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.
June 6, 2016 CSX Q294-06 (Nashville, TN – Indianapolis, IN) passes through Guthrie, Ky, with KCS 4162, 4006, 3961 and 3949 as power, as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/160 | f/6 | ISO 100 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 460mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 1, 2016 Norfolk Southern 1161 sits on the DPU end of a empty coal train at Squaw Creek as a loaded trains waits to move into the Alcoa Warrick Operations at Yankee Town Dock, just outside of Newburgh, Indiana. – Tech Info: 1/320 | f/2.8 | ISO 900 | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 40mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 1, 2016 CSX local J724-01 moves north at Henderson, Ky after combining Q586, (a total of 8 engines with unit 900 leading) with their train on the Henderson Subdivision, after the Q586 crew ran out of time before reaching Evansville, IN. – Tech Info: 1/3200 | f/2.8 | ISO 100 | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 70mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 15, 2016 CSX Q025-15 heads south at the north end of Casky at Hopkinsville, Ky as it prepares to head into Casky Inspection Yard to be refueled and inspected before continuing its trip on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/500 | f/6.3 | ISO 1400 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 15, 2016 The late evening sun broke through the clouds and provided this beautiful light on the power sitting at Paducah and Louisville Railways West Yard in Madisonville, Ky while the sky was still dark in the distance. Storm light can produce some of the most spectacular photos, you just have to get out the door!. – Tech Info: 1/500 | f/5.3 | ISO 100 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 200mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 15, 2016 Lights reflect off wet hopper cars as southbound CSX Q029-15 crests the north end of Crofton, Ky passing CSX G127, a northbound empty grain train, after a storm front passed through the area on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/500 | f/6.3 | ISO 800 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
Trackside with my nephew Damion and his old style Polaroid!
June 15, 2016 I stopped at Mortons Gap, Ky as I chased the leading edge of this storm front and caught empty coal train CSX N017 as it headed north on the Henderson Subdivision. I love shooting in weather like this as it makes for a very dramatic photo! – Tech Info: 1/800 | f/2.8 | ISO 4000 | Lens: Nikon 18mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 15, 2016 I chased the leading edge of this storm front for about 20 miles till I finally caught CSX Q592-15 approaching the south end of the siding at Kelly, Ky as it headed north on the Henderson Subdivision. As dark and nasty as the sky looked, all it did was dump a lot of rain and create some lighting and fortunately for me it didn’t do it while I was shooting! – Tech Info: 1/400 | f/2.8 | ISO 900 | Lens: Nikon 18mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 10, 2016 CSX Q515 (Indianapolis, IN – Nashville, TN) passes under the I-69 overpass as Union Pacific 8956 leads it into the siding at Nortonville, Ky on its way south on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/1600 | f/6 | ISO 720 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 500mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.