August 7, 2018 – Day 281 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Rain Makers – This afternoon I mentioned to Elaina, Damion and Xavier that Indians used to beat on drums to make the rain come and so they started drumming on this board I had on the cat’s house and guess what? It actually started raining!! Sometimes things just come together as a magical moment and it was for the three of them!
July 25, 2018 – Savatrans 1912 heads up an empty coal train as it waits for a crew at the Sitran Dock, at Mount Vernon, Indiana. The Chris Cline Group are owners of the company “Savatrans” which purchased three ES44AC locomotives which operate from Sugar Camp Mine in Akin, IL to the coal terminal near the Mount Vernon/West Franklin area for loading onto barges. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway
August 6, 2018 – Day 280 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Alien Robot Mask – Today my nephew Damion popped into my home office to show me the “Alien Robot Mask” he made! This shot doesn’t really show all the mask, but I love how his single eye shows through one of mask holes! Sometimes, the best shots aren’t always the ones you plan for! Go with the flow when shooting your pictures!
August 2, 2018 – BNSF 9641, on the tail end of a coal train, meets the head end as they make their way around the coal loop at Calvert City load out at Calvert City, Ky, as the sun dips low in the summer sky. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #bnsf #bnsfrailway
August 5, 2018 – Day 279 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Creativity – My nephew Damion has a great imagination and is always creating something hes thought up! This morning he created a “Magical musical instrument” and demonstrated how it works for my camera! Listen to the kids in your life when they talk about things they imagine! There’s always a picture lurking there somewhere!
August 3, 2018 – CSX loaded coal train N306-03 climbs the grade at Mortons Junction as CSXT 529 leads the trio of engines south on the Henderson Subdivision at Mortons Gap, Ky. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
August 4, 2018 – Day 278 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Happy Birthday! – This evening family gathered at my niece Tracy and nephew Tim’s house to celebrate my great-great nephew Jeremiah’s 2nd Birthday! Here everyone is trying to help him figure out to blow out his birthday candle! Family gatherings can provide a wealth of great pictures! Be ready!
August 2, 2018 – Canadian National 2269 leads local L513 passes the DPU end of a loaded BNSF coal train at CN’s P&I Junction at Paducah, Ky after performing interchange work with the Paducah and Louisville Railway. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #cn #pal
August 3, 2018 – Day 277 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Oink! – Had lunch today with a couple friends at one of our local BBQ establishments, Dave’s Sticky Pig, and captured this little guy with glasses next to the register.
March 28, 2015 – Union Pacific Rotary Snow Plow 900081 sits on display at the Museum of Transportation in Kirkwood, MO.
Designed and Built by the Union Pacific Railroad in 1966 at their Omaha Shop, this rotary snowplow is the heaviest ever built, weighing 367,400 pounds. Its cutting wheel could throw snow far to either side of the track as it was pushed forward at 4-6 mph. It is not self propelled and must be pushed by 3-4 locomotives.
Number 900081 is powered by a GM/EMD 16 cylinder, 2,000hp turbo charged diesel engine that drives an electric generator which provides power to turn the 12′ rotary blades at up to 150 rpm. A steam generator heats the cab, prevents the fuel and water pipes from freezing and can thaw out the cutting wheel if it gets stuck.
The Plow engineer controls both the plow and the trailing locomotives. This snowplow is 52′ 2″ long, 17′ high and was last used in Green River WY, in the mid 1980’s. There are circular windows in the front of the plow that revolve to keep them clear of snow.
UP 900081 was assigned to Green River in about 1986, LaGrande, Oregon in 1994 and then retired in 1994 due to freeze damage and was donated to Museum of Transportation, in 1994.- #jimstrainphotos
August 1, 2018 – Day 275 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – A New Ride! – Damion proudly displays the new “Truck” he built out of cardboard boxes in my living room this afternoon.
July 31, 2018 – CSX 431 and KCS 4655 lead W080, a ballast train, through the signals at the north end of the siding at Kelly, Ky as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
July 31, 2018 – Day 274 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Damion and Tabatha – Damion was excited this morning when Tabatha decided to sit with him in my chair. She doesn’t normally do that as she’s more his sister Elaina’s cat!
July 12, 2018 – BNSF 1775 and 2720 lead a local past the signals at P&I Junction Paducah, Ky as it heads to perform interchange work with the Paducah and Louisville Railway. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #bnsf #bnsfrailway
July 30, 2018 – Day 273 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Growing Up – My niece Elaina lost her first “baby” tooth today and another one is hanging on by a thread, as she opens wide to show her mom. Milestones are always a good subject when photographing kids or adults either one.
July 17, 2018 – Norfolk Southern 5642 heads up the NS Safety Train as it sits in a house track at Mount Vernon, Illinois. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #ns #nsrailway
July 29, 2018 – Day 272 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Bigger than life – My nephew Jordan hams it up for the camera this morning as we were waiting for his older siblings and cousins to get out of Worship and Wonder at church. When photographing the kids in your life, let them ham it up for the camera sometimes! It usually always makes for a good picture!
July 27, 2018 – A loaded Paducah and Louisville Railway loaded Louisville Gas and Electric coal train comes off CSX’s Morganfield Branch, as it crosses Trident on the Henderson Subdivision, on it’s way back to its own line after passing through Atkinson Yard at Madisonville, Ky with 4523 leading. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #pal #palrailway
July 27, 2018 – Day 270 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Shadows – Today I participated in our local photography club’s photowalk around Madisonville, Ky and this is my favorite black and white shot from the event. I like the play of the shadows of the stool I found in a back alley.
July 26, 2018 – Day 269 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Dinosaur Spin Game – While waiting for his T-Ball game to begin, Damion plays what he referred to as the Dinosaur Spin game as his step-mom Amy spins her umbrella and brother Greyson as he tosses a toy dinosaur onto the umbrella, trying to hit the white panel. The lower light of the evening and the slower shutter speed of the iPhone gave just enough blur to make the picture more interesting!
July 27, 2018 – CSX hot intermodal Q025 makes it’s way down track 1 at Nortonville, Ky as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision with CSXT 781 leading the way. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad