August 15, 2018 – Day 289 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Leaf – While waiting around on a small bridge for a coal train I captured this photo of a single small leaf laying on the rail and liked the simplicity of the scene.
September 23, 2014 – The last light of day reflects off the side of a eastbound Union Pacific intermodal with 8059 leading at Lordsburg, New Mexico on the Lordsburg Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #newmexicorailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #up #uprailroad
August 14, 2018 – Day 288 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Schools Out! – My nephew Jayden climbs into the car under the watchful eye of one of the school’s safety patrol students, as he finishes up a busy day at school. He had just given the safety patrol kid a hug before climbing in the car and that’s what the big smile is about. I missed that shot as the door covered most of the event. Maybe next time!
September 24, 2014 – A Texas Pacífico (TXPF) Railway mixed freight makes it’s way with a mix of power, consisting of CIT 407, CEFX 400, Ferromex 20141 and CEFX 2004, at Ft. Stockton, Texas.
It operates freight service over 382 miles in West Texas. The line runs from San Angelo Junction to Alpine Junction. TXPF has trackage right over UP between Alpine Junction to Paisano Junction and operates from Paisano Junction to International Bridge near Presidio, TX. TXPF has connections with UP, FXE, BNSF and FWWR.
The railroad was originally chartered in 1897 as the Colorado Valley Railroad and provided service from Colorado City to San Angelo. By 1909, the railroad had changed its name to Kansas City, Mexico and Orient of Texas and ran from the Rio Grande River to the Red River. In 1928 the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe purchased the line. In 1992, ATSF transferred the right of way and fixed assets to South Orient Rural Rail Transportation District (an instrumentality of the State of Texas) and leased the line and the right to salvage to South Orient Railroad Company. In 1998, South Orient Railroad notified the STB of its intent to abandon the line. The State retained ownership of the line and the South Orient discontinued service. In 2000, Texas Pacifico Transportation Company leased the line and operations began in 2004. – #jimstrainphotos #texasrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway
August 13, 2018 – Day 287 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – First Stripe! – In case you can’t tell, my niece Elaina is very proud of her first stripe (it-s white so kind of hard to see) that she got today for speed training in her Little Warriors Karate Class.
September 8, 2014 – Utah Railway 5001 pulls away from the east end of Soldier Summit, Utah with a heavy load of coal.
According to Wikipedia, the Utah Railway operates over 423 miles of track between Grand Junction, Colorado, and Provo, Utah, of which 45 miles are owned, and the remainder operated under agreements with BNSF Railway and Union Pacific. As of January, 2017; the company no longer hauls coal. The Utah Railway also owns a subsidiary railroad, the Salt Lake City Southern Railroad, serving over 30 customers on over 25 miles of track between Salt Lake City and Draper, Utah. In addition, switching services are provided in Ogden and elsewhere. – #jimstrainphotos #utahrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway
August 12, 2018 – Day 286 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Hugs – Damion’s dad, JD, waits patiently as Damion and his cousin Jayden hug goodbye today after church as the rest of the family waits for the other kids to get out of their Worship and Wonder class.
August 2, 2018 – Canadian National 2269 leads local L513 around the curve leading out of the Paducah and Louisville Railway yard after doing interchange work. The trailing engine is PRLX 240. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #cn #pal
August 11, 2018 – Day 285 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Pumpkins – Well, let’s see, Halloween is about 80 days away, so I guess it’s time to bring out the Halloween stock at our local stores! I guess next month they’ll set out Thanksgiving! Well, if nothing else it provides me with an interesting shot for my black and white challenge today!
August 2, 2018 – A southbound loaded BNSF Coal train crosses over the Ohio River bridge from Metropolis, IL to West Paducah, Ky, as it makes it’s way toward Calvert City, Ky to the load out there. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #bnsf #bnsfrailway
August 10, 2018 – Day 284 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – You never know – Today’s photo is pretty much a failed attempt, even though it’s kind of interesting to look at! I used an app called ProCamera which has a low light image stacking feature where it takes up to 64 images and combines them into a single file and I decided I’d try taking a picture of the Milky Way last night with it. This is the result! Faint outline of the trees below, what should be Mars and a lot of noise, or perhaps some of it is actually stars. Perhaps it’ll work better in brighter, low light situations. Just testing the limits of my iPhone 7 Plus! You never really know if it’ll do something unless you give it a try, in my opinion!
July 27, 2018 – A CSX mixed freight heads north as it meets a southbound Q519-26 at the north end of Nortonville as they pass each other on the two track main on the Henderson Subdivision in Nortonville, Ky. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
August 9, 2018 – Day 283 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Take a seat – I have been eyeing the design and color of the seats around the tables at the First United Bank Plaza here in downtown Madisonville, Ky for some time. The white gravel along with the silver tables and chairs lend themselves so much to a black and white photograph that I picked them for my photo today.
October 19, 2015 – Locomotives 463 and 489 sit quietly outside the shops at Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad at Chama, New Mexico after the last day of scheduled revenue runs for the year. – #jimstrainphotos #newmexicorailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #cumbressteam #steamtrain
August 8, 2018 – Day 282 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Our Official 1st Grader – This afternoon after his first day of 1st grade I took my nephew Jayden to our local Dairy Queen for a treat! Here he’s enjoying his banana split wearing his “I’m an Official 1st Grader” hat he made in his class.
July 12, 2018 – Canadian National 6225, 9600, BNSF 9153 and Citirail CREX 1434 lead a local freight as it approaches the CN P&I Junction, on it’s way to do interchange work at the Paducah and Louisville Railway at Paducah, Kentucky. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #cn #cnrailway
August 7, 2018 – Day 281 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Rain Makers – This afternoon I mentioned to Elaina, Damion and Xavier that Indians used to beat on drums to make the rain come and so they started drumming on this board I had on the cat’s house and guess what? It actually started raining!! Sometimes things just come together as a magical moment and it was for the three of them!
July 25, 2018 – Savatrans 1912 heads up an empty coal train as it waits for a crew at the Sitran Dock, at Mount Vernon, Indiana. The Chris Cline Group are owners of the company “Savatrans” which purchased three ES44AC locomotives which operate from Sugar Camp Mine in Akin, IL to the coal terminal near the Mount Vernon/West Franklin area for loading onto barges. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway
August 6, 2018 – Day 280 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Alien Robot Mask – Today my nephew Damion popped into my home office to show me the “Alien Robot Mask” he made! This shot doesn’t really show all the mask, but I love how his single eye shows through one of mask holes! Sometimes, the best shots aren’t always the ones you plan for! Go with the flow when shooting your pictures!
August 2, 2018 – BNSF 9641, on the tail end of a coal train, meets the head end as they make their way around the coal loop at Calvert City load out at Calvert City, Ky, as the sun dips low in the summer sky. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #bnsf #bnsfrailway
August 5, 2018 – Day 279 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Creativity – My nephew Damion has a great imagination and is always creating something hes thought up! This morning he created a “Magical musical instrument” and demonstrated how it works for my camera! Listen to the kids in your life when they talk about things they imagine! There’s always a picture lurking there somewhere!