July 25, 2019 – CSXT 703 leads Q583 at the holdout at MP 309.3 approaching Waxhaw, South Carolina as it heads north on the Monroe Subdivision. Please feel free to share!!
Another long exposure photograph from uptown Charlotte, North Carolina
July 25, 2019 – Another long exposure photograph from uptown Charlotte, North Carolina of a steel sculpture called “Spiral Odyssey” against the city skyline.
According to the Qcitymetro website: The Sculpture is a stunning tribute to native son Romare Bearden by Richard Hunt.
The name “Spiral Odyssey” is a triple tribute. It honors Bearden, the master collage maker who co-founded the New York group Spiral in 1963 to encourage African-American artists. It refers to Homer’s “Odyssey,” which Bearden explored multiple times in his work. And it hints at the two-decade friendship between Bearden and Chicago sculptor Richard Hunt.
The piece can be called abstract, but your mind shapes bits of it into figures: the ship’s body, its billowing sail (or is that a wave?), perhaps a leaping dolphin. Hunt crafted slender arcs of steel so that light falling on them appears to ripple, like a current passing across water.
Lancaster and Chester Railroad switcher 2369…
July 23, 2019 – Lancaster and Chester Railroad switcher 2369 heads up train 16 as it works at dropping and picking up cars at the Carolina Poly Inc., facility in Chester, SC.
Barings Building, Charlotte, NC
July 25, 2019 – Tonight I spent time wandering around uptown Charlotte, North Carolina shooting long-exposure photographs at night. This shot is of what I believe to be the Barings Building. The Barings is a leading global financial services firm and it’s HQ is in the building.
Blue Ridge Southern Railroad…
July 26, 2019 – After a week of visiting family and railfanning in NC, SC and TN I’m finally back home in Kentucky. On the return trip yesterday I stopped by in hopes of catching the Blue Ridge Southern Railroad running at Canton, North Carolina, but like many short lines they weren’t moving at all since it was a Saturday. However, I was able to catch this nice shot of WAMX 3943 and several other of their locomotives sitting in the yard. I’ll have to make a trip back during the week and get some photos of them in operation! Thanks to John DeVasto for recommending this shortline! I’ve passed here many times over the years and have never stopped.
According to their website: Receiving its name from the Blue Ridge Mountains which overlook this scenic North Carolina railroad, the Blue Ridge Southern Railroad (BLU) was Watco’s first property located in the state of North Carolina beginning in 2014. The BLU operates 92 miles of track, consisting of three branch lines that feed into Norfolk Southern’s terminal in Asheville, North Carolina: the T-Line to the west of Asheville, the W-Line to the south, and the TR-Line, which branches off the W-Line. The BLU primarily ships commodities such as wood chips, paper, plastics, cement, coal, and products used in the manufacture of Epsom Salt.
CSX Q583 passes the signals at the north end of Waxhaw…
July 24, 2019 – CSX Q583 passes the signals at the north end of Waxhaw, North Carolina as it heads north on the Monroe Subdivision with CSXT 3184 leading the way. A big shout out to everyone that helped me find spots, heads up on trains, suggestions on places to photograph them. This includes, Travis Mackey, Burt Wayne Black, John DeVasto and all the others! I’ll be posting other shots from locations you all suggested for a couple weeks!!!
Charlotte Area Transit System Blue line train…
July 25, 2019 – A Charlotte Area Transit System Blue line train approaches the 25th Street Station in Charlotte, North Carolina.
According to Wikipedia… The Lynx Blue Line is a light rail line in Charlotte, North Carolina. The 19.3-mile (31.1 km) line goes from its northern terminus at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in University City through NoDa, Uptown, and South End then paralleling South Boulevard to its southern terminus just north of Interstate 485 at the Pineville city limits. There are 26 stations in the system, the light rail portion of which carries an average of over 23,200 passenger trips every day. It is the first major rapid rail service of any kind in North Carolina, and began operating seventy years after the previous Charlotte streetcar system was disbanded in 1938, in favor of motorized bus transit. It opened on November 24, 2007 between I-485/South Boulevard and 7th Street as the first rail line of the Charlotte Area Transit System. Fares were not collected as part of the opening celebration. Regular service with fare collection commenced the next day.
Devotees call her “Firebird,” “Disco Chicken,” even “Big Bird”
July 25, 2019 – Devotees call her “Firebird,” “Disco Chicken,” even “Big Bird” but her proper name is “Le Grand Oiseau de Feu Sur l’Arche,” or “The Large Bird of Fire on the Arch.” I captured this Long Exposure view of her late last night outside the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art in downtown Charlotte, North Carolina.
CSX intermodal Q038-24 makes its way south…
July 25, 2019 – CSX intermodal Q038-24 makes its way south as it heads through Indian Trail, NC on the Charlotte Subdivision.
CSXT 3184 leads Q583, under the NS SB Line…
July 24, 2019 – CSXT 3184 leads Q583, under the NS SB Line at Catawba, South Carolina as it heads north on the Monroe Subdivision. I missed a over and under shot by about 5 minutes with an unusual afternoon P83 move on the NS line, but that’s the way it goes sometimes.
Lancaster and Chester Railroad train 14…
July 23, 2019 – Lancaster and Chester Railroad train 14, with 2829 leading, picks up their eastbound loads at the yard in Richburg, South Carolina as train 12, with 7092 leading, waits in the siding so it can begin its return westbound move.
CSX W222-10 heads north on the Henderson Subdivision…
July 10, 2019 – CSX W222-10 heads north on the Henderson Subdivision at MP 253 at Crofton, Ky with CSXT 226 leading.
CSX Q028-06 passes through the signals…
July 6, 2019 – CSX Q028-06 passes through the signals at the north end of Latham Siding at Hopkinsville, Kentucky as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision.
Canadian National 3880 leads CSX empty grain train…
July 19, 2019 – Canadian National 3880 leads CSX empty grain train, V240-17 up the grade out of Mortons Gap, Kentucky as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision.
CSX Q025-20, one of CSX’s hottest intermodals…
July 20, 2019 – CSX Q025-20, one of CSX’s hottest intermodals on the Henderson Subdivision, is led south from the north end of the siding at Slaughters, Ky by CSXT 3440.
Looking up!
July 20, 2019 – Today as I and fellow photographer, Tom Wortham, were waiting to judge a photography contest at Dixon in Webster County, Kentucky, I found another light for my ongoing series. Hope you enjoy!
CSXT 869 heads up loaded coal train N010-18…
July 20, 2019 – CSXT 869 heads up loaded coal train N010-18 as it heads through the south end of Breton Siding on the main, on its way south on the Henderson Subdivision.
Canadian National 3880 leads CSX empty grain train, V240-17…
July 19, 2019 – Canadian National 3880 leads CSX empty grain train, V240-17 through Slaughters, Kentucky as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision as the engineer Mr Goldsberry gives a friendly wave.
Norfolk Southern 167 pulls out of the east end…
July 13, 2019 – Norfolk Southern 167 pulls out of the east end of the Princeton, Indiana yard at East Douglas, as it pulled up to County Road 350 where it waited for two westbounds to pass, before it continued east on the NS Southern East District.
BNSF 7726 leads a manifest train up the Cajon Pass…
September 27, 2011 – BNSF 7726 leads a manifest train up the Cajon Pass as the sun dips low in the sky on its way east on the Cajon Subdivision, just below the famous Hill 582, below the Cajon Summit in southern California.
Norfolk Southern 9073 leads train 275 through CB Junction…
July 13, 2019 – Norfolk Southern 9073 leads train 275 through CB Junction as it heads east at Mt. Carmel, Illinois with an autorack train at milepost 150.1 on the NS Southern West District.