April 28, 2020 – As the late afternoon light rakes across the scene we find the crew on CSX Q513 getting ready to do a roll by inspection on CSX Q028 as it heads north end of the siding at Hazelton, Indiana on the CE&D Subdivision on a beautiful spring day.
April 28, 2020 – As the late afternoon light rakes across the scene we find the crew on CSX Q513 getting ready to do a roll by inspection on CSX Q028 as it heads north end of the siding at Hazelton, Indiana on the CE&D Subdivision on a beautiful spring day.
Tech: Nikon D800, Sigma 24-70 at 36mm, f/5, 1/800 @ ISO 125 in RAW.
April 28, 2020 – CSXT 380 heads up local J732 (Casky, KY – Atkinson, KY) as it approaches the defect detector at Mortons Gap, Ky on its way north on the Henderson Subdivision.
April 27, 2020 – Newly rebuilt and repainted Metra locomotive 190 runs as the trailing unit on CSX Q648 as it passes through the S curve on main two at Nortonville, Ky as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision on its way to Chicago, Illinois.
April 20, 2020 – CSX empty ballast train W086 takes the siding at Oak Hill as it passes a northbound CSX 502-20 on the main as the ballast train makes heads under the I-69 overpass on its way south on the Henderson Subdivision.
April 20, 2020 – The crew on CSX Geometry inspection train W001 conducts a roll-by inspection ballast train W086 at the north end of Robards Siding as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision at Robards, Kentucky.
April 23, 2020 – CSXT 805 and 5386 head up CSX Q503 as it heads south at the Hwy 41 overpass at Mortons Gap, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision under stormy skies.
April 20, 2020 – Canadian Pacific 8044 leads an empty phosphate train past the north end of the siding at Slaughters, Kentucky as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision.
April 20, 2020 – The engineer on loaded grain CSX train G217, keeps his eyes on the track ahead at Oak Hill, between Mortons Gap and Nortonville, Ky, as his train meets Q502 as they both make their way along the Henderson Subdivision.
April 20, 2020 – CSXT G213 passes CSXT 6025 heading up Geometry Inspection train W001-20 as they inspect track two, just south of Anaconda at Robards, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision.
On the rear of the trains is the actual track geometry car (also known as a track recording car) which is an automated track inspection vehicle.
It used to test several geometric parameters of the track without obstructing normal railroad operations. Some of the parameters generally measured include position, curvature, alignment of the track, smoothness, and the cross level of the two rails.
It uses a variety of sensors, measuring systems, and data management systems to create a profile of the track being inspected.
April 14, 2020 – CSXT 380 leads empty coal train E013-13 as it passes a weed sprayer crew at CP Romney as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision at Mannington, Ky.
April 17, 2020 – CSXT 7005 leads Q025-17 past a crew working on a switch at Anaconda, south of Robards, Ky as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision with a stack train.
In case you’re wondering about the “Begin OS sign,” from what I find on the web it is an old time term used by telegraph operators and train dispatchers to indicate that a train has passed a particular location on a subdivision. “OS” means “on sheet” referring to the fact that the train dispatcher has recorded train movement on the train sheet he maintained each 24 hour period. It also means Originating Station, the first station on each subdivision from which a train is authorized to occupy the main track.
April 14, 2020 – A CSX High Railer leads a weed sprayer truck just past the highway 62 overpass on track 1, as it sprays the right-of-way at Nortonville, Ky, as the pair make their way south on the Henderson Subdivision, while performing their springtime work.
April 5, 2020 – CSXT 961 leads empty potash train K815 south out of Mortons Gap, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision on a beautiful spring morning.
April 4, 2006 – Blast From The Past – CSXT 8584 leads a mixed freight past the signals approaching the southern crossover, where CSX and Norfolk Southern crossover on the CSX CE&D Subdivision, as it heads north through Princeton, Indiana. Jim Pearson Photography
April 5, 2020 – CSXT 522 pulls uphill as it leads CSX Q502 north at Earlington, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision on Palm Sunday, on it’s daily run between Nashville, TN and Chicago, IL.
March 31, 2020 – A CSX bridge work crew keeps a watchful eye and sends a friendly wave to the crew of CSX as Q502 crosses over the Craborchard Creek bridge, as CSXT mobile crane 916100 sits idle, as the manifest heads north through their work zone on the Henderson Subdivision at Nortonville, Ky. The crane is an AMERICAN Model 840 Locomotive Crane with a pile driver attached.
The bridge crew is working on installing new pilings for the bridge over Craborchard Creek using the pile driver attached to the crane. I’ll be posting a video on the operation later today if you’re interested in seeing and hearing it work.
Here’s more information on the crane if you’re interested: http://aolcrane.com/pdfs/840850debrochure.pdf
March 26, 2020 – CSXT 715 leads Q648-25 as prepares to pass under the New Salem Circle overpass at Nortonville, ky as it heads up track 2 on the Henderson Subdivision.
March 12, 2020 – CSXT 319 leads a mixed freight as it rounds the curve coming into CP Brentwood on the S&NA North Subdivision as it heads north at Brentwood, Tennessee.
March 25, 2020 – Looking like a long centipede with all its tanks, BNSF 6855 leads CSX K423-24 as it makes its way along the main at the south end of Slaughters Siding, as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision with a loaded ethanol train at Slaughters, Ky.
March 25, 2020 – CSXT 4016 runs long nose forward as it heads up CSX J052-25 pulling a loaded ballast train as it works it’s way south at CP Anaconda on the Henderson Subdivision at Robards, Ky.