March 13, 2019 – CSX Q500-13 (Nashville, TN – Chicago, IL) passes the signal at MP 270.7 as Union Pacific 7628 leads the train north through Earlington, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
March 14, 2019 – Heavy winds and stormy skies made for this nice long exposure photograph of the dock at our local city reservoir here in Madisonville, Ky this afternoon. Tech: Nikon D800, Sigma 24mm @ f5.6 for 25 seconds with a 9 stop ND filter.
March 13, 2019 – CSX intermodal Q026-12, Jacksonville, FL – Bedford Park, IL, pulls up hill as it comes out of the valley pulling its 13,000+ train as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision at Kelly, Ky. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
March 12, 2019 – CN 2569 leads CSX Q500-12 as it heads through Mortons Gap, Ky with UP 5075 trailing on its way north on the Henderson Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad #cnrailway #uprailroad
March 11, 2019 – BNSF Warbonnet 770, rounds the curve at Casky Inspection Yard as it leads CSX Q647-10 south on the Henderson Subdivision at Hopkinsville, Ky. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
March 9, 2019 – A rainbow appears to end on the CSX Henderson Subdivision at Trenton, Ky after a heavy storm passes through the area. Unfortunately with the signals red in both directions I wasn’t lucky enough catch a northbound train approaching me at the crossing at the north end of the Trenton siding. Still, it’s not always about a train, is it! – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
March 9, 2019 – NC&StL Steam Locomotive sits under stormy skies in downtown Nashville, TN, as workers inspect it after stopping for a display at Union Station. After several hours on display the locomotive was then towed on its own wheels to the restoration facility at the Tennessee Central Railway Museum, where it will undergo and estimated two years of restoration.
The Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway was a railway company operated in the southern United States in Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia. It began as the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, chartered in Nashville in December 11, 1845, built to 5 ft (1,524 mm) gauge and was the first railway to operate in the state of Tennessee. By the turn of the twentieth century, the NC&StL grew into one of the most important railway systems in the southern United States. Visit http://www.nashvillesteam.org/ to find out more information and how you can help support this endeavor. – #jimstrainphotos #tennesseerailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad #NCSL576 #steamlocomotive
March 9, 2019 – CSX Q028 head north as it passes NC&StL Steam Locomotive and CSX 576 NC&SL Sticker unit as they set on display next to Union Station in downtown Nashville, TN. The locomotive was then towed on its own wheels to the restoration facility at the Tennessee Central Railway Museum, where it will undergo and estimated two years of restoration. Visit http://www.nashvillesteam.org/ to find out more information and how you can help support this endeavor. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad #NCSL576 #steamlocomotive
February 22, 2019 – CSX Q500, led by Norfolk Southern’s 1111 (nicknamed as the bar-code unit), passes through the Romney with Union Pacific 4254 trailing, as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision and Nortonville, Ky. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad #nsrailway #norfolksouthern #unionpacific
February 23, 2019 – CSX grain train G235-22 heads through the north end of Slaughters, through the falling rain, as it makes its way south on the Henderson Subdivision at Slaughters, Kentucky. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
February 21, 2019 – Norfolk Southern 1111, referred to as the “Bar Code” unit, trails behind Union Pacific 4254, leading CSX Q501, as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision at Sand Cut, just north of Crofton, Kentucky under stormy skies. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
February 16, 2019 – The crew from loaded coal train CSX N307 pulls away from at Nortonville, Ky as they head south on the Henderson Subdivision with their tote train. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
February 13, 2019 – For something a bit different is this old stake bed Illinois Central Gulf truck parked in a field around Cunningham and Arlington, Ky. The newest edition to my series called Machines. Perhaps a book someday down the road.
February 13, 2019 – Illinois Central 1024 and 1035 lead CN local freight L51371-13 north at Fancy Farm, Ky, on CN’s Bluford Subdivision. The Illinois Central is one of many railroads over the years that has been absorbed by Canadian National Railways over the years and these two are among the few that still remain in Illinois Central Paint. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #cn #canadiannationalrailway #illinoiscentralrailway
February 10, 2019 Paducah and Louisville’s University of Kentucky locomotive 2012 heads up a trio of light engines as they head north approaching PAL’s West Yard at Madisonville, Ky. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #pal #paducahandlouisvillerailway
February 2, 2019 – Union Pacific 4091 heads up Paducah and Louisville Railway WYX1 (Z4091) as it pulls away from Grand Rivers, Ky, after completing a crew change, with a loaded train of coke bound for Calvert City Terminal. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #pal #palrailway #paducahandlouisvillerailway
February 23, 2019 – A solid wall of containers is all you see as CSX intermodal Q028-22, with CSXT533 leading, passes through the north end of Slaughters siding northbound on the Henderson Subdivision at Slaughters, Ky. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
February 23, 2019 – CSX grain train G235-22 heads toward the north end of Slaughters, through the falling rain, as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision at Slaughters, Kentucky. I love the ability my 150-600 mm Sigma lens gives me to pull subjects in close, even though they are far away. This is at 400mm from the crossing, which gave me plenty of time to get my shot and move safely out of the way.
Train photos don’t always have to be 3/4 view and close-up! Wide and long shots can be just as effective. I think the key here is trying to get something different when you’re out shooting. That’s why when I’m out railfanning, I’m ready to move somewhere else after I’ve got a train or two at the same spot. Variety makes for more interesting photos! – #jimstrainphotos#kentuckyrailroads#trains#nikond800#railroad#railroads#train#railways#railway#csx#csxrailroad
February 16, 2019 – CSX Q025 passes through Oak Hill as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision at Nortonville, Ky with CSXT 3220 leading. –#jimstrainphotos#kentuckyrailroads#trains#nikond800#railroad#railroads#train#railways#railway#csx#csxrailroad
February 26, 2019 – CSX Q025-25 crests a hill as it approaches the West North Street Crossing in Madisonville, Ky on the way south along the Henderson Subdivision, with CSXT 3281 leading. –#jimstrainphotos#kentuckyrailroads#trains#nikond800#railroad#railroads#train#railways#railway#csx#csxrailroad
February 23, 2019 – CSX intermodal Q028-22, with CSXT533 leading, heads north on the Henderson Subdivision at Slaughters, Ky. – #jimstrainphotos#kentuckyrailroads#trains#nikond800#railroad#railroads#train#railways#railway#csx#csxrailroad