April 8, 2016 – CSX W864-30, with Union Pacific 8135 in the lead, prepares to pull out of the siding at the south end of Slaughters, Ky as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision with a loaded military train. – Tech Info: 1/1600 | f/5.6 | ISO 400 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 310mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
April 6, 2016 – During a late afternoon rain CSX G299-03, a loaded grain train, rounds the curve coming out of Henderson, Ky as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/500 | f/6.3 | ISO 3200 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW. ?
April 6, 2016 – CSX N302-04, a loaded coal train, passes the L&N Depot at Henderson, Ky, that is undergoing renovation, as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/500 | f/2.8 | ISO 280 | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 70mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
April 3, 2016 – Paducah and Louisville Railway 2104 pulls out of the siding at West Yard with 7 units as it works on building a local which had another 2 CSX units and about six cars. Pretty much a power move I’d say! The train headed south toward Paducah. – Tech Info: 1/500 | f/4.5 | ISO 110 | Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 80mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
April 1, 2016 – Norfolk Southern’s 1071 Heritage Unit “Jersey Central Lines” pulls out of the Warrior Coal Mine Lead onto Paducah and Louisville Railways Main line at Madisonville, Ky as it begins it’s northbound trip to Louisville, Ky. The train tied down at Pond River, north of Madisonville till the new crew takes it on north this afternoon around 4pm CST – Tech Info: 1/2500 | f/6 | ISO 400 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 370mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
March 30, 2016 – Paducah and Louisville Railway “Support our Troops” engine 2127 heads up a ballast train sitting in the number 2 track at West Yard in Madisonville, Ky waiting for a crew to take it on south to pickup a load of rock. – Tech Info: 1/250 | f/2.8 | ISO 100 | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
March 28, 2016 CSX Henderson Subdivision, Mortons Gap, Ky – This video is a timelapse of a CSX MOW crews replacing the switch panel at Mortons Junction in Mortons Gap, Ky. The shooting of the timelapse began at 6:47am CST and finished with the first trains heading through around 1pm CST. We’ll also see some MOW Track Crew Movement at the beginning and end of the video.
March 14, 2016 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s 2111 leads a lashup of six units as they make their way south at the Princeton, Ky yard as PAL 2121 sits in the siding with a empty coal train waiting to head north. – Tech Info: 1/1250 | f/6.3 | ISO 400 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
March 19, 2016 – CSX empty ethanol train K444-15 at the north end of Pembroke at Hopkinsville, Ky with CN 2596 leading and UP 5873 trailing as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/1600 | f/5.3 | ISO 250 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 200mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
March 20, 2016 – CSX X804-19 departs from the siding at the north end of Slaughters, Ky with Union Pacific’s MKT Heritage Unit 1988, “The Katy” heading north on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/500 | f/2.8 | ISO 100 | Lens: Nikon 18mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
March 20, 2016 – CSX X804-19 approaches Sebree, Ky with Union Pacific’s MKT Heritage Unit 1988, “The Katy” leading as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/1600 | f/2.8 | ISO 320 | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 36mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
March 19, 2016 – CSX empty ethanol train K444-15 at MP 214, just south of Guthrie, Ky with CN 2596 leading and UP 5873 trailing as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision under stormy skies. – Tech Info: 1/1600 | f/6 | ISO 250 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 420mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
March 14, 2016 – A Paducah and Louisville Railway empty ballast train heads south, past the signals at the north end of the siding at Dawson Springs, Ky, on it’s way to Grand Rivers to pickup a load of rock, with units PAL 3808, GATX/GMTX 2207, 2698 and PAL 2125. – Tech Info: 1/1250 | f/6.3 | ISO 200 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
March 14, 2016 – A Paducah and Louisville Railway empty ballast train heads south through Princeton, Ky, on it’s way to Grand Rivers to pickup a load, with units PAL 3808, GATX/GMTX 2207, 2698 and PAL 2125 as power. – Tech Info: 1/800 | f/4.5 | ISO 110 | Lens: Nikon 18mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
March 14, 2016 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s 2111 leads a lashup of six units as they make their way south approaching the cut at Charleston, Ky with a load of coal. – Tech Info: 1/800 | f/5 | ISO 320 | Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 170mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
March 16, 2016 – A CSX Maintenance of Way track crew makes it’s way across the Red River Trestle as it makes its way north at Adams, Tennessee on the Henderson Subdivision. The sub will be undergoing MOW work for the next few weeks. – Tech Info: 1/1000 | f/6 | ISO 280 | Lens: Sigma 15-600 @ 440mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
March 16, 2016 – A local crew on CSXT switcher 1238 wait for a signal just past the 10th Avenue crossing in downtown Nashville, Tn with a short string of tank cars. – Tech Info: 1/1000 | f/6 | ISO 560 | Lens: Sigma 15-600 @ 440mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
March 16, 2016 – CSX Q294 heads over the Sulfur Creek Trestle at Springfield, TN as it makes it’s way north on the Henderson Subdivision. – Tech Info: 1/2500 | f/7 | ISO 250 | Lens: Rokinon 14mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
March 14, 2016 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s 2111 leads a lashup of six engines as they make their way up the Warrior Lead after picking up a load of coal at Warrior Coal in Nebo, Ky. – Tech Info: 1/2000 | f/8 | ISO 900 | Lens: Nikon 70-300 @ 122mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.
March 14, 2016 – Paducah and Louisville southbounds at Princeton and Gilbertsville, Ky – In this video we catch a empty ballast train southbound at Princeton, Ky with PAL 3808 leading and PAL 2111 leading a loaded coal train across the bridge at Kentucky Dam in Gilbertsville, Ky also on its way south on the Paducah and Louisville Railway.
March 14, 2016 – Paducah and Louisville southbounds at Princeton and Gilbertsville, Ky from Jim Pearson on Vimeo.
March 14, 2016 – Paducah and Louisville Railway’s 2111 leads a lashup of six engines as they make their way south at Kentucky Dam with a loaded coal train at Gilbertsville, Ky.. – Tech Info: 1/8000, -.7 stop | f/2.8 | ISO 250 | Lens: Sigma 24-70 @ 24mm on a Nikon D800 shot and processed in RAW.