August 1, 2020 - Engine 465 leads a afternoon passenger train as it approaches the switch at milepost 74 as it heads for the Gradman Station on the French Lick Scenic Railway through one of many tunnels of trees. According to their website: The Indiana Railway Museum is a tourist railway located in French Lick, Indiana. The Museum was founded in 1961 in the town of Westport, Indiana where the railroad operated a tourist excursion, utilizing one small locomotive, three passenger cars, and about twenty volunteers. Ridership was estimated at about 500 passengers in 1962. The museum and railway remained in Westport until a move was necessitated in 1971. The organization relocated to Greensburg, Indiana where it operated until 1976 when it again, it changed locations. The Museum was relocated to French Lick in 1978 after an agreement with the Southern Railway Company. They deeded the Museum a total of sixteen miles of track stretching from West Baden, Indiana, approximately one mile north of French Lick, to a small village named Dubois, to the south. The Indiana Railway Museum currently operates as The French Lick Scenic Railway operating passenger trains over twenty-five miles of this track from French Lick to Jasper. Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 550mm, f/6.3, 1/500, ISO 450.

Engine 465 leads a afternoon passenger train…

August 1, 2020 – Engine 465 leads a afternoon passenger train as it approaches the switch at milepost 74 as it heads for the Gradman Station on the French Lick Scenic Railway through one of many tunnels of trees.

According to their website: The Indiana Railway Museum is a tourist railway located in French Lick, Indiana. The Museum was founded in 1961 in the town of Westport, Indiana where the railroad operated a tourist excursion, utilizing one small locomotive, three passenger cars, and about twenty volunteers. Ridership was estimated at about 500 passengers in 1962. The museum and railway remained in Westport until a move was necessitated in 1971. The organization relocated to Greensburg, Indiana where it operated until 1976 when it again, it changed locations. The Museum was relocated to French Lick in 1978 after an agreement with the Southern Railway Company. They deeded the Museum a total of sixteen miles of track stretching from West Baden, Indiana, approximately one mile north of French Lick, to a small village named Dubois, to the south.

The Indiana Railway Museum currently operates as The French Lick Scenic Railway operating passenger trains over twenty-five miles of this track from French Lick to Jasper.

Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 550mm, f/6.3, 1/500, ISO 450.

July 28, 2020 - CSX W024 makes its way through switch at Mortons Junction from the Earlington Cutoff, with a loaded rail train with CSXT 4046 (EMD SD40-3) leading long hood forward as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision. Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 250mm, f/6.3, 1/1000, ISO 360.

CSX W024 makes its way through switch at Mortons Junction…

July 28, 2020 – CSX W024 makes its way through switch at Mortons Junction from the Earlington Cutoff, with a loaded rail train with CSXT 4046 (EMD SD40-3) leading long hood forward as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision.

Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 250mm, f/6.3, 1/1000, ISO 360.

August 20, 2020 - CSXT 3182 heads up CSX E040-16 as it heads through the cross-over from track 2 to track 1 as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision at Nortonville, Kentucky. It set on track 2 as it waited for CSX Q025 to pass and its counterpart, loaded coal train N040-20 was also waiting for Q025 on the same track about 1/4 mile away from the cross-over. Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 250mm, f/11, 1/1250, ISO 900.

CSXT 3182 heads up CSX E040-16 at Nortonville, Ky

August 20, 2020 – CSXT 3182 heads up CSX E040-16 as it heads through the cross-over from track 2 to track 1 as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision at Nortonville, Kentucky. It set on track 2 as it waited for CSX Q025 to pass and its counterpart, loaded coal train N040-20 was also waiting for Q025 on the same track about 1/4 mile away from the cross-over.


Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 250mm, f/11, 1/1250, ISO 900.

Norfolk Southern 4194 glides downhill as it leads NS 124-31 westbound, with an all Autorack train, as it meets NS 376-01 led by NS 9626, a eastbound mix freight train, across the street from the Taswell Community Church at Taswell, Indiana on the NS Southern-West District. Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 195mm, f/5.6, 1/800, ISO 1400.

NS 124-31 meets NS 376-01 at Taswell, Indiana

Norfolk Southern 4194 glides downhill as it leads NS 124-31 westbound, with an all Autorack train, as it meets NS 376-01 led by NS 9626, a eastbound mix freight train, across the street from the Taswell Community Church at Taswell, Indiana on the NS Southern-East District.

Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 195mm, f/5.6, 1/800, ISO 1400.

August 17, 2020 - Canadian National 5735, 2138 and Union Pacific 5446 head up CSX K421, a loaded ethanol train, as it makes its way down the main at the south end of the siding at Slaughters, Kentucky as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision. Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 150mm, f/7.1, 1/640, ISO 100.

Canadian National 5735, 2138 and Union Pacific 5446 head up CSX K421…

August 17, 2020 – Canadian National 5735, 2138 and Union Pacific 5446 head up CSX K421, a loaded ethanol train, as it makes its way down the main at the south end of the siding at Slaughters, Kentucky as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision.

Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 150mm, f/7.1, 1/640, ISO 100.

August 17, 2020 - CSXT 5113 leads CSX W992 as it passes the approach lit signals in downtown Earlington, Ky with a load of windmill housings and motors, with a load of grain cars tagged onto the end of its train as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision. Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 340mm, f/22, 1/200, ISO 100.

CSXT 5113 leads CSX W992 northbound, Earlington, Ky

August 17, 2020 – CSXT 5113 leads CSX W992 as it passes the approach lit signals in downtown Earlington, Ky with a load of windmill housings and motors, with a load of grain cars tagged onto the end of its train as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision.


Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 340mm, f/22, 1/200, ISO 100.

August 13, 2020 - BNSF 5954 leads CSX intermodal Q028-12 (Atlanta, GA - Chicago, IL) as it tops the rise while passing CSX Q647 in the siding at Kelly, Kentucky, as 28 heads north on the Henderson Subdivision. Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 370mm, f/9, 1/1250, ISO 900.

BNSF 5954 leads CSX intermodal Q028-12 NB at Kelly, Ky

August 13, 2020 – BNSF 5954 leads CSX intermodal Q028-12 (Atlanta, GA – Chicago, IL) as it tops the rise while passing CSX Q647 in the siding at Kelly, Kentucky, as 28 heads north on the Henderson Subdivision.

Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 370mm, f/9, 1/1250, ISO 900.

August 15, 2020 - Canadian National 5485 leads the CN Fulton to Paducah local as it passes the LED signals at CN's P&I Junction in Paducah, Kentucky after making its drop-off and pickup at the Paducah & Louisville Railway. Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 24-70 @ 56mm, f/11. 1/500, ISO 220.

Canadian National 5485 leads the CN Fulton to Paducah local…

August 15, 2020 – Canadian National 5485 leads the CN Fulton to Paducah local as it passes the LED signals at CN’s P&I Junction in Paducah, Kentucky after making its drop-off and pickup at the Paducah & Louisville Railway.

Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 24-70 @ 56mm, f/11. 1/500, ISO 220.

August 15, 2020 - While out learning to use my new Arsenal Device for my D800, one of the places we stopped was an eagles nest in Grand Rivers, Kentucky. I didn't use the Arsenal for this shot of a bald eagle taking flight from a dead tree, but it's a shot that I like and still wanted to share here for your viewing pleasure! Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 with a 1.4 teleconverter, 850mm, f/9, 1/640, ISO 500.

A Bald Eagle taking flight in Grand Rivers, Ky

August 15, 2020 – While out learning to use my new Arsenal Device for my D800, one of the places we stopped was an eagles nest in Grand Rivers, Kentucky. I didn’t use the Arsenal for this shot of a bald eagle taking flight from a dead tree, but it’s a shot that I like and still wanted to share here for your viewing pleasure!

Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 with a 1.4 teleconverter, 850mm, f/9, 1/640, ISO 500.

July 17, 2020 - Norfolk Southern New Jersey Central Lines Heritage Unit 1071 leads NS 172 across the NS/CSX diamond at 4th Street in Louisville, Kentucky as it heads north on the Louisville District. Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 280mm, f/5.6, 1/320, ISO 100.

Norfolk Southern New Jersey Central Lines Heritage Unit…

July 17, 2020 – Norfolk Southern New Jersey Central Lines Heritage Unit 1071 leads NS 172 across the NS/CSX diamond at 4th Street in Louisville, Kentucky as it heads north on the Louisville District.

Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 280mm, f/5.6, 1/320, ISO 100.

WEB-07.21.20 CSX K815-19 SB with CP 7021 arrives Howell Yard, Evansville, IN

CSX K815-19, with CP 7021 arrives at Evansville, IN

July 21, 2020 – CSX K815-19, with CP 7021, pulls under the signal bridge at the north end of Howell Yard in Evansville, Indiana, as it arrives with a loaded phosphate train.

Canadian Pacific unveiled 5 of these specially painted locomotives in November of 2019 on Remembrance Day in Canada and Veterans Day in the U.S. honoring the culture and history of the armed forces. The five Electro-Motive Diesel SD70ACUs will take the message of military pride across the CP system.

CP 7021 wears the sand colour that the Canadian and U.S. armies apply to fighting vehicles and equipment serving in arid climates.

Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm, f/4.5, 1/500, ISO 2500.

August 10, 2020 -CSXT 5479 runs long hood forward on the Henderson Subdivision as it leads railtrain J012-10 toward the siding at Latham, in Hopkinsville, Ky, after dropping rails between the south end of Kelly, Ky, working its way south towards Guthrie, Ky. I'm told there will be a CSX MOW blitz beginning is just under two weeks with a daily work curfew. Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 300mm, f/9, 1/1250, ISO 640.

CSXT 5479 runs long hood forward on the Henderson Subdivision…

August 10, 2020 – CSXT 5479 runs long hood forward on the Henderson Subdivision as it leads railtrain J012-10 toward the siding at Latham, in Hopkinsville, Ky, after dropping rails between the south end of Kelly, Ky, working its way south towards Guthrie, Ky. I’m told there will be a CSX MOW blitz beginning is just under two weeks with a daily work curfew.

Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 300mm, f/9, 1/1250, ISO 640.

August 10, 2020 - Hot Intermodal CSX Q025-10 passes railtrain J012-10 sitting in the siding at Latham as it heads south at Hopkinsville, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision. The rail train was dropping rails between the south end of Kelly, Ky, working its way south towards Guthrie, Ky. I'm told there will be a CSX MOW blitz beginning is just under two weeks with a daily work curfew. Using good, strong leading lines in your photos will help draw your viewers eye to the subject of your picture. One of the many photographic mentors in my life told me, when shooting, if something doesn't contribute to what you want your photo to say, then eliminate it when you shoot by using a different lens, perspective or angle when shooting! Advice I use today in my pictures. Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 360mm, f/9, 1/1250, ISO 900.

Hot Intermodal CSX Q025-10 passes railtrain J012-10…

August 10, 2020 – Hot Intermodal CSX Q025-10 passes railtrain J012-10 sitting in the siding at Latham as it heads south at Hopkinsville, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision. The rail train was dropping rails between the south end of Kelly, Ky, working its way south towards Guthrie, Ky. I’m told there will be a CSX MOW blitz beginning is just under two weeks with a daily work curfew.

Using good, strong leading lines in your photos will help draw your viewers eye to the subject of your picture. One of the many photographic mentors in my life told me, when shooting, if something doesn’t contribute to what you want your photo to say, then eliminate it when you shoot by using a different lens, perspective or angle when shooting! Advice I use today in my pictures.

Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 360mm, f/9, 1/1250, ISO 900.

August 1, 2020 - It's a hot and steamy summer night as the headlights of CSX Q513 illuminates the tracks at the south end of Howell Yard in Evansville, Indiana as it makes a pickup before continues its way south along the Henderson Subdivision. Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Nikkor 70-300 @112mm, f/4.8, 1/30, ISO 3,200.

It’s a hot and steamy summer night…

August 1, 2020 – It’s a hot and steamy summer night as the headlights of CSX Q513 illuminates the tracks at the south end of Howell Yard in Evansville, Indiana as it makes a pickup before continues its way south along the Henderson Subdivision.

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Nikkor 70-300 @112mm, f/4.8, 1/30, ISO 3,200.

July 17, 2020 - Norfolk Southern 9573 leads a autorack train east as it passes through the cut at Tunnel Hill road overpass, just west of Ramsey, Indiana, on the NS Southern-East District. This cut was constructed to bypass the original tunnel through this area, which I'm told it can still be seen via Google Earth Maps. Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Irex 11mm, f/6.3, 1/800, ISO 1100.

Norfolk Southern 9573 leads a autorack train…

July 17, 2020 – Norfolk Southern 9573 leads a autorack train east as it passes through the cut at Tunnel Hill road overpass, just west of Ramsey, Indiana, on the NS Southern-East District. This cut was constructed to bypass the original tunnel through this area, which I’m told it can still be seen via Google Earth Maps.

Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Irex 11mm, f/6.3, 1/800, ISO 1100.

August 4, 2020 - Indiana Railroads 9007 leads (SAHW) the Indianapolis to Jasonville, Indiana evening train as it passes over the diamond at Linton, Indiana as it heads south into the setting sun on the Indianapolis Subdivision as it crosses over the INRD Chicago Subdivision. Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 350mm, f/6.3, 1/1250, ISO 220.

Indiana Railroads 9007 leads (SAHW) at Linton, IN

August 4, 2020 – Indiana Railroads 9007 leads (SAHW) the Indianapolis to Jasonville, Indiana evening train as it passes over the diamond at Linton, Indiana as it heads south into the setting sun on the Indianapolis Subdivision as it crosses over the INRD Chicago Subdivision.

Tech Info: Full Frame Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 350mm, f/6.3, 1/1250, ISO 220.