motive Diesel SD70ACUs will take the message of military pride across the CP system. CP 7020 wears North Atlantic Treaty Organization green, which the Canadian and U.S. armies apply to fighting vehicles and equipment serving in temperate climates. CP 7021 wears the sand colour that the Canadian and U.S. armies apply to fighting vehicles and equipment serving in arid climates. CP 7022 wears the grey, red and black colour pattern of modern Canadian and American warships. CP 7023 wears a two-tone gray paint scheme designed after the livery applied to Canadian and American fighter jets. CP 6644 wears the camouflage colours applied to Royal Canadian Air Force "Spitfire" fighter planes flown at the Allied invasion of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944. Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 350mm, f/5.6, 1/500, ISO 400.

CSX K815-19 with CP 7021 at Howell Yard, Evansville, IN

July 21, 2020 – CSX K815-19 with CP 7021 has it stopped at Howell Yard in Evansville, Indiana with a potash train, where it dropped off all its cars, changed crews and picked up a load of mixed freight before continuing it’s run south on the Henderson Subdivision. This was my first catch of one of these units!

Canadian Pacific unveiled 5 of these specially painted locomotives in November of 2019 on Remembrance Day in Canada and Veterans Day in the U.S. honoring the culture and history of the armed forces. The five Electro-Motive Diesel SD70ACUs will take the message of military pride across the CP system.

CP 7020 wears North Atlantic Treaty Organization green, which the Canadian and U.S. armies apply to fighting vehicles and equipment serving in temperate climates.

CP 7021 wears the sand colour that the Canadian and U.S. armies apply to fighting vehicles and equipment serving in arid climates.

CP 7022 wears the grey, red and black colour pattern of modern Canadian and American warships.

CP 7023 wears a two-tone gray paint scheme designed after the livery applied to Canadian and American fighter jets.

CP 6644 wears the camouflage colours applied to Royal Canadian Air Force “Spitfire” fighter planes flown at the Allied invasion of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944.

Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 350mm, f/5.6, 1/500, ISO 400.

July 28, 2020 - CSX W024 makes its way through the S curve at Nortonville, Ky, with a loaded rail train with CSXT 4046 (EMD SD40-3) leading long hood forward as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision. Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 200mm, f/6.3, 1/1000, ISO 360.

CSX W024 Rail Train Southbound at Nortonville, Ky

July 28, 2020 – CSX W024 makes its way through the S curve at Nortonville, Ky, with a loaded rail train with CSXT 4046 (EMD SD40-3) leading long hood forward as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision.

Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 200mm, f/6.3, 1/1000, ISO 360.

July 21, 2020 - A storm moves to the northeast across southern Indiana as signals on the CSX CE&D Subdivision glow at "middle King" siding at Princeton, Indiana after a southbound had just passed through. Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Irex 11mm, f/11, 30 seconds, ISO 2000.

Stormy weather over the CSX CE&D Subdivision at Princeton, IN

July 21, 2020 – A storm moves to the northeast across southern Indiana as signals on the CSX CE&D Subdivision glow at “middle King” siding at Princeton, Indiana after a southbound had just passed through.

Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Irex 11mm, f/11, 30 seconds, ISO 2000.

July 20, 2020 - CSX Q500 with CSXT 3348 leading, heads over the Red River bridge at Adams, Tennessee as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision on a beautiful summer day. Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm, f/4.5, 1/320, ISO 100.

CSX Q500 NB over the Red River at Adams, TN

July 20, 2020 – CSX Q500 with CSXT 3348 leading, heads over the Red River bridge at Adams, Tennessee as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision on a beautiful summer day.

Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm, f/4.5, 1/320, ISO 100.

July 21, 2020 - CSX K815-19, with CP 7021, approaches the crossing at Old State Road outside Darmstadt, Indiana as it heads south on the CSX CE&D Subdivision with a loaded phosphate train. Canadian Pacific unveiled 5 of these specially painted locomotives in November of 2019 on Remembrance Day in Canada and Veterans Day in the U.S. honoring the culture and history of the armed forces. The five Electro-Motive Diesel SD70ACUs will take the message of military pride across the CP system. CP 7021 wears the sand colour that the Canadian and U.S. armies apply to fighting vehicles and equipment serving in arid climates. Tech Info: Fuji XT1, RAW, Fuji 18-55mm @ 18mm, f/5.6, 1/250, ISO 200.

CSX K815-19, with CP 7021, approaches the crossing at Old State Road outside Darmstadt, Indiana

July 21, 2020 – CSX K815-19, with CP 7021, approaches the crossing at Old State Road outside Darmstadt, Indiana as it heads south on the CSX CE&D Subdivision with a loaded phosphate train.

Canadian Pacific unveiled 5 of these specially painted locomotives in November of 2019 on Remembrance Day in Canada and Veterans Day in the U.S. honoring the culture and history of the armed forces. The five Electro-Motive Diesel SD70ACUs will take the message of military pride across the CP system.

CP 7021 wears the sand colour that the Canadian and U.S. armies apply to fighting vehicles and equipment serving in arid climates.

Tech Info: Fuji XT1, RAW, Fuji 18-55mm @ 18mm, f/5.6, 1/250, ISO 200.

I got a nice surprise in the mail yesterday! I have been blessed that one of my pictures has been used in a TRAINS Magazine special edition 'CSX at 40' along with several other great photographers! The cold weather shot of CSX Q025 heading south through ice covered trees at Nortonville, Ky looks really good!!! Thank you to Jim Wrinn, Angela Pusztai-Pasternak, and all the Trains staff, 'CSX at 40' looks fantastic with great stories and photography inside! My first published photo in TRAINS Magazine!

I got a nice surprise in the mail yesterday!

I got a nice surprise in the mail yesterday! I have been blessed that one of my pictures has been used in a TRAINS Magazine special edition ‘CSX at 40’ along with several other great photographers!

The cold weather shot of CSX Q025 heading south through ice covered trees at Nortonville, Ky looks really good!!! Thank you to Jim Wrinn, Angela Pusztai-Pasternak, and all the Trains staff, ‘CSX at 40’ looks fantastic with great stories and photography inside! My first published photo in TRAINS Magazine!

May 30, 2020 - CSXT 5366 leads a loaded military train from Ft. Campbell, Ky as it pulls upgrade at the south end of Pembroke, Kentucky as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision on the traditional Memorial Day. Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, Sigma 24-70 @ 37mm, f/5, 1/2000, ISO 200.

CSXT 5366 leads loaded military train W831 from Ft. Campbell, Ky

May 30, 2020 – CSXT 5366 leads loaded military train W831 from Ft. Campbell, Ky as it pulls upgrade at the south end of Pembroke, Kentucky as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision on the traditional Memorial Day.

Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, Sigma 24-70 @ 37mm, f/5, 1/2000, ISO 200.

June 6, 2020 - LORAM Railgrinder 403 approaches the Davis Road overpass just south of Mannington, Kentucky, as it heads south to it's next grinding spot on the Henderson Subdivision, as it's lights illuminate the right-of-way in the fading daylight. According to Wikipedia: A rail grinder is a maintenance of way vehicle or train used to restore the profile and remove irregularities from worn tracks to extend its life and to improve the ride of trains using the track. Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm, f/2.8. 1/160, ISO 3200.

LORAM Railgrinder 403 approaches the Davis Road overpass…

June 6, 2020 – LORAM Railgrinder 403 approaches the Davis Road overpass just south of Mannington, Kentucky, as it heads south to it’s next grinding spot on the Henderson Subdivision, as it’s lights illuminate the right-of-way in the fading daylight.

According to Wikipedia: A rail grinder is a maintenance of way vehicle or train used to restore the profile and remove irregularities from worn tracks to extend its life and to improve the ride of trains using the track.

Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm, f/2.8. 1/160, ISO 3200.

June 14, 2020 - CSXT 8905 & 8900, two SD70ACe-T4 (EMD) locomotives, head up Q025 as it passes through the S curve at Nortonville, Kentucky on track 1, heads south on the Henderson Subdivision with its intermodal loads. Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Irex 11mm, f/8, 1/800, ISO 180.

CSXT 8905 & 8900, two SD70ACe-T4 (EMD) locomotives…

June 14, 2020 – CSXT 8905 & 8900, two SD70ACe-T4 (EMD) locomotives, head up Q025 as it passes through the S curve at Nortonville, Kentucky on track 1, heads south on the Henderson Subdivision with its intermodal loads.

Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Irex 11mm, f/8, 1/800, ISO 180.

June 3, 2020 - Kasgro (KRL) Caboose 073 brings up the rear of CSX W993-31, with CSXT 5263 leading, as it backs onto the MH&E branch at Atkinson Yard in Madisonville, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision. They parked it there for a short while as it waited for a fresh crew to take over the train and continue on it's northbound move. The train was running with an oversized load General Electric load on a Kasgro 20 Axel Depressed Deck Car KRL 204040 that has a load limit of 943,900lbs. Kasgro Rail Corporation builds, maintains, and manages a fleet of nearly 500 specialty railcars which are used for transporting oversized and heavy "dimensional" loads anywhere in the United States Railroad system. Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Irex 11mm, f/11, 1/800 sec, ISO 280.

CSX W993-31 at Atkinson Yard, Madisonville, Ky with a oversized GE load

June 3, 2020 – Kasgro (KRL) Caboose 073 brings up the rear of CSX W993-31, with CSXT 5263 leading, as it backs onto the MH&E branch at Atkinson Yard in Madisonville, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision. They parked it there for a short while as it waited for a fresh crew to take over the train and continue on it’s northbound move.

The train was running with an oversized load General Electric load on a Kasgro 20 Axel Depressed Deck Car KRL 204040 that has a load limit of 943,900lbs.

Kasgro Rail Corporation builds, maintains, and manages a fleet of nearly 500 specialty railcars which are used for transporting oversized and heavy “dimensional” loads anywhere in the United States Railroad system.

Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Irex 11mm, f/11, 1/800 sec, ISO 280.

June 29, 2020 - I was in the middle of getting in my 10,000 steps for the day at Madisonville when I got a call from fellow railfan Cooper Smith, in Clarksville, TN, about CSX W016-27 heading north out of Hopkinsville, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision. So, I pulled out my iPhone and tuned into another railfan friend, Steve Miller's Broadcastify scanner feed for the Henderson Sub around Hopkinsville, as I crossed over the north Main Street bridge in Madisonville above the mainline through town, to keep track on it's move as I still was about 2 miles from my RAV4.. At this point since we'd only heard it on the scanner we figured it was another windmill turbine move, but another railfan friend, Tom Wortham was trackside on the Henderson Cutoff track and caught sight and photographed it and let us all know that it was a rail train, which I caught here coming through Arklow, back onto the main at Madisonville, Ky and chased it north to Henderson, Ky shooting videos of its move north to Effingham, IL. So, this is what the railfan community is all about! Sharing information with other's in our community to allow all of us to pursue or passion for trains! Thanks guys!! Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 190mm, f/5.3, 1/1600, ISO 720.

The railfan community helps me catch railtrain W016-17!

June 29, 2020 – I was in the middle of getting in my 10,000 steps for the day at Madisonville when I got a call from fellow railfan Cooper Smith, in Clarksville, TN, about CSX W016-27 heading north out of Hopkinsville, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision. So, I pulled out my iPhone and tuned into another railfan friend, Steve Miller’s Broadcastify scanner feed for the Henderson Sub around Hopkinsville, as I crossed over the north Main Street bridge in Madisonville above the mainline through town, to keep track on it’s move as I still was about 2 miles from my RAV4.

At this point since we’d only heard it on the scanner we figured it was another windmill turbine move, but another railfan friend, Tom Wortham was trackside on the Henderson Cutoff track and caught sight and photographed it and let us all know that it was a rail train, which I caught here coming through Arklow, back onto the main at Madisonville, Ky and chased it north to Henderson, Ky shooting videos of its move north to Effingham, IL.

So, this is what the railfan community is all about! Sharing information with other’s in our community to allow all of us to pursue or passion for trains! Thanks guys!!

Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 190mm, f/5.3, 1/1600, ISO 720.

June 1, 2020 - CSXT 3118 leads Q647 as it splits the signals at the north end of Kelly siding at it leads its train south on the Henderson Subdivision at dusk. Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Irex 11mm, f/4, 1/500, ISO 1600.

CSX Q647 spits the signals at Kelly, Ky.

June 1, 2020 – CSXT 3118 leads Q647 as it splits the signals at the north end of the Kelly, Ky siding at it leads its train south on the Henderson Subdivision at dusk.

Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Irex 11mm, f/4, 1/500, ISO 1600.