October 28, 2018 – Day 363 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Keeping it simple – This came from waiting for my dinner order at our local Kentucky Fried Chicken. I sat in a booth as I was waiting and captured this shot of the edge of the table with the booth back. It speaks to me!
October 27, 2018 – Day 362 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Jeremiah the Cat – Today my niece Jeanne had her annual Halloween Party and Birthday party for my nephew Xavier and Jeremiah came as a cat! I just love this expression!!
October 26, 2018 – Amtrak 391, the Saluki from Chicago, Illinois, heads into it’s final station stop at Carbondale, Illinois on the CN Centrailia Subdivision, after passing the coaling towers that were built for the then Illinois Central Railroad in 1949. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #amtrak #saluki #carbondale
October 26, 2018 – Day 361 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge — Steak and Shake! – The glass wall and patterned floor at the Stake and Shake where I stopped for lunch today at Carbondale, Illinois made for this interesting picture today.
October 24, 2018 – CIT CEFX 115, ex-San Luis & Rio Grande, brings up the rear on CSX Q647’s power consist, as it heads through the north end of Anaconda, on it’s way south along the Henderson Subdivision on track 1, from Robards, Ky.
According to Wikipedia: The San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad is a class III railroad operating in Colorado. The SLRG began operations in 2003 using 154 miles of former Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks on three lines radiating from Alamosa, Colorado. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
October 21, 2018 – Day 356 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Jeremiah – My sweet great-great nephew Jeremiah and his wonderful smile today as we had lunch after his first Sunday at church! He did great!! Always remember to photograph the milestones in your family’s life!
October 24, 2018 – LoRam DC-2 Ditch Cleaner rounds a curve on the Earlington Cutoff, outside Mortons Gap, Ky as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision to do its work. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
October 22, 2018 – Day 357 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Ice Cream!! – My nephew Jayden enjoys a treat from Dairy Queen this afternoon before heading in for his karate class. He loves his dipped cones!
October 17, 2018 – BNSF Railway 8762 heads up a coal train at the south end of Paducah and Louisville Railways yard at Paducah, Kentucky as it waits for a crew in the warm evening light. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #fujixt1 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #bnsf #palrailway
High Flight over Mortons Gap, Ky.
Moonrise over Mortons Gap, Ky.
October 23, 2018 – Day 358 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Grandparents Day – Grandpa David enjoys some quality time with Elaina today during Grandparents day at her and Damion’s School. Special events like this always provide a good opportunity for photos!
October 22, 2018 – CSX crews keep an eye on LoRam Ditch Cleaner (DC-2) as it works its way north on the Earlington Cutoff of the Henderson Subdivision at the Flat Creek Road Crossing in Mortons Gap, Ky.
According to LoRam’s Website: Ditch Cleaning Is essential for the longevity and foundational strength of a railway, proper ditch maintenance increases the stability of ballast and subgrade by moving water away from the track and right of way. Delivering substantial benefits and ROI, ditch cleaning increases cycle time between expensive surfacing and lining programs, prevents premature tie deterioration and ensures a long-lasting and stable track structure.
Lorams drainage maintenance solutions, including shoulder ballast cleaning, undercutting and ditch cleaning, work in concert to ensure that damaging water is intercepted and diverted from the track infrastructure.
Cleaned, maintained and properly-sloped ditches provide a host of benefits including: Facilitates vital drainage from the ballast section of the track, Manages the effects of penetrating water sources, Ensures the efficacy of track level drainage maintenance and Reduces or eliminates water-saturated track soils. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
October 24, 2018 – Day 359 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Looking Up – Another shot for my ongoing “Light” series that I’ve been working on. This was at twilight looking up a light pole in the parking lot of our local Kroger store at dusk. Different perspectives will always add impact to your photographs!
October 17, 2018 – A set of 7 Paducah and Louisville Railway locomotives sit on the outside track at Calvert City Terminal after dropping off their load of coal at Calvert City, Ky. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #pal #palrailway #paducahandlouisvillerailway
October 25, 2018 – Day 360 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Trick or Treat – My great-greats Journey, Elaina, Damion, Jordan and Jayden pose with their grandma Jeanne yesterday before heading into her workplace to do some Trick or Treating yesterday in Owensboro, Ky. They’ve been stopping by her office to do this since before most of them could even walk!
October 20, 2018 – Norfolk Southern 8455 leads CSX intermodal Q029 (Chicago, IL – Atlanta, GA) as it passes through Morton’s Junction on the way south on the Henderson Subdivision at Mortons Gap, Kentucky on a crisp fall afternoon. I understand they’ll be leading Q028 when it comes northbound on Oct 22, 2018. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad #nsrailway
October 20, 2018 – Day 355 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Window Artists – Ever since I can remember, at least since I was a child over 60 years ago, the kids in our community have taken part in the annual Halloween Window Painting Contest in downtown Madisonville, Ky. Here we seen some of our older artists hard at work along Sugg Street and many of them doing a fine job indeed! Looking for things to photograph? Then check out your local community calendar sources for things happening that make for interesting photo possibilities!
October 17, 2018 – A patched Union Pacific 6378 (AC44CW), former SP 311 (AC44CW), brings up the rear as the DPU of a UP loaded coal train as it enters the loop at Calvert City Terminal in Calvert City, Ky to deliver a load of coal. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
October 19, 2018 – Day 354 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Shades of Color – Today I had lunch with a friend at Pizza Hut and while we were checking out I spotted their tub of crayons and grabbed this photo of the different colors in shades of black and white.
October 17, 2018 – Union Pacific 6609 leads a loaded coal train past the signals at MP 211.5 as it heads north along the Paducah and Louisville Railway, headed for the Calvert City Terminal, at Calvert City, Ky in the glow of the late afternoon sun. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #fujixt1 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad