June 30, 2016 LORAM ballast cleaner SBC-2402 sits in the house track, as they perform maintenance before they start work on CSX’s Henderson Subdivision at Kelly, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/6400 | f/2.8 | ISO 280 -1 f/stop | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 26mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
July 1, 2016 Autorack CSX Q241-30 (Detroit, MI – Louisville, KY) heads south on the Short Line (LCL Subdivision) at Crestwood, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/400 | f/20 | ISO 1100 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 250mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
July 1, 2016 A CSX autorack works on loading automobiles at CSX’s Osborn Yard in Louisville, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/1600 | f/5.3 | ISO 500 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 210mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
July 1, 2016 A northbound CSX mixed freight passes the signals as it approaches Verona, Ky as it moves north on The Shortline (LCL Subdivison). – Tech Info: 1/1600 | f/8 | ISO 720 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
July 6, 2016 Steam rises above the roadbed after a summer rain on CSX’s Henderson Subdivision at Nortonville, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/2000 | f/5.3 | ISO 400 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 185mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
July 6, 2016 Norfolk Southern Tier4 engine 3616 heads up a loaded coal train as it heads north on the Paducah and Louisville Railway cutting its way through steam rising from the roadbed after a summer rain outside Bremen, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/320 | f/6.3 | ISO 500 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 29, 2016 Engineer on RJ Corman’s 3813 drops a car manifest to a waiting crewman on the ground after arriving at CSX’s Guthrie Yard in Guthrie, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/6400 | f/5 | ISO 640 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 150mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 28, 2016 CSX daily manifest train Q645-27 (Chicago, IL (Barr Yard) – Nashville, TN) heads under the highway 41 bridge at Mortons Gap, Ky as it makes its way south on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/2000 | f/2.8 | ISO 720 | Lens: Rokinon 14mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
July 1, 2016 Autorack CSX Q241-30 (Detroit, MI – Louisville, KY) creeps past another waiting autorack in the siding at La Grange, Ky as they head south to Louisville, Ky on the Short Line (LCL Subdivision). – Tech Info: 1/400 | f/20 | ISO 1400 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 400mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
July 1, 2016 Autorack CSX Q241-30 (Detroit, MI – Louisville, KY) makes its way through downtown La Grange, Ky (one of the few places in the state that has street running) as it heads south to Louisville, Ky on the Short Line (LCL Subdivision). – Tech Info: 1/400 | f/20 | ISO 900 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 165mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
July 1, 2016 The crew of Autorack CSX Q241-30 (Detroit, MI – Louisville, KY) climb off their train at the approach to CSX’s Osborn Yard in Louisville, Ky on the Short Line (LCL Subdivision) as they prepare to tie their train down after arriving at their destination. – Tech Info: 1/1600 | f/5 | ISO 900 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 150mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 29, 2016 CSX Q688 (Birmingham, AL – Indianapolis, IN) with three oversized loads which appeared to be perhaps transformers, pass through the north end of Romney siding at Nortonville, Ky heading north on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/1600 | f/11 | ISO 400 -1 f/stop | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 31mm (Horz) and 26mm (Vertical) with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 29, 2016 CSX Q688 (Birmingham, AL – Indianapolis, IN) with three oversized loads which appeared to be perhaps transformers, rolls past LORAM ballast cleaner SBC-2402 in the house track at Kelly, Ky, as 688 heads north on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/6400 | f/2.8 | ISO 280 -1 f/stop | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 29, 2016 CSX Q597 (Chicago, IL (BRC) – Nashville, TN) heads south just outside of Adams, Tennessee as it makes its way down the Henderson Subdivision with a string of 8 engines. The train was over 10,000 ft long and only the first three units were powered. – Tech Info: 1/6400 | f/2.8 | ISO 160 -.7 stops | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 27, 2016 CSX daily manifest train Q645-27 (Chicago, IL (Barr Yard) – Nashville, TN) heads under the highway 41 bridge at Mortons Gap, Ky as it makes its way south on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/2000 | f/2.8 | ISO 720 | Lens: Rokinon 14mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 27, 2016 CSX intermodal Q102-27 (East Savannah, GA – Chicago, IL) passes through the signals at the north end of Nortonville, Ky as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision with CSXT 90 in the lead. – Tech Info: 1/2000 | f/5 | ISO 560 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 150mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 8, 2016 Paducah and Louisville Railway LSX1 pulls its Norfolk Southern Train down the Pee Vee Spur as it heads to Warrior Coal in Madisonville, Ky with a brand new 3616 Tier 4 ET44AC leading on its first revenue run. – Tech Info: 1/640 | f/2.8 | ISO 4000 | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 23, 2016 Families enjoy the first day of summer playing in the spray park at Henderson, Ky as a northbound CSX E302 (Stilesboro, GA – Evansville, IN (EVWR) makes its way north over the Ohio River Bridge on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/1250 | f/2.8 | ISO 100 | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 32mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 8, 2016 The conductor climbs back aboard Paducah and Louisville Railways LSX1, a Norfolk Southern Train with a brand new 3616 Tier 4 ET44AC leading on its first revenue run, after throwing the Pee Vee Spur switch at West Yard as they start their early morning run to Warrior Coal in Madisonville, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/2500 | f/6.3 | ISO 4000 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 550mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 8, 2016 – Paducah and Louisville Railway LSX1 pulls its Norfolk Southern Train into the loop at Warrior Coal in Madisonville, Ky with a brand new 3616 Tier 4 ET44AC leading on its first revenue run. – Tech Info: 1/1600 | f/2.8 | ISO 110 | Lens: Nikon 18mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. #jimstrainphotos
June 3, 2016 CSX empty coal train E302 (Stilesboro, GA – Evansville, IN (EVWR) pulls into the south end of Casky Inspection Yard at Hopkinsville, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision under stormy skies. – Tech Info: 1/320 | f/2.8 | ISO 850 | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 42mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.