April 13, 2016 – CSXT 8574 rounds a curve as it heads south at Princeton, IN with a manifest train toward Evansville, IN. – Tech Info: 1/2000 | f/6 | ISO 1250 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 500mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
April 14, 2016 – A northbound CSX intermodal passes the signals at MP 270.7 in Earlington, Ky as it makes its way up the Henderson Subdivision. First shot taken using my new TC-1401 1.4x Teleconverter. I really think I’m going to like this both for trains and nature! – Tech Info: 1/1000 | f/9 | ISO 1100 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 with a 1.4 teleconverter @ 850mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
A collection of photographs I shot during the Pennyrile Forest’s Spring Photography Weekend in Dawson Springs, Ky.
April 13, 2016 – CSX Q294 (Nashville, TN – Indianapolis, IN), with a multi-color nose and no it wasn’t added in photoshop, rounds St. James curve as it approaches Haubstadt, Indiana as it heads north out of Evansville, Indiana. – Tech Info: 1/1000 | f/5.6 | ISO 160 | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 46mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
April 12, 2016 – Norfolk Southern WB comes out of the yard at Princeton, IN heading west toward Mt. Carmel, IL on the NS Southern West district. – Tech Info: 1/2000 | f/6 | ISO 560 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 370mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
April 12, 2016 – CSX Z462-12 (PAL LGE coal train), waits at the south end of Atkinson Yard in Madisonville, Ky for a southbound CSX Q647 to pass, with Paducah and Louisville Railway UofL 2013, UK 2012 and 4516 as power. – Tech Info: 1/1000 | f/5.6 | ISO 280 | Lens: Rokinon 14mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
April 10, 2016 – Norfolk Southern 1071 Heritage Unit “Jersey Central Lines” heads north out of Rockport, Ky on the Paducah and Louisville Railway to Louisville, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/1250 | f/2.8 | ISO 1600 | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
April 10, 2016 – Norfolk Southern 1071 Heritage Unit “Jersey Central Lines” passes the signals in the old IC Yard at Central City, Ky as it moves north on the Paducah and Louisville Railway to Louisville, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/500 | f/2.8 | ISO 125 | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
April 8, 2016 – A Paducah and Louisville Railway crew heads off the East Diamond Spur onto the CSX Henderson Subdivision Cutoff as it makes its way to Atkinson Yard with a loaded UP coal train with Canadian Pacific’s 9373 in the lead. – Tech Info: 1/1600 | f/6 | ISO 640 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 500mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
April 8, 2016 – CSX MOW Train C019-08 heads north, under stormy skies, at Slaughters, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision with a load of MOW equipment. For several weeks part of the Henderson Sub has been undergoing upgrades and now with that work completed all the equipment is starting to head off to other locations. – Tech Info: 1/2000 | f/2.8 | ISO 125 | Lens: Nikon 18mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
April 8, 2016 – CSX W864-30, with Union Pacific 8135 in the lead, prepares to pull out of the siding at the south end of Slaughters, Ky as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision with a loaded military train. – Tech Info: 1/1600 | f/5.6 | ISO 400 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 310mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
April 6, 2016 – During a late afternoon rain CSX G299-03, a loaded grain train, rounds the curve coming out of Henderson, Ky as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/500 | f/6.3 | ISO 3200 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. ?
April 6, 2016 – CSX N302-04, a loaded coal train, passes the L&N Depot at Henderson, Ky, that is undergoing renovation, as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/500 | f/2.8 | ISO 280 | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 70mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
April 3, 2016 – Paducah and Louisville Railway 2104 pulls out of the siding at West Yard with 7 units as it works on building a local which had another 2 CSX units and about six cars. Pretty much a power move I’d say! The train headed south toward Paducah. – Tech Info: 1/500 | f/4.5 | ISO 110 | Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 80mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
April 1, 2016 – Norfolk Southern’s 1071 Heritage Unit “Jersey Central Lines” pulls out of the Warrior Coal Mine Lead onto Paducah and Louisville Railways Main line at Madisonville, Ky as it begins it’s northbound trip to Louisville, Ky. The train tied down at Pond River, north of Madisonville till the new crew takes it on north this afternoon around 4pm CST – Tech Info: 1/2500 | f/6 | ISO 400 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 370mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
March 30, 2016 – Paducah and Louisville Railway “Support our Troops” engine 2127 heads up a ballast train sitting in the number 2 track at West Yard in Madisonville, Ky waiting for a crew to take it on south to pickup a load of rock. – Tech Info: 1/250 | f/2.8 | ISO 100 | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
March 28, 2016 CSX Henderson Subdivision, Mortons Gap, Ky – This video is a timelapse of a CSX MOW crews replacing the switch panel at Mortons Junction in Mortons Gap, Ky. The shooting of the timelapse began at 6:47am CST and finished with the first trains heading through around 1pm CST. We’ll also see some MOW Track Crew Movement at the beginning and end of the video.
March 14, 2016 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s 2111 leads a lashup of six units as they make their way south at the Princeton, Ky yard as PAL 2121 sits in the siding with a empty coal train waiting to head north. – Tech Info: 1/1250 | f/6.3 | ISO 400 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
March 19, 2016 – CSX empty ethanol train K444-15 at the north end of Pembroke at Hopkinsville, Ky with CN 2596 leading and UP 5873 trailing as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/1600 | f/5.3 | ISO 250 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 200mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
March 20, 2016 – CSX X804-19 departs from the siding at the north end of Slaughters, Ky with Union Pacific’s MKT Heritage Unit 1988, “The Katy” heading north on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/500 | f/2.8 | ISO 100 | Lens: Nikon 18mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
March 20, 2016 – CSX X804-19 approaches Sebree, Ky with Union Pacific’s MKT Heritage Unit 1988, “The Katy” leading as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/1600 | f/2.8 | ISO 320 | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 36mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.