January 5, 2018 – Day 67 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Scenes Revisited

January 5, 2018 – Day 67 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Scenes Revisited – I have a love affair with this tree, along with many, many other photographers that live in the Madisonville, Ky area. I think over the years it’s been photographed by myself more times than I can count. It’s been in the newspaper many times (my previous life) in all kinds of different conditions and seasons as well. My point? When you find a scene or constant subject that you like to photograph, don’t hesitate to revisit the scene at different times and under different conditions to capture a different photograph of it. By doing so, it forces you to work the scene to come up with a different photograph that what you’ve shot before. Today it was the clouds for me! One of the benefits of doing this is that you’ll end up with a nice series of photographs that perhaps would lend themselves to a yearly calendar that would make a wonderful personal project for a Christmas gift next year!

EVWR Local SB at Mt. Vernon, Indiana

December 29, 2017 – As the last light of the day begins to fade, a Evansville Western Railway local departs Mount Vernon, Indiana and heads south toward Evansville, with it’s headlamp lighting the way.

CSX Q513-05 SB at Nortonville, Ky

January 5, 2018 – CSX Q513-05 heads through the work limits at the south end of the current siding at Nortonville, Ky, with UP 7674 leading. Construction continues with the laying of new track and switches connecting the Romney and Nortonville sidings together to form a two track main between the two points.

CSX Q026-05 NB at Nortonville, Ky

January 5, 2018 – CSX Q026-05 cuts it’s way though 8 degree winter weather as it heads north through the construction of a new two track main at Nortonville, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision. Construction to join the Romney and Nortonville sidings into a two track main began early in the summer and is close to completion. The same was done with the Sebree and Robards, Ky sidings and that two track main has been operational for about a month now.

January 4, 2018 – Day 66 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Elaina and Tabatha

January 4, 2018 – Day 66 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Elaina and Tabatha – Elaina no more than took her coat off this morning, when she was on the floor with Tabatha! Sometimes crooked and slightly blurry photos are a lot better than not having any picture at all! Actually, in this case I feel both factors help to strengthen this photograph.

UP southbound across NS at Mt. Vernon, IL

December 29, 2017 – Union Pacific 8403 leads a mixed freight southbound on the Mt. Vernon Subdivision, with Kansas City Southern 4058 trailing, as they cross over the Norfolk Southern line at Mount Vernon, Illinois.

January 3, 2018 -Day 65 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – T-Rex

January 3, 2018 -Day 65 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – T-Rex – Damion’s mamaw bought him a dry erase board today and here he proudly shows off his first drawing, that of a T-Rex. After being down with the flu since Monday I’m glad my photo subjects come to visit me!!! LOL

NS Bar 1111 at East Douglas, Princeton, Indiana

December 26, 2017 – Norfolk Southern’s Bar Heritage Unit 1111, starts downgrade at East Douglas, out of the yard at Princeton, Indiana, headed to pickup another load of coal at the Francisco Mine in Francisco, IN.

December 31, 2017 – Day 62 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Three Generations

December 31, 2017 – Day 62 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Three Generations – From right, my sister, her great grand daughter and my sister’s daughter. This brings to mind a point. I’m into genealogy and I just want to mention that when you shoot photos that need to stand the sands of time, you need to have prints made! I’m afraid the time will come when, so much is digital and easy to lose over the years, that pictures will be lost to researchers!

December 29, 2017 – Day 60 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Days gone by

December 29, 2017 – Day 60 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Days gone by – Today’s photo is of the end of an old CN baggage car that had been converted into a camp car for crews. Got it today during a visit to the Mid-America Locomotive & Car Repair, Inc. Evansville, IN with fellow railfan Ryan Scott, who knows the folks there.

December 28, 2017 – Day 59 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Making Memories and photos

December 28, 2017 – Day 59 – iPhone Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Making Memories and photos – Today Damion and I spent some time building him a Secret Agent Power Watch!! Of course, it had to have a Laser Canon, Lasers and guns attached! One thing about making memories with your little ones is that usually there’s a picture to be had during or at the end of the process!

CSX Q647-26 SB on Viaduct at Rahm, Indiana

December 26, 2017 – A frigid cold wind blows across the flatland’s as CSX Q647-26 heads south up the viaduct at Rahm, Indiana as the last light of the day fades on the Henderson Subdivision.