Kansas City Southern 4771 leads CSX Q029-23 passes Q028 at Trenton, Ky

August 23, 2017 – Kansas City Southern 4771 leads CSX Q029-23 (Chicago, IL-Atlanta, GA) south, with BNSF 4980 trailing, as it passes it’s counterpart, northbound Q028 in the siding at Trenton, Ky, as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision.

I wanted this shot bad and in the rush I failed to check my shutter speed on my Fuji XT-1. The photo ended up being about 5 stops over exposed! While I lost some details in the highlights, mostly evident in the ballast and sky, at least I recovered it well enough to make this post. The key to recovery is that the photo was shot as a RAW file, as all my images are shot and processed as RAW files.

If you don’t shoot in RAW and your camera is able to do so, you’re not using the full potential of your camera’s sensor! When shooting and processing in RAW format you capture every bit of detail and data that your sensor can capture, whereas JPG doesn’t. This photo wouldn’t have seen the light of day as a JPG. Just food for thought!!

If you’re looking for a tutorial for using RAW here’s the one I bought and learned from:

https://www.creativelive.com/courses/adobe-camera-raw-optimizing-enhancing-retouching-jack-davis?via=catalog-class_2

Of course there’s a lot of free classes out there also on YouTube, but this one is the best I’ve found.

If you’ve never visited Creativelive it’s a great resource and if you watch the live broadcast then there’s no charge! Once it broadcasts, or if you want to go back and review the video over and over again then it’s available for purchase as the RAW course. It’s a great resource!

CSX Q645-15 heads south under the coaling tower at Sullivan, IN

August 16, 2017 – Dusk falls as Union Pacific 4061 leads CSX Q645 (Chicago, IL-Waycross, GA), south underneath the old C&EI coaling tower that was built in 1941 to service steam locomotives, as it headed south on CSX’s CE&D Subdivision at Sullivan, Indiana! Of the three CSX trains I caught under this tower today and the only one of the trains that ran with CSX power and it was trailing.

CSX R530 SB with UP power, Nortonville. Ky

July 25, 2017 – CSX R530, running with Union Pacific Power, snakes its way through the curve approaching the north end of Romney where it will take the siding to wait for hot intermodal Q028 to pass, at Nortonville, Ky as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision.

CSX rail train tied down at Princeton, In

June 17, 2017 – Union Pacific 5359 heads up a CSX MOW rail train, as it sits tied down in the siding at the south end of Alliance siding in Princeton, Indiana at dusk on the CE&D subdivision.

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!

December 30, 2016 – Union Pacific Railroad, UP 7970 a GE AC45CCTE…

December 30, 2016 – Union Pacific Railroad, UP 7970 a GE AC45CCTE, approaches the Memorial Tower at Teutopolis Illinois as it leads CSX’s Q131 west. The Memorial Tower was the main entrance to the former St. Joseph Seminary. The Knights of Columbus bought the ground, razed the building, except for the tower, and constructed a new Club room in this location.

August 20, 2016 – CSX E050-16 coal train at Princeton, IN

August 20, 2016 - CSX E050-16 coal train approaches the station at Princeton, Indiana, with a set of Union Pacific engines leading the way, as it heads north on CSX's CE&D Subdivision. The depot was built in 1875 and has been beautifully restored and is the only remaining depot structure in Gibson County. It once housed the C&EI and L&N railways and is now home to the Gibson County Visitors Center and features a railway museum with a restored train caboose.

August 20, 2016 – CSX E050-16 coal train approaches the station at Princeton, Indiana, with a set of Union Pacific engines leading the way, as it heads north on CSX’s CE&D Subdivision. The depot was built in 1875 and has been beautifully restored and is the only remaining depot structure in Gibson County. It once housed the C&EI and L&N railways and is now home to the Gibson County Visitors Center and features a railway museum with a restored train caboose.

May 3, 2016 – A Union Pacific loaded coke train at Richland, Ky

May 3, 2016 - A Union Pacific loaded coke train rounds a curve as it approaches the Earlington Road crossing at Richland, Ky on the Paducah and Louisville Railway as it heads south to Calvert City, Ky to drop off its load. - Tech Info: 1/640 | f/6 | ISO 4000 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 480mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

May 3, 2016 – A Union Pacific loaded coke train rounds a curve as it approaches the Earlington Road crossing at Richland, Ky on the Paducah and Louisville Railway as it heads south to Calvert City, Ky to drop off its load. – Tech Info: 1/640 | f/6 | ISO 4000 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 480mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

August 12, 2015 – CSX Q645-11 southbound at Nortonville, Ky

August 12, 2015 - CSX Q645-11 heads south along side Romney siding at Nortonville, Ky with Union Pacific's 9453 in the lead and UP 1421, 1999, CSX 484, 627, 7303 and 3093 behind it as it heads down the Henderson Subdivision. The only CSX power that was running was 484. - Tech Info: 1/640sec, f/8, ISO 450, Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW

August 12, 2015 – CSX Q645-11 heads south along side Romney siding at Nortonville, Ky with Union Pacific’s 9453 in the lead and UP 1421, 1999, CSX 484, 627, 7303 and 3093 behind it as it heads down the Henderson Subdivision. The only CSX power that was running was 484. – Tech Info: 1/640sec, f/8, ISO 450, 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 – Union Pacific’s 5856 at Gorham, Illnois

June 26, 2015 - Union Pacific's 5856 heads through the south end of Gorham, Illinois as it heads northbound on UP's Chester Subdivision with its intermodal cargo. - Tech Info: 1/1250sec, f/5.6, ISO 280, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 92mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

June 26, 2015 – Union Pacific’s 5856 heads through the south end of Gorham, Illinois as it heads northbound on UP’s Chester Subdivision with its intermodal cargo. – Tech Info: 1/1250sec, f/5.6, ISO 280, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 92mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

June 26, 2015 – Norfolk Southern engine 9654 at Gorham, Ill.

June 26, 2015 - Norfolk Southern engine 9654 leads a northbound autorack train through Gorham, Illinois on the Chester Subdivision. - Tech Info: 1/1250sec, f/5.6, ISO 400, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 250mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.

June 26, 2015 – Norfolk Southern engine 9654 leads a northbound autorack train through Gorham, Illinois on the Chester Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/1250sec, f/5.6, ISO 400, Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 250mm with a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.