Indiana Southern Railroad locomotive 3382 leads an empty coal train down the Bear Run Mine lead as it heads to the loop to pickup another load of coal on December 3rd, 2022 as it passes under a farm overpass at Dugger, Indiana. According to Wikipedia: 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 Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1250, ISO 100. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #dronephotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer #jimpearsonphotography

Indiana Southern Railroad locomotive 3382 leads an empty coal train at Dugger, Indiana

Indiana Southern Railroad locomotive 3382 leads an empty coal train down the Bear Run Mine lead as it heads to the loop to pickup another load of coal on December 3rd, 2022 as it passes under a farm overpass at Dugger, Indiana.

According to Wikipedia: 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 Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1250, ISO 100.

Here we find Nevada Northern Railway fireman Will Ebbert, as he shovels coal in the tender of locomotive 81, as they head toward Hi Line Junction, outside Ely, Nevada on February 13th, 2022. Nevada Northern No. 81 is a "Consolidation" type (2-8-0) steam locomotive that was built for the Nevada Northern in 1917 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, PA, at a cost of $23,700. It was built for Mixed service to haul both freight and passenger trains on the Nevada Northern railway. According to Wikipedia: “The Nevada Northern Railway Museum is a railroad museum and heritage railroad located in Ely, Nevada and operated by a historic foundation dedicated to the preservation of the Nevada Northern Railway. Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Nikon 10-24 @ 10mm, f/3.5, 1/320, ISO 500. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #jimpearsonphotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer #steamtrains #nevadanorthernrailway

Nevada Northern Railway fireman Will Ebbert shovels coal on number 81 at Ely, NV

Nevada Northern Railway fireman Will Ebbert, as he shovels coal in the tender of locomotive 81, as they head toward Hi Line Junction, outside Ely, Nevada on February 13th, 2022.

Nevada Northern No. 81 is a “Consolidation” type (2-8-0) steam locomotive that was built for the Nevada Northern in 1917 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, PA, at a cost of $23,700. It was built for Mixed service to haul both freight and passenger trains on the Nevada Northern railway.

According to Wikipedia: The Nevada Northern Railway Museum is a railroad museum and heritage railroad located in Ely, Nevada and operated by a historic foundation dedicated to the preservation of the Nevada Northern Railway.

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Nikon 10-24 @ 10mm, f/3.5, 1/320, ISO 500.

Norfolk Southern 1156 leads a loaded westbound coal train out of Sciotoville, Ohio, on the NS Kenova District as it passes over the Little Scioto River on November 7th, 2022. Sciotoville is a neighborhood in the city of Portsmouth in Scioto County, Ohio. It is located at the intersection of U.S. 52 and State Route 335 between the village of New Boston and Wheelersburg in Scioto County along the northern bank of the Ohio River. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/350, ISO 100. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #dronephotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer #jimpearsonphotography #trainsfromtheair

Norfolk Southern 1156 leads a loaded eastbound coal train out of Sciotoville, Ohio

Norfolk Southern 1156 leads a loaded eastbound coal train out of Sciotoville, Ohio, on the NS Kenova District as it passes over the Little Scioto River on November 7th, 2022.

Sciotoville is a neighborhood in the city of Portsmouth in Scioto County, Ohio. It is located at the intersection of U.S. 52 and State Route 335 between the village of New Boston and Wheelersburg in Scioto County along the northern bank of the Ohio River.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/350, ISO 100.

CSXT 6402 heads up the power at Atkinson Yard at Madisonville, Kentucky as they work the yard job in the early morning fog on New Year's Day on January 1st, 2023, on the Henderson Subdivision. The old saying is what you do on the first day of the new year determines what you’ll do all year long and so I made sure to get trackside today where I caught this action and a couple of videos that will be in next Saturday’s edited video post! Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/730, ISO 120. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #dronephotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer #jimpearsonphotography

CSXT 6402 heads up the power at Atkinson Yard at Madisonville, Ky on New Years Day

CSXT 6402 heads up the power at Atkinson Yard at Madisonville, Kentucky as they work the yard job in the early morning fog on New Year’s Day on January 1st, 2023, on the Henderson Subdivision.

The old saying is what you do on the first day of the new year determines what you’ll do all year long and so I made sure to get trackside today where I caught this action and a couple of videos that will be in next Saturday’s edited video post!

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/730, ISO 120.

CSXT 5274 leads M501 (Barr Yard - Chicago, IL to Radnor Yard - Nashville, TN) heads south on the Earlington Cutoff, that runs around downtown Earlington and Madisonville, KY on a cold winters evening, as it heads for Nashville, TN on the Henderson Subdivision, December 27th, 2022. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/640, ISO 120. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #dronephotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer #jimpearsonphotography #trainsfromtheair

CSXT 5274 leads M501 south on the Earlington Cuttoff at Mortons Gap, Ky

CSXT 5274 leads M501 (Barr Yard – Chicago, IL to Radnor Yard – Nashville, TN) heads south on the Earlington Cutoff, that runs around downtown Earlington and Madisonville, KY on a cold winters evening, as it heads for Nashville, TN on the Henderson Subdivision, December 27th, 2022.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/640, ISO 120.

The crewmembers on Cass Scenic Railway Shay locomotive #11 watch the road ahead as they participate in the Cass Scenic Railway’s Rail Heritage Photography Weekend, at Cass, West Virginia on November 5th, 2022. According to Wikipedia: Cass Scenic Railroad, is an 11-mile (18 km) long heritage railway owned by the West Virginia State Rail Authority and operated by the Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad. The park also includes the former company town of Cass and a portion of the summit of Bald Knob, the highest point on Back Allegheny Mountain. Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 250mm, f/5.6, 1/1000, ISO 2500. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #jimpearsonphotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer #csxhendersonsubdivision #trainsinthesnow

The crewmembers on Cass Scenic Railway Shay locomotive #11 watch the road ahead…

The crewmembers on Cass Scenic Railway Shay locomotive #11 watch the road ahead as they participate in the Cass Scenic Railway’s Rail Heritage Photography Weekend, at Cass, West Virginia on November 5th, 2022.

According to Wikipedia: Cass Scenic Railroad, is an 11-mile (18 km) long heritage railway owned by the West Virginia State Rail Authority and operated by the Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad. The park also includes the former company town of Cass and a portion of the summit of Bald Knob, the highest point on Back Allegheny Mountain.

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 250mm, f/5.6, 1/1000, ISO 2500.

A southbound Norfolk Southern intermodal heads across High Bridge on November 8th, 2022, as it heads north across the Kentucky River on the NS CNO&TP First District at Highbridge, Kentucky. According to Wikipedia: The High Bridge is a railroad bridge crossing the Kentucky River Palisades, that rises approximately 275 feet from the river below and connects Jessamine and Mercer counties in Kentucky. Formally dedicated in 1879, it is the first cantilever bridge constructed in the United States. It has a three-span continuous under-deck truss used by Norfolk Southern Railway to carry trains between Lexington and Danville. It has been designated as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. In 1851, the Lexington & Danville Railroad, with Julius Adams as chief engineer, retained John A. Roebling to build a railroad suspension bridge across the Kentucky River for a line connecting Lexington and Danville, Kentucky west of the intersection of the Dix and Kentucky rivers. In 1855, the company ran out of money and the project was resumed by Cincinnati Southern Railroad in 1873 following a proposal by C. Shaler Smith for a cantilever design using stone towers designed by John A. Roebling (who designed the Brooklyn Bridge). The bridge was erected using a cantilever design with a three-span continuous under-deck truss and was opened in 1877 on the Cincinnati Southern Railway. It was 275 feet (84 m) tall and 1,125 feet (343 m) long: the tallest bridge above a navigable waterway in North America and the tallest railroad bridge in the world until the early 20th century. Construction was completed using 3,654,280 pounds of iron at a total cost of $404,373.31. In 1879 President Rutherford B. Hayes and Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman attended the dedication. After years of heavy railroad use, the bridge was rebuilt by Gustav Lindenthal in 1911. Lindenthal reinforced the foundations and rebuilt the bridge around the original structure. To keep railroad traffic flowing, the track deck was raised by 30 feet during construction and a temporary trestle was constructed.[6] In 1929, an additional set of tracks was built to accommodate increased railroad traffic and the original limestone towers were removed. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1600, ISO 120. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #dronephotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer #jimpearsonphotography #trainsfromtheair

A southbound Norfolk Southern intermodal heads across High Bridge, Kentucky

A southbound Norfolk Southern intermodal heads across High Bridge on November 8th, 2022, as it heads north across the Kentucky River on the NS CNO&TP First District at Highbridge, Kentucky.

According to Wikipedia: The High Bridge is a railroad bridge crossing the Kentucky River Palisades, that rises approximately 275 feet from the river below and connects Jessamine and Mercer counties in Kentucky. Formally dedicated in 1879, it is the first cantilever bridge constructed in the United States. It has a three-span continuous under-deck truss used by Norfolk Southern Railway to carry trains between Lexington and Danville. It has been designated as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.

In 1851, the Lexington & Danville Railroad, with Julius Adams as chief engineer, retained John A. Roebling to build a railroad suspension bridge across the Kentucky River for a line connecting Lexington and Danville, Kentucky west of the intersection of the Dix and Kentucky rivers. In 1855, the company ran out of money and the project was resumed by Cincinnati Southern Railroad in 1873 following a proposal by C. Shaler Smith for a cantilever design using stone towers designed by John A. Roebling (who designed the Brooklyn Bridge).

The bridge was erected using a cantilever design with a three-span continuous under-deck truss and was opened in 1877 on the Cincinnati Southern Railway. It was 275 feet (84 m) tall and 1,125 feet (343 m) long: the tallest bridge above a navigable waterway in North America and the tallest railroad bridge in the world until the early 20th century. Construction was completed using 3,654,280 pounds of iron at a total cost of $404,373.31. In 1879 President Rutherford B. Hayes and Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman attended the dedication.

After years of heavy railroad use, the bridge was rebuilt by Gustav Lindenthal in 1911. Lindenthal reinforced the foundations and rebuilt the bridge around the original structure. To keep railroad traffic flowing, the track deck was raised by 30 feet during construction and a temporary trestle was constructed.[6] In 1929, an additional set of tracks was built to accommodate increased railroad traffic and the original limestone towers were removed.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1600, ISO 120.

Mower Lumber Company steam locomotive, Shay No. 2, through the main crossing in downtown Cass, West Virginia as they pass a gentleman and is old truck under rainy skies, on November 6th, 2022, during the Mountain Rail WV, Rail Heritage Photography Weekend at the Cass Scenic Railroad, Cass, WV, from November 4-6th, 2022. According to the Cass website: Shay #2, a Pacific Coast Shay, was constructed in July of 1928 for the Mayo Lumber Company of Paldi, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. A Pacific Coast Shay is a souped-up model of the class C-70 3 truck Shay. The Pacific Coast features superheat, a firebox that is 13 inches longer, lower gear ratio, steel cab, cast steel trucks, and steel girder frame. A feature of the steel girder frame is the large opening for exposing staybolts. Also, the cylinders were designed so they attached only to the locomotive frame, rather than to the boiler shell as in other Shays. This allowed for easier access and maintenance. #2 is the only Shay of its kind in the east. Shay #2, originally a wood burner, spent its working commercial life with four companies in British Columbia including Lake Logging Company, Cowichan Lake B.C. and Western Forest Industries, Honeymoon Bay, B.C. Later converted to burn oil then rebuilt to burn bituminous coal at Cass, #2 is the only known Shay to have used all three types of fuel. The locomotive ended its career switching cars on Vancouver docks in 1970, making it one of the last commercially used Shays. Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Nikon 10-24mm @ 20mm, f/2.8, 1/400, ISO 160. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer #jimpearsonphotography #cassscenicrailway #steamtrains

Mower Lumber Company steam locomotive, Shay No. 2 at Cass, West Virginia

Mower Lumber Company steam locomotive, Shay No. 2, through the main crossing in downtown Cass, West Virginia as they pass a gentleman and is old truck under rainy skies, on November 6th, 2022, during the Mountain Rail WV, Rail Heritage Photography Weekend at the Cass Scenic Railroad, Cass, WV, from November 4-6th, 2022.

According to the Cass website: Shay #2, a Pacific Coast Shay, was constructed in July of 1928 for the Mayo Lumber Company of Paldi, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. A Pacific Coast Shay is a souped-up model of the class C-70 3 truck Shay. The Pacific Coast features superheat, a firebox that is 13 inches longer, lower gear ratio, steel cab, cast steel trucks, and steel girder frame. A feature of the steel girder frame is the large opening for exposing staybolts.

Also, the cylinders were designed so they attached only to the locomotive frame, rather than to the boiler shell as in other Shays. This allowed for easier access and maintenance. #2 is the only Shay of its kind in the east. Shay #2, originally a wood burner, spent its working commercial life with four companies in British Columbia including Lake Logging Company, Cowichan Lake B.C. and Western Forest Industries, Honeymoon Bay, B.C. Later converted to burn oil then rebuilt to burn bituminous coal at Cass, #2 is the only known Shay to have used all three types of fuel. The locomotive ended its career switching cars on Vancouver docks in 1970, making it one of the last commercially used Shays.

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Nikon 10-24mm @ 20mm, f/2.8, 1/400, ISO 160.

CSXT 352 heads up CSX G421, a loaded grain train, as passes through Mortons Junction through the freshly fallen snow and extremely frigid weather at Mortons Gap, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision, in the 5-degree weather on December 23rd, 2022. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/8000, ISO 110. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #dronephotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer #jimpearsonphotography

CSX G421 loaded grain train southbound through Mortons Gap, Kentucky

CSXT 352 heads up CSX G421, a loaded grain train, as passes through Mortons Junction through the freshly fallen snow and extremely frigid weather at Mortons Gap, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision, in the 5-degree weather on December 23rd, 2022.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/8000, ISO 110.

CSXT 3161 heads up CSX I028 as it spits the signals at the south end of the siding at Latham as it makes its way north through the freshly fallen snow at Hopkinsville, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision in the 5-degree weather! This is the scene I posted a Waiting on a Train photo from last Friday, December 23rd, 2022. Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 310mm, f/5.6, 1/500, ISO 110. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #jimpearsonphotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer #csxhendersonsubdivision #trainsinthesnow

CSX I028 as it spits the signals at the south end of the siding at Hopkinsville, KY

CSXT 3161 heads up CSX I028 as it spits the signals at the south end of the siding at Latham as it makes its way north through the freshly fallen snow at Hopkinsville, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision in the 5-degree weather! This is the scene I posted a Waiting on a Train photo from last Friday, December 23rd, 2022.

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 310mm, f/5.6, 1/500, ISO 110.

On this Christmas Day I'm posting one of my favorite snow scenes from this year of CSX Intermodal I026 (Duval Yard - Jacksonville, FL to Bedford Park, IL) as it heads upgrade out of Mortons Junction on the Henderson Subdivision at Mortons Gap, Kentucky on January 7th, 2022. I wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!! Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 410mm, f/8, 1/1600, ISO 2500. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #jimpearsonphotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer CSX Intermodal I026 (Duval Yard - Jacksonville, FL to Bedford Park, IL) prepares to head upgrade out of Mortons Junction on the Henderson Subdivision at Mortons Gap, Kentucky as it moves north through a fresh snowfall on January 7th, 2022. Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 410mm, f/8, 1/1600, ISO 2500. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #jimpearsonphotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer

On this Christmas Day I’m posting one of my favorite snow scenes from 2022

On this Christmas Day I’m posting one of my favorite snow scenes from this year of CSX Intermodal I026 (Duval Yard – Jacksonville, FL to Bedford Park, IL) as it heads upgrade out of Mortons Junction on the Henderson Subdivision at Mortons Gap, Kentucky on January 7th, 2022. I wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 410mm, f/8, 1/1600, ISO 2500.

This week’s Saturday Infrared photo is of Cass Scenic Railway Shay locomotive number 11, (C-90-3) as it backs through the forest during the Rail Heritage Photography Weekend photo shoot at Cass, West Virginia on November 5th, 2022. According to Wikipedia: Cass Scenic Railroad, is an 11-mile (18 km) long heritage railway owned by the West Virginia State Rail Authority and operated by the Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad. The park also includes the former company town of Cass and a portion of the summit of Bald Knob, the highest point on Back Allegheny Mountain. Founded in 1901 by the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company (now WestRock), Cass was built as a company town to serve the needs of the men who worked in the nearby mountains cutting spruce and hemlock for the West Virginia Spruce Lumber Company, a subsidiary of WVP&P. At one time, the sawmill at Cass was the largest double-band sawmill in the world. It processed an estimated 1.25 billion board feet (104,000,000 cu ft; 2,950,000 m3) of lumber during its lifetime. In 1901 work started on the 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge railroad, which climbs Back Allegheny Mountain. The railroad eventually reached a meadow area, now known as Whittaker Station, where a logging camp was established for the immigrants who were building the railroad. The railroad soon reached the top of Gobblers Knob, and then a location on top of the mountain known as 'Spruce'. The railroad built a small town at that location, complete with a company store, houses, a hotel, and a doctor's office. Work soon commenced on logging the red spruce trees, which grew in the higher elevations. Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 10-24 @ 22mm, f/4.5, 1/180, ISO 640. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #jimpearsonphotography #infraredtrainphotography #infraredphotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer#cassscenicrailway #steamtrains

Infrared: Cass Scenic Railway Shay locomotive number 11 backs through the forest

This week’s Saturday Infrared photo is of Cass Scenic Railway Shay locomotive number 11, (C-90-3) as it backs through the forest during the Rail Heritage Photography Weekend photo shoot at Cass, West Virginia on November 5th, 2022.

According to Wikipedia: Cass Scenic Railroad, is an 11-mile (18 km) long heritage railway owned by the West Virginia State Rail Authority and operated by the Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad. The park also includes the former company town of Cass and a portion of the summit of Bald Knob, the highest point on Back Allegheny Mountain.

Founded in 1901 by the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company (now WestRock), Cass was built as a company town to serve the needs of the men who worked in the nearby mountains cutting spruce and hemlock for the West Virginia Spruce Lumber Company, a subsidiary of WVP&P. At one time, the sawmill at Cass was the largest double-band sawmill in the world. It processed an estimated 1.25 billion board feet (104,000,000 cu ft; 2,950,000 m3) of lumber during its lifetime. In 1901 work started on the 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge railroad, which climbs Back Allegheny Mountain.

The railroad eventually reached a meadow area, now known as Whittaker Station, where a logging camp was established for the immigrants who were building the railroad. The railroad soon reached the top of Gobblers Knob, and then a location on top of the mountain known as ‘Spruce’. The railroad built a small town at that location, complete with a company store, houses, a hotel, and a doctor’s office. Work soon commenced on logging the red spruce trees, which grew in the higher elevations.

Tech Info: Fuji XT-1, RAW, Converted to 720nm B&W IR, Nikon 10-24 @ 22mm, f/4.5, 1/180, ISO 640.

December 24th, 2022 Saturday Edited Video

This Saturday’s edited video is a bit different as it was all shot in B&W Infrared!

Not really the best time of the year to shoot Infrared as it works best when it has a lot of greenery in the scene. I have been considering doing this for awhile now and decided to take it on as a challenge to see what I could come up with during the starkness of the winter.

The videos were all shot on my Fuji XT1 which was converted to 720nm Infrared! If you’re interested in seeing still shots that I do in Infrared then pay a visit to my website at http://www.jimpearsonphotography.com or my Facebook Page at https://www.facebook.com/jimpearsonsp… where you’ll find the photography end of my passion.

My videos are also posted there as well. I hope you all enjoy my latest edited video and I plan to do IR video occasionally, but probably when were into Spring and Summer. If you have any questions just drop them in the comments! – Jim

The fireman stands on the tender of Cass Scenic Railway Shay locomotive number 11, (C-90-3) as they take on water during the Rail Heritage Photography Weekend photo shoot at Cass, West Virginia on November 5th, 2022. According to Wikipedia: Cass Scenic Railroad, is an 11-mile (18 km) long heritage railway owned by the West Virginia State Rail Authority and operated by the Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad. The park also includes the former company town of Cass and a portion of the summit of Bald Knob, the highest point on Back Allegheny Mountain. Founded in 1901 by the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company (now WestRock), Cass was built as a company town to serve the needs of the men who worked in the nearby mountains cutting spruce and hemlock for the West Virginia Spruce Lumber Company, a subsidiary of WVP&P. At one time, the sawmill at Cass was the largest double-band sawmill in the world. It processed an estimated 1.25 billion board feet (104,000,000 cu ft; 2,950,000 m3) of lumber during its lifetime. In 1901 work started on the 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge railroad, which climbs Back Allegheny Mountain. The railroad eventually reached a meadow area, now known as Whittaker Station, where a logging camp was established for the immigrants who were building the railroad. The railroad soon reached the top of Gobblers Knob, and then a location on top of the mountain known as 'Spruce'. The railroad built a small town at that location, complete with a company store, houses, a hotel, and a doctor's office. Work soon commenced on logging the red spruce trees, which grew in the higher elevations. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/350, ISO 200. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #dronephotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer #jimpearsonphotography #cassscenicrailway #durbinandgreenbriervalleyrr #trainsfromtheair#steamtrains

The fireman stands on the tender of Cass Scenic Railway Shay locomotive number 11 at Cass, WV

The fireman stands on the tender of Cass Scenic Railway Shay locomotive number 11, (C-90-3) as they take on water during the Rail Heritage Photography Weekend photo shoot at Cass, West Virginia on November 5th, 2022.

According to Wikipedia: Cass Scenic Railroad, is an 11-mile (18 km) long heritage railway owned by the West Virginia State Rail Authority and operated by the Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad. The park also includes the former company town of Cass and a portion of the summit of Bald Knob, the highest point on Back Allegheny Mountain.

Founded in 1901 by the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company (now WestRock), Cass was built as a company town to serve the needs of the men who worked in the nearby mountains cutting spruce and hemlock for the West Virginia Spruce Lumber Company, a subsidiary of WVP&P. At one time, the sawmill at Cass was the largest double-band sawmill in the world. It processed an estimated 1.25 billion board feet (104,000,000 cu ft; 2,950,000 m3) of lumber during its lifetime. In 1901 work started on the 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge railroad, which climbs Back Allegheny Mountain.

The railroad eventually reached a meadow area, now known as Whittaker Station, where a logging camp was established for the immigrants who were building the railroad. The railroad soon reached the top of Gobblers Knob, and then a location on top of the mountain known as ‘Spruce’. The railroad built a small town at that location, complete with a company store, houses, a hotel, and a doctor’s office. Work soon commenced on logging the red spruce trees, which grew in the higher elevations.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/350, ISO 200.

Meadow River Lumber Company steam locomotive, Heisler No. 6, heads into the wye in the early morning at Durban, West Virginia, to pick up a set of freight cars, during the Mountain Rail WV, Rail Heritage Photography Weekend. The event was held at the Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad, Durbin, WV, and Cass Scenic Railroad, Cass, WV, from November 4-6th, 2022. Heisler No. 6 was built in 1929 and is a Class C-90 locomotive with 3 trucks. The tunnel of trees really draws attention to the locomotive emerging from a cloud of steam on November 4th, 2022. According to Wikipedia: The Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad (reporting mark DGVR) is a heritage and freight railroad in the U.S. states of Virginia and West Virginia. It operates the West Virginia State Rail Authority-owned Durbin Railroad and West Virginia Central Railroad (reporting mark WVC), as well as the Shenandoah Valley Railroad in Virginia. Beginning in 2015, DGVR began operating the historic geared steam-powered Cass Scenic Railroad, which was previously operated by the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources as part of Cass Scenic Railroad State Park. Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600mm @ 600mm, f/5.6, 1/400, ISO 3200. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #dronephotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer #jimpearsonphotography #cassscenicrailway #durbinandgreenbriervalleyrr #trainsfromtheair#steamtrains

Meadow River Lumber Company steam locomotive, Heisler No. 6 at Durbin, WV

Meadow River Lumber Company steam locomotive, Heisler No. 6, heads into the wye in the early morning at Durbin, West Virginia, to pick up a set of freight cars, during the Mountain Rail WV, Rail Heritage Photography Weekend. The event was held at the Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad, Durbin, WV, and Cass Scenic Railroad, Cass, WV, from November 4-6th, 2022. Heisler No. 6 was built in 1929 and is a Class C-90 locomotive with 3 trucks. The tunnel of trees really draws attention to the locomotive emerging from a cloud of steam on November 4th, 2022.

According to Wikipedia: The Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad (reporting mark DGVR) is a heritage and freight railroad in the U.S. states of Virginia and West Virginia. It operates the West Virginia State Rail Authority-owned Durbin Railroad and West Virginia Central Railroad (reporting mark WVC), as well as the Shenandoah Valley Railroad in Virginia.

Beginning in 2015, DGVR began operating the historic geared steam-powered Cass Scenic Railroad, which was previously operated by the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources as part of Cass Scenic Railroad State Park.

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600mm @ 600mm, f/5.6, 1/400, ISO 3200.

A variety of Kanawha River Terminal Railroad locomotives sit just outside the engine house in the yards at the Kanawha River Terminal (Ceredo Dock) at Ceredo, West Virginia, on November 2nd, 2022. From what I can tell, from the left is #698, 455 (high nose green) 894 & 994. Can’t read numbers on the back units behind them. According to their website: The Kanawha River Terminal Railroad is a switching operation serving the Kanawha River Terminal (Ceredo Dock) facility, situated along the Ohio River west of Huntington, West Virginia. The railroad operation handles interchange with Norfolk Southern and CSX Transportation. The terminal has an annual throughput capacity of nearly 20 million tons and is equipped with a rotary dumper and a barge loader, the latter of which provides volume coal loading to barges. The facility and the switching railroad are owned by SunCoke Energy. A variety of first and second-generation motive power is maintained at an engine house in Ceredo, West Virginia, adjacent to the terminal. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/500, ISO 150. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #dronephotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer #jimpearsonphotography #trainsfromtheair

A variety of Kanawha River Terminal Railroad locomotives sit just outside the engine house…

A variety of Kanawha River Terminal Railroad locomotives sit just outside the engine house in the yards at the Kanawha River Terminal (Ceredo Dock) at Ceredo, West Virginia, on November 2nd, 2022. From what I can tell, from the left is #698, 455 (high nose green) 894 & 994. Can’t read numbers on the back units behind them.

According to their website: The Kanawha River Terminal Railroad is a switching operation serving the Kanawha River Terminal (Ceredo Dock) facility, situated along the Ohio River west of Huntington, West Virginia. The railroad operation handles interchange with Norfolk Southern and CSX Transportation.

The terminal has an annual throughput capacity of nearly 20 million tons and is equipped with a rotary dumper and a barge loader, the latter of which provides volume coal loading to barges. The facility and the switching railroad are owned by SunCoke Energy. A variety of first and second-generation motive power is maintained at an engine house in Ceredo, West Virginia, adjacent to the terminal.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/500, ISO 150.

Hoosier Southern (HOS) 468 leads the daily local as through the countryside at Buffalo City, IN and heads to Tell City, IN, after picking up its interchange work from Norfolk Southern Railway at Lincoln City, IN on October 20th, 2022. The small structures are for a local farmers chicken, which I thought made an interesting addition to the photo. The railroad originally consisted of a 22.3-mile line between the Indiana communities of Cannelton and Santa Claus that the Port Authority purchased from Norfolk Southern in 1991. The line had been unused since the mid-1980s and Norfolk Southern was considering abandonment prior to the Port Authority's (PCPA) purchase. PCPA's goal in obtaining and putting the Hoosier Southern line back into service was (and is) to attract new industry to Perry County. When Waupaca Foundry announced plans to build a facility just north of Tell City in 1995, the Port Authority undertook construction of a spur to that site. In 1996, an additional 2.4 miles of trackage between Santa Claus and Lincoln City was added to the HOS system. This trackage was also purchased from Norfolk Southern. Combined with the Tell City River Port on the Ohio River at Tell City, the Hoosier Southern provides multimodal transportation to serve the needs of businesses in both Perry and Spencer counties. Though the Hoosier Southern is no longer part of the Norfolk Southern system, it interchanges with the NS system at Lincoln City. NS gives HOS customers a direct connection to much of the eastern United States, with lines to such centers of commerce as Kansas City, Missouri and Louisville, Kentucky. Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 120. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #dronephotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer #jimpearsonphotography #HoosierSouthernRailroad #indianarailroads #trainsfromtheair

Hoosier Southern 468 leads the daily local as through Buffalo City, IN

Hoosier Southern (HOS) 468 leads the daily local as through the countryside at Buffalo City, IN and heads to Tell City, IN, after picking up its interchange work from Norfolk Southern Railway at Lincoln City, IN on October 20th, 2022. The small structures are for a local farmers chicken, which I thought made an interesting addition to the photo.

The railroad originally consisted of a 22.3-mile line between the Indiana communities of Cannelton and Santa Claus that the Port Authority purchased from Norfolk Southern in 1991. The line had been unused since the mid-1980s and Norfolk Southern was considering abandonment prior to the Port Authority’s (PCPA) purchase.

PCPA’s goal in obtaining and putting the Hoosier Southern line back into service was (and is) to attract new industry to Perry County. When Waupaca Foundry announced plans to build a facility just north of Tell City in 1995, the Port Authority undertook construction of a spur to that site. In 1996, an additional 2.4 miles of trackage between Santa Claus and Lincoln City was added to the HOS system. This trackage was also purchased from Norfolk Southern.

Combined with the Tell City River Port on the Ohio River at Tell City, the Hoosier Southern provides multimodal transportation to serve the needs of businesses in both Perry and Spencer counties.

Though the Hoosier Southern is no longer part of the Norfolk Southern system, it interchanges with the NS system at Lincoln City. NS gives HOS customers a direct connection to much of the eastern United States, with lines to such centers of commerce as Kansas City, Missouri and Louisville, Kentucky.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 120.

CSXT 928 leads M513 as it navigates the S curve at Nortonville, Kentucky, during the “golden hour,” as they head south on the Henderson Subdivision on October 14th, 2022. Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 340mm, f/5.6, 1/400, ISO 450. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #jimpearsonphotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer #jimpearsonphotography

CSXT 928 leads M513 at Nortonville, KY

CSXT 928 leads M513 as it navigates the S curve at Nortonville, Kentucky, during the “golden hour,” as they head south on the Henderson Subdivision on October 14th, 2022.

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 340mm, f/5.6, 1/400, ISO 450.