CSXT 790 and 335 lead CSX M513 as it meets the CSX 1973 Chessie Heritage Unit in the siding at the north end of Kelly, Kentucky, as it leads CSX B211, a loaded potash train, on December 22, 2023, on the Henderson Subdivision. The Chessie Heritage unit was leading an interesting lash up of one other CSX unit and 3 Norfolk Southern Units. If you check out my Saturday Edited video from this morning (episode 52) you’ll find a couple video clips of this train making its way north. According to Wikipedia: The three railroads that would make up the Chessie System had been closely related since the 1960s. C&O had acquired controlling interest in B&O in 1962, and the two had jointly controlled WM since 1967. Chessie System, Inc. was a holding company that owned the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O), the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O), the Western Maryland Railway (WM), and Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad (B&OCT). Trains operated under the Chessie name from 1973 to 1987. On November 1, 1980, Chessie System merged with Seaboard Coastline Industries to form CSX Corporation. Initially, the three Chessie System railroads continued to operate separately, even after Seaboard’s six Family Lines System railroads were merged into the Seaboard System Railroad on December 29, 1982. That began to change in 1983, when the WM was merged into the B&O. The Chessie image continued to be applied to new and re-painted equipment until July 1, 1986, when CSXT introduced its own paint scheme. In April 1987, the B&O was merged into the C&O. In August 1987, C&O merged into CSX Transportation, a 1986 renaming of the Seaboard System Railroad, and the Chessie System name was retired. Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 110. #railroad #railroads #train #trains #bestphoto #railroadengines #picturesoftrains #picturesofrailway #bestphotograph #photographyoftrains #trainphotography #JimPearsonPhotography #csxhendersonsubdivision #csxt #csxheritageunit

CSX M513 meets the CSX 1973 Chessie Heritage Unit in the siding at the north end of Kelly, Kentucky

CSXT 790 and 335 lead CSX M513 as it meets the CSX 1973 Chessie Heritage Unit in the siding at the north end of Kelly, Kentucky, as it leads CSX B211, a loaded potash train, on December 22, 2023, on the Henderson Subdivision.

The Chessie Heritage unit was leading an interesting lash up of one other CSX unit and 3 Norfolk Southern Units. If you check out my Saturday Edited video from this morning (episode 52) you’ll find a couple video clips of this train making its way north.

According to Wikipedia: The three railroads that would make up the Chessie System had been closely related since the 1960s. C&O had acquired controlling interest in B&O in 1962, and the two had jointly controlled WM since 1967.

Chessie System, Inc. was a holding company that owned the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O), the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O), the Western Maryland Railway (WM), and Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad (B&OCT). Trains operated under the Chessie name from 1973 to 1987.

On November 1, 1980, Chessie System merged with Seaboard Coastline Industries to form CSX Corporation. Initially, the three Chessie System railroads continued to operate separately, even after Seaboard’s six Family Lines System railroads were merged into the Seaboard System Railroad on December 29, 1982. That began to change in 1983, when the WM was merged into the B&O. The Chessie image continued to be applied to new and re-painted equipment until July 1, 1986, when CSXT introduced its own paint scheme. In April 1987, the B&O was merged into the C&O. In August 1987, C&O merged into CSX Transportation, a 1986 renaming of the Seaboard System Railroad, and the Chessie System name was retired.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 110.

Digital Photo Art – CSX Conrail Heritage Unit, CSXT 1976 leads M512 as it pulls north at Kelly, Kentucky on November 9th, 2023, on the CSX Henderson Subdivision on an overcast fall evening. Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/500, ISO 210. #railroad #railroads #train #trains #bestphoto #railroadengines #picturesoftrains #picturesofrailway #bestphotograph #photographyoftrains #trainphotography #JimPearsonPhotography #csxheritageunits #csxhendersonsubdivision

Digital Photo Art – CSX Conrail Heritage Unit, CSXT 1976

Digital Photo Art – CSX Conrail Heritage Unit, CSXT 1976 leads M512 as it pulls north at Kelly, Kentucky on November 9th, 2023, on the CSX Henderson Subdivision on an overcast fall evening.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/500, ISO 210.

Some days everything just comes together with light, skies, clouds, shadows, leading lines, and dramatic warm light! This day was on December 18th, 2023, as I was on the last leg of my trip to chase Pere Marquette 1225, where I captured this shot of CSX I028’s mid-train DPU as they headed down the viaduct into Howell Yard at Evansville, Indiana on the CSX Henderson Subdivision. The only thing that would have made it better is if it was a train coming out of Evansville, but I’ll take it!! Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/240, ISO 130. #railroad #railroads #train #trains #bestphoto #railroadengines #picturesoftrains #picturesofrailway #bestphotograph #photographyoftrains #trainphotography #JimPearsonPhotography #csxhendersonsubdivision #csxt

CSX I028’s mid-train DPU as headed down the viaduct into Howell Yard at Evansville, Indiana

Some days everything just comes together with light, skies, clouds, shadows, leading lines, and dramatic warm light! This day was on December 18th, 2023, as I was on the last leg of my trip to chase Pere Marquette 1225, where I captured this shot of CSX I028’s mid-train DPU as they headed down the viaduct into Howell Yard at Evansville, Indiana on the CSX Henderson Subdivision. The only thing that would have made it better is if it was a train coming out of Evansville, but I’ll take it!!

Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/240, ISO 130.

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 heads south on the Earlington Cutoff

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.

CSX I026 rolls down the viaduct at Rahm, Indiana on the CSX Henderson Subdivision at sunset, December 18th, 2023, on its way north to Evansville, Indiana for a crew change, before heading north to Bedford Park, IL. Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/3200, ISO 170. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #jimpearsonphotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer #csxt #dronephoto #trainsfromadrone #csxhendersonsubdivision

CSX I026 rolls down the viaduct at Rahm, Indiana at Sunset

CSX I026 rolls down the viaduct at Rahm, Indiana on the CSX Henderson Subdivision at sunset, December 18th, 2023, on its way north to Evansville, Indiana for a crew change, before heading north to Bedford Park, IL.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/3200, ISO 170.

CSX 6900 L285, GP 40-2, ex Chessie C&O 4392, with the faint outline of the Chessie Cat logo on the front of the nose, makes its way back toward Madisonville, Ky on the MH&E Branch, as it approaches the Paducah and Louisville Railway at Central City, Ky. This unit has been also known as "Blank face" and "No logo nose" On December 6th, 2023. From what I found online: for context, Chessie System was the combination of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, and the Western Maryland Railway. The Hagerstown yard was once part of the WM, home to a major classification yard and locomotive repair facility. The name came from C&O, who took majority control over the B&O and WM. CSX dates to 1980 as a joint venture between Chessie and Seaboard System before formally merging in 1986. 6900 was indeed part of the former Chessie System (for the C&O specifically) and wore the same logo on her nose when she was built in 1980. However, this is not her old colors showing through. After some repair work in 2018/2019, 6900 lost her CSX decal, leaving a blank nose. In 2020, a crew in Ohio took it upon themselves to apply the Chessie logo as a nod to her heritage, however it was removed shortly after, leaving this faded "ghostly" image. CSX L285 is on a return trip from making a pickup at HARSCO, BLACK BEAUTY Abrasives (Reed Minerals) at Drakesboro, Ky on the CSX MH&E Branch. CSX uses a short portion of this branch to service the plant, with it being its only customer on it. At Central City they switch onto the Paducah and Louisville Railway and return on the PAL to Madisonville, Ky. Tech Info: Nikon D810, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 460mm, f/6, 1/800, ISO 320. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer #jimpearsonphotography #NikonD810 #KentuckyTrains #CSXMHEBranch #csxt

CSX 6900 L285, GP 40-2, ex Chessie C&O 4392, with the faint outline of the Chessie Cat logo…

CSX 6900 L285, GP 40-2, ex Chessie C&O 4392, with the faint outline of the Chessie Cat logo on the front of the nose, makes its way back toward Madisonville, Ky on the MH&E Branch, as it approaches the Paducah and Louisville Railway at Central City, Ky. This unit has been also known as “Blank face” and “No logo nose” On December 6th, 2023.

From what I found online: for context, Chessie System was the combination of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, and the Western Maryland Railway. The Hagerstown yard was once part of the WM, home to a major classification yard and locomotive repair facility. The name came from C&O, who took majority control over the B&O and WM. CSX dates to 1980 as a joint venture between Chessie and Seaboard System before formally merging in 1986.

6900 was indeed part of the former Chessie System (for the C&O specifically) and wore the same logo on her nose when she was built in 1980. However, this is not her old colors showing through. After some repair work in 2018/2019, 6900 lost her CSX decal, leaving a blank nose. In 2020, a crew in Ohio took it upon themselves to apply the Chessie logo as a nod to her heritage, however it was removed shortly after, leaving this faded “ghostly” image.

CSX L285 is on a return trip from making a pickup at HARSCO, BLACK BEAUTY Abrasives (Reed Minerals) at Drakesboro, Ky on the CSX MH&E Branch. CSX uses a short portion of this branch to service the plant, with it being its only customer on it. At Central City they switch onto the Paducah and Louisville Railway and return on the PAL to Madisonville, Ky.

Tech Info: Nikon D810, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @ 460mm, f/6, 1/800, ISO 320.

CSXT 1776 Spirit of Our Armed Forces locomotive leads CSX I025 on Veteran’s Day, November 11th, 2023, as it made its way south at Nortonville, Ky, on the CSX Henderson Subdivision. According to a press release from CSXT, ES44AH locomotive No. 1776, dubbed “The Spirit of Our Armed Forces,” was unveiled 0n April 30, 2019, at the railroad’s Huntington Heavy Repair shops in West Virginia. No. 1776, renumbered from No. 3112, wears a combination standard CSX scheme on its cab and a highly detailed digital camouflage paint scheme on its long hood which adorns CSX’s new “Pride in Service” logo. The seals of the five-armed services branches are spread across the rear of the engine’s radiators, and logos for several support organizations for veterans and veterans’ families also appear on the locomotive. A screen-printed American flag covers the side cab windows. Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 110. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #jimpearsonphotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer #csxt #dronephoto #trainsfromadrone #csxhendersonsubdivision #csxt1776 #nortonvilleky

CSXT 1776 Spirit of Our Armed Forces locomotive leads CSX I025 on Veteran’s Day, November 11th, 2023

CSXT 1776 Spirit of Our Armed Forces locomotive leads CSX I025 on Veteran’s Day, November 11th, 2023, as it made its way south at Nortonville, Ky, on the CSX Henderson Subdivision.

According to a press release from CSXT, ES44AH locomotive No. 1776, dubbed “The Spirit of Our Armed Forces,” was unveiled 0n April 30, 2019, at the railroad’s Huntington Heavy Repair shops in West Virginia.

No. 1776, renumbered from No. 3112, wears a combination standard CSX scheme on its cab and a highly detailed digital camouflage paint scheme on its long hood which adorns CSX’s new “Pride in Service” logo. The seals of the five-armed services branches are spread across the rear of the engine’s radiators, and logos for several support organizations for veterans and veterans’ families also appear on the locomotive. A screen-printed American flag covers the side cab windows.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 110.

Digital Art Photo - CSX Louisville and Nashville Heritage Unit 1850 leads loaded grain train G031, as it approaches CSX Howell Yard, under stormy skies, at Evansville, Indiana, on October 5th, 2023, on the CSX Evansville Terminal Subdivision. After a crew change and new train ID of G419, the loaded grain train continued its move south to Mobile, Alabama. According to CSXT: CSX has introduced the sixth locomotive in its heritage series, a freshly painted unit honoring the Louisville & Nashville Railroad. Designated CSX 1850, the locomotive will be placed into service, carrying the L&N colors across the 20,000-mile CSX network. The paint scheme was designed and applied at the CSX Locomotive Shop in Waycross, Georgia, which has produced all six units in the heritage series celebrating the lines that came together to form the modern CSX. Like the other heritage locomotives, the L&N unit combines the heritage railroad’s iconic logo and colors on the rear two-thirds of the engine with today’s CSX colors and markings on the cab end. Chartered by the State of Kentucky in 1850, the L&N grew into a vital transportation link between the Gulf Coast and the nation’s heartland. The railroad was absorbed by the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, which subsequently became part of the Chessie System and, ultimately, today’s CSX. The CSX heritage series is reinforcing employee pride in the history of the railroad that continues to move the nation’s economy with safe, reliable, and sustainable rail-based transportation services. Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/8, 1/1250, ISO 250. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #jimpearsonphotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer #CSXHeritage #EvansvolleIndiana #dronephoto #trainsfromadrone #IndianaTrains #CSXLandNHeritageunit

Digital Art Photo – CSX Louisville and Nashville Heritage Unit 1850

Digital Art Photo – CSX Louisville and Nashville Heritage Unit 1850 leads loaded grain train G031, as it approaches CSX Howell Yard, under stormy skies, at Evansville, Indiana, on October 5th, 2023, on the CSX Evansville Terminal Subdivision. After a crew change and new train ID of G419, the loaded grain train continued its move south to Mobile, Alabama.

According to CSXT: CSX has introduced the sixth locomotive in its heritage series, a freshly painted unit honoring the Louisville & Nashville Railroad. Designated CSX 1850, the locomotive will be placed into service, carrying the L&N colors across the 20,000-mile CSX network.

The paint scheme was designed and applied at the CSX Locomotive Shop in Waycross, Georgia, which has produced all six units in the heritage series celebrating the lines that came together to form the modern CSX. Like the other heritage locomotives, the L&N unit combines the heritage railroad’s iconic logo and colors on the rear two-thirds of the engine with today’s CSX colors and markings on the cab end.

Chartered by the State of Kentucky in 1850, the L&N grew into a vital transportation link between the Gulf Coast and the nation’s heartland. The railroad was absorbed by the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, which subsequently became part of the Chessie System and, ultimately, today’s CSX.

The CSX heritage series is reinforcing employee pride in the history of the railroad that continues to move the nation’s economy with safe, reliable, and sustainable rail-based transportation services.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/8, 1/1250, ISO 250.

December 2nd, 2023 – Episode 48 Saturday Edited Video from Jim Pearson Photography

This week we catch CSX 1776, Honoring Our Veterans locomotive leading I025 south at Nortonville, empty coal, E302 north at Madisonville loaded coal C738, north at Mortons Gap, Paducah and Louisville Railway local north at West Yard, Madisonville, a UP Coke train south after turning it’s engine at PAL West Yard and finally Norfolk Southern loaded coal northbound over the drawbridge at Rockport, Kentucky. Enjoy and please Like, Share and Subscribe! Thanks for watching! Thanks for watching! Don’t forget to Subscribe and Ring the Notification Bell so you won’t miss any of my future videos! Have a blessed day everyone!!

November 25th, 2023 – Episode 47 Saturday Edited Video from Jim Pearson Photography

This week we catch, mostly from the air, empty Phosphate train B240, with 3 CN leaders, in the siding for southbound loaded grain train G231 to pass at Crofton, Kentucky. Then we watch a northbound intermodal, I028, as it heads through the north end of Kelly, Kentucky. Both trains are on the CSX Henderson Subdivision. Enjoy and please Like, Share and Subscribe! Thanks for watching!

It sure was nice of CSX to send CSXT 1776 Spirit of Our Armed Forces locomotive heading south on Veteran’s Day, November 11th, 2023. Here I captured it as it passed the signals at the north end of the siding at Slaughters, as it made its way south on the CSX Henderson Subdivision. According to a press release from CSXT, ES44AH locomotive No. 1776, dubbed “The Spirit of Our Armed Forces,” was unveiled 0n April 30, 2019 at the railroad’s Huntington Heavy Repair shops in West Virginia. No. 1776, renumbered from No. 3112, wears a combination standard CSX scheme on its cab and a highly detailed digital camouflage paint scheme on its long hood which adorns CSX’s new “Pride in Service” logo. The seals of the five-armed services branches are spread across the rear of the engine’s radiators, and logos for several support organizations for veterans and veterans’ families also appear on the locomotive. A screen-printed American flag covers the side cab windows. Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 100. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #jimpearsonphotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer #csxt #dronephoto #trainsfromadrone #csxhendersonsubdivision #csxt1776 #slaughtersky

CSXT 1776 Spirit of Our Armed Forces locomotive heading south on Veteran’s Day at Slaughters, Ky

It sure was nice of CSX to send CSXT 1776 Spirit of Our Armed Forces locomotive heading south on Veteran’s Day, November 11th, 2023. Here I captured it as it passed the signals at the north end of the siding at Slaughters, as it made its way south on the CSX Henderson Subdivision.

According to a press release from CSXT, ES44AH locomotive No. 1776, dubbed “The Spirit of Our Armed Forces,” was unveiled 0n April 30, 2019 at the railroad’s Huntington Heavy Repair shops in West Virginia.
No. 1776, renumbered from No. 3112, wears a combination standard CSX scheme on its cab and a highly detailed digital camouflage paint scheme on its long hood which adorns CSX’s new “Pride in Service” logo. The seals of the five-armed services branches are spread across the rear of the engine’s radiators, and logos for several support organizations for veterans and veterans’ families also appear on the locomotive. A screen-printed American flag covers the side cab windows.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 100.

CSX Louisville and Nashville Heritage Unit 1850 leads loaded grain train G031, as it heads south under stormy skies at Darmstadt, Indiana, on October 5th, 2023, on the CE&D Subdivision, trackage that used to belong to the L&N. According to CSXT: CSX has introduced the sixth locomotive in its heritage series, a freshly painted unit honoring the Louisville & Nashville Railroad. Designated CSX 1850, the locomotive will be placed into service, carrying the L&N colors across the 20,000-mile CSX network. The paint scheme was designed and applied at the CSX Locomotive Shop in Waycross, Georgia, which has produced all six units in the heritage series celebrating the lines that came together to form the modern CSX. Like the other heritage locomotives, the L&N unit combines the heritage railroad’s iconic logo and colors on the rear two-thirds of the engine with today’s CSX colors and markings on the cab end. Chartered by the State of Kentucky in 1850, the L&N grew into a vital transportation link between the Gulf Coast and the nation’s heartland. The railroad was absorbed by the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, which subsequently became part of the Chessie System and, ultimately, today’s CSX. The CSX heritage series is reinforcing employee pride in the history of the railroad that continues to move the nation's economy with safe, reliable, and sustainable rail-based transportation services. Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/8, 1/1250, ISO 200. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #jimpearsonphotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer #CSXHeritage #DarmstadtIndiana #dronephoto #trainsfromadrone #IndianaTrains #CSXLandNHeritageunit

CSX Louisville and Nashville Heritage Unit 1850 leads loaded grain train G031 south at Darmstadt, IN

CSX Louisville and Nashville Heritage Unit 1850 leads loaded grain train G031, as it heads south under stormy skies at Darmstadt, Indiana, on October 5th, 2023, on the CE&D Subdivision, trackage that used to belong to the L&N.

According to CSXT: CSX has introduced the sixth locomotive in its heritage series, a freshly painted unit honoring the Louisville & Nashville Railroad. Designated CSX 1850, the locomotive will be placed into service, carrying the L&N colors across the 20,000-mile CSX network.

The paint scheme was designed and applied at the CSX Locomotive Shop in Waycross, Georgia, which has produced all six units in the heritage series celebrating the lines that came together to form the modern CSX. Like the other heritage locomotives, the L&N unit combines the heritage railroad’s iconic logo and colors on the rear two-thirds of the engine with today’s CSX colors and markings on the cab end.

Chartered by the State of Kentucky in 1850, the L&N grew into a vital transportation link between the Gulf Coast and the nation’s heartland. The railroad was absorbed by the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, which subsequently became part of the Chessie System and, ultimately, today’s CSX.

The CSX heritage series is reinforcing employee pride in the history of the railroad that continues to move the nation’s economy with safe, reliable, and sustainable rail-based transportation services.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/8, 1/1250, ISO 200.

The conductor on loaded coal train C302 does a roll-by inspection of a northbound I028, as they wait on the on the cutoff at Mortons Junction on September 14th, 2023, for the hot intermodal to clear the main, so they can continue their run south on the CSX Henderson Subdivision. Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/8, 1/2000, ISO 130. #trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #jimpearsonphotography #trainphotographer #railroadphotographer #dronephoto #trainsfromadrone #Kentuckytrains #csxhendersonsubdivision

The conductor on loaded coal train C302 does a roll-by inspection at Mortons Gap, Ky

The conductor on loaded coal train C302 does a roll-by inspection of a northbound I028, as they wait on the on the cutoff at Mortons Junction on September 14th, 2023, for the hot intermodal to clear the main, so they can continue their run south on the CSX Henderson Subdivision.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/8, 1/2000, ISO 130.