BNSF coal train at Calvert City, Ky

May 30, 2017 – I spent a good part of my birthday trackside yesterday roaming around between Calvert City and Paducah, Ky! This shot is of a BNSF coal train as it finishes unloading at Calvert City, Ky with engines 5980, 9228 and it’s DPU was 9175.

CSX Q586-8 with BNSF power and Q515-08 with UP power meet at Slaughters, Ky

May 8, 2017 – A friend gave a heads-up about CSX 323, the engine with the L&N logo on it headed south, so I set out to see if I couldn’t catch it. Didn’t happen, but I did catch this meet between CSX Q586-8 with BNSF power and Q515-08 with UP power, at the north end of the sliding in Slaughters, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision. It works that way sometimes, setting out to capture one thing and finding another!

July 27, 2015 – CSX X283-26 at North Casky, Hopkinsville, Ky

July 27, 2015 - CSX X283-26, an autorack headed up by BNSF 6625 and 7397, make their was south at the north end of Casky in Hopkinsville, Ky as they head down the Henderson Subdivision under stormy skies. - Tech Info: 1/2000sec, f/2.8, ISO 200, Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

July 27, 2015 – CSX X283-26, an autorack headed up by BNSF 6625 and 7397, make their was south at the north end of Casky in Hopkinsville, Ky as they head down the Henderson Subdivision under stormy skies. – Tech Info: 1/2000sec, f/2.8, ISO 200, Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

June 26, 2015 – A set of BNSF engines on UP’s Chester Sub, Gorham, Illinois.

June 26, 2015 - A set of BNSF engines pull a heavy coal train south on Union Pacific's Chester Subdivision as they approach Gorham, Illinois. Traffic was being re-routed from across the river due to flooding. - Tech Info: 1/1250sec, f/5.6, ISO 450, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 195mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

June 26, 2015 – A set of BNSF engines pull a heavy coal train south on Union Pacific’s Chester Subdivision as they approach Gorham, Illinois. Traffic was being re-routed from across the river due to flooding. – Tech Info: 1/1250sec, f/5.6, ISO 450, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 195mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

June 26, 2015 – BNSF 9260 at Paducah, Ky

June 26, 2015 - BNSF 9260 moves it's loaded train along the Shawnee Power Plant Lead as it heads to the plant to offload it's coal at Paducah, Ky. - Tech Info: 1/1250sec, f/5.6, ISO 2000, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 300mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

June 26, 2015 – BNSF 9260 moves it’s loaded train along the Shawnee Power Plant Lead as it heads to the plant to offload it’s coal at Paducah, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/1250sec, f/5.6, ISO 2000, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 300mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

June 26, 2015 – BNSF engine 6073 at Gorham, Illinois

June 26, 2015 - BNSF engine 6073 leads a manifest train south on UP's Chester Subdivision as it passes under the north end signal bridge approaching Gorham, Illinois. - Tech Info: 1/1250sec, f/5.6, ISO 180, Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 70 mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW

June 26, 2015 – BNSF engine 6073 leads a manifest train south on UP’s Chester Subdivision as it passes under the north end signal bridge approaching Gorham, Illinois. – Tech Info: 1/1250sec, f/5.6, ISO 180, Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 70 mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW

June 26, 2015 – A loaded BNSF grain train at Gorham, Ill

June 26, 2015 - A loaded BNSF grain train, with engine 8253 in the lead, heads south on the Chester Subdivision through Gorham, Illinois.  - Tech Info: 1/150sec, f/5.6, ISO 450, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 195 mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

June 26, 2015 – A loaded BNSF grain train, with engine 8253 in the lead, heads south on the Chester Subdivision through Gorham, Illinois. – Tech Info: 1/150sec, f/5.6, ISO 450, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 195 mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

June 26, 2015 – BNSF engine 4599 at Gorham, Illinois

June 26, 2015 - BNSF engine 4599 leads a northbound grain train through the yards at Gorham, Illinois on the Chester Subdivision as another northbound UP freight waits in the background. - Tech Info: 1/1250 sec, f/5.6, ISO 360, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 300 mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. ?#?jimstrainphotos?

June 26, 2015 – BNSF engine 4599 leads a northbound grain train through the yards at Gorham, Illinois on the Chester Subdivision as another northbound UP freight waits in the background. – Tech Info: 1/1250 sec, f/5.6, ISO 360, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 300 mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. ?#?jimstrainphotos?