WEB-05.27.19 CSX V752 heads west with CP 8867 Leading at Thurmond, WV

Canadian Pacific 8867 pulls CSX V752-26…

May 27, 2019 – Canadian Pacific 8867 pulls CSX V752-26 empty grain train westbound away from the Depot on the New River Subdivision at Thurmond, West Virginia. The line off to the right across the bridge is the RJ Corman West Virginia Line.

According to Wikipedia, Thurmond is a town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States, on the New River. The population was five at the 2010 census. During the heyday of coal mining in the New River Gorge, Thurmond was a prosperous town with a number of businesses and facilities for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. The town was the filming location for John Sayles’ 1987 movie Matewan since it still possesses many of the characteristics of a 1920s Appalachian coal town.

Today, much of Thurmond is owned by the National Park Service for the New River Gorge National River. The C&O passenger railway depot in town was renovated in 1995 and now functions as a Park Service visitor center. The entire town is a designated historic district on the National Register of Historic Places.

WEB-05.27.19 CSX Coal Train meet at Thurmond, WV

CSXT 169 leads a loaded coal train eastbound at Thurmond, West Virginia…

May 27, 2019 – CSXT 169 leads a loaded coal train eastbound at Thurmond, West Virginia as a empty westbound coal waits in the siding. The line off across the bridge in front of 169 is the RJ Corman.

According to Wikipedia, Thurmond is a town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States, on the New River. The population was five at the 2010 census. During the heyday of coal mining in the New River Gorge, Thurmond was a prosperous town with a number of businesses and facilities for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. The town was the filming location for John Sayles’ 1987 movie Matewan since it still possesses many of the characteristics of a 1920s Appalachian coal town.

Today, much of Thurmond is owned by the National Park Service for the New River Gorge National River. The C&O passenger railway depot in town was renovated in 1995 and now functions as a Park Service visitor center. The entire town is a designated historic district on the National Register of Historic Places.

WEB-05.18.19 CSX Q026-17 with CSXT 911 on Viaduct NB at Rham, IN

CSXT 911, the new CSX locomotive Honoring our 1st Responders…

May 18, 2019 – CSXT 911, the new CSX locomotive Honoring our 1st Responders, heads up intermodal Q026 with CSXT 5286 trailing as it makes its down the viaduct after crossing the Ohio River Bridge at Rahm, Indiana as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision.

WEB-05.20.19 CSX W990-12 NB at Mortons Gap, Ky

CSX W990-12, with Canadian Pacific 8798…

May 20, 2019 – CSX W990-12, with Canadian Pacific 8798, Canadian National 2550, CSXT 5312 and 3442 leading the way approaches Mortons Junction on the Henderson Subdivision at Mortons Gap, Ky as it heads north with a load of windmill motors and a long string of grain hoppers on the end of it’s train.

WEB-05.20.19 CSX Q501 SB at LN Depot, Hopkinsville, Ky

CSXT 82 leads Q501 as it passes the old L&N Depot…

May 20, 2019 – CSXT 82 leads Q501 as it passes the old L&N Depot at Hopkinsville, Ky as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision at sunset. This depot has developed structural issues in the last year and is currently sitting empty because of it.

According to the city of Hopkinsville an estimate for repairs are over $900,000 and with today’s tariffs that price will probably go up. Unfortunately the city doesn’t even have a tenant that wants to occupy the station.

The West Ky Chapter of the NRHS group has made some suggestions for uses and they are going to look into them along with some possible grants for the repairs, but at this point it doesn’t look real good. The building has started sinking in from the area where the turrets are located and on the west side of the building toward the middle of the structure. If you know someone willing to help save this station have them contact the city of Hopkinsville, Ky.

WEB-05.18.19 CSX Q026-17 with CSXT 911 leading NB departing Casky, Hopkinsville, KY

CSXT 911, the newly painted CSX locomotive Honoring our 1st Responders…

May 18, 2019 – CSXT 911, the newly painted CSX locomotive Honoring our 1st Responders, heads up intermodal Q026 with CSXT 5286 trailing as departs CSX’s Casky Inspection Yard at Hopkinsville, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision after a crew change. The DPU for the train was the other newly painted unit CSXT 1776, the Honoring our Veterans. This was the maiden run for both these units on the Henderson Subdivision and neither disappointed the railfans and viewers that watched and photographed them on their way to Chicago. Well done CSX on both units!

WEB-05.18.19 CSX Q026-17 with CSXT 911 leading NB at Casky, Hopkinsville, KY

CSXT 911, the new CSX locomotive Honoring our 1st Responders…

May 18, 2019 – CSXT 911, the new CSX locomotive Honoring our 1st Responders, heads up intermodal Q026 with CSXT 5286 trailing as it arrives at CSX’s Casky Inspection Yard at Hopkinsville, Ky. The train made a crew change before the train continued northbound on the Henderson Subdivision. The DPU for the train was the other newly painted unit CSXT 1776, the Honoring our Veterans. This was the maiden run for both these units on the Henderson Subdivision and neither disappointed the railfans and viewers that watched and photographed them on their way to Chicago. Well done CSX on both units!

WEB-05.15.19 CSXT 33 leaving AB Brown Power Plant, Mt. Vernon, IN

CSXT 33 heads up an empty coal train…

May 15, 2019 – CSXT 33 heads up an empty coal train as it heads down the Vectren lead from the A.B.Brown Power Plant, outside of Evansville, Indiana. The A. B. Brown Generating Station is a four-unit, 700 megawatt power plant, located on the northern bank of Ohio River, 8 miles east of Mount Vernon, Indiana and 5 miles southwest of Evansville, Indiana just west of the Posey-Vanderburgh County Line and is serviced by CSX via the Evansville Western Railway.

WEB-05.04.19 CSX Q512 NB at King, Princeton, IN

A northbound CSX Q512 passes the signals…

May 4, 2019 – A northbound CSX Q512 passes the signals at at Middle King, at Princeton, Indiana on the CE&D Subdivision, with CSXT 4384 as the trailing unit that used to be referred to as the Clinchfield logo unit. I’m told It received the unauthorized yellow stripes and the word Clinchfield on the nose the night before the 74th Santa Train. CSX took the Clinchfield off the nose and the Clinchfield logo off the side but left the stripes.

WEB-05.10.19 Q028 passes Q025 at Kelly, Ky

CSXT 5278 leads CSX Q028…

May 10, 2019 – CSXT 5278 leads CSX Q028 as it passes southbound a wall of containers on CSX Q025 at middle Kelly siding as they both go their opposite ways on the Henderson Subdivision at Kelly, Ky.

WEB-05.08.19 CSX MOW at Mortons Gap, Ky

Things don’t always go as planned, do they!!

May 8, 2019 – Things don’t always go as planned, do they!! Today I ended up with this nice shot showing two CSX Welders repairing a section of track on the cutoff at Mortons Junction on the Henderson Subdivision at Mortons Gap, Ky. Don’t get me wrong, I like the shot, but it’s not the one I planned.

Let me backup just a little. The bridge over the tracks at Nortonville, Ky has been out of service sincesince last year and they finally opened it back up so I decided to head there to do a live video of a southbound train going through the nice S curve there. After setting at the location for almost two hours with no traffic, other than a track inspector, I had to head back to Madisonville. 

I passed through Mortons Gap to check the signal incase there was a northbound coming behind me when I found these two guys hard at work repairing a section of rail. I passed them by as I was running late to pick up one of my nieces from preschool and low and behold I encounter a southbound coal train at the next crossing on the main!

Well, I whip around and head back to the junction with just enough time to spare before the head end power on the train prepared to pass the workers! A good 24mm shot with the train trailing off and the workers waving to the crew as the train pulled into the sweet spot for the picture and I started shooting away… with no card in the camera! 

It happens to all of us!! I thought sure I had put it back, but obviously not! Now, the card was in the car, so if I had stopped in the first place to photograph them working, I would have realized it and put the card in and probably got the shot I wanted! So for me the moral of this story is, don’t pass up a shot! If you see one and it catches your eye then it’s worth exploring! Plus, you might have time to stick a card in before your secondary subject arrives! 

After doing this for over 40 years you’d think I’d learn a thing or two! Keep clicking folks and always make sure when you head out that there’s a card in your camera!! LOL

WEB-04.29.19 CSX Q025 passing Q513 at Nortonville, Ky

CSXT 777 leads Q025 as it passes…

April 29, 2019 – CSXT 777 leads Q025 as it passes the head end of Q513 at Nortonville, Ky as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad

WEB-05.01.19 CSX Q028 NB at Mortons Gap, Ky

CSX intermodal Q028 passes through Mortons Junction…

May 1, 2019 – CSX intermodal Q028 passes through Mortons Junction where it begins a uphill climb as it heads north from Mortons Gap, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad

WEB-04.29.19 CSX 513-29 SB with DODX Load, Mortons Gap, Ky

DODX car 39483 carries and brand new empty nuclear waste container…

April 29, 2019 – DODX car 39483 carries and brand new empty nuclear waste container as it heads south through Mortons Gap, Ky on CSX Q513-29 on the Henderson Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #fujixt1 #railroad #rainlroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailinroad

WEB-05.01.19 CSX Q025 SB at Crofton Cut, Crofton, Ky

With a loud rumble CSXT 241 splits the rock walls…

May 1, 2019 – With a loud rumble CSXT 241 splits the rock walls as it leads CSX Q025 through the Crofton Cut, at Crofton, Ky, on its way south on the Henderson Subdivision with a loaded intermodal. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad

WEB-04.27.19 CSX NB Q028 and Q026 wait for a signal at King, Princeton, IN

The late evening sunlight sifts through…

April 27, 2019 – The late evening sunlight sifts through the intermodal containers on CSX Q028 as it and Q026 behind him, wait on a signal at King on track 1, at Princeton, Indiana so they can continue their trip north on the CE&D Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad

WEB-04.25.19 Q501-24 with Western Maryland Coaches SB at L&N Depot Madisonville, Ky

Three ex-Western Maryland Passenger Coaches…

April 24, 2019 – Three ex-Western Maryland Passenger Coaches bringing up the rear on CSX Q501-24 pass over Arch Street at the old L&N Depot at Madisonville, Ky as they continue their trip south on the Henderson Subdivision. The station is currently owned by the city of Madisonville and houses the “Kentucky Innovation Station,” a coworking and business-incubation space in where Small-business operators, traveling professionals and students work independently of one another but in a shared, modern facility.. The passenger cars are bound for the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in Chattanooga, Tennessee and they are Western Maryland coaches 100, Allegany (540) and Man O’ War (726). – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad

WEB-04.25.19 Q501-24 SB meets J724-24 at Henderson, Ky

CSX Q500-24 rounds a curve in the pouring rain…

April 24, 2019 – CSX Q500-24 rounds a curve in the pouring rain as it passes CSX local J724-24 at the old L&N Depot in Henderson, Ky as it makes its way south on the Henderson Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad

WEB-04.25.19 Q501-24 with Western Maryland Coaches SB at Henderson, Ky

CSX Q501-24 heads south on the Henderson Subdivision…

April 24, 2019 – CSX Q501-24 heads south on the Henderson Subdivision as it passes the old L&N Depot under stormy skies with three ex-Western Maryland Passenger Coaches bringing up the rear. The coaches are bound for the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in Chattanooga, Tennessee and they are Western Maryland coaches 100, Allegany (540) and Man O’ War (726).