June 23, 2018 – CSXT 137 leads a mixed freight past the old L&N Depot, which is currently under restoration, at Paris, Kentucky, as it heads north on CSX’s CC Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
June 23, 2018 – Day 235 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Round Barn – My sister and I made a trip to Paris, Kentucky to attend the Cane Ridge Celebration at the birthplace of our church (Disciples of Christ) and as we were heading home I spotted this scene with a round barn and fell in love with it! One of things I love about traveling the back road as you never know what picture waits to be captured around the next bend!
June 22, 2018 – Running long nose forward, Paducah and Louisville Salute to Veterans unit, 2129 leads a local as it crosses over the CSX Henderson Subdivision at Monarch, heading north on the PAL line at Madisonville, Ky as it heads to CSX’s Atkinson Yard to do interchange work. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #pal #palrailway #paducahandlouisvillerailway
June 23, 2018 – Day 235 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Round Barn – My sister and I made a trip to Paris, Kentucky to attend the Cane Ridge Celebration at the birthplace of our church (Disciples of Christ) and as we were heading home I spotted this scene with a round barn and fell in love with it! One of things I love about traveling the back road as you never know what picture waits to be captured around the next bend!
June 22, 2018 – Waiting on a train rainbow on the Paducah and Louisville Railway line at Richland, Ky. Unfortunately, train never made it! There’ll be other times though!
May 31, 2018 – CSX W865-30, a military train with BNSF 6162 leading, waits at the south end of Slaughters Siding for a northbound before it continues it’s move south on CSX’s Henderson Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad #bnsf #bnsfrailway #militarytrain
June 22, 2018 – Day 234 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Fort!! – Damion climbs around the blanket fort he’s making in my living room as his sister, Elaina, pokes her hand out from the middle, seemingly reaching for help from her brother! Ah the imagination of childhood, isn’t it great!
June 9, 2018 – “Southern Ghost!” NS Heritage unit 8099, the Southern, prepares to pull away from another engine in the early evening fog at the Norfolk Southern yard at Princeton, Indiana. This unit has and is being used as the leader lately on the Duke Energy coal run between Alliance and Francisco load-outs. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #nsrailway #nsheritageunit
June 21, 2018 – Day 233 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Smile and a helping hand – Meet Kenny Hayes! An outgoing, helpful and nice gentleman that works two days a week at the convenience center at Earlington, Ky. He told me that he retired some years back from the IGA grocery market he used to own there and after awhile his wife “made” him get a part time job to get him out of the house! LOL, of course he told me this with a smile and laugh on his face! Anyway, he made for a great subject today! When youre out and about, engage people and ask them to take their picture! Most will say yes and be flattered that you asked!
June 20, 2018 – Day 232 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Designs in Nature – For today’s picture I wandered no further than in front of my porch! Sometimes interesting pictures and designs are right in front of you, such as with this hydrangea bush. Keep your eyes open to things around you!
June 15, 2018 – Lease Unit CEFX 3072, operated by Road and Rail Services, sits at the Toyota Plant at Princeton, Indiana as vehicles are loaded onto autoracks.
According to their website, Road & Rail Services was founded in 1987 by Tom and Pete Gerstle. From an initial contract to perform inspections on intermodal trailers, within three years, the company was performing pre-trip and other mechanical work for rail companies and manufacturers, and had grown to 110 employees.
Today, Road & Rail Services has expanded to nearly 2,000 employees working at 52 sites across 18 states. The companys diversified portfolio encompasses railroads, auto manufacturers and shippers of a wide range of commodities that move by rail, truck or barge, as they have expanded their offerings to include a comprehensive array of railcar, train and track services as well as automotive handling and transloading of commodities of all types. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway
May 31, 2018 – PAL 4516, the DPU end of a LG&E Paducah and Louisville Railway loaded coal train, makes it’s way across Trident off CSX’s Morganfield Branch and over the Henderson Subdivision. From there it heads through Atkinson Yard where it will make it’s way back onto its own line before heading on to Louisville, Ky later in the evening. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #pal #palrailway #paducahandlouisvillerailway
June 19, 2018 – Day 231 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Strategy Session – Damion and Elaina confer on doing battle during a Dragon game they both enjoy playing together on their tablets. Get down to the kid’s levels when taking their picture when you can. It will give your pictures a bit more impact!
June 18, 2018 – NS Heritage “Southern” unit, 8099, leads a loaded Duke Energy Coal train westbound past the restored depot at Princeton, Indiana, as a second train (Q0T) of 71T that runs from Francisco, IN to East Mt. Carmel, IN (Duke Energy). – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #ns #nsrailway #nsheritageunit
June 18, 2018 – Around 7pm CST Sunday, June 17th, a southbound CSX mixed freight, Q0513-17,(Avon, IN – Waycross, GA) derailed midway into it’s train just south of Princeton, Indiana on the CE&D Subdivision. The power for the train remained upright and the crew escaped without injury, according to reports. The initial thoughts are that the derailment was caused by a kink in the tracks due to the high heat, causing the train to derail close to the north end of King Siding, next to the Toyota tracks. The area was evacuated overnight tank cars, reportedly carrying propane burned off.
The derailment caused a major CSX route that includes the Henderson and CE&D Subdivisions to be out of service through the area, except for some local traffic. RJ Corman derailment and reportedly Hulcher services clean-up crews arrived early this morning and cleanup of the site is underway.
As of about 3pm CST the area was re-opened to residents and traffic. Just how long before the track is open to trains, remains unknown at this time. –#jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads#train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
June 15, 2018 – Norfolk Southern 8343 leads NS 224 (Atlanta, GA-Kansas City, MO) west across the Walbash River at Mt. Carmel, Illinois with ex-Conrail D8-40CW leading the way on the Southern West District. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #ns #nsrailway
June 17, 2018 – Day 229 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Food!! – Pictures are all around you, such as this shot of the cook preparing my Mongolian BBQ this afternoon at one of our local restaurants. Keep your eyes open to all picture possibilities around you!!
June 6, 2018 – As the last light of dusk fades from the sky, Indiana Southern Railroad 3052 leads local PL-2 south through Elberfeld, Indiana as it heads to Evansville for interchange work with CSX.
According to Wikipedia: The Indiana Southern Railroad (reporting mark ISRR) is a short line or Class III railroad operating in the United States state of Indiana. It began operations in 1992 as a RailTex property, and was acquired by RailAmerica in 2000. RailAmerica was itself acquired by Genesee & Wyoming in December 2012.
Indiana Southern Railroad operates 176 miles of track from Indianapolis to Evansville. From Mars Hill (a neighborhood on the southwest side of Indianapolis) southwest through Martinsville and Spencer to Bee Hunter in Greene County, the ISRR runs on tracks that once made up the majority of the former Indianapolis & Vincennes Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad. State Route 67 parallels the ISRR along much of this section. From Bee Hunter to Elnora, the ISRR has trackage rights over the Indiana Rail Road. ISRR tracks resume from Elnora through Petersburg before terminating in Evansville, IN along the former New York Central’s Evansville & Indianapolis Branch.
The railroad’s traffic comes mainly from coal and grain products, including corn and soybeans. The ISRR hauled around 70,000 carloads in 2008. It also is supplying coal to the Edwardsport power plant since 2012. There are around 2 trains per week supplying it with coal and carrying byproducts from the plant. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #isrr #indianasouthernrailroad
June 16, 2018 – Day 228 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Hot Summer Day – Today my sister and I went to the W.C. Handy Blues and BBQ Festival in Henderson, Ky and although I shot a lot of pictures of the performers but, I still keep coming back to this photograph I shot of kids enjoying the spray park along the Ohio River. The music was great, but this picture wins the prize for my daily challenge.
June 15, 2018 – Norfolk Southern 8163 leads 70Q Extra (East Mt. Carmel, IN (Duke Energy) – East Mt. Carmel, IN (Sunrise Coal), as it arrives at the Load out in East Carmel, Indiana to pick-up a load at the newly located load-out. This is a new train that only has to travel a few miles from Duke Energy to load at the new facility. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #coaltrain #nsrailway
June 15, 2018 – Day 227 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Cat Ears – Today Elaina’s mamaw bought her a set of cat ears while they were at the store and when I asked her if I could take a picture of her new ears she said yes, with Tabatha! Sometimes when you want a photo of a little one in your life, it’s easier to ask them to take a picture of something they’re doing, wearing or have! Especially when they’re not in the mood for having their picture taken, you must be tricky! LOL