Congratulations to Cooper Smith our first place and Bill Grady second place winners of our May 2022 chapter photo contest ! A reminder also that our July 2022 contest is currently underway and it runs for the whole month. All the entries may be viewed on the chapter’s website or our Facebook Group.
Each dues paying member is allowed to submit two photographs taken anywhere during the month. Entries with captions should be sent to jim@jimpearsonphotography.com by midnight on August 7th, 2022.
Below are the winners of our March 2022 photography contest and entries! Thanks for everyone who participated and we are currently in the middle of our month-long May contest! Get out and shoot something for the contest!!
Congratulations to the winners in our January 2022 Chapter Photo Contest!
1st Place – Bill Farrell, 2nd Place – Cooper Smith and 3rd Place was also Bill Farrell.
Also, at the last chapter meeting it was decided to change the bi-monthly chapter contest to the whole month instead of the last two weeks. This will not affect the October Contest however which will remain October 1-11th, This is to allow judging and printing of the Calendar in time for the November meeting.
Therefore, we are currently in the beginning of the March Photo Contest which runs the whole month. So get out trackside and shoot something! Each dues paying member is allowed to submit up to two JPGs for each contest. Deadline for submissions remain the same, the 7th of the following month.
Here’s the schedule for the current and upcoming contests!
March 1-31, 2022 Submission Deadline: April 7, 2022
May 1-31, 2022 Submission Deadline: June 7, 2022
July 1-31, 2022 Submission Deadline: August 7, 2022
September 1-30, 2022 Submission Deadline: October 7, 2022
October 1-11, 2022 Submission Deadline: October 14, 2022 to allow time for the chapter calendars to be printed in time for the holidays.
January 1-31, 2023 Submission Deadline: February 7, 2022
Winners of the January 2022 Photo Contest and other entries are:
CSX locomotive 6972 sitting at ideal in Caskey Yard, ready to pull a train of covered hoppers north bound. – Photo by William Farrell
With Reitz High School looming in the background, CSX Q501-23 is winding his way south to the #1 Main in the Evansville Terminal. Due to congestion at Evansville, Q501 will tie down well south of Howell Yard and will do his work later in the evening, on January 23, 2021. – Photo by Bill Grady
January 31, 2021: C841 departs Hazard, KY over the river and heads south towards Shelby, KY where it?ll drop off the empties. – Photo by Cooper Smith
A North bound CSX at Mortons Gap, Ky, heads north on the Henderson subdivision against the early morning sun on January 30, 2021. – Photo by Ricky Bivins
First Place November 2020 – A southbound mixed freight passes the grainery between Trenton and Guthrie, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision. – Photo by Cooper SmithSecond Place November 2020 – A southbound freight prepares to pass through then north end of Latham Siding as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision at Hopkinsville, Ky. – Photo by Tom Steiner3rd Place November 2020 – Workers from Track Tech in Calvert City, KY, are framed by the long reach of their track hoe as they work to replace the CSX spur at Fortner Gas’s transloading facility in Madisonville, KY, in late October 2020. The joint project by CSX and Fortner Gas upgraded the spur to 115 lb. rail, a few new ties, and switches. The track to the right on which the track hoe sits, is the lead to the Madisonville Industrial Park on the other side of Hwy 41A. – Photo by Bill Thomas
1st Place, September 2020, West Ky Chapter of the NRHS Photo Contest – September 27, 2020 – Champaign IL BNSF6900 ES44C4 – Feast or famine on the IC. After allowing the southbound Amtrak commuter train pass by at points north, southbound oil train, led by BNSF 6900, snakes its way into the north end of Champaign yard. Thanks to the low light, a second southbound train, led by a CN SD70M-2, passes the grain elevators at Leverette and approaches north Champaign right on the heels of the oil train. – Photo by Matt Gentry2nd Place, September 2020, West Ky Chapter of the NRHS Photo Contest – September 26, 2020: CSX 8315 (SD40-2) leads Q501 around the curve at NE Kelly on the CSX Henderson Subdivision. – Photo by Cooper Smith3rd Place, September 2020, West Ky Chapter of the NRHS Photo Contest – PAL 4522 heads up the southbound LG train through Caneyville, KY on a nice fall afternoon. – Photo by Cooper Smith
Locomotive 5446 north bound on the lead of a mixed freight just south of the Christian county line on the CSX Henderson Subdivision.- Photo by William Farrell
Norfolk Southern’s Conrail Heritage Unit is leading the Daily Autorack train #124. But, is in the siding at West Crandall, Indiana holding for 2 eastbounds on a wonderful fall afternoon. September 21, 2020 – Photo by Bill Grady
It?s a beautiful mid morning, September 22, in Madisonville, Kentucky, as CSX crews do preliminary work on the Arch Street bridge adjacent to the former L&N depot. The bridge will later receive a new piece of ?snap track? and modified walkways. Photo by Bill Thomas with Canon EOS Digital at 1/1000, f 4.3.
September 20, 2020 – A southbound freight train is framed by trees at Mortons Gap KY on the Henderson Subdivision. – Photo by Ricky Bivins
CSX locomotive 3006 south bound pulling a mixed freight in Crofton, KY on the Henderson Subdivision. – Photo by William Farrell
The Daily Norfolk Southern Train #172 is westbound chasing the last rays of sun on another beautiful fall afternoon. #172 is near Fisherville, KY on NS’s Louisville District. September 30, 2020. Photo by Bill Grady
Septtmber 26, 2020 – Ormonde IL AMTK131 P42DC – Seen here at Ormonde, IL, Amtrak’s Southwest Chief train #3 hustles west on an early fall afternoon. Strange consist to note; 3 locomotives and no baggage car. Covid traffic sure has changed the landscape of present day passenger rail as noted by the consist and the fact that this is one of the last daily Southwest Chief’s to run before schedule change go into effect in October. – Photo by Matt Gentry
September 24, 2020 CSXT 3182 leads a southbound intermodal through downtown Mortons Gap, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision. – Photo by Ricky Bivins
1st Place West KY NRHS July 2020 Chapter Photo Contest by Bill Thomas – CP No. 7021 (Canadian National) has a Desert Sand color with black markings used on military vehicles used in modern conflicts such as Afghanistan and Iraq. This locomotive dons the modernized ?Army? stencil font for the road numbers. The unit is a rebuilt SD70ACU, one of five locomotives honoring Canadian and U.S. armed forces. The train is southbound on CSX?s Henderson Subdivision just south of the Badgett Loop overpass off of Stagecoach Road, Madisonville, KY. – Photo by Bill Thomas2nd Place West KY NRHS July 2020 Chapter Photo Contest by Blair Terry – South bound CSX locomotive # 3020 pulling a train of mixed freight. The locomotive has just cleared the lift bridge that crosses the Tennessee River at Decatur, Alabama. Photo by Blair Terry3rd Place West KY NRHS July 2020 Chapter Photo Contest by Cooper Smith – CSX 5331 leads Q688 northbound on the Louisville and Indiana Railroad in Seymour, IN.
Other entries – Click picture for full view
July 24, 2020 – A Trio of CSX locomotives on the lift bridge at Decatur, Alabama. CSX engine # 5112 on the lead of a mixed freight over the Tennessee River. – Photo by William Farrell
July 21, 2020 – CP 7021 roars around the MP 211 curve as it approaches Adams, TN on the CSX Henderson Subdivision. – Photo by Cooper Smith
July 28, 2020 – Q026 heads northbound with CSXT 777 leading on the Henderson Subdivision at Mortons Gap KY. – Photo by Ricky Bivins
July 28, 2020 – Jim Pearson tells me “Shhhh” as he starts to record a video of a southbound CSX train on the Henderson Subdivision at Mortons Gap KY. – Photo by Ricky Bivins
We had a total of nine entries for the January 2020 chapter photo contest and the chapter members selected the winners during our February meeting.
First Place, West Kentucky Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society’s January Photo Contest Winner – A northbound CSXT 5291 pulls a mixed freight north on the Henderson Subdivision as it passes a south bound CSXT 763, leading a mixed freight in the siding at Kelly, Ky. – Photo by William Farrell2nd Place by Jonathan Young, January 2020
Second Place winner of the West Kentucky Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society’s January Photo Contest – My content 2-year-old, Hayden does some railfanning from the backseat as he watches a northbound mixed freight pass through Mortons Gap, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision. A young railfan in the making for sure!! – Photo by Jonathan Young
West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS Photo Contest Winner – 1st Place November – 2019 – CSX coal train (N015) heads south on a snowy night in Guthrie, KY. – Photo by Cooper Smith West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS Photo Contest Winner – 2nd Place – The daily Chattanooga-Louisville manifest #172 is taking the siding at “Bryan” in Louisville, KY on 11-9-2019. The #172 almost always has a nice set of power leading. – Photo by Bill Grady West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS Photo Contest Winner – 3rd Place – November 5, 2019 – F7P in push-pull configuration pictured at Branson Station, Branson, Missouri. – Photo by Jim Kemp
We had a total of nine entries for the July 2019 chapter photo contest and the chapter members selected the winners during our October 2019 meeting.
Our last contest of 2019 will run from November 1-15th and the deadline for entries will be November 17th, 2019. Send your entries to me (no more than 2 per paid chapter member) at webmaster@westkentuckynrhs.org or jim@jimpearsonphotography.com by midnight on November 17th!
First Place, September 2019, West Kentucky NRHS Photo Contest – The East Chattanooga Station Platform during the night photo session of the 2019 L&N Railroad Convention at Chattanooga, Tennessee. – Photo by Keith Kittinger
Second Place, September 2019, West Kentucky NRHS Photo Contest – It’s a warm September afternoon on Lake Michigan in southern Wisconsin and number 4606 (nicknamed the Green Hornet) has pulled streetcar duty today for the Kenosha Transit System. Established in 2000, the two mile route through the downtown and park districts is one of Kenosha’s major attractions, hosting over 65,000 riders a year. – Photo by Chris Dees
Third Place, September 2019, West Kentucky NRHS Photo Contest – Saturday, September 28, 2019. NB at Crofton KY during the NRHS Chapter Picnic. – Photo by Rick Ricky Bivins
First Place, July 2019, West Kentucky NRHS Photo Contest – CSX locomotive # 958 pulls an intermodal south on the Henderson Subdivision after emerging from the south portal of Ridgetop Tunnel, north of Baker Station crossing in Ridgetop Tennessee on May 30, 2019. – Photo by Bill Farrell.
Second Place, July 2019, West Kentucky NRHS Photo Contest – CSX locomotive # 958 pulls an intermodal south on the Henderson Subdivision after emerging from the south portal of Ridgetop Tunnel, north of Baker Station crossing in Ridgetop Tennessee on May 30, 2019. – Photo by Bill Farrell.
Third Place, July 2019, West Kentucky NRHS Photo Contest – Illinois Central 1026 and 1000 lead a northbound CN mixed freight on the Centralia Subdivision at Champaign, Illinois on July 29, 2019. – Photo by Rick Bivins
Honorable Mention, July 2019, West Kentucky NRHS Photo Contest – BNSF 665 Santa Fe War Bonnet with no patches makes its way south on the Thayer Subdivision on July 5th, 2019 at Mammoth Spring, Arkansas. It’s a GE Model Dash 9-44 CW Series, Build date 8-9-94. – Photo by Donny Knight
We had a total of ten entries for the May 2019 chapter photo contest and all of them were really tough to judge, but I finally narrowed it down to 4 winners.
Blair Terry took first place with a nice pan shot of UP 4014 and 844! Our second place winner was his grandpa, Bill Farrell with Big Boy 4014 underway at Medicine Bow, Wy.
First Place, May 2019, West Kentucky NRHS Photo Contest – The “Big Boy” and UP’s 844 double headed, eastbound between Laramie and Cheyenne, WY. – Photo by Blair TerrySecond Place, May 2019, West Kentucky NRHS Photo Contest – The Big Boy 4014 on the fly at Medicine Bow, WY. on May 19, 2019. – Photo by Bill Farrell
Third place winner was Bill Grady with a overhead view of CSX Q532 at Johnsonville, TN and Honorable mention went to Cooper Smith for his dramatic photograph of a Paducah and Louisville Coal train pulling hard as it passes through Princeton, Ky.
Third Place, May 2019, West Kentucky NRHS Photo Contest – After a crew change at Bruceton, Tennessee, CSX Q532 is rolling onto the west approach of the bridge over Kentucky Lake at New Johnsonville, Tennessee on May 29, 2018. – Photo by Bill GradyHonorable Mention, May 2019, West Kentucky NRHS Photo Contest – A Paducah and Louisville railway coal train heads north through Princeton, KY on it’s way to Warrior Coal in Madisonville. – Photo by Cooper Smith
Our next contest will run from July 15-31st and the deadline for entries will be August 7th, 2019. Send your entries to me (no more than 2 per paid chapter member) at webmaster@westkentuckynrhs.org or jim@jimpearsonphotography.com by midnight on August 7th!