May 10, 2016 – CSX N013 makes it’s way down the Warrior Coal lead as it heads toward Madisonville, Ky with it’s freshly loaded coal train. It was then combined with another coal train with a DPU added for it’s trip on south on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/2000 | f/9 | ISO 1600 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 with a Sigma 1.4 teleconverter @ 850mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
May 10, 2016 – A Paducah and Louisville Railway DPU coal train rounds the loop at the Calvert City Loadout at Calvert City, Kentucky as storm clouds pass in the distance. I think this is the first time I can recall finding a PAL train with DPU units. It had four on the front and four on the rear of the train as it moved through the loop. – Tech Info: 1/1250 | f/5 | ISO 560 | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 48mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
May 10, 2016 – “The storm has passed” – On my way home from photographing trains along the Paducah and Louisville Railway, I found myself at Kentucky Dam just at the right time to capture this ominous and beautiful scene of the storm front that moved through Western Kentucky today. – Tech Info: 1/200 | f/2.8 | ISO 640 | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 56mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
May 6, 2016 – CSX empty coal train E320 pulls out of the siding at the north end of Trenton, Ky as it resumes its trip north on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/640 | f/5.6 | ISO 160 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 360mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
May 6, 2016 – CSX Q294 chases the sunset as it heads toward the north end of Trenton, Ky on its way north on the Henderson Subdivision with its manifest train. – Tech Info: 1/640 | f/6.3 | ISO 1800 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
April 27, 2016 – Paducah & Louisville Railway WW1, Louisville Gas & Electric, loaded coal train heads east on CSX’s Morganfield Branch at Providence, Ky with PAL UK engines 4522 and 2012 along with UofL 2013 as power, after picking up a load of coal at Dotki Mine in Clay, Ky. We also follow it on north as it makes its trip to Louisville, Ky on the P&L Railway.
April 27, 2016 – Paducah & Louisville Railway WW1 with UK and UL engines from Jim Pearson on Vimeo.
May 3, 2016 – A Paducah and Louisville Railway local with engine 2121 leading approaches West Yard as it passes the Warrior Coal Mine Lead switch at Madisonville, Ky heading south. – Tech Info: 1/1000 | f/5.6 | ISO 560 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 340mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
May 3, 2016 – CSX intermodal Q025-06 heads up the Casky yard lead track at the south end of Pembroke, Ky with a fresh crew as it continues its trip south on the CSX’s Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/640 | f/5.3 | ISO 100 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 185mm 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.
May 3, 2016 – A set of CSX lite engines heads north at Hybrid Crossover as it approaches Howell Yard at Evansville, Indiana. – Tech Info: 1/800 | f/5.6 | ISO 560 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 560mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
May 3, 2016 – Evansville Western Railway MVL1 (Mount Vernon Local #1) works a industrial area at Mt. Vernon, Indiana GMTX/GATX lease unit 2622 and EVWR 3839, under stormy skies. – Tech Info: 1/1600 | f/2.8 | ISO 100 | Lens: Nikon 24-70 @ 70mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
May 3, 2016 – CSX coal train N880 heads down the viaduct from the bridge over the Ohio River at Henderson , Ky as it makes its way north at Rahm, Indiana. – Tech Info: 1/2000 | f/8.5 | ISO 1000 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 with 1.4x teleconverter @ 750mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
May 3, 2016 – A Evansville Western Railway coal train unloads at the Mt Vernon Transfer Terminal in Mt. Vernon, Indiana with SD70AC engines 4520, 4519 and 4517 as its power. – Tech Info: 1/1600 | f/2.8 | ISO 100 | Lens: Rokinon 14mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
April 27, 2016 – At sunset a Paducah and Louisville Railway conductor changes a ditch light on UP 8420 as a northbound P&L local passes them at West Yard in Madisonville, Ky so they can move south with their loaded coke train to Calvert City, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/1000 | f/5.6 | ISO 800 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 360mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
April 27, 2016 – CSX Z462-27 (Paducah & Louisville Railway WW1, Louisville Gas & Electric) loaded coal train heads east on CSX’s Morganfield Branch as it prepares to pass the PeeVee Spur at Madisonville, Ky with PAL UK engines 4522 and 2012 along with UofL 2013 as power. – Tech Info: 1/1250 | f/5.6 | ISO 640 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 320mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
April 30, 2016 – The sun sets on the Paducah & Louisville Railway line at Madisonville, Ky an afternoon of rain showers. – Tech Info: 1/400 | f/2.8 | ISO 3600 | Lens: Rokinon 14mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
April 30, 2016 – Paducah & Louisville Railway LG2 (Louisville Gas & Electric coal train) travels north, approaching the highway 70 overpass at Bremen, Ky, with engines, UofL 2013, UK 2012 and UK 4522 as power. – Tech Info: 1/640 | f/2.8 | ISO 2000 | Lens: Rokinon 14mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
April 30, 2016 – CSX K893-29 pulls out of the siding at the south end of Nortonville, Ky with BNSF 7162 leading the way, as it passes under the highway 62 overpass heading south on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/800 | f/6 | ISO 1400 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 370mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
April 29, 2016 – Paducah & Louisville Railway LG2 (Louisville Gas & Electric coal train) travels through the countryside heading east on CSX’s Morganfield Branch as CSX Z462-29, approaching Nebo, Ky, with engines, UofL 2013, UK 2012 and UK 4522 as power. – Tech Info: 1/1600 | f/5.3 | ISO 800 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 lens @ 220mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
April 29, 2016 – CSX hot intermodal Q028 passes W876-26, with a loaded military train, at the north end of the siding at Slaughters, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/1000 | f/5.3 | ISO 1000 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 240mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.