February 10, 2018 – CSXT 3378 leads Q648-12 …

February 10, 2018 – CSXT 3378 leads Q648-12 (Waycross, GA – Chicago, IL) across the diamond at Trident in Madisonville, KY as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision with a loaded freight train.

February 7, 2018 – Day 100 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge – The Barn

February 7, 2018 – Day 100 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge – The Barn – Today’s photo comes from Princeton, Indiana where I went to photograph trains. I’ve passed this spot on numerous occasions, but never stopped as there’s not really anyplace to pull over. When I saw the two horses in the sun I pretty much stopped in the middle of the road and shot the photo. Fortunately, I could see in either direction for a long way. Sometimes you must do “Whatever it takes” to get the shot you want. Still, always be safe!!

October 1, 2015 – Norfolk Southern’s 9571 heads up the American Association of Private Railway Car Owners passenger train special…

October 1, 2015 – Norfolk Southern’s 9571 heads up the American Association of Private Railway Car Owners passenger train special with AMTRAK engines 156 and 154, as it heads west through Hatfield Junction just east of Oakland City, Indiana. The train left Louisville on the former Southern Railway’s St. Louis line and crossed the Ohio River, traveling through scenic southern Indiana and Illinois arriving at their convention destination in St. Louis, Missouri. – Tech Info: 1/400sec | f/5 | ISO 320 | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 32mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

CSX W003-31 Northbound at Hanson, Ky

January 31, 2018 – CSX Geometry Train set W003 passes through the crossing in downtown Hanson, Ky as it heads south to CSX’s Atkinson Yard in Madisonville, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision. The consist was, CSXT 2237, CSXT 6466, The Hocking Valley Car and Track Geometry Car TGC3.

February 6, 2018 – Day 99 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Two Thumbs Up

February 6, 2018 – Day 99 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Two Thumbs Up – My nephew Damion gives my new recliner two thumbs up as he tries it out for the first time! When he got here and saw the new chair I knew I was going to get a reaction, so I pulled out my iPhone even before he got into the chair to try it out. Being prepared for what you feel will be a good photo opportunity will go a long way in getting a good photo.

February 4, 2018 – Day 97 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Group Hug and a Prayer!

February 4, 2018 – Day 97 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Group Hug and a Prayer! – My nieces Journey (in the middle of everyone), Elaina and nephews, Jayden and Damion get a group hug and prayer from their Worship and Wonder Leader, Jodi, at First Christian Church. I so love that these kids enjoy coming to church as much as they do! Photograph the lives of your little ones and big ones! It’s memories like this that make it worth it!

February 3, 2018 – Day 96 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge – On the big screen

February 3, 2018 – Day 96 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge – On the big screen – Tonight my sister and I went to see the latest Maze Runner sequel at our local theater. When we got to the auditorium early and it was empty except for us, so I made my way down to the very front in search of today’s photo. Thinking it was going to be a challenge for my iPhone because of how dark it was, until I found that right down front I could include myself on the commercials running on the screen. I shot several different photos but liked this hail Mary type pose the best! Sometimes, you have to be a picture taker and other times a picture maker!

Squaw Creek 21 at Yankeetown, In

February 2, 2018 – Squaw Creek Southern 21 backs cars into the small yard at Yankeetown, Indiana. The Squaw Creek Southern Railroad is a subsidiary of the Respondek Railroad Corporation. The name comes from an Indiana coal hauling line that Respondek purchased. The Squaw Creek Railroad was a Peabody Coal operation in southern Indiana which pretty much solely existed to move coal from Lynnville and Squaw Creek Mines to a power plant on the Ohio River.

January 31, 2018 – Day 93 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Tree

January 31, 2018 – Day 93 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Tree – This is another of my favorite trees to photograph. I’ve been shooting it pretty much ever since it was planted here many, many years ago behind the movie theaters here in town. A good ongoing project of photographing the same object over a long period of time will help improve your seeing as it can be a challenge to come up with different photographs of the same thing that you’ve shot before!

January 31, 2018 – The Conductor on PAL Z464 throws the switch…

January 31, 2018 – The Conductor on PAL Z464 throws the switch, after coming off the wye at CSX’s Atkinson Yard in Madisonville, Ky, after picking up a CSX Geometry Train set. The crew took the train south to Paducah where it spent the night. It is now headed north toward Louisville, Ky (February 1st) inspecting along the way. Not sure if they put PAL power on the front, but the consist here is, CSXT 2237, CSXT 6466, The Hocking Valley Car and Track Geometry Car TGC3.

CSX W873-17 SB Military Train at Anaconda, Sebree, Ky

January 29, 2018 – I waited a couple days to post this photo as it’s of CSX military train W873 heading past the spur at Anaconda on track 1, with Union Pacific Power, at Sebree, Ky as it makes its way south on the Henderson Subdivision.

January 29, 2018 – Railserve 8215…

January 29, 2018 – Railserve 8215, GP9u, ex-CP 8215, brings up the rear of a 5 unit lashup, on CSX Q513 (Avon, IN – Waycross, GA) as it passes through Anaconda, north of Sebree, Ky, on Track 1 heading south on the Henderson Subdivision.

December 9, 2017 – Amtrak train 391, the Saluki…

December 9, 2017 – Amtrak train 391, the Saluki, sits at the station in Carbondale, Illinois after returning from Chicago with a load of passengers with Amtrak 52 leading. This train is usually single level equipment but due to the Polar Express train in Chicago running during the holidays this train was robbed of its single level cars.

January 30, 2018 – Day 92 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Artist at Work

January 30, 2018 – Day 92 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Artist at Work – My nephew Damion has decided he wants to make his own comic books! Here he is creating his first! The title is, “The Battle” by Damion Rose. It’s about a Dragon, Ninja, Sloth and Robot doing battle! Photograph the things your subject is interested in doing! You’ll be much happier and get better photographs if you do. Also, encourage the young ones in your life to pursue their dreams!