May 10, 2016 – Fredonia Valley Railroad’s GATX/GMTX 428 lease unit begins to back its empty rock train the 7 miles back to Martin Marietta Materials after dropping off a load of rock at the Paducah and Louisville Railway yard in Princeton, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/800 | f/5 | ISO 1250 | Lens: Nikon 18mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. ?
May 10, 2016 – A Paducah and Louisville Railway DPU coal train rounds the loop at the Calvert City Loadout at Calvert City, Kentucky. I think this is the first time I can recall finding a PAL train with DPU units. It had four on the front and four on the rear of the train as it moved through the loop. – Tech Info: 1/1250 | f/5 | ISO 140 | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 70mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
May 11, 2016 – CSXT 5109 pulls out of the siding at the north end of Romney at Nortonville, Ky with loaded ballast train, W082, as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/2000 | f/28 | ISO 200 | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 29mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
May 11, 2016 – CSX T 5109 crosses over Morton Junction with loaded ballast train, W082, as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision at Mortons Gap, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/2000 | f/6 | ISO 1250 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 500mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
May 10, 2016 – Dust floats off CSX loaded ballast train, W082, as it heads into Earlington, Ky as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision with CSXT 5109 in the lead. – Tech Info: 1/2000 | f/5.6 | ISO 800 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 350mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
May 10, 2016 – CSX L025 passes over a small trestle as it approaches Mortons Junction at Mortons Gap, Ky on its way south along the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/2000 | f/2.8 | ISO 640 | Lens: Rokinon 14mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
May 10, 2016 – Paducah and Louisville Railway U of L engine 2013 leads a loaded coal train from Dotki Mine as it approaches the old Yard Limit sign at Providence, Ky on CSX’s Morganfield Branch. – Tech Info: 1/640 | f/14 | ISO 1250 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 270mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
May 11, 2016 – CSX Q597 makes it’s way up the grade at Mortons Junction in Mortons Gap, Ky as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/2000 | f/6 | ISO 720 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 with a Sigma 1.4 teleconverter @ 440mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
May 10, 2016 – CSX N013 makes it’s way down the Warrior Coal lead as it heads toward Madisonville, Ky with it’s freshly loaded coal train. It was then combined with another coal train with a DPU added for it’s trip on south on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/2000 | f/9 | ISO 1600 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 with a Sigma 1.4 teleconverter @ 850mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
May 10, 2016 – A Paducah and Louisville Railway DPU coal train rounds the loop at the Calvert City Loadout at Calvert City, Kentucky as storm clouds pass in the distance. I think this is the first time I can recall finding a PAL train with DPU units. It had four on the front and four on the rear of the train as it moved through the loop. – Tech Info: 1/1250 | f/5 | ISO 560 | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 48mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
May 10, 2016 – “The storm has passed” – On my way home from photographing trains along the Paducah and Louisville Railway, I found myself at Kentucky Dam just at the right time to capture this ominous and beautiful scene of the storm front that moved through Western Kentucky today. – Tech Info: 1/200 | f/2.8 | ISO 640 | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 56mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
May 6, 2016 – CSX empty coal train E320 pulls out of the siding at the north end of Trenton, Ky as it resumes its trip north on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/640 | f/5.6 | ISO 160 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 360mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
May 6, 2016 – CSX Q294 chases the sunset as it heads toward the north end of Trenton, Ky on its way north on the Henderson Subdivision with its manifest train. – Tech Info: 1/640 | f/6.3 | ISO 1800 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
April 27, 2016 – Paducah & Louisville Railway WW1, Louisville Gas & Electric, loaded coal train heads east on CSX’s Morganfield Branch at Providence, Ky with PAL UK engines 4522 and 2012 along with UofL 2013 as power, after picking up a load of coal at Dotki Mine in Clay, Ky. We also follow it on north as it makes its trip to Louisville, Ky on the P&L Railway.
April 27, 2016 – Paducah & Louisville Railway WW1 with UK and UL engines from Jim Pearson on Vimeo.
May 3, 2016 – A Paducah and Louisville Railway local with engine 2121 leading approaches West Yard as it passes the Warrior Coal Mine Lead switch at Madisonville, Ky heading south. – Tech Info: 1/1000 | f/5.6 | ISO 560 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 340mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
May 3, 2016 – CSX intermodal Q025-06 heads up the Casky yard lead track at the south end of Pembroke, Ky with a fresh crew as it continues its trip south on the CSX’s Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/640 | f/5.3 | ISO 100 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 185mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
May 3, 2016 – A Union Pacific loaded coke train rounds a curve as it approaches the Earlington Road crossing at Richland, Ky on the Paducah and Louisville Railway as it heads south to Calvert City, Ky to drop off its load. – Tech Info: 1/640 | f/6 | ISO 4000 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 480mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
May 3, 2016 – A set of CSX lite engines heads north at Hybrid Crossover as it approaches Howell Yard at Evansville, Indiana. – Tech Info: 1/800 | f/5.6 | ISO 560 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 560mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
May 3, 2016 – Evansville Western Railway MVL1 (Mount Vernon Local #1) works a industrial area at Mt. Vernon, Indiana GMTX/GATX lease unit 2622 and EVWR 3839, under stormy skies. – Tech Info: 1/1600 | f/2.8 | ISO 100 | Lens: Nikon 24-70 @ 70mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
May 3, 2016 – CSX coal train N880 heads down the viaduct from the bridge over the Ohio River at Henderson , Ky as it makes its way north at Rahm, Indiana. – Tech Info: 1/2000 | f/8.5 | ISO 1000 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 with 1.4x teleconverter @ 750mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
May 3, 2016 – A Evansville Western Railway coal train unloads at the Mt Vernon Transfer Terminal in Mt. Vernon, Indiana with SD70AC engines 4520, 4519 and 4517 as its power. – Tech Info: 1/1600 | f/2.8 | ISO 100 | Lens: Rokinon 14mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.