June 15, 2020 – CSX K423-13 heads through the S curve at Nortonville, Ky with CSXT 5384 leading and BNSF 4015 trailing as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision with a loaded ethanol train.
Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Full Frame Sensor, Sigma 150-600 @ 210mm, f/8, 1/800, ISO 250.
June 26, 2020 – The crew of CSX W986 gives a wave to the crew of southbound Q501-25 as they prepare to do a roll-by inspection during a meet at the north end of the siding at Rankin, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision. W986 was carrying a load of windmill generators and other parts bound for Decatur, Illinois.
Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600mm @ 210mm, f/9, 1/1600, ISO 640.
June 26, 2020 – A scene about as timeless as railroading itself, the only thing that has changed is the equipment and people, is a crew change on the railroad. Here the crew on Paducah and Louisville’s LG1 that loaded the coal train at Warrior coal in Nebo, Kentucky does a briefing with the engineer and conductor at West Yard in Madisonville, that will take the train on to the Mill Creek Louisville Gas and Electric plant at Louisville.
Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Irex 11mm, f/11, 1/1600, ISO 220.
June 18, 2020 – Tagged onto the end of a coal train as the DPU, Norfolk Southern 4001 “Sonic Bonnet” gets a top off on its sand as it sits at the Peabody Francisco Mine loadout at Francisco, Indiana on the NS Southern-East District as it prepares to depart for Duke Energy with another load of coal.
Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Irex 11mm, f/13, 1/800, ISO 220.
June 18, 2020 – Indiana Railroad (INRD) engineer, Travis Collins, on HWSA-18 (Hiawatha, Jasonville, IN – Senate Ave, Indianapolis, IN) passes the signal at the south end of Latta, as it passes their main line around INRD Hiawatha Yard at Jasonville, Indiana. Their yard used to be owned by Canadian Pacific and was called Latta yard at that time.
According to Wikipedia: The Indiana Rail Road (reporting mark INRD) is a United States Class II railroad, originally operating over former Illinois Central Railroad trackage from Newton, Illinois, to Indianapolis, Indiana, a distance of 155 miles. This line, now known as the Indiana Rail Road’s Indianapolis Subdivision, comprises most of the former IC line from Indianapolis to Effingham, Illinois; Illinois Central successor Canadian National Railway retains the portion from Newton to Effingham.
INRD also owns a former Milwaukee Road line from Terre Haute, Indiana, to Burns City, Indiana (site of the Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center), with trackage rights extending to Chicago, Illinois. INRD serves Louisville, Kentucky, and the Port of Indiana on the Ohio River at Jeffersonville, Indiana, through a haulage agreement with the Louisville & Indiana Railroad (LIRC).
Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 240mm, f/6.3, 1/1250, ISO 500.
June 23, 2020 – CSXT 4558 (SD70MAC) leads CSX W990-17 through Mortons Gap, Kentucky with a load of windmill motors as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision.
Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Irex 11mm, f/11, 1/1600, ISO 250.
June 18, 2020 – Indiana Southern Railway 3385 heads through a cut of trees with the daily local as it heads into Switz City, Indiana where it will interchange with the Indiana Railroad. (Note: Train was over a mile away, running at 10mph and I was at a crossing when image was shot.)
Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm, f/6.3, 1/500, ISO 500.
June 23, 2020 – CSXT 4558 (SD70MAC) leads CSX W990-17 through the south end of Crofton, Kentucky with a load of windmill motors as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision.
Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @360mm, f/5.6, 1/400, ISO 140.
June 22, 2020 – Norfolk Southern T4 locomotive 1098 leads empty coal train WYX1 through the pouring rain as it pulls up a hill as it heads south on the Paducah and Louisville Railway at Milepost 135, south of Bremen, Kentucky.
Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm, f/6.3, 1/1000, ISO 5000.
June 18, 2020 – After a 3 hour wait for maintenance-of-way to clear up, the crew of a southbound Indiana Railroad train (SAHW-18) from Indianapolis, with engine 9005 leading, rolls across the bridge over the White River at Elliston, Indiana at dusk to meet it’s northbound counterpart at Switz City, Indiana.
Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm, f/2.8, 1/250, ISO 2,500.
June 1, 2020 – Dusk settles across western Kentucky as CSX Q647 passes the signals at the south end of the siding at Kelly, KY as it rumbles south on the Henderson Subdivision at the old wooden overpass where preparations are underway its replacement with a new concrete bridge.
Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Irex 11mm, f/4, 1/320, ISO 3200.
June 18, 2020 – Indiana Railroad (INRD) engineer, Travis Collis, heads across the INRD Chicago Subdivision Diamond at Linton, Indiana with his train, as he heads north with HWSA-18 on the INRD Indianapolis Subdivision.
Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Irex 11mm, f/6.3, 1/1250, -3 f/stops (exposed for the highlights and processed for the shadows), ISO 100.
June 18, 2020 – Indiana Railroad (INRD) engineer, Travis Collis, swings the stop sign to the Indiana Southern Railroad track at the diamond in Switz City, Indiana, as he makes his way north with his train, INRD HWSA-18, to the north end of the BLS Siding at Switz City, to meet it’s counterpart SAHW-18 coming from Indianapolis.
This is the point where the crew from each train will swap out and the Indy train will return there, whereas Collins train will make a run to Palestine, Illinois before returning to the Hiawatha Yard in Jasonville, Indiana on the Indianapolis Subdivision.
Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 360mm, f/6.3, 1/1250, ISO 140.
June 18, 2020 – After a 3 hour wait for maintenance-of-way to clear up, the crew of a southbound Indiana Railroad train from Indianapolis (INRD) with engine 9005 leading, meets and does their job briefing with northbound INRD 9004 and INRD’s 25th Anniversary engine 9025 trailing, at the north end of BLS Siding at Switz City, Indiana, to trade off trains at dusk.
Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Nikon 50mm @ 1.4, 1/320, ISO 2,500,
June 18, 2020 – Indiana Railroad (INRD) 9004 leads SAHW-18 (Switz City, IN – Hiawatha, IN), as engineer Travis Collins keeps a watchful eye as he passes through the diamond over the Indiana Southern Railroad at Switz City, Indiana, as he heads north on the INRD Indianapolis Subdivision, as the last light of the day fades from the sky.
Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Nikon 50mm @ 1.4, 1/125, ISO 6,400, Car head lights for lighting.
June 17. 2020 – CSX Jewelers work to replace the diamond at Trident, where the Henderson Subdivision, Morganfield Branch and the MH&E branch cross at Madisonville, Kentucky. Much of the two latter branches were shut down within the last year and are now used for storage, but locals and coal trains still use them to some degree. The Henderson subdivision however still sees on average of 20-25 trains a day so this diamond still sees a lot of traffic!
Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 with a 1.4 teleconverter @ 700mm, f/13, 1/1600sec, ISO 1800.
June 16, 2020 – Paducah and Louisville loaded coal train PNX2 heads down the Warrior Coal lead after picking up a load of coal at the Warrior loadout at Nebo, Kentucky with 4518 leading the way.
Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 550mm, f/13, 1/1600sec, ISO 1000.
May 27, 2020 – Norfolk Southern Railway Wabash heritage unit 1070 enters the S curve at Albion, Illinois, as it leads NS 224 westbound on the NS Southern-West District.
Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 350mm, f/5.6, 1/640sec, ISO 560.
June 4, 2020 – The crew on Paducah and Louisville (PAL) 3800 wait patiently in the loading area of Scotty’s Rock yard in Litchfield, Kentucky with a load of rock for Scotty’s Vine Grove plant, for permission to head north with their train.
Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 310mm, f/8, 1/1250sec, ISO 900.
June 13, 2020 – Indiana Railroad (HWPAT-13, Hiawatha to Palestine) 9007 (SD90) pulls north across the 1910 bridge over the Wabash River, engines light, out of Palestine, Illinois after dropping off its southbound train with INRD 9011 in trail. According to Wikipedia: The Indiana Rail Road (reporting mark INRD) is a United States Class II railroad, originally operating over former Illinois Central Railroad trackage from Newton, Illinois, to Indianapolis, Indiana, a distance of 155 miles (249 km).
This line, now known as the Indiana Rail Road’s Indianapolis Subdivision, comprises most of the former IC line from Indianapolis to Effingham, Illinois; Illinois Central successor Canadian National Railway retains the portion from Newton to Effingham.
INRD also owns a former Milwaukee Road line from Terre Haute, Indiana, to Burns City, Indiana (site of the Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center), with trackage rights extending to Chicago, Illinois. INRD serves Louisville, Kentucky, and the Port of Indiana on the Ohio River at Jeffersonville, Indiana, through a haulage agreement with the Louisville & Indiana Railroad.
Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600mm @ 600, f/13, 1/800sec, ISO 500.
June 13, 2020 – CSX Intermodal Q026-12 starts its descent down the viaduct at Rahm, Indiana, with two of CSX’s newer ST70AH Tier 4 locomotives, 8905 and 8900 leading, as they head north over the Ohio River Bridge on the Henderson Subdivision toward Evansville, Indiana.
Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 420mm, f/8, 1/1000sec, ISO 360.