CSX S983, led by Union Pacific 4016, waits for southbound M513 to clear just short of John Rivers Road crossing at Casky Yard in Hopkinsville, Ky, as it leads 5 new Brightline Cars bound for Florida on May 27th, 2025, on the CSX Henderson Subdivision.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/1000, ISO 100.
CSXT 3252 lead hot intermodal I025 south at Anaconda, just south of Robards, Kentucky as they pass the newly constructed Solar energy fields, on the CSX Henderson Subdivision, on July 11th, 2025.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1600, ISO 130.
In this week’s Saturday Infrared photo, we catch Paducah and Louisville Railway 2111 as it leads local WW1 north at Richland, Kentucky, on July 10th, 2025, on the Paducah and Louisville Railway.
According to Wikipedia: The Paducah & Louisville Railway is a Class II railroad that operates freight service between Paducah and Louisville, Kentucky. The line is located entirely within the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The 270-mile line was purchased from Illinois Central Gulf Railroad in August of 1986.
Tech Info: Fuji, RAW, Nikon 10-24 @ 24mm, f/4.5, 1/1000, ISO 400.
In this week’s video we catch trains from the ground and the air between Springfield, TN and Robards, Ky on the CSX Henderson Subdivision. Sit back, turn up the sound, expand to full screen and enjoy the trains!! Please like, share, subscribe and thanks for watching!
CSX M512 heads north at Anaconda, just south of Robards, Kentucky as they pass the newly constructed Solar energy fields, on the CSX Henderson Subdivision, on July 11th, 2025. The loads behind the power are truck frames.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/1000, ISO 100.
Cass Scenic Railroad Heisler #6 pulls through the countryside passing a small white house at milepost 92 on the way to Durban, West Virginia, during the Cass Spring Photographers Special, out of Cass, West Virginia on May 4th, 2025.
According to the Mountain Rail West Virginia Website: The Meadow River Lumber No. 6 was built by the Heisler Locomotive Works in Erie, PA, in 1929 for the Bostonia Coal & Clay Products Company of New Bethlehem, PA.
The Heisler was sold to the Meadow River Lumber Company at Rainelle, WV in 1939, where it was rostered as No. 6. She retired from the lumber company in 1965 and was purchased by the purchased it by the state of West Virginia purchased. The engine ran under its own steam from Rainelle to its new home in Cass in December 1966. No. 6 would begin operating on the railroad in 1968. The Heisler is the fastest geared locomotive in the Cass collection.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/1000, ISO 100.
Paducah and Louisville’s 70MAC 4518 pulls their loaded Louisville Gas & Electric coal train off the Warrior Lead, just before West Yard in Madisonville, Ky, as they head north to Louisville on July 15th, 2025.
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According to Wikipedia: The Paducah & Louisville Railway is a Class II railroad that operates freight service between Paducah and Louisville, Kentucky. The line is located entirely within the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The 270-mile line was purchased from Illinois Central Gulf Railroad in August 1986.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/1600, ISO 450.
Cass Scenic Railroad Heisler #6 passes the siding at Hosterman, West Virginia, during the Cass Spring Photographers Special, as it heads back to Cass, West Virginia on May 4th, 2025.
According to the Mountain Rail West Virginia Website: The Meadow River Lumber No. 6 was built by the Heisler Locomotive Works in Erie, PA, in 1929 for the Bostonia Coal & Clay Products Company of New Bethlehem, PA.
The Heisler was sold to the Meadow River Lumber Company at Rainelle, WV in 1939, where it was rostered as No. 6. She retired from the lumber company in 1965 and was purchased by the purchased it by the state of West Virginia purchased. The engine ran under its own steam from Rainelle to its new home in Cass in December 1966. No. 6 would begin operating on the railroad in 1968. The Heisler is the fastest geared locomotive in the Cass collection.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 150.
Paducah and Louisville Railway local WW1 passes through the crossing at Pleasant View Lake, just west of Madisonville, Ky, as it heads north to interchange with CSX at Atkinson Yard, on July 14th, 2025.
According to Wikipedia: The Paducah & Louisville Railway is a Class II railroad that operates freight service between Paducah and Louisville, Kentucky. The line is located entirely within the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The 270-mile line was purchased from Illinois Central Gulf Railroad in August 1986.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 170.
Cass Scenic Railroad Heisler #6 pulls across the bridge in a light rain at Leatherbark Creek during a night photo shoot as part of the Cass Spring Photographers Special, at Cass, West Virginia on May 3rd, 2025.
According to the Mountain Rail West Virginia Website: The Meadow River Lumber No. 6 was built by the Heisler Locomotive Works in Erie, PA, in 1929 for the Bostonia Coal & Clay Products Company of New Bethlehem, PA.
The Heisler was sold to the Meadow River Lumber Company at Rainelle, WV in 1939, where it was rostered as No. 6. She retired from the lumber company in 1965 and was purchased by the purchased it by the state of West Virginia purchased. The engine ran under its own steam from Rainelle to its new home in Cass in December 1966. No. 6 would begin operating on the railroad in 1968. The Heisler is the fastest geared locomotive in the Cass collection.
Tech Info: Nikon Z6ii, RAW, Nikon 24-70 @ 24mm, f/2.8, 1/160, ISO 10,000.
CSXT 309 leads B620, a northbound combined freight and Ethanol Empties train as it passes under the Paducah and Louisville Railway at the location known as Monarch at Madisonville, Kentucky, on the CSX Henderson Subdivision, on July 7th, 2025.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/3200, ISO 100.
Cass Scenic Railroad Heisler #6 pulls through the curve under stormy skies at milepost 6 during the Cass Spring Photographers Special, out of Cass, West Virginia on May 3rd, 2025.
According to the Mountain Rail West Virginia Website: The Meadow River Lumber No. 6 was built by the Heisler Locomotive Works in Erie, PA, in 1929 for the Bostonia Coal & Clay Products Company of New Bethlehem, PA.
The Heisler was sold to the Meadow River Lumber Company at Rainelle, WV in 1939, where it was rostered as No. 6. She retired from the lumber company in 1965 and purchased by the State of West Virginia. The engine ran under its own steam from Rainelle to its new home in Cass in December 1966. No. 6 would begin operating on the railroad in 1968. The Heisler is the fastest geared locomotive in the Cass collection.
Tech Info: Nikon Z6ii, RAW, Nikon 70-300 @ 112mm, f/6.3, 1/640, ISO 360.
CSXT 309 leads B620, a northbound combined freight and Ethanol Empties train just south of Guthrie, Kentucky, on the CSX Henderson Subdivision, on July 7th, 2025.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/3200, ISO 100.
Cass Scenic Railroad Heisler#6 pulls up the hill approaching Bald Knob, WV during the Cass Spring Photographers Special, from Cass, West Virginia on May 3rd, 2025.
According to the Mountain Rail West Virginia Website: The Meadow River Lumber No. 6 was built by the Heisler Locomotive Works in Erie, PA, in 1929 for the Bostonia Coal & Clay Products Company of New Bethlehem, PA.
The Heisler was sold to the Meadow River Lumber Company at Rainelle, WV in 1939, where it was rostered as No. 6. She retired from the lumber company in 1965 and was purchased by the purchased it by the state of West Virginia purchased. The engine ran under its own steam from Rainelle to its new home in Cass in December 1966. No. 6 would begin operating on the railroad in 1968. The Heisler is the fastest geared locomotive in the Cass collection.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 160.
CSXT 3309 leads hot intermodal I026 as they spit the signals at the south end of Atkinson Yard at Madisonville, Kentucky, on the CSX Henderson Subdivision, on July 12th, 2025.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2500, ISO 100.
CSX empty coal train E319 heads north at Anaconda, just south of Robards, Kentucky as they pass the newly constructed Solar energy fields, on the CSX Henderson Subdivision, on July 11th, 2025.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2500, ISO 180.
The 1880 Black Hills Central Railway locomotive 108 runs around their passenger train at Hill City, South Dakota, on June 26th, 2025, in preparation for another run to Keystone, SD.
According to their website: Locomotive 108 is a 2-6-6-2T articulated tank engine that was built by the Baldwin Locomotives Works in 1926 for the Potlatch Lumber Company. It later made its way to Weyerhaeuser Timber Company and eventually to the Northwest Railway Museum in Snoqualmie, Washington.
The acquisition and subsequent restoration of locomotive 108 completed a more than 20-year goal of increasing passenger capacity which began with the restoration of 110 and the restoration of multiple passenger cars. Both large Mallet locomotives (pronounced “Malley”) can pull a full train of seven authentically restored passenger cars, up from the four cars utilized prior to their addition to the roster.
Tech Info: iPhone 16pro Frame Grab from 4K Video.
In this week’s Saturday Infrared photo, we catch Paducah and Louisville Railway 2118 as it leads a loaded coal train south at Richland, Kentucky, on July 10th, 2025, on the Paducah and Louisville Railway.
According to Wikipedia: The Paducah & Louisville Railway is a Class II railroad that operates freight service between Paducah and Louisville, Kentucky. The line is located entirely within the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The 270-mile line was purchased from Illinois Central Gulf Railroad in August of 1986.
Tech Info: Fuji, RAW, Nikon 10-24 @ 10mm, f/3.5, 1/1000, ISO 400.
In this week’s video we catch trains from the ground and the air as I visit the 1880 Black Hills Central Railroad at Hill City and on their way to Keystone, SD. Sit back, turn up the sound, expand to full screen and enjoy the trains!! Please like, share, subscribe and thanks for watching!
CSX Intermodal I025 passes the CSX Maintenance Facility at Springfield, Tennessee, on July 7th, 2025, as it heads south with CSXT 964 leading on the CSX Henderson Subdivision. From what I’m told, this location is where the original L&N Freight Depot once stood, and this building was built after the original building was torn down many years ago.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/2500, ISO 100.
CSX Intermodal I128 crosses the Red River, just north of Adams, Tennessee, on July 7th, 2025, as it heads north with CSXT 5501 leading on the CSX Henderson Subdivision.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 22mm, f/2.8, 1/4000, ISO 110.