Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis The conductor on BNSF 7447 throws one of several switches as it prepares to take its power out of the yard track to work on building his train at the Terminal Railroad Association (TRRA) of St. Louis yard at Venice, Illinois, with a rainbow of power sitting in the yard. According to the TRRA website: "Since 1889, the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis has played a vital role in the railroad operations and growth of the St. Louis metropolitan area. The Association was originally created to satisfy the need for an efficient, safe, and economical method of interchanging rail traffic at the railroad hub of St. Louis, Missouri: the "Gateway to the West." Over 120 years later, the employees of the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis make the same commitment to efficiency, safety, and value to our customers, owners, and the public with each new day." Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @550mm, f/6.3, 1/1000, ISO 400.

Working the Terminal Railroad Yard at Venice, IL

Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
 
The conductor on BNSF 7447 throws one of several switches as it prepares to take its power out of the yard track to work on building his train at the Terminal Railroad Association (TRRA) of St. Louis Madison yard at Venice, Illinois, with a rainbow of power sitting in the yard.
 
According to the TRRA website: “Since 1889, the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis has played a vital role in the railroad operations and growth of the St. Louis metropolitan area.
 
The Association was originally created to satisfy the need for an efficient, safe, and economical method of interchanging rail traffic at the railroad hub of St. Louis, Missouri: the “Gateway to the West.”
 
Over 120 years later, the employees of the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis make the same commitment to efficiency, safety, and value to our customers, owners, and the public with each new day.”
 
 
Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @550mm, f/6.3, 1/1000, ISO 400.
Port Harbor Railroad Honors 1st Responders A last bit of fall clings to the trees still on November 7th, 2020, as Port Harbor Railroad Corporation's (reporting mark PHRR) Honoring 1st Responders locomotive 8955 sits tied down at Granite City, Illinois at America's Central Port America's Central Port. According to Wikipedia: The Port Harbor Railroad is a short-line railroad in Granite City, Illinois, serving an industrial port district known as America's Central Port. PHRR began operations in 2004 as a subsidiary of the Respondek Railroad and connects with the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis at "WR Tower," a major railroad junction in Granite City. PHRR transports everything from steel and aluminum products to foods, lumber, paper, chemicals, minerals, grains and other products. The railroad is classified as a Class III Common Carrier. Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @150mm, f/16, 1/400, ISO 650.

Port Harbor Railroad Corporation’s Honoring 1st Responders locomotive 8955

Port Harbor Railroad Honors 1st Responders

A last bit of fall clings to the trees still on November 7th, 2020, as Port Harbor Railroad Corporation’s (reporting mark PHRR) Honoring 1st Responders locomotive 8955 sits tied down at Granite City, Illinois at America’s Central Port America’s Central Port.

According to Wikipedia: The Port Harbor Railroad is a short-line railroad in Granite City, Illinois, serving an industrial port district known as America’s Central Port.

PHRR began operations in 2004 as a subsidiary of the Respondek Railroad and connects with the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis at “WR Tower,” a major railroad junction in Granite City. PHRR transports everything from steel and aluminum products to foods, lumber, paper, chemicals, minerals, grains and other products. The railroad is classified as a Class III Common Carrier.

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @150mm, f/16, 1/400, ISO 650.

Over the Hump! With darkness fast approaching MetroLink 110 heads down their overpass at the Alton Southern Railway in East St. Louis, Missouri as their train set heads to their barn from Lambert Airport. According to Wikipedia: MetroLink (reporting mark BSDA) is the Greater St. Louis Metropolitan mass transit system serving Missouri and the Metro East area of Illinois. The system consists of two lines (Red Line and Blue Line) connecting St. Louis Lambert International Airport and Shrewsbury, Missouri with Scott Air Force Base near Shiloh, Illinois, Washington University, Forest Park, and Downtown St. Louis. The system features 38 stations and is the only light rail system in the country to cross state lines. As of the first quarter of 2015, it is second only to Minneapolis Metro Transit's Blue and Green lines in the Midwestern United States in terms of ridership, and is the 11th-largest light rail system in the country. Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @600mm, f/6.3, 1/160, ISO 2,800.

MetroLink 110 at East St. Louis, Missouri

Over the Hump!

With darkness fast approaching MetroLink 110 heads down their overpass at the Alton Southern Railway in East St. Louis, Missouri as their train set heads to their barn from Lambert Airport.

According to Wikipedia: MetroLink (reporting mark BSDA) is the Greater St. Louis Metropolitan mass transit system serving Missouri and the Metro East area of Illinois. The system consists of two lines (Red Line and Blue Line) connecting St. Louis Lambert International Airport and Shrewsbury, Missouri with Scott Air Force Base near Shiloh, Illinois, Washington University, Forest Park, and Downtown St. Louis.

The system features 38 stations and is the only light rail system in the country to cross state lines. As of the first quarter of 2015, it is second only to Minneapolis Metro Transit’s Blue and Green lines in the Midwestern United States in terms of ridership, and is the 11th-largest light rail system in the country.

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @600mm, f/6.3, 1/160, ISO 2,800.

E303 - Stilesboro, GA - Evansville, IN (EVWR) CSXT 3062 passes under the North Main Street overpass on November 5th, 2020, with empty coal train E303, as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision at Madisonville, Ky as it heads to Evansville, Indiana. There the Evansville Western Railway will pick-up the empty train and load it at Sugar Camp Mine (Akin, IL). Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/320, ISO 100.

CSX E303 Northbound at Madisonville, Ky

E303 – Stilesboro, GA – Evansville, IN (EVWR)

CSXT 3062 passes under the North Main Street overpass on November 5th, 2020, with empty coal train E303, as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision at Madisonville, Ky as it heads to Evansville, Indiana. There the Evansville Western Railway will pick-up the empty train and load it at Sugar Camp Mine (Akin, IL).

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/320, ISO 100.

Jacksonville, FL - Bedford Park, IL Daily CSXT 3003 leads intermodal Q026-15 north on the Henderson Subdivision as it passes under the signals at the south end of Casky Yard on October 16, 2020 at Hopkinsville, Kentucky. It is one of four hot intermodals that run up and down the Henderson Sub and they are Q025 & Q029 SB along with their counterparts Q028 & Q026. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/640, ISO 100.

CSXT 3003 leads intermodal Q026-15 north at Hopkinsville, Ky

Jacksonville, FL – Bedford Park, IL Daily

CSXT 3003 leads intermodal Q026-15 north on the Henderson Subdivision as it passes under the signals at the south end of Casky Yard on October 16, 2020 at Hopkinsville, Kentucky. It is one of four hot intermodals that run up and down the Henderson Sub and they are Q025 & Q029 SB along with their counterparts Q028 & Q026.

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

Waycross, GA - Avon, IN The glow of the late evening sunset illuminates the sides of loaded coal hoppers on CSX N015 as it waits in the siding at Kelly, Kentucky, as CSXT 32 leads the daily Q512 north on the Henderson Subdivision on November 3rd, 2020. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/200, ISO 200.

CSX Q512 passes N015 at Kelly, Ky

Waycross, GA – Avon, IN

The glow of the late evening sunset illuminates the sides of loaded coal hoppers on CSX N015 as it waits in the siding at Kelly, Kentucky, as CSXT 32 leads the daily Q512 north on the Henderson Subdivision on November 3rd, 2020.

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

Q026 Jacksonville, FL - Bedford Park, IL CSXT 364 leads hot intermodal Q026-27 climbs up out of the hole at the north end of Pembroke as it comes out of the Casky Yard after completing a crew change at Hopkinsville, Kentucky on the henderson Subdivision as it continues its run north to Bedford Park, Illinois on October 28, 2020. Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @250mm, f/8, 1/500, ISO 640.

CSXT 364 leads hot intermodal Q026-27 at Hopkinsville, Ky

Q026 Jacksonville, FL – Bedford Park, IL

CSXT 364 leads hot intermodal Q026-27 climbs up out of the hole at the north end of Pembroke as it comes out of the Casky Yard after completing a crew change at Hopkinsville, Kentucky on the henderson Subdivision as it continues its run north to Bedford Park, Illinois on October 28, 2020.

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @250mm, f/8, 1/500, ISO 640.

Rolling meet at Nortonville, Ky CSX Q512 heads north as it passes Q513, heading south, along the Henderson Subdivision on October 29, 2020 on a wet fall day. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/120, ISO 200.

CSX Q512 heads north as it passes Q513 at Nortonville, Ky

Rolling meet at Nortonville, Ky

CSX Q512 heads north as it passes Q513, heading south, along the Henderson Subdivision on October 29, 2020 on a wet fall day.

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

Southbound through the morning mist CSXT 403 leads Q503 climbs up out of the hole at the north end of Crofton, Kentucky in the early morning mist as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision on October 28, 2020. Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 with 1.4 teleconverter @ 850mm, f/9, 1/1000, ISO 1600.

CSXT 403 leads Q503 climbs up out of the hole…

Southbound through the morning mist

CSXT 403 leads Q503 climbs up out of the hole at the north end of Crofton, Kentucky in the early morning mist as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision on October 28, 2020.

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 with 1.4 teleconverter @ 850mm, f/9, 1/1000, ISO 1600.

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.

Northbound at Mortons Gap, Ky CSX K443 passes under highway 41 as it heads north at Mortons Gap, Kentucky along the Henderson Subdivision amid the color of fall on October 26, 2020. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 240, ISO 100.

CSX K443 Northbound at Mortons Gap, Ky

Northbound at Mortons Gap, Ky

CSX K443 passes under highway 41 as it heads north at Mortons Gap, Kentucky along the Henderson Subdivision amid the color of fall on October 26, 2020.

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

Just Hanging out at Home Two Bald Eagles just hanging out on their nest off of hwy 917 at Lake City, Kentucky on October 24, 2020. Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 with a 1.4 teleconverter, 750mm, f/8.5, 1/60, ISO 500.

Just Hanging out at Home

Two Bald Eagles just hanging out on their nest off of hwy 917 at Lake City, Kentucky on October 24, 2020.

Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 with a 1.4 teleconverter, 750mm, f/8.5, 1/60, ISO 500.

Cross Roads CSXT 5361 leads Q503 as it pulls away through the crossing at Romney as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision from Nortonville, Kentucky on October 16, 2020 at dusk. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/8, ISO 100.

CSXT 5361 leads Q503 at Nortonville, Ky

Cross Roads

CSXT 5361 leads Q503 as it pulls away through the crossing at Romney as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision from Nortonville, Kentucky on October 16, 2020 at dusk.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/8, ISO 100.

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.