August 3, 2018 – Day 277 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Oink! – Had lunch today with a couple friends at one of our local BBQ establishments, Dave’s Sticky Pig, and captured this little guy with glasses next to the register.
March 28, 2015 – Union Pacific Rotary Snow Plow 900081 sits on display at the Museum of Transportation in Kirkwood, MO.
Designed and Built by the Union Pacific Railroad in 1966 at their Omaha Shop, this rotary snowplow is the heaviest ever built, weighing 367,400 pounds. Its cutting wheel could throw snow far to either side of the track as it was pushed forward at 4-6 mph. It is not self propelled and must be pushed by 3-4 locomotives.
Number 900081 is powered by a GM/EMD 16 cylinder, 2,000hp turbo charged diesel engine that drives an electric generator which provides power to turn the 12′ rotary blades at up to 150 rpm. A steam generator heats the cab, prevents the fuel and water pipes from freezing and can thaw out the cutting wheel if it gets stuck.
The Plow engineer controls both the plow and the trailing locomotives. This snowplow is 52′ 2″ long, 17′ high and was last used in Green River WY, in the mid 1980’s. There are circular windows in the front of the plow that revolve to keep them clear of snow.
UP 900081 was assigned to Green River in about 1986, LaGrande, Oregon in 1994 and then retired in 1994 due to freeze damage and was donated to Museum of Transportation, in 1994.- #jimstrainphotos
August 1, 2018 – Day 275 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – A New Ride! – Damion proudly displays the new “Truck” he built out of cardboard boxes in my living room this afternoon.
July 31, 2018 – CSX 431 and KCS 4655 lead W080, a ballast train, through the signals at the north end of the siding at Kelly, Ky as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
July 31, 2018 – Day 274 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Damion and Tabatha – Damion was excited this morning when Tabatha decided to sit with him in my chair. She doesn’t normally do that as she’s more his sister Elaina’s cat!
July 12, 2018 – BNSF 1775 and 2720 lead a local past the signals at P&I Junction Paducah, Ky as it heads to perform interchange work with the Paducah and Louisville Railway. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #bnsf #bnsfrailway
July 30, 2018 – Day 273 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Growing Up – My niece Elaina lost her first “baby” tooth today and another one is hanging on by a thread, as she opens wide to show her mom. Milestones are always a good subject when photographing kids or adults either one.
July 17, 2018 – Norfolk Southern 5642 heads up the NS Safety Train as it sits in a house track at Mount Vernon, Illinois. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #ns #nsrailway
July 29, 2018 – Day 272 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Bigger than life – My nephew Jordan hams it up for the camera this morning as we were waiting for his older siblings and cousins to get out of Worship and Wonder at church. When photographing the kids in your life, let them ham it up for the camera sometimes! It usually always makes for a good picture!
July 27, 2018 – A loaded Paducah and Louisville Railway loaded Louisville Gas and Electric coal train comes off CSX’s Morganfield Branch, as it crosses Trident on the Henderson Subdivision, on it’s way back to its own line after passing through Atkinson Yard at Madisonville, Ky with 4523 leading. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #pal #palrailway
July 27, 2018 – Day 270 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Shadows – Today I participated in our local photography club’s photowalk around Madisonville, Ky and this is my favorite black and white shot from the event. I like the play of the shadows of the stool I found in a back alley.
July 26, 2018 – Day 269 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Dinosaur Spin Game – While waiting for his T-Ball game to begin, Damion plays what he referred to as the Dinosaur Spin game as his step-mom Amy spins her umbrella and brother Greyson as he tosses a toy dinosaur onto the umbrella, trying to hit the white panel. The lower light of the evening and the slower shutter speed of the iPhone gave just enough blur to make the picture more interesting!
July 27, 2018 – CSX hot intermodal Q025 makes it’s way down track 1 at Nortonville, Ky as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision with CSXT 781 leading the way. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
July 25, 2018 – Day 268 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Off we go! – Today while I was out chasing trains in Mount Vernon, Indiana I drove by this little guy and had to stop to take a picture. After 24 years in the Air Force, anytime I see what looks like a small plane I do so, plus I guess it fits into my “Machine” series. At first, I thought it was a BBQ Grill, but it wasn’t. My guess is that it was built to pull in parade, but I couldn’t see anyway for someone to get into it. Perhaps it’s for “Little Green Men?”
July 25, 2018 – Evansville Western Railway 3839 leads a local north, past EVWR 6003. 6002, LTEX 8740 and 6001 siting at the yard office in Mount Vernon, Indiana. The LTEX is one of the SD60’s that CSX sold off before Hunter Harrison died. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #evwr #evansvillewesternrailway
October 19, 2015 – Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railway 488 and 484 sit outside the engine house at Chama, New Mexico after their last day of scheduled passenger service for the year. If you’ve never been here, put it on your bucket list! One of the most railfan friendly steam operations I’ve ever been to.
According to Wikipeda: The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad (C&TS) is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge heritage railroad running for 64 miles (103 km) between Antonito, Colorado and Chama, New Mexico, United States. The railroad gets its name from two geographical features along the route, the 10,015 ft (3,053 m) high Cumbres Pass and Toltec Gorge. Originally part of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad’s narrow-gauge network, the line has been jointly owned by the states of Colorado and New Mexico since 1970.- #jimstrainphotos #coloradorailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #cumbresandtoltec
Below are other photos from my Facebook daily posts, to catch my website up to date!
July 5, 2018 – Norfolk Southern 6956 and 9356 lead 60A (Rockport, IN – Middletown, OH), pulling an empty coil train, east through what used to be Tunnel Hill, east of Depauw, Indiana, as the sun dips behind the clouds and the day comes to a close on the NS Southern-East District. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #ns #nsrailway
July 5, 2018 – Day 248 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Tie Plates – While out taking pictures of trains today I spotted this pile of railroad tie plates at Depaw, Indiana and liked the design! Don’t pass up the simple things as they can make for interesting pictures! Just keep your eyes and mind open to what’s around you!
July 4, 2018 – Day 247 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Elaina’s Birthday – Elaina, her brother Damon, cousin Jordan and her mom Ashley all show excitement as they watch fireworks at the end of Elaina’s 5th birthday celebration at her grandma and grandpa’s house. Picture is a bit noisy, but still turned out well for the moment! The picture is lit from the fireworks, not flash.
July 5, 2018 – After a couple hours of working in the Norfolk Southern yard at Princeton, Indiana the conductor and engineer of I24 leave NS Heritage Unit 1068, The Erie, in front of the yard office after turning it on the wye. The engine sat there about an hour and then was added as a DPU onto the end of 799, an empty coal train headed to pickup a load of coal on the Evansville Western Railway. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #ns #nsrailway #heritageunits #nsheritageunit