December 29, 2018 – With Toyota shut down for the holidays this is about the best shot I could catch of RJ Corman’s 7697, 7908 and 3438 at Princeton, Indiana. RJC has taken over the rail operations at the automotive plant from Road And Rail Services. –#jimstrainphotos#indianarailroads#trains#nikond800#railroad#railroads#train#railways#railway#rjcorman#rjcormanrailroad
November 23, 2018 – Indiana Southern Railroad’s 4020 (An ex-Rail America GP40) and 3051 sit tied down with their train in the yard at Petersburg, Indiana waiting on a crew. – #jimstrainphotos#indianarailroads#trains#nikond800#railroad#railroads#train#railways#railway#indianasouthern#israilroad
December 29, 2018 – A lone bird soars through the sky above NS 9510 as it leads a loaded, short autorack train east across the NS/Indiana Southern RR diamond at Oakland City, Indiana. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #d800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #ns #nsrailway
December 28, 2018 – A blur of CSX Q028 makes it’s way through Mortons Junction as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision at Mortons Gap, Ky. – Tech: Nikon D800, F/32, 5 sec, ISO 100 with a 10 stop ND Filter. #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
October 20, 2008 – Union Pacific 5411 leads a mixed freight westbound past Mormon Rocks in the southern California’s famous Cajon Pass.
According to Wikipedia: Cajon Pass (/k-‘ho-n/; elevation 3,777 ft (1,151 m) is a mountain pass between the San Bernardino Mountains and the San Gabriel Mountains in Southern California in the United States. It was created by the movements of the San Andreas Fault. Located in the Mojave Desert, the pass is an important link from the Greater San Bernardino Area to the Victor Valley, and northeast to Las Vegas.
Cajon Pass is at the head of Horsethief Canyon, traversed by California State Route 138 (SR 138) and railroad tracks owned by BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad. Railroad improvements in 1972 reduced its maximum elevation from about 3,829 to 3,777 feet (1,167 to 1,151 m) while also reducing the curvature. Interstate 15 does not traverse Cajon Pass, but rather the nearby Cajon Summit, elevation 4,260 feet (1,300 m). However, the entire area including Cajon Pass and Cajon Summit is often collectively called Cajon Pass. Sometimes the entire area is called Cajon Pass, but a distinction is made between Cajon Pass and Cajon Summit in detail.
Mormon Rocks
In 1851, a group of Mormon settlers led by Amasa M. Lyman and Charles C. Rich traveled through the Cajon Pass in covered wagons on their way from Salt Lake City to southern California. This prominent rock formation in the pass, where the Mormon trail and the railway merge (near Sullivan’s Curve), is known as Mormon Rocks.
December 21, 2018 – CSX Q647, with 3 different paint schemes, BNSF 6578 ES44C4 in H3 paint, BNSF 4886 Dash 9 in H2 paint and BNSF 1073 dash 9 in H1 paint, meets a northbound mixed freight at Robards, Ky as it south on the Henderson Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos#kentuckyrailroads#trains#nikond800#railroad#railroads#train#railways#railway#csx#csxrailroad
January 17, 2018 – A early morning Paducah and Louisville Railway loaded coal train heads south through the snow covered cut at Charleston, Ky as it heads for the loadout at Calvert City, Ky.
January 13, 2018 – CSX intermodal Q029-13 (Chicago, IL – Atlanta, GA) makes its way under the highway 41 overpass at Mortons Gap, Kentucky as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision on a beautiful winter day.
December 20, 2018 – Paducah and Louisville 2109 leads the local from Louisville as it passes the south end of the Pond River Siding at Madisonville, Ky as it heads south through the fog. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #pal #palrailway
December 21, 2013 – CSX Q647 pulls through the curve on track 1 at Nortonvillle, Ky, with 3 different paint schemes, BNSF 6578 Gevo in H3 paint, BNSF 4886 Dash 9 in H2 paint and BNSF 1073 dash 9 in H1 paint, as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
December 20, 2018 – CSXT 4000 (SD40-3) heads up Q500-20 as it rolls northbound through the diamond at Trident in Madisonville, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision and on rainy, foggy afternoon. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
June 21, 2006 – A set of for units lead a BNSF Intermodal west down the Cajon Pass, on it’s way toward Los Angles, CA.
June 23, 2006 – BNSF 4194 leads a train of reefers through the Tehachapi mountains as it heads north.
March 27, 2004 – Today I decided to go with a blast from the past with Conrail 5476 heading up a string of Conrail units sitting in the Paducah and Louisville Railway yard at Madisonville, Ky, waiting to head to Paducah for rebuilding.
December 12, 2018 – CSXT 525 leads Q029-11 as it heads south through Adams, Tennessee on the Henderson Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
December 12, 2018 – CSXT 3266 brings up the rear as the DPU on a 8,000+ foot intermodal on Q025-11 as it heads south out of Guthrie, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
December 12, 2018 – Northbound CSX intermodal Q026 passes a southbound mixed freight at the north end of Cedar Hill, Tennessee at dusk on the Henderson Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
December 12, 2018 – CSXT 3145 leads loaded coal train N058 as it heads south across the Sulfur Creek Trestle at Springfield, Tennessee on its way south along the Henderson Subdivision with a DPU pushing from the rear. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
December 12, 2018 – CSX hot intermodal, Q025-11 (Bedford Park, IL – Jacksonville, FL), carrying a lot of Christmas Presents and other cargo, makes its way upgrade toward the south end of Pembroke, after completing a crew change at Casky Yard in Hopkinsville, Ky. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
November 23, 2018 – Indiana Railroad 3803 backs a set of empty hoppers into Berry Plastic at Bloomington, Indiana as it does a drop-off and pick-up from the plant. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #inrd #indianarailroad
November 3, 2018 – Illuminated by the early morning sun, CSX Q029 (Chicago, IL – Atlanta, GA) heads south on CSXs CE&D Subdivision at Sullivan, Indiana, under the old C&EI coaling tower that was built in 1941 to service steam locomotives. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad