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.
June 14, 2016 A Paducah and Louisville Railway local, with engine 2018 in the lead, rounds the curve approaching the Earlington Road Crossing in Richland, Ky as it heads to Princeton, Ky with a short freight. – Tech Info: 1/1600 | f/6.3 | ISO 1250 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 1, 2016 CSX Q244-01 comes off the Texas Line onto the Henderson Subdivision at Henderson, Ky as it heads north with its autorack train. – Tech Info: 1/3200 | f/5.3 | ISO 450 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 185mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 1, 2016 CSXT 555 leads a set of light engines down the Vectren Lead at Abee, Indiana after leaving a string of coal hoppers, (upper left) at Vectren’s A. B. Brown Generating Station. – Tech Info: 1/1250 | f/5 | ISO 280 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 150mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 3, 2016 CSX empty coal train E040-03 (Taft, FL – Evansville, IN) passes southbound loaded coal train N041-03 (Evansville, IN – Taft, FL) as it pulls into the south end of Casky Inspection Yard at Hopkinsville, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/160 | f/6.3 | ISO 900 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 8, 2016 Paducah and Louisville Railways LSX1 prepares to depart from West Yard in Madisonville, Ky with its Norfolk Southern Train, in the early morning light, with a brand new Tier 4 ET44AC 3616 leading its coal train heading for Warrior Coal on it’s first revenue run. – Tech Info: 1/2500 | f/5.3 | ISO 2500 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 230mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 10, 2016 CSX empty coal train E040-10 (Taft, FL – Evansville, IN) passes Q515 (Indianapolis, IN – Nashville, TN) at Nortonville, Ky as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/1600 | f/5.3 | ISO 450 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 2100mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 3, 2016 CSX Q028-03 meets Q029-03 at the south end of the siding at Slaughters, Ky as they both move their hot intermodal trains along the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/2000 | f/5.6 | ISO 720 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 320mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 7, 2016 CSX X186-07, a empty intermodal with BNSF power, makes its way from Romney siding at Nortonville, Ky and heads north on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/2500 | f/2.8 | ISO 280 | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 36mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 6, 2016 CSX Q294-06 (Nashville, TN – Indianapolis, IN) prepares to pick up truck frames at Dana in Hopkinsville, Ky, with KCS 4162, 4006, 3961 and 3949 as power, at empty coal train E320-03 (Cross, SC – Evansville, IN (EVWR)passes it as they head north. – Tech Info: 1/3200 | f/7 | ISO 1250 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 320mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 7, 2016 CSX President’s Office Car Passenger Train P900-07, with CSXT 9999 and 9998 as power, pull a long string of passenger cars through through the S curve approaching Romney siding at Nortonville, Ky as they head south on CSX’s Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/2500 | f/2.8 | ISO 320 | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 36mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
June 8, 2016 Paducah and Louisville Railway LSX1 prepares to load its Norfolk Southern Train at Warrior Coal in Madisonville, Ky with three brand new Tier 4 ET44AC’s. There were supposed to be four, but one died in Louisville and one of the DPUs also died in route to Madisonville from Louisville. NS is sending two other units to Madisonville to help bring the train back to Louisville this afternoon. The Tier 4 units will lead on each end, from what I’m told, on the return trip. “The ET44ACs are: 3616 (leading) 3621 (DIT) and 3623. – Tech Info: 1/1600 | f/5.3 | ISO 500 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 240mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.