Norfolk Southern 4561 pulls through an S curve as they head west with NS 168, at Princeton, Indiana on the NS Southern East District on February 17th, 2024.
Tech Info: Nikon D810, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm, f/6.3, 1/1250, ISO 450.
Canadian National (CN) locomotive 3233 (Support our Troops) leads B229-13 north at Kelly, Ky
Canadian National (CN) locomotive 3233 (Support our Troops) leads B229-13 as they head north through the curve at the north end of Kelly, Kentucky, on the CSX Henderson Subdivision, March 16th, 2024.
From a CN Press Release: “CN’s two tribute locomotives (CN 3233 & 3015) pay homage to veterans and active military men and women across North America. Their custom design represents the proud footprint we have established across our network and our deep recognition for the veterans who live and work in the communities our trains pass through every day.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 110.
CSX meet on the Evansville Western Railway at Nations Siding, Mt. Vernon, IN
CSX locomotive 7219 leads an empty grain train as they meet a loaded coal train at Nations siding, on March 11th, 2024, as they head north on the Evansville Western Railway, just south of Mt. Vernon, Indiana.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1600, ISO 100.
Canadian National (CN) locomotive 3233 (Support our Troops) leads B229-13 at Crofton, Ky
Canadian National (CN) locomotive 3233 (Support our Troops) leads B229-13 as they wait in the siding for loaded coal train CSX C002 headed south at the north end of Crofton, Kentucky, on the CSX Henderson Subdivision, March 16th, 2024.
From a CN Press Release: “CN’s two tribute locomotives (CN 3233 & 3015) pay homage to veterans and active military men and women across North America. Their custom design represents the proud footprint we have established across our network and our deep recognition for the veterans who live and work in the communities our trains pass through every day.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/3200, ISO 180.
Paducah and Louisville Railway 3812 leads a loaded ballast train over Clear Creek, Richland, Ky
Paducah and Louisville Railway 3812 leads a loaded ballast train as they cross over Clear Creek as they work on dropping ballast between Richland and Madisonville, Kentucky on March 12th, 2024.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/8, 1/2000, ISO 140.
Canadian National (CN) locomotive 3233 (Support our Troops) northbound at Crofton, Ky
Canadian National (CN) locomotive 3233 (Support our Troops) heads north on the CSX Henderson Subdivision leading as it passes the Veterans Memorial Park at Crofton, Kentucky, on March 16th, 2024.
From a CN Press Release: “CNs two new tribute locomotives (CN 3233 & 3015) pay homage to veterans and active military men and women across North America. Their custom design represents the proud footprint we have established across our network and our deep recognition for the veterans who live and work in the communities our trains pass through every day. Stay tuned as they make their debut on our main line in the coming days!”
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1250, ISO 100.
CSX locomotive 3080 leads empty coal train E321 as it passes over White Creek at Hopkinsville, Ky
CSX locomotive 3080 leads empty coal train E321 as it passes over White Creek at the north end of the siding at Latham as they head north on the CSX Henderson Subdivision, on March 13th, 2024. This train runs between Cross, SC to Evansville, IN where it transfers to the Evansville and Western Railway who takes it to Sugar Camp Mine in southern Illinois.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1250, ISO 230.
Panoramic photo shot at the Frankfurt in Frankfurt, West Germany
An unusual site as no trains are moving in this panoramic photo shot from the end of one of the platforms at the Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof (train station) in Frankfurt, West Germany in the fall of 1985.
I lived outside of Frankfurt from 1978-1981 and went back on photo assignments for the Air Force almost every year afterwards until I retired in 1995.
The Frankfurt station was one of my favorite locations to photograph trains and on many weekends, you could find me hanging out here shooting photos. This shot was from one of my trips in 1985 and since this station is super busy with 25 mainline platforms in the station! During the time I lived in Germany is probably where I really started photographing trains as I traveled by train all the time there and had some great friends, The Grant Family, that were also into trains. We typically were off somewhere in Europe on many weekends, and I fell into a deeper love and appreciation for them during my time there.
According to The Man in Seat 61 website: Frankfurt am Main Hauptbahnhof (usually abbreviated to Hbf = main station in German) is an impressive terminus at the center of the busy city of Frankfurt, Germany, a beautiful station dating from 1888, although the halls either side of the main hall were added in 1924
Photo was shot with a Fuji 6X17 Panoramic Camera with a 105mm lens.
Saturday Infrared Photo, CSXT 3261 leads intermodal train, I128 at Kelly, Kentucky
In this week’s Saturday Infrared Photo, CSXT 3261 leads intermodal train, I128, around the curve at the north end of Kelly, Kentucky, on the Henderson Subdivision as they head north on March 3rd, 2024.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 70-300 @ 100mm, f/5.6, 1/250, ISO 400.
CSX X513, with the CSX Operation Lifesaver locomotive CSXT 4568 leading, heads south at Nortonville, Ky
CSX X513, with the CSX Operation Lifesaver locomotive CSXT 4568 leading, heads south on the Henderson Subdivision on April 12th, 2023, at Romney, Nortonville, Ky.
According to a CSX press release: CSX unveiled a new OLI rail safety commemorative locomotive in September of 2022, and it was painted at the railroads locomotive shop in Huntington, West Virginia. The CSXT 4568 engine will travel the company’s rail network as a visual reminder for the public to be safe at highway-rail grade crossings and near railroad tracks.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1600, ISO 100.
After doing a train swap at Caneyville, Ky the conductor on the northbound Paducah and Louisville…
After doing a train swap at Caneyville, Ky the conductor on the northbound Paducah and Louisville (PAL) Louisville Gas and Electric coal train prepares to throw the switch at the north end of the siding, to continue their move north on February 1st, 2024.
The Louisville crew is taking the loaded train back to their home territory north on the PAL to deliver their load to Louisville Gas and Electric power plant, outside of Louisville, Ky. The Madisonville crew is taking the empty train back south (in the distance) for another load of coal from Warrior Coal Mine.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2500, ISO 370.
CSX locomotive 5353 leads loaded ethanol train B795 south at Nortonville, Ky
CSX locomotive 5353 leads loaded ethanol train B795 as the pass through the S curve at Nortonville, Kentucky as they head south on February 15th, 2023, on the Henderson Subdivision.
Tech Info: Nikon D810, RAW, Nikon 70-300 @ 145mm, f/4.8, 1/1250, ISO 180.
Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad steam locomotive D&RGW 168 passes over Ferguson’s Trestle at Sunrise
Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad steam locomotive D&RGW 168 passes over Ferguson’s Trestle at MP 285.87 at sunrise as it heads to Osier, Colorado, during a photo charter by Dak Dillon Photography on October 20th, 2023.
According to their website: the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad is a National Historic Landmark. At 64-miles in length, it is the longest, the highest and most authentic steam railroad in North America, traveling through some of the most spectacular scenery in the Rocky Mountain West.
Owned by the states of Colorado and New Mexico, the train crosses state borders 11 times, zigzagging along canyon walls, burrowing through two tunnels, and steaming over 137-foot Cascade Trestle. All trains steam along through deep forests of aspens and evergreens, across high plains filled with wildflowers, and through a rocky gorge of remarkable geologic formations. Deer, antelope, elk, fox, eagles and even bear are frequently spotted on this family friendly, off-the grid adventure.
Tech Info: Nikon D810, RAW, Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm, f/3.2, 1/1600, ISO 90.
Paducah and Louisville Railway 3812 leads a loaded ballast train around Richland, Ky
Paducah and Louisville Railway 3812 leads a loaded ballast train as they work on dropping ballast between Richland and Madisonville, Kentucky on March 12th, 2024, as spring starts to show in the surrounding area.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/8, 1/2000, ISO 140.
Paducah and Louisville Railway’s University of Louisville locomotive 2013 northbound at Madisonville, Ky
Paducah and Louisville Railway’s University of Louisville locomotive 2013 leads a loaded Louisville Gas and Electric coal train north as it passes over the CSX Henderson Subdivision at Monarch on March 7th, 2024, at Madisonville, Kentucky as signs of spring are starting to show in the foliage.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/8, 1/800, ISO 210.
Evansville Western Railway locomotive 3837 leads a daily local north from Evansville, Indiana
Evansville Western Railway locomotive 3837 leads a daily local north from Evansville, Indiana as it passes over the William Keck Bypass Road crossing at Mount Vernon, Indiana on March 11th, 2024.
According to Wikipedia: The Evansville Western Railway (reporting mark EVWR) is a Class II (as of 2022) regional railroad operating in the southern Illinois and Indiana region. It is one of three regional railroad subsidiaries owned and operated by P&L Transportation.
Founded in August 2005, the railroad commenced its first operations on January 1, 2006, when P&L Transportation, formerly Four Rivers Transportation, the parent company of both the Evansville Western and Paducah & Louisville railroads, leased 124.5 miles (200.4 km) of mainline track, ties and track equipment between CSX’s Howell Yard in Evansville, Indiana, and the end-of-track at Okawville, Illinois, from CSX Transportation.
This line was once part of the Louisville & Nashville’s former Saint Louis Subdivision route that previously terminated in the metro-area of East St. Louis, Illinois, before being embargoed and slightly shortened under CSX ownership during the fall of 1993. CSX Transportation retains title to the real estate comprising the right of way on which the railroad operates but has leased it to EVWR for an initial period of 20 years.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/8, 1/1600, ISO 100.
CSXT 3259 leads empty grain train G378 northbound at Madisonville, Kentucky
CSXT 3259 leads empty grain train G378 as they pass over the KY-70 West overpass at Madisonville, Kentucky as they head north on the CSX Henderson Subdivision on March 5th, 2024.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1000, ISO 190.
CSX Chesapeake & Ohio Heritage unit 1869 leads hot intermodal, CSX I026 across Gum Lick Trestle
CSX Chesapeake & Ohio Heritage unit 1869 leads hot intermodal, CSX I026, as it crosses over Gum Lick Trestle, at Kelly, Kentucky as it heads north on the CSX Henderson Subdivision.
According to the CSX Website: A locomotive commemorating the proud history of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway has entered service as the fifth in the CSX heritage series celebrating the lines that came together to form the modern railroad.
Numbered CSX 1869 in honor of the year the C&O was formed in Virginia from several smaller railroads, the newest heritage locomotive sports a custom paint design that includes today’s CSX colors on the front of the engine and transitions to a paint scheme inspired by 1960s era C&O locomotives on the rear two-thirds.
The C&O Railway was a major line among North American freight and passenger railroads for nearly a century before becoming part of the Chessie System in 1972 and eventually merging into the modern CSX. In 1970, the C&O included more than 5,000 route miles of track stretching from Newport News, Virginia, to Chicago and the Great Lakes.
Designed and painted at CSX’s locomotive shop in Waycross, Georgia, the C&O unit will join four other commemorative units in revenue service on CSX’s 20,000-mile rail network.
The heritage series is reinforcing employee pride in the history of the railroad that continues to move the nation’s economy with safe, reliable, and sustainable rail-based transportation services.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1000, ISO 170.
CSX 3177 leads loaded coal train, C319 out of Nortonville, Ky
CSX 3177 leads loaded coal train, C319, as they head south out of Nortonville, Ky, on February 5th, 2024, on the Henderson Subdivision, with their train, just north of Crofton, Kentucky.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1600, ISO 100.
The CSX Seaboard System Heritage unit 1982 leads hot intermodal, CSX I025 south at Hopkinsville, Ky
The CSX Seaboard System Heritage unit 1982 leads hot intermodal, CSX I025, as they as they head south on the Henderson Subdivision on March 4th, 2024, at Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
According to Wikipedia: The Seaboard System Railroad, Inc. (reporting mark SBD) was a US Class I railroad that operated from 1982 to 1986.
Since the late 1960s, Seaboard Coast Line Industries had operated the Seaboard Coast Line and its sister railroads, notably the Louisville & Nashville and Clinchfield, as the “Family Lines System”. In 1980, SCLI merged with the Chessie System to create the holding company CSX Corporation; two years later, CSX merged with the Family Lines railroads to create the Seaboard System Railroad.
In 1986, Seaboard renamed itself CSX Transportation, which absorbed the Chessie System’s two major railroads the following year.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1600, ISO 100.
Northbound CSX 3244 leads loaded military train S279 at Trenton, Kentucky
Northbound CSX 3244 leads loaded military train S279 as they sit at the north end of the siding at Trenton, Kentucky, on February 5th, 2024, on the Henderson Subdivision, as they wait to meet a southbound grain train. They will head north shortly to deliver their military loads to the Ft. Campbell lead at Hopkinsville, Ky.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 110.