May 9, 2018 – Day 191 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Stephanie and Justin – My niece Stephanie and her soon to be husband Justin on the eve of their wedding day! Love them both!!!
May 8, 2018 – CN 3110 pulls a loaded coal train south across the Tennessee River on the Paducah and Louisville Railway, with PAL UofL 2013 trailing, at Gilbertsville, Ky. Just below the train is Kentucky Dam. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
May 7, 2018 – Day 189 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Swinging – My nephew Jordan loves to swing! He’d let me push him all day long if I would! Today the sun was just right, and I had to grab this shot of him and his shadow on the surface of the playground! Keeping your pictures clean and easy to read can help make for a stronger picture!
April 28, 2018 – Paducah and Louisville LGE loaded coal train heads north across Interstate 69 as it takes the East Diamond Lead off the CSX Henderson Subdivision, back onto the PAL, where it’ll head toward Louisville, Ky later in the evening. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
May 5, 2018 – Citirail 1506 brings up the rear as the DPU on a Canadian National empty coal train (C729) as it heads north through the Paducah and Louisville Railway’s West Yard at Madisonville, Ky. It’s headed to Armstrong Coal in McHenry, Ky to pickup a load of coal. PAL will be running these unit coal trains off the CN for the next few weeks from Fulton, Ky up to McHenry Ky for loading. These movements are destined for a marine terminal in Convent Louisiana, where the coal will be loaded onto barges and ships. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #cn #cnrailroad #pal #paducahandlouisvillerailway #canadiannationalrailway
May 6, 2018 – Day 188 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Ready for Church – My niece Elaina is all kicked back in her seat waiting for us to head off to church this morning sporting her “Derby Hat” as she gets in a little time on her tablet. Our church encourages everyone to wear their favorite hat the Sunday after the running of the Kentucky Derby and of course it always makes for some great pictures!!
May 5, 2018 – Day 187 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Truck – Another photograph for my machine series I’ve been working on for many years. A long term series of photographs can make for a wonderful personal project in your photography.
May 5, 2018 – Canadian National 2816 leads a empty coal train (C729) under the belt at Cimarron Mine, on the Paducah and Louisville Railway as it approaches the crossing at Pond River Colliers Road in Madisonville, Ky, on it’s way to Armstrong Coal in McHenry, Ky to pickup a load. PAL will be running these unit coal trains off the CN for the next few weeks from Fulton, Ky up to McHenry Ky for loading. These movements are destined for a marine terminal in Convent Louisiana, where the coal will be loaded onto barges and ships. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #cn #cnrailroad #pal #paducahandlouisvillerailway #canadiannationalrailway
May 4, 2018 – Day 186 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Shutterbug Elaina – Today after I picked my niece Elaina up from preschool we headed downtown to shoot pictures and this shot is from the old courthouse, one of the places she wanted to shoot. As much as possible when I’m out shooting with my “Shutterbug Kids” I let them pick the direction they want to wander and take photos. She is one of 5 of my great-great nieces and nephews between the ages of 4-7 years old where we go out on photo adventures together!
May 3, 2018 – Phosphate train CSX K814, with CP locomotives 8824, 8769 & 8946, (New Whales, FL – Chicago, IL) passes the DPU end of loaded coal train. CSX N019-02. at what used to be the north end of the Romney siding at Crofton, Ky as it continues it’s move north on the Henderson Subdivision. The two sidings at Nortonville have now been turned into a two track main with track on the right and two on the left. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad #cprailroad #canadianpacific
May 3, 2018 – Day 185 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Blizzard Time – What’s better than a cool Oreo Blizzard at Dairy Queen, after a hot spring day playing at the park! For me, capturing a portrait of my handsome nephew Jayden using the portrait mode on my iPhone! He’s also a pretty good young photographer himself! Look him up on Facebook! His page (which I manage) is Shutterbug Jayden and youll see a photo he captured yesterday while we were there.
May 2, 2018 – Day 184 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Ballerina Elaina – My niece Ashley shares a moment with her daughter Elaina before heading off for her ballet class. When photographing parents and kids together try to capture natural moments that occur between them.
May 3, 2018 – CSX K814, with CP locomotives 8824, 8769 and 8946, (New Whales, FL – Chicago, IL) Phosphate train, meets southbound CSX Q025-03 at the north end of the siding at Crofton, Ky as it waits to continue it’s move north on the Henderson Subdivision under stormy skies. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad #cprailroad #canadianpacific
May 1, 2018 – Day 183 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Hugs and Kisses – Damion tries his best to get away from his little sister who wants to give him hugs and kisses after his participation in his kindergarten classes performance this evening at his school. He loves his sister to the moon and back, but hugs and kisses from his sister in public and at school, not happening if he can help it! Capture the moments between siblings, they make for great memories!
May 3, 2018 – Stormy skies loom over CSX X573-02 as it heads south at Kelly, Ky with a lash-up of CSXT 314, 404, 9046, 5014, 684, 673, 669 and 672. The train was rerouted onto the Henderson Subdivision due to a derailment on the Mainline Sub at Lebanon, Ky. The 5014 and last 4 locomotives are 600 series engines (AC60CWs) and have been sold off by CSX and are on their way to Progress Rail. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
April 30, 2018 – Day 182 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Getting beat – Damion jumps yet another of my checkers as we wait for his sister to get out of ballet class this afternoon.
April 26, 2018 – CSXT 4074 heads under the New Salem Loop bridge with local J732-26 as it makes its way north at Nortonville, Ky on track 2 up the Henderson Subdivision as it heads for Atkinson Yard in Madisonville, Ky. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
April 29, 2018 – Day 181 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Damion and Wolfie – All of us had a favorite toy growing up, even if we don’t remember today what it was. Damion is no exception! Hands down, his favorite is “Wolfie.”
April 28, 2018 – For the second time in a week we find a Norfolk Southern Heritage unit on a CSX freight on the Henderson Subdivision. Today CSX Q589-28 (Avon, IN – Wauhatchie, TN.) has the NS 1074 Lackawanna Heritage Unit trailing as the second unit, as it snakes its way up the viaduct at Rahm, Indiana. – #jimstrainphotos #indinarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad #nsrailway #nsheritageunit
April 28, 2018 – Day 180 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B&W Photo Challenge – Tanks – While out chasing trains with a fellow photographer Ryan Scott we came across several good black and white photos, but this one took the prize!! The light reflecting off the shinny tanks at the Mead-Johnson Plant at Evansville, Indiana and the repetition of the tanks make this shot!
April 28, 2018 – For the second time in a week we find a Norfolk Southern Heritage unit on a CSX freight on the Henderson Subdivision. Today CSX Q589-28 (Avon, IN – Wauhatchie, TN.) has the NS 1074 Lackawanna Heritage Unit trailing as the second unit, as it snakes its way up the viaduct at Rahm, Indiana. – #jimstrainphotos #indinarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad #nsrailway #nsheritageunit