In this week’s Saturday Infrared photo, we find Paducah and Louisville Railway 8507 leading the afternoon local at Richland, Kentucky as it returns south to Princeton, Ky after working Central City and Madisonville, Ky on September 12th, 2023.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 70-300 @ 70mm, f/4.5, 1/75, ISO 400.
This weeks’ video we catch trains at Pembroke, Hopkinsville, Kelly and Mannington, Kentucky. One unusual move is where E321 left its’ train in the siding at Kelly, Ky and ran back to Casky Yard to pick up a string of grain cars that got left off the manifest. Enjoy and please Like! Share and Subscribe! Thanks for watching!
A short Indiana Railroad coal train, EHWBR (Empty Hiawatha to Bear Run) loads at Bear Run Mine, at Dugger, Indiana, on August 26th, 2023. The short load of 14 cars is destined to a customer somewhere in Wisconsin.
According to Wikipedia: The Indiana Railroad (reporting mark INRD) is a United States Class II railroad, originally operating over former Illinois Central Railroad trackage from Newton, Illinois, to Indianapolis, Indiana, a distance of 155 miles (249 km). This line, now known as the Indiana Rail Roads Indianapolis Subdivision, comprises most of the former IC/ICG line from Indianapolis to Effingham, Illinois; Illinois Central successor Canadian National Railway retains the portion from Newton to Effingham.
The company was formed in 1986 by entrepreneur Thomas Hoback, who retired as president and chief executive officer in 2015. CSX Transportation now owns a majority interest in the parent company. The company’s executive and administrative offices are in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/2500, ISO 180.
CSXT 119 leads W016, a loaded rail train, through downtown Mortons Gap, Kentucky on August 25th, 2023, as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 120.
CSXT 5249 and CSX Baltimore and Ohio Heritage Unit CSXT 1827 lead CSX hot intermodal I026 as they cross over Center Street at downtown Madisonville, Kentucky as they head north to Chicago, Illinois on September 8th, 2023.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/3200, ISO 100.
Digital Photo Art – Paducah and Louisville Railway 3803 and UK Wildcats 1998 lead a northbound rail train northbound at Claxton, Kentucky, on February 24th, 2015.
Tech Info: Nikon D800, Nikon 70-300 @ 125mm, f/6.3, 1/2500, ISO 250.
BNSF 1093 and 1005, in H1 paint scheme, lead loaded potash train CSX B207 as they pass the old L&N Depot at Henderson, Kentucky on their way north on the CSX Henderson Subdivision on September 9th, 2023.
I am told that Railmark Holdings, Inc has purchased the depot and is currently continuing restoration on the station. I have not been able to find out what their plans for the depot include yet.
According to their website: Railmark, its brands, and subsidiaries are leaders in the railroad industry in North America and around the world. An accomplished provider of railroad transportation, rail services, and rail systems development, Railmark provides a complete and fully integrated program for rail network improvement and rail management services to railroads, governments, municipalities, and industrial clients.
Railmark also owns and operates railroads in North America and sponsors philanthropic initiatives through its Railmark Foundation Limited. Together the Railmark group of rail service companies work around the world each day to make rail transportation better by improving economies and the quality of human life.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/800, ISO 120.
CSX M500 heads north at Slaughters, Kentucky, on the Henderson Subdivision, with 7 locomotives on the head end of their train on August 15th, 2023. Not all units were under power, and they were CSXT 983, 832, 237, 5472, 5418, CEFX 1055 and CSXT 5279. This is the power on the train that I featured in my Saturday Edited Video clip where the clip of this train cost me $500!
I had the tripod setup to record the trains passing through the north end of Slaughters as I captured this shot from my drone. After shooting this shot, I flew back to where I was at to land and while landing a gust of wind that blew through a string of empty lumber spine cars blew the tripod over and broke the screen big time on my iPhone 14 Pro, as I was tending to the landing of the drone. I should have let the drone hover till the train passed, but I wanted to get to another spot to catch it again and stepped about 6-8 feet away from the tripod, too far to catch it before it hit the ground.
The screen repair for the iPhone 14Pro was $450 plus tax and labor! Was I upset? Of course, but it’s the hazards of the game and so live and learn! Check out Episode 36 of my Saturday edited video if you’d like to watch the fall! Next time the drone hovers!
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/3200, ISO 160.
CSX M513 makes their way across Gum Lick Trestle, approaching Kelly, Ky, with two brand new large Caterpillar D11 Dozers at the front of their train, as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision on July 31st, 2023.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/500, ISO 100.
In this weeks Saturday Infrared photo, we catch CSXT 921 leading M512 as it splits the signals at the south end of the Latham siding at Hopkinsville, Ky on August 19th, 2023, as it heads north on the CSX Henderson Subdivision.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Sigma 150-600 @ 280mm, f/10, 1/400, ISO 400.
This week we see trains at Sebree, Slaughters, Madisonville, Ky and Adams, TN, including the CSX Conrail Heritage Unit, some UP power along with a rail train a couple D11 CAT Dozers and a $500 video clip of M500! It happened as I was tending to my landing drone. Enjoy and please Like! Share and Subscribe! Thanks for watching!
A Paducah and Louisville Railway (PAL) loaded coal train heads down the Warrior Coal Loop lead with a newly acquired Union Pacific SD70M 4125 as the trailing unit at Madisonville, Ky on August 13th, 2023.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/1600, ISO 180.
CSX M512 meets CSX B795 at the north end of the siding at Crofton, Ky on August 14th, 2023, as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision with two high/wide transformers as part of their cargo. Here it passes the ethanol train as the conductor and his trainee do a roll by inspection as M512 rolls by with a 10mph speed restriction.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/2500, ISO 300.
CSXT 4565 leads an empty coal train E904 as it heads north trough Mortons Gap, Kentucky on August 14th, 2023, along the Henderson Subdivision. E904 runs between Pennroyal, SC and Evansville, IN where it’s handed off to the Evansville Western Railway for loading at Sugar Camp Mine in Illinois.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/3200, ISO 230.
Digital Art Photo – CSX Heritage series locomotive 1973, the Chessie System unit, pulls its empty coal train up the lead, approaching the Warrior Coal Loop, outside of Nebo, Kentucky on August 13th, 2023, as it prepares to load CSX R592.
According to Wikipedia: The three railroads that would make up the Chessie System had been closely related since the 1960s. C&O had acquired controlling interest in B&O in 1962, and the two had jointly controlled WM since 1967.
Chessie System, Inc. was a holding company that owned the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O), the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O), the Western Maryland Railway (WM), and Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad (B&OCT). Trains operated under the Chessie name from 1973 to 1987.
On November 1, 1980, Chessie System merged with Seaboard Coast Line Industries to form CSX Corporation. Initially, the three Chessie System railroads continued to operate separately, even after Seaboard’s six Family Lines System railroads were merged into the Seaboard System Railroad on December 29, 1982. That began to change in 1983, when the WM was merged into the B&O. The Chessie image continued to be applied to new and re-painted equipment until July 1, 1986, when CSXT introduced its own paint scheme. In April 1987, the B&O was merged into the C&O. In August 1987, C&O merged into CSX Transportation, a 1986 renaming of the Seaboard System Railroad, and the Chessie System name was retired.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/320, ISO 130.
A short Indiana Railroad coal train, EHWBR (East Hiawatha to Bear Run) arrives at Bear Run Mine to pickup a load of coal as it passes a loaded Indiana Southern coal train thats tied down on the inner track of the coal loop, at Dugger, Indiana, on the morning of August 26th, 2023.
According to Wikipedia: The Indiana Railroad (reporting mark INRD) is a United States Class II railroad, originally operating over former Illinois Central Railroad trackage from Newton, Illinois, to Indianapolis, Indiana, a distance of 155 miles (249 km). This line, now known as the Indiana Rail Roads Indianapolis Subdivision, comprises most of the former IC/ICG line from Indianapolis to Effingham, Illinois; Illinois Central successor Canadian National Railway retains the portion from Newton to Effingham.
The company was formed in 1986 by entrepreneur Thomas Hoback, who retired as president and chief executive officer in 2015. CSX Transportation now owns a majority interest in the parent company. The company’s executive and administrative offices are in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana.
The Indiana Southern Railroad (reporting mark ISRR) is a short line or Class III railroad operating in the United States state of Indiana. It began operations in 1992 as a RailTex property and was acquired by RailAmerica in 2000. RailAmerica was acquired by Genesee & Wyoming in December 2012.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/4000, ISO 340.
An early morning CSX I028 heads northbound through Trenton, Kentucky on August 24th, 2023, as it passes the WF Ware grain facility.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/5000, ISO 240.
The conductor and his trainee keep a watchful eye as they do a roll-by inspection of CSX southbound M513 as they pass their rail train (W016) in the siding at Hanson, Kentucky on August 25th, 2023, on the Henderson Subdivision.
M513 had ex-CP Rail 3018 dead in tow as its trailing unit with painted new reporting marks of SBZX, which is SB Railcar Inc. based out of New Hampshire and is a leasing company.
Also sitting on the ground is a new switch that will be installed in the siding at Hanson as some point in the future.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 120.
In this week’s Saturday Infrared photo, CSX Chessie System Heritage unit, 1973, heads down the Pee Vee Spur at Madisonville, Ky, to connect to the Warrior lead, as it heads up CSX R592 on their way to the Warrior Coal mine load out, outside Nebo, Ky on August 19th, 2023.
Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 10-24 @ 11mm, f/5.6, 1/300, ISO 400.
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This week we take to the air giving the video a bird’s eye view of action on the CSX Henderson Subdivision between Hopkinsville and Madisonville, Ky, including an appearance of the CSX Honoring our Law Enforcement locomotive! Enjoy and please Like! Share and Subscribe! Thanks for watching!
A short Indiana Railroad (INRD) 14 car empty coal train, EHWBR (Empty Hiawatha to Bear Run) heads along the lead to Bear Run Mine to pick up a load of coal at Dugger, Indiana, on the morning of August 26th, 2023, with INRD 7004 and 7003 EMD SD70M as power for their train.
According to Wikipedia: The Indiana Railroad (reporting mark INRD) is a United States Class II railroad, originally operating over former Illinois Central Railroad trackage from Newton, Illinois, to Indianapolis, Indiana, a distance of 155 miles (249 km). This line, now known as the Indiana Rail Road’s Indianapolis Subdivision, comprises most of the former IC/ICG line from Indianapolis to Effingham, Illinois; Illinois Central successor Canadian National Railway retains the portion from Newton to Effingham.
The company was formed in 1986 by entrepreneur Thomas Hoback, who retired as president and chief executive officer in 2015. CSX Transportation now owns a majority interest in the parent company. The company’s executive and administrative offices are in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/1600, ISO 120.
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