January 8, 2016 – CSX Q124 northbound at Earlinton, Ky

January 8, 2016 - CSX Q124 passes the intermediate signal at Earlington, Ky as it leads it's hot intermodal north on the Henderson Subdivision with 3186 in the lead. - Tech Info: 1/400 | f/6 | ISO 200 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 480mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. ?

January 8, 2016 – CSX Q124 passes the intermediate signal at Earlington, Ky as it leads it’s  intermodal north on the Henderson Subdivision with 3186 in the lead. – Tech Info: 1/400 | f/6 | ISO 200 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 480mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

January 7, 2016 – CSX Q294-07 at Henderson, Ky

January 7, 2016 - CSX Q294-07 heads down the viaduct off the Ohio River bridge at Henderson, Ky as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision. - Tech Info: 1/1250 | f/6 | ISO 500 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 440mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

January 7, 2016 – CSX Q294-07 heads down the viaduct off the Ohio River bridge at Henderson, Ky as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/1250 | f/6 | ISO 500 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 440mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

January 6, 2016 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s 2105 at Madisonville, Ky

January 6, 2016 - Paducah and Louisville Railway's 2105 prepares to head south from West Yard in Madisonville, Ky with a loaded coal train bound for Calvert City Loadout as the last light of the day begins to fade from the sky. - Tech Info: 1/620 | f/6.3 | ISO 800 | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 70mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

January 6, 2016 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s 2105 prepares to head south from West Yard in Madisonville, Ky with a loaded coal train bound for Calvert City Loadout as the last light of the day begins to fade from the sky. – Tech Info: 1/620 | f/6.3 | ISO 800 | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 70mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

January 5, 2016 – CSX loaded grain train G166 at Sebree, Ky

January 5, 2016 - CSX loaded grain train G166 pulls out of the siding at Sebree, KY as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision. - Tech Info: 1/2000 | f/5.6 | ISO 200 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 280mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

January 5, 2016 – CSX loaded grain train G166 pulls out of the siding at Sebree, KY as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/2000 | f/5.6 | ISO 200 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 280mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

January 5, 2016 – CSX Intermodal Q029 at Madisonville, Ky

January 5, 2016 - CSX Intermodal Q029 passes the old Louisville & Nashville railroad depot at Madisonville, Ky as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision. - Tech Info: 1/2000 | f/6 | ISO 560 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 480mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

January 5, 2016 – CSX Intermodal Q029 passes the old Louisville & Nashville railroad depot at Madisonville, Ky as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/2000 | f/6 | ISO 560 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 480mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

January 3, 2016 – A loaded CSX coal train at Madisonville, Ky

January 3, 2016 - A loaded CSX coal train prepares approaches Monarch in Madisonville, Ky with engine 5230 in the lead as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision. - Tech Info: 1/640 | f/6.3 | ISO 200 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

January 3, 2016 – A loaded CSX coal train prepares approaches Monarch in Madisonville, Ky with engine 5230 in the lead as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/640 | f/6.3 | ISO 200 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

January 1, 2016 – CSX Q586-01 at Nortonville, Ky

January 1, 2016 - CSX Q586-01 approaches the north end of Romney siding at Nortonville, Ky as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision. - Tech Info: 1/1250 | f/6 | ISO 1800 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 440mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

January 1, 2016 – CSX Q586-01 approaches the north end of Romney siding at Nortonville, Ky as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/1250 | f/6 | ISO 1800 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 440mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

January 2, 2016 – CSX Q647 heads through Trenton, Ky

January 2, 2016 - At dusk, CSX Q647 heads through Trenton, Ky, as it makes it's way south on the Henderson Subdivision. - Tech Info: 1/640 | f/2.8 | ISO 3600 | Lens: Nikon 18mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

January 2, 2016 – At dusk, CSX Q647 heads through Trenton, Ky, as it makes it’s way south on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/640 | f/2.8 | ISO 3600 | Lens: Nikon 18mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

January 2, 2016 – Waiting on a crew at Casky Yard, Hopkinsville, Ky

January 2, 2016 - Just after sunset, a loaded CSX coal train sits at the south end of Casky Yard in Hopkinsville, Ky waiting for a crew to take it on south on the Henderson Subdivision. - Tech Info: 1/125 | f/5.6 | ISO 4000 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 310mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

January 2, 2016 – Just after sunset, a loaded CSX coal train sits at the south end of Casky Yard in Hopkinsville, Ky waiting for a crew to take it on south on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/125 | f/5.6 | ISO 4000 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 310mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

January 1, 2016 – Q025-01 meets Q124-01 at Kelly, Ky

January 1, 2016 - Two CSX hot intermodals, southbound Q025-01, left and northbound Q124-01, meet at the north end of the siding at Kelly, Ky as they make their way along the Henderson Subdivision. - Tech Info: 1/1250 | f/5.6 | ISO 250 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 270mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

January 1, 2016 – Two CSX hot intermodals, southbound Q025-01, left and northbound Q124-01, meet at the north end of the siding at Kelly, Ky as they make their way along the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/1250 | f/5.6 | ISO 250 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 270mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

January 1, 2016 – CSX Q028-01 at Kelly, Ky

January 1, 2016 - For my first train post of the year we find CSX Q028-01 climbing the grade at Kelly, Ky as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision with a full load of containers. - Tech Info: 1/1250 | f/6 | ISO 450 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 440mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

January 1, 2016 – For my first train post of the year we find CSX Q028-01 climbing the grade at Kelly, Ky as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision with a full load of containers. – Tech Info: 1/1250 | f/6 | ISO 450 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 440mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

November 30, 2015 – CSX Q294-30 at Madisonville, Ky

November 30, 2015 - CSX Q294-30 makes it's way under the Paducah and Louisville Railway overpass at Monarch in Madisonville, Ky as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision. - Tech Info: 1/500 | f/6 | ISO 800 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 400mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. ?

November 30, 2015 – CSX Q294-30 makes it’s way under the Paducah and Louisville Railway overpass at Monarch in Madisonville, Ky as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/500 | f/6 | ISO 800 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 400mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. ?

September 12, 2015 – Southern Railway 4501 returns to TVRM

September 12, 2015 - The Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum's Southern Railway 4501 returns to the station at the museum after turning on the wye at Citco Junction on Norfolk Southern's mainline, during it's return trip from Cleveland on the Norfolk Southern Mainline at Chattanooga, Tennessee with a loaded passenger train during 2015 Railfest. 4501 was built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1911 for the Southern Railway, the 4501 was the first of its class on that railroad. The wheel arrangement is a 2-8-2, known as a Mikado since the first of this type were sold to Japan. 4501 served the Southern until the 1940s when the railroad began buying diesel locomotives and phasing out steam operations. It then then saw service on a small coal-hauling railroad in Kentucky. Since the mid-1960s, 4501 has pulled countless passenger excursion trains across the Southern (later Norfolk Southern) Railway. The 4501 ended its service in 1999 due to rising maintenance costs. However, with the start of Norfolk Southern’s “21st Century Steam” program, the 4501 returned to service this year. Tech Info: 1/1250sec, f/7, ISO 250, Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

September 12, 2015 – The Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum’s Southern Railway 4501 returns to the station at the museum after turning on the wye at Citco Junction on Norfolk Southern’s mainline, during it’s return trip from Cleveland on the Norfolk Southern Mainline at Chattanooga, Tennessee with a loaded passenger train during 2015 Railfest.
4501 was built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1911 for the Southern Railway, the 4501 was the first of its class on that railroad. The wheel arrangement is a 2-8-2, known as a Mikado since the first of this type were sold to Japan. 4501 served the Southern until the 1940s when the railroad began buying diesel locomotives and phasing out steam operations. It then then saw service on a small coal-hauling railroad in Kentucky. Since the mid-1960s, 4501 has pulled countless passenger excursion trains across the Southern (later Norfolk Southern) Railway. The 4501 ended its service in 1999 due to rising maintenance costs. However, with the start of Norfolk Southern’s “21st Century Steam” program, the 4501 returned to service this year.
Tech Info: 1/1250sec, f/7, ISO 250, Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

September 12, 2015 – Southern diesel unit 2594 Dinner Train

September 12, 2015 - The conductor on Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum's Southern diesel unit 2594, A GP30 built in 1963, unlocks the switch at Chattanooga, Tennessee on it's dinner train run at the turn around point, where they run the engine around the train, as the glow of sunset illuminates the scene. Tech Info: 1/1000sec, f/5.6, ISO 360, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 240mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

September 12, 2015 – The conductor on Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum’s Southern diesel unit 2594, A GP30 built in 1963, unlocks the switch at Chattanooga, Tennessee on it’s dinner train run at the turn around point, where they run the engine around the train, as the glow of sunset illuminates the scene. Tech Info: 1/1000sec, f/5.6, ISO 360, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 240mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

September 12, 2015 – Southern Railway 4501 at McDonald, Tennessee

September 12, 2015 - The Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum's Southern Railway 4501 heads west on the Norfolk Southern Mainline at Pine Hill Road, McDonald, Tennessee during it's return trip to Chattanooga with a loaded passenger train from Cleveland, during the Museum's 2015 Railfest. 4501 was built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1911 for the Southern Railway, the 4501 was the first of its class on that railroad. The wheel arrangement is a 2-8-2, known as a Mikado since the first of this type were sold to Japan. 4501 served the Southern until the 1940s when the railroad began buying diesel locomotives and phasing out steam operations. It then then saw service on a small coal-hauling railroad in Kentucky. Since the mid-1960s, 4501 has pulled countless passenger excursion trains across the Southern (later Norfolk Southern) Railway. The 4501 ended its service in 1999 due to rising maintenance costs. However, with the start of Norfolk Southern’s “21st Century Steam” program, the 4501 returned to service this year. Tech Info: 1/1000sec, f/7, ISO 450, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 70mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

September 12, 2015 – The Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum’s Southern Railway 4501 heads west on the Norfolk Southern Mainline at Pine Hill Road, McDonald, Tennessee during it’s return trip to Chattanooga with a loaded passenger train from Cleveland, during the Museum’s 2015 Railfest.
4501 was built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1911 for the Southern Railway, the 4501 was the first of its class on that railroad. The wheel arrangement is a 2-8-2, known as a Mikado since the first of this type were sold to Japan. 4501 served the Southern until the 1940s when the railroad began buying diesel locomotives and phasing out steam operations. It then then saw service on a small coal-hauling railroad in Kentucky. Since the mid-1960s, 4501 has pulled countless passenger excursion trains across the Southern (later Norfolk Southern) Railway. The 4501 ended its service in 1999 due to rising maintenance costs. However, with the start of Norfolk Southern’s “21st Century Steam” program, the 4501 returned to service this year.
Tech Info: 1/1000sec, f/7, ISO 450, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 70mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

September 13, 2015 – Southern Railway 4501 with NS Inspection train

September 13, 2015 - Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum's Southern Railway 4501, a Baldwin 2-8-2 built in 1911, sits in the station at Chattanooga, Tennessee as a Norfolk Southern Geometry Train heads west in the NS mainline, during the TVRM's 2015 Railfest. Tech Info all photos: 1/1250sec, f/10, ISO 280, Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 31mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

September 13, 2015 – Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum’s Southern Railway 4501, a Baldwin 2-8-2 built in 1911, sits in the station at Chattanooga, Tennessee as a Norfolk Southern Geometry Train heads west in the NS mainline, during the TVRM’s 2015 Railfest. Tech Info all photos: 1/1250sec, f/10, ISO 280, Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 31mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

September 13, 2015 – Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum’s Southern Railways 4501 and 2594

September 13, 2015 - The Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum's Southern Railway 4501, a Baldwin 2-8-2 built in 1911, backs into the station at Chattanooga, Tennessee past Southern diesel unit 2594, A GP30 built in 1963, after returning with a loaded passenger train from Cleveland, Tennessee during the TVRM's 2015 Railfest. Tech Info all photos: 1/1250sec, f/10, ISO 500, Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

September 13, 2015 – The Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum’s Southern Railway 4501, a Baldwin 2-8-2 built in 1911, backs into the station at Chattanooga, Tennessee past Southern diesel unit 2594, A GP30 built in 1963, after returning with a loaded passenger train from Cleveland, Tennessee during the TVRM’s 2015 Railfest. Tech Info all photos: 1/1250sec, f/10, ISO 500, Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.