Bedford Park, IL – Jacksonville, FL
CSX hot intermodal Q025-28 passes under the Paducah and Louisville Railway at Arklow on October 28th, 2020 as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/160, ISO 100.
N015 Evansville, IN (EVWR) – Palatka, FL
CSX loaded coal train N015 weaves its way through the countryside as the late evening like rakes across the tops of trees as it heads south through Nortonville, Kentucky on November 12th, 2020 on the Henderson Subdivision.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/200, ISO 100.
CSX Q028-10 Atlanta, GA – Chicago, IL
CSXT 5412 leads hot intermodal north Q028-10 across the Gum Lick Trestle between Kelly and Crofton, Kentucky as the last rays of the fall sunset rakes through the valley on the Henderson Subdivision on November 10th, 2020.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/400, ISO 100.
E303 – Stilesboro, GA – Evansville, IN (EVWR)
CSXT 3062 passes under the North Main Street overpass on November 5th, 2020, with empty coal train E303, as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision at Madisonville, Ky as it heads to Evansville, Indiana. There the Evansville Western Railway will pick-up the empty train and load it at Sugar Camp Mine (Akin, IL).
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/320, ISO 100.
Jacksonville, FL – Bedford Park, IL Daily
CSXT 3003 leads intermodal Q026-15 north on the Henderson Subdivision as it passes under the signals at the south end of Casky Yard on October 16, 2020 at Hopkinsville, Kentucky. It is one of four hot intermodals that run up and down the Henderson Sub and they are Q025 & Q029 SB along with their counterparts Q028 & Q026.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/640, ISO 100.
Waycross, GA – Avon, IN
The glow of the late evening sunset illuminates the sides of loaded coal hoppers on CSX N015 as it waits in the siding at Kelly, Kentucky, as CSXT 32 leads the daily Q512 north on the Henderson Subdivision on November 3rd, 2020.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/200, ISO 200.
Q026 Jacksonville, FL – Bedford Park, IL
CSXT 364 leads hot intermodal Q026-27 climbs up out of the hole at the north end of Pembroke as it comes out of the Casky Yard after completing a crew change at Hopkinsville, Kentucky on the henderson Subdivision as it continues its run north to Bedford Park, Illinois on October 28, 2020.
Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @250mm, f/8, 1/500, ISO 640.
Rolling meet at Nortonville, Ky
CSX Q512 heads north as it passes Q513, heading south, along the Henderson Subdivision on October 29, 2020 on a wet fall day.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/120, ISO 200.
Southbound through the morning mist
CSXT 403 leads Q503 climbs up out of the hole at the north end of Crofton, Kentucky in the early morning mist as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision on October 28, 2020.
Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 with 1.4 teleconverter @ 850mm, f/9, 1/1000, ISO 1600.
Northbound Geometry Train
Running under the remnants of Hurricane Zeta, CSXT 9969 passes the granary at Pembroke, Kentucky with geometry train W003 as it inspects the Henderson Subdivision between Nashville, TN and Evansville, IN on a rainy fall afternoon.
Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 24-70mm @ 24mm, f/2.8, 1/640, ISO 720.
Emergency, Emergency, Emergency
CSX Q648, with Metra rebuilt unit 213, went into emergency about 7 miles after I captured this scene at Trenton, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision.
I first caught this train at Guthrie and got ahead of it for this shot at Trenton. I was hoping to get another shot at Casky Yard, but unfortunately the train went into emergency under stormy skies and after the conductor walked the train he found a broken air hose that caused the problem.
I had hoped to catch it at the north end of Casky when it got underway, but I left them searching for a replacement hose in the yard as I figured it was going to be dark before they got moving again! It’s the way it goes sometime, but I’m very pleased how this shot turned out! A big shout out to fellow railfans down the line for the heads up on this move!
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/240, ISO 100.
Southbound takes siding at Slaughters, Ky
A Southbound CSX Q501 takes the siding at the north end of Slaughters, Kentucky as it prepares to meet a northbound on the Henderson Subdivision on October 12, 2020.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/400, ISO 200.
Northbound at Mortons Gap, Ky
CSX K443 passes under highway 41 as it heads north at Mortons Gap, Kentucky along the Henderson Subdivision amid the color of fall on October 26, 2020.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 240, ISO 100.
Cross Roads
CSXT 5361 leads Q503 as it pulls away through the crossing at Romney as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision from Nortonville, Kentucky on October 16, 2020 at dusk.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/8, ISO 100.
Ethanol Train Meet at Mortons Junction
BNSF 6357 heads up loaded ethanol train CSX K707 as waits on the Earlington Cutoff at Mortons Junction, as empty ethanol train CSX K423 heads north on the Earlington main, on the Henderson Subdivision at Mortons Gap, Ky with CSXT 5221 and 5461 leading the way.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 200.
The long roads
CSXT 919 leads Q503 on the Henderson Subdivision with CIT Switcher 1559 trailing as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision at Nortonville, Ky on October 16, 2020.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/1250, ISO 100.
BNSF Leading the Way
BNSF 688 and 8355 lead Potash train CSX K810 as they take the siding at the south end of the Slaughters Siding, preparing to meet CSX Q025 at Slaughters, Kentucky as the head north on the Henderson Subdivision on October 17, 2020.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/3200, ISO 400.
Southbound KCS Bells
Kansas City Southern 4054 and 4744 lead loaded ethanol train, CSX K443-26, as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision at Sebree, Kentucky as light fades from the day on September 27, 2020.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/240, ISO 200.
Southbound at Mortons Gap. Ky
BNSF 6357 heads up loaded ethanol train CSX K707 with a very dirty CP 8555 as it heads south out of Mortons Gap, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision with a long and heavy ethanol train.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/2500, ISO 200.
CIT 1559 Switcher Move
CSXT 919 leads Q503 south on the Henderson Subdivision with CIT Switcher 1559 trailing as it pulls off the Earlington Cuttoff onto the main at Mortons Junction in Mortons Gap, Ky on October 16, 2020. A big shout out to Frank Knight for the heads up on this one!!
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Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/2500, ISO 100.
Shadows
CSX a northbound Q028-15 passes through the CSX yard at Guthrie, Ky as the RJ Corman local arrives back at Guthrie from the Memphis Line to drop off its interchange work from the day, as long shadows from the setting sun rake across the scene on the Henderson Subdivision on October 16, 2020.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic Mini Drone, JPG, 4.5mm (24mm equivalent lens) f/2.8, 1/1000, ISO 100.