June 18, 2020 - A different take on a picture I shared yesterday of a string of power that is stored on the Landree Lead at Indiana Railroads Hiawatha Yard in Jasonville, Indiana. Years ago this track led to the Landree mine which no longer exists. Two of these units have been placed back in service since I shot this and INRD SD90s & SD40s are stored currently due to not being needed at the moment. The INRD GP38s are stored Out of Service. All the CEFX, CITX, (etc) are stored pending repairs work, or new lease from the customer. Tech Info: Full Frame D800, RAW, Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm, F/6.3, 1/2000, ISO 250.

Power that is stored at Indiana Railroads, Jasonville, Indiana

June 18, 2020 – A different take on a picture I shared yesterday of a string of power that is stored on the Landree Lead at Indiana Railroads Hiawatha Yard in Jasonville, Indiana. Years ago this track led to the Landree mine which no longer exists.

Two of these units have been placed back in service since I shot this and INRD SD90s & SD40s are stored currently due to not being needed at the moment. The INRD GP38s are stored Out of Service. All the CEFX, CITX, (etc) are stored pending repairs work, or new lease from the customer.

Tech Info: Full Frame D800, RAW, Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm, F/6.3, 1/2000, ISO 250.

June 18, 2020 - Switcher 1598 heads up a string of power stored on the Landree Lead at Indiana Railroads Hiawatha Yard in Jasonville, Indiana. Years ago this track led to the Landree mine which no longer exists. Two of these units have been placed back in service since I shot this and INRD SD90s & SD40s are stored currently due to not being needed at the moment. The INRD GP38s are stored Out of Service. All the CEFX, CITX, (etc) are stored pending repairs work, or new lease from the customer. Tech Info: Full Frame D800, RAW, Nikon 70-300 @ 140mm, F/6.3, 1/1250, ISO 360.

Switcher 1598 heads up a string of power at Jasonville, IN

June 18, 2020 – Switcher 1598 heads up a string of power stored on the Landree Lead at Indiana Railroads Hiawatha Yard in Jasonville, Indiana. Years ago this track led to the Landree mine which no longer exists.

Two of these units have been placed back in service since I shot this and INRD SD90s & SD40s are stored currently due to not being needed at the moment. The INRD GP38s are stored Out of Service. All the CEFX, CITX, (etc) are stored pending repairs work, or new lease from the customer.

Tech Info: Full Frame D800, RAW, Nikon 70-300 @ 140mm, F/6.3, 1/1250, ISO 360.

June 3, 2020 - Kasgro (KRL) Caboose 073 brings up the rear of CSX W993-31, with CSXT 5263 leading, as it backs onto the MH&E branch at Atkinson Yard in Madisonville, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision. They parked it there for a short while as it waited for a fresh crew to take over the train and continue on it's northbound move. The train was running with an oversized load General Electric load on a Kasgro 20 Axel Depressed Deck Car KRL 204040 that has a load limit of 943,900lbs. Kasgro Rail Corporation builds, maintains, and manages a fleet of nearly 500 specialty railcars which are used for transporting oversized and heavy "dimensional" loads anywhere in the United States Railroad system. Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Irex 11mm, f/11, 1/800 sec, ISO 280.

CSX W993-31 at Atkinson Yard, Madisonville, Ky with a oversized GE load

June 3, 2020 – Kasgro (KRL) Caboose 073 brings up the rear of CSX W993-31, with CSXT 5263 leading, as it backs onto the MH&E branch at Atkinson Yard in Madisonville, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision. They parked it there for a short while as it waited for a fresh crew to take over the train and continue on it’s northbound move.

The train was running with an oversized load General Electric load on a Kasgro 20 Axel Depressed Deck Car KRL 204040 that has a load limit of 943,900lbs.

Kasgro Rail Corporation builds, maintains, and manages a fleet of nearly 500 specialty railcars which are used for transporting oversized and heavy “dimensional” loads anywhere in the United States Railroad system.

Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Irex 11mm, f/11, 1/800 sec, ISO 280.

June 29, 2020 - I was in the middle of getting in my 10,000 steps for the day at Madisonville when I got a call from fellow railfan Cooper Smith, in Clarksville, TN, about CSX W016-27 heading north out of Hopkinsville, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision. So, I pulled out my iPhone and tuned into another railfan friend, Steve Miller's Broadcastify scanner feed for the Henderson Sub around Hopkinsville, as I crossed over the north Main Street bridge in Madisonville above the mainline through town, to keep track on it's move as I still was about 2 miles from my RAV4.. At this point since we'd only heard it on the scanner we figured it was another windmill turbine move, but another railfan friend, Tom Wortham was trackside on the Henderson Cutoff track and caught sight and photographed it and let us all know that it was a rail train, which I caught here coming through Arklow, back onto the main at Madisonville, Ky and chased it north to Henderson, Ky shooting videos of its move north to Effingham, IL. So, this is what the railfan community is all about! Sharing information with other's in our community to allow all of us to pursue or passion for trains! Thanks guys!! Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 190mm, f/5.3, 1/1600, ISO 720.

The railfan community helps me catch railtrain W016-17!

June 29, 2020 – I was in the middle of getting in my 10,000 steps for the day at Madisonville when I got a call from fellow railfan Cooper Smith, in Clarksville, TN, about CSX W016-27 heading north out of Hopkinsville, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision. So, I pulled out my iPhone and tuned into another railfan friend, Steve Miller’s Broadcastify scanner feed for the Henderson Sub around Hopkinsville, as I crossed over the north Main Street bridge in Madisonville above the mainline through town, to keep track on it’s move as I still was about 2 miles from my RAV4.

At this point since we’d only heard it on the scanner we figured it was another windmill turbine move, but another railfan friend, Tom Wortham was trackside on the Henderson Cutoff track and caught sight and photographed it and let us all know that it was a rail train, which I caught here coming through Arklow, back onto the main at Madisonville, Ky and chased it north to Henderson, Ky shooting videos of its move north to Effingham, IL.

So, this is what the railfan community is all about! Sharing information with other’s in our community to allow all of us to pursue or passion for trains! Thanks guys!!

Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 190mm, f/5.3, 1/1600, ISO 720.

June 26, 2020 - The crew of CSX W986 gives a wave to the crew of southbound Q501-25 as they prepare to do a roll-by inspection during a meet at the north end of the siding at Rankin, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision. W986 was carrying a load of windmill generators and other parts bound for Decatur, Illinois. Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600mm @ 210mm, f/9, 1/1600, ISO 640.

CSX W986 crew gives a wave at Rankin, Kentucky

June 26, 2020 – The crew of CSX W986 gives a wave to the crew of southbound Q501-25 as they prepare to do a roll-by inspection during a meet at the north end of the siding at Rankin, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision. W986 was carrying a load of windmill generators and other parts bound for Decatur, Illinois.

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600mm @ 210mm, f/9, 1/1600, ISO 640.

June 26, 2020 - A scene about as timeless as railroading itself, the only thing that has changed is the equipment and people, is a crew change on the railroad. Here the crew on Paducah and Louisville's LG1 that loaded the coal train at Warrior coal in Nebo, Kentucky does a briefing with the engineer and conductor at West Yard in Madisonville, that will take the train on to the Mill Creek Louisville Gas and Electric plant at Louisville. Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Irex 11mm, f/11, 1/1600, ISO 220.

Paducah and Louisville Railway Crew Change, Madisonville, Ky

June 26, 2020 – A scene about as timeless as railroading itself, the only thing that has changed is the equipment and people, is a crew change on the railroad. Here the crew on Paducah and Louisville’s LG1 that loaded the coal train at Warrior coal in Nebo, Kentucky does a briefing with the engineer and conductor at West Yard in Madisonville, that will take the train on to the Mill Creek Louisville Gas and Electric plant at Louisville.

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Irex 11mm, f/11, 1/1600, ISO 220.

June 18, 2020 - Tagged onto the end of a coal train as the DPU, Norfolk Southern 4001 "Sonic Bonnet" gets a top off on its sand as it sits at the Peabody Francisco Mine loadout at Francisco, Indiana on the NS Southern-East District as it prepares to depart for Duke Energy with another load of coal. Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Irex 11mm, f/13, 1/800, ISO 220.

Norfolk Southern 4001 “Sonic Bonnet” at Francisco, IN

June 18, 2020 – Tagged onto the end of a coal train as the DPU, Norfolk Southern 4001 “Sonic Bonnet” gets a top off on its sand as it sits at the Peabody Francisco Mine loadout at Francisco, Indiana on the NS Southern-East District as it prepares to depart for Duke Energy with another load of coal.

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Irex 11mm, f/13, 1/800, ISO 220.

June 18, 2020 - Indiana Railroad (INRD) engineer, Travis Collins, on HWSA-18 (Hiawatha, Jasonville, IN - Senate Ave, Indianapolis, IN) passes the signal at the south end of Latta, as it passes their main line around INRD Hiawatha Yard at Jasonville, Indiana. Their yard used to be owned by Canadian Pacific and was called Latta yard at that time. According to Wikipedia: The Indiana Rail Road (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. This line, now known as the Indiana Rail Road's Indianapolis Subdivision, comprises most of the former IC line from Indianapolis to Effingham, Illinois; Illinois Central successor Canadian National Railway retains the portion from Newton to Effingham. INRD also owns a former Milwaukee Road line from Terre Haute, Indiana, to Burns City, Indiana (site of the Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center), with trackage rights extending to Chicago, Illinois. INRD serves Louisville, Kentucky, and the Port of Indiana on the Ohio River at Jeffersonville, Indiana, through a haulage agreement with the Louisville & Indiana Railroad (LIRC). Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 240mm, f/6.3, 1/1250, ISO 500.

Indiana Railroad HWSA-18 departs Jasonville, IN

June 18, 2020 – Indiana Railroad (INRD) engineer, Travis Collins, on HWSA-18 (Hiawatha, Jasonville, IN – Senate Ave, Indianapolis, IN) passes the signal at the south end of Latta, as it passes their main line around INRD Hiawatha Yard at Jasonville, Indiana. Their yard used to be owned by Canadian Pacific and was called Latta yard at that time.

According to Wikipedia: The Indiana Rail Road (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. This line, now known as the Indiana Rail Road’s Indianapolis Subdivision, comprises most of the former IC line from Indianapolis to Effingham, Illinois; Illinois Central successor Canadian National Railway retains the portion from Newton to Effingham.

INRD also owns a former Milwaukee Road line from Terre Haute, Indiana, to Burns City, Indiana (site of the Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center), with trackage rights extending to Chicago, Illinois. INRD serves Louisville, Kentucky, and the Port of Indiana on the Ohio River at Jeffersonville, Indiana, through a haulage agreement with the Louisville & Indiana Railroad (LIRC).

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 240mm, f/6.3, 1/1250, ISO 500.

June 18, 2020 - Indiana Southern Railway 3385 heads through a cut of trees with the daily local as it heads into Switz City, Indiana where it will interchange with the Indiana Railroad. (Note: Train was over a mile away, running at 10mph and I was at a crossing when image was shot.) Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm, f/6.3, 1/500, ISO 500.

Indiana Southern Railway 3385 at Switz City, Indiana

June 18, 2020 – Indiana Southern Railway 3385 heads through a cut of trees with the daily local as it heads into Switz City, Indiana where it will interchange with the Indiana Railroad. (Note: Train was over a mile away, running at 10mph and I was at a crossing when image was shot.)

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm, f/6.3, 1/500, ISO 500.

June 22, 2020 - Norfolk Southern T4 locomotive 1098 leads empty coal train WYX1 through the pouring rain as it pulls up a hill as it heads south on the Paducah and Louisville Railway at Milepost 135, south of Bremen, Kentucky. Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm, f/6.3, ISO 5000.

Paducah & Louisville WYX1 SB with empty coal train…

June 22, 2020 – Norfolk Southern T4 locomotive 1098 leads empty coal train WYX1 through the pouring rain as it pulls up a hill as it heads south on the Paducah and Louisville Railway at Milepost 135, south of Bremen, Kentucky.

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm, f/6.3, 1/1000, ISO 5000.

June 18, 2020 - After a 3 hour wait for maintenance-of-way to clear up, the crew of a southbound Indiana Railroad train (SAHW-18) from Indianapolis, with engine 9005 leading, rolls across the bridge over the White River at Elliston, Indiana at dusk to meet it's northbound counterpart at Switz City, Indiana. Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm, f/2.8, 1/250, ISO 2,500.

Indiana Railroad SAHW-18 at the White River, Elliston, IN

June 18, 2020 – After a 3 hour wait for maintenance-of-way to clear up, the crew of a southbound Indiana Railroad train (SAHW-18) from Indianapolis, with engine 9005 leading, rolls across the bridge over the White River at Elliston, Indiana at dusk to meet it’s northbound counterpart at Switz City, Indiana.

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm, f/2.8, 1/250, ISO 2,500.

June 1, 2020 - Dusk settles across western Kentucky as CSX Q647 passes the signals at the south end of the siding at Kelly, KY as it rumbles south on the Henderson Subdivision at the old wooden overpass where preparations are underway its replacement with a new concrete bridge. Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Irex 11mm, f/4, 1/320, ISO 3200.

CSX Q647 SB at Kelly, Kentucky

June 1, 2020 – Dusk settles across western Kentucky as CSX Q647 passes the signals at the south end of the siding at Kelly, KY as it rumbles south on the Henderson Subdivision at the old wooden overpass where preparations are underway its replacement with a new concrete bridge.

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Irex 11mm, f/4, 1/320, ISO 3200.

June 18, 2020 - Indiana Railroad (INRD) engineer, Travis Collis, heads across the INRD Chicago Subdivision Diamond at Linton, Indiana with his train, as he heads north with HWSA-18 on the INRD Indianapolis Subdivision. Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Irex 11mm, f/6.3, 1/1250, -3 f/stops (exposed for the highlights and processed for the shadows), ISO 100.

Indiana Railroad HWSA-18 Northbound at Linton, Indiana

June 18, 2020 – Indiana Railroad (INRD) engineer, Travis Collis, heads across the INRD Chicago Subdivision Diamond at Linton, Indiana with his train, as he heads north with HWSA-18 on the INRD Indianapolis Subdivision.

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Irex 11mm, f/6.3, 1/1250, -3 f/stops (exposed for the highlights and processed for the shadows), ISO 100.

June 18, 2020 - Indiana Railroad (INRD) engineer, Travis Collis, swings the stop sign to the Indiana Southern Railroad track at the diamond in Switz City, Indiana, as he makes his way north with his train, INRD HWSA-18, to the north end of the BLS Siding at Switz City, to meet it's counterpart SAHW-18 coming from Indianapolis. This is the point where the crew from each train will swap out and the Indy train will return there, whereas Collins train will make a run to Palestine, Illinois before returning to the Hiawatha Yard in Jasonville, Indiana on the Indianapolis Subdivision. Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 360mm, f/6.3, 1/1250, ISO 140.

Indiana Railroad (INRD) engineer, Travis Collis, swings the stop sign…

June 18, 2020 – Indiana Railroad (INRD) engineer, Travis Collis, swings the stop sign to the Indiana Southern Railroad track at the diamond in Switz City, Indiana, as he makes his way north with his train, INRD HWSA-18, to the north end of the BLS Siding at Switz City, to meet it’s counterpart SAHW-18 coming from Indianapolis.

This is the point where the crew from each train will swap out and the Indy train will return there, whereas Collins train will make a run to Palestine, Illinois before returning to the Hiawatha Yard in Jasonville, Indiana on the Indianapolis Subdivision.

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 360mm, f/6.3, 1/1250, ISO 140.

June 18, 2020 - After a 3 hour wait for maintenance-of-way to clear up, the crew of a southbound Indiana Railroad train from Indianapolis (INRD) with engine 9005 leading, meets and does their job briefing with northbound INRD 9004 and INRD's 25th Anniversary engine 9025 trailing, at the north end of BLS Siding at Switz City, Indiana, to trade off trains at dusk. Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Nikon 50mm @ 1.4, 1/320, ISO 2,500,

INRD Meet at Switz City, Indiana

June 18, 2020 – After a 3 hour wait for maintenance-of-way to clear up, the crew of a southbound Indiana Railroad train from Indianapolis (INRD) with engine 9005 leading, meets and does their job briefing with northbound INRD 9004 and INRD’s 25th Anniversary engine 9025 trailing, at the north end of BLS Siding at Switz City, Indiana, to trade off trains at dusk.


Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Nikon 50mm @ 1.4, 1/320, ISO 2,500,