Category: Chapter Photo Contest

July 2020 Chapter Photo Contest Winners

August 18, 2020 Jim Pearson No Comments Chapter Photo Contest, Photo Contest Winners, Photo Section
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 Thomas
2nd 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 Terry
3rd 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

May 2020 Photo Contest Results

June 9, 2020 Jim Pearson No Comments Chapter Photo Contest, General Post

Congratulations to the winners of our Chapter’s May 2020 photo contest! We had a total of 6 entries this month and congratulations to Bill, Cooper and Ricky for their winning entries! Our next contest will run from July 15-31 with a submission deadline of August 7th of not more than two entries per chapter member!

The May winners are are:

1st Place Winner, West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS May 2020 Photo Contest by Bill Grady – Loaded Duke Energy Coal Train NS 70A with the Sonic Bonnet #4001, is waiting his turn to enter the tracks at the powerplant and is in the siding at Lyle, Indiana, just west of Princeton. In the meantime, NS intermodal #224 is in a hurry westbound on the main with the NS #8123 in charge on May 23, 2020.
2nd Place Winner, West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS May 2020 Photo Contest by Cooper Smith – C842 crawls over the bridge at Jeff, KY after getting a fresh crew at Hazard, KY.
3rd Place Winner, West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS May 2020 Photo Contest by Ricky Bivins – NB BNSF comes from the P&I onto the CN at West Paducah, KY on May 30, 2020.

The other entries were…

Always the hottest train on the Henderson Subdivision, CSX Q025-25 is slowing down to the 35 mph speed limit through the town of Sebree, Kentucky on May 25, 2020. – Photo by Bill Grady
C842 echoes through the mountains as it passes the Viper, KY intermediate signals on the CSX Rockhouse Sub. – Photo by Cooper Smith
SB Manifest, DPU at Mortons Gap KY. Saturday, May 30, 2020. – Photo by Ricky Bivins

March 2020 Photo Contest Results

April 30, 2020 Jim Pearson No Comments Chapter Photo Contest, General Post

Our March 2020 chapter photo contest ran from April 15-30th and we had a total of 10 entries from 5 chapter members. The winning entries are below and the other entries are below them. Congratulations to our winners and we hope that everyone will participate in our May contest that runs from May 15-31st. If we are still in the pandemic please observe social distancing! Submission deadline is June 7th and we need a caption with each entry! – Jim Pearson

  • First Place March 2020 by Cooper Smith – Canadian Pacific 9814 leads K815 southbound through the Red River cut just north of Adams, Tennessee on the Henderson Subdivision as the conductor holds a flag out his window as they pass under the hwy 41 overpass.
  • Second Place March 2020 by Ricky Bivins – CSXT 397 leads a mixed freight at Mortons Gap KY as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision on March 25, 2020.
  • Third Place March 2020 – CSXT #3092 on the lead followed by #5320 pulling a northbound intermodal out of Pembroke Yard. On a siding sits CSX locomotive #5468 waiting for its CSX grain train to be unloaded at Siemer Milling Company on March 30, 2020.
The other outstanding entries are presented below.
  • CSX locomotive #3092 on the lead followed by #5320 pulling a northbound intermodal. The lead locomotive is just about ready to pass under the Walnut Street overpass, Hopkinsville, Kentucky on March 30, 2020 on the Henderson Subdivision. – Photo by William Farrell
  • Norfolk Southern #375 skirts along Brush Creek with a mixed freight near Louisville, Ky on March 29, 2020. – Photo by Bill Grady
  • Norfolk Southern #375 with Southern Heritage Unit #8099 pulls through the crossovers at Buechel, KY on March 31, 2020. – Photo by Bill Grady
  • RJ. Corman 3803 leads the Cumberland City turn southbound over the Cumberland River bridge in Clarksville, Tennessee. – Photo by Cooper Smith
  • Put Me In, Coach! – CN/GTW GP38-2 #6228 is found hustling a very late (appx. 8hrs) northbound City of New Orleans after just completing their station stop a few miles south in Champaign, IL. The ex-DT&I veteran is running long hood forward after being added to the train earlier in long distance journey due to mechanical issues with the aged P42DC locomotive. – Photo by Matt Gentry
  • Special Delivery – Canadian National SD70s 1037 and 1031 snake their way into south Champaign yard to do more work before continuing on their way north. Seen behind the veteran SD70s are 2 recently repainted (verdict is still out on if they were completely overhauled or just repainted) SD70ACe locomotives headed for North Shore Mining. The units are ex-PRLX, ex-CSX SD70ACe units 4833 and 4839. – Photo by Matt Gentry
  • Two BNSF and a UP locomotive leads a southbound freight at Mortons Gap, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision on March 25, 2020. – Photo by Ricky Bivins

January 2020 Chapter Photo Contest Winners

February 18, 2020 Jim Pearson No Comments Chapter Photo Contest, Photo Contest Winners

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 Farrell
2nd 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

November 2019 Photo Contest Winners

January 20, 2020 Jim Pearson No Comments Chapter Photo Contest, Photo Contest Winners
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

September 2019 Chapter Photo Contest Winners

October 26, 2019 Jim Pearson No Comments Chapter Photo Contest, Photo Contest Winners

September 2019 Photo Contest Results

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

July 2019 Chapter Photo Contest Winners

August 22, 2019 Jim Pearson No Comments Chapter Photo Contest, Photo Contest Winners
  • 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

May 2019 Chapter Photo Contest Results

June 20, 2019 Jim Pearson No Comments Chapter Photo Contest, Photo Contest Winners

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 Terry
Second 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 Grady
Honorable 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!

Photo Contest Winners May 2019

June 19, 2019 Jim Pearson No Comments Chapter Photo Contest, General Post
1st place – CSX locomotive 5475 south bound on the lead pulling out of Casky Yard.- Photo by Bill Farrell
2nd place – Pere Marquette 2-8-4 Berkshire 1223, a couple of cabooses, and the former coaling tower at Grand Haven, Michigan, stand as a proud reminder of an earlier era. After retirement in 1951, the locomotive was displayed at the Michigan State Fairgrounds in Detroit until moving to Grand Haven in 1981. Sister 1225 carries on the tradition of the family as the star attraction of the Steam Railroad Institute in Owosso, Michigan and was featured in the movie adaptation of The Polar Express. Photo taken 03/21/2019 at Grand Haven, MI by Chris Dees.
3rd place – Sunrise. March 31, 2019 from Neelie Webb Rd. at Anton KY on CSX’s MH&E Branch. Photo by Rick Bivins

January 2019 Chapter Photo Contest Winners

February 24, 2019 Jim Pearson No Comments Chapter Photo Contest, Photo Contest Winners, Photo Section
1st Place, West Kentucky Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society Photo Contest – NS train #239 with the fresh painted 9042, is rolling along into Louisville, KY after an overnight snowfall. The westbound is rolling through the new set of crossovers at Buechel, KY on January 30, 2019. Photo by Bill Grady
2nd Place, West Kentucky Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society Photo Contest – BNSF railway 7181 and BC rail 4645 race towards Santa’ Fe junction with a BNSF manifest train in Kansas City, Kansas. – Photo by Cooper Smith
3rPlace, West Kentucky Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society Photo Contest – CSX train W809 is arriving in Louisville, KY on January 29, 2019. It is the 4th of 4 W809 Military trains in less then 2 weeks out of New York State. These trains all consisted of Military support vehicles and all went to Louisiana. – Photo by Bill Grady

September 2018 Chapter Photo Contest Winners

October 16, 2018 Jim Pearson No Comments Bill Farrell, Chapter Photo Contest, Chris Dees, Keith Kittenger, Matt Gentry

1st Place, West Kentucky Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society photo contest for September 2018 by Matt Gentry. It’s Railroad Days in Monticello, IL! During the weekend of September 15th and 16th, Monticello Railroad Museum held its annual Railroad Days providing rail entertainment for all to enjoy. From 3 different trains running between the museum grounds to the east and depot in town, to speeders and to G gauge live steam trains there is something for everyone. Seen here is Southern 2-8-0 steam locomotive #401 pulling the first excursion of the day back to the museum. Sunny skies made for an excellent day taking various photographs of the operations.

2nd Place, West Kentucky Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society photo contest for September 2018 by Bill Farrell. Norfolk and Southern 2603 heading up a mixed freight with help from Burlington Northern, Santa Fe 9811 and Canadian National 2179. Crossing the Kankakee River on an early 1900’s concrete bridge, in Kankakee, Il.

2nd Place, West Kentucky Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society photo contest for September 2018 by Bill Farrell. Norfolk and Southern 2603 heading up a mixed freight with help from Burlington Northern, Santa Fe 9811 and Canadian National 2179. Crossing the Kankakee River on an early 1900’s concrete bridge, in Kankakee, Il.

3rd, West Kentucky Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society photo contest for September 2018 Keith Kittenger. L&NHS convention 9-22-2018 “On the way to Lebanon Tn.

July 2018 Photo Contest Winners

August 26, 2018 Jim Pearson No Comments Bill Farrell, Chapter Photo Contest, Chris Dees, Photo Contest Winners, Photo Section, Rick Bivins

May 2018 Chapter Photography Contest Winners

June 16, 2018 Jim Pearson No Comments Chapter Photo Contest, Photo Contest Winners

1st Place, May 2018 West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS Photography Contest – May 5, 2018. Northbound Union Pacific freight between Gorham IL and Jacob IL. – Photo by Ricky Bivins

2nd Place, May 2018 West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS Photography Contest – Paducah and Louisville University of Kentucky 2012 locomotive sets behind my wife’s business at 480 industrial court in Madisonville, Ky. – Photo by Will King

3rd Place, May 2018 West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS Photography Contest – A little Union Pacific Railroad action on Cinco De Mayo day, 2018 of a southbound freight at Gorham IL. – Photo by Ricky Bivins

March 2018 Chapter Photo Contest Winners

May 1, 2018 Jim Pearson No Comments Chapter Photo Contest

Congratulations to Bill Grady and and Ricky Bivins!! Our next contest runs from May 1-15, 2018 Submission Deadline: May 22, 2018. Your entries must be taken during this time periord and submitted to Jim Pearson by the deadline. Email your entries to: jim@jimpearsonphotography.com

First Place Winner, March 2018 Chapter Photo Contest by Bill Grady

Second Place Winner, March 2018 Chapter Photo Contest by Ricky Bivins

Third Place Winner, March 2018 Chapter Photo Contest by Ricky Bivins

January 2018 Chapter Photo Contest Winners

February 23, 2018 Jim Pearson No Comments Bill Farrell, Bill Grady, Chapter Photo Contest, Rick Bivins

We proud to announce the winners of the chapter’s first contest of the year! This year we’re doing the contest a little bit different by having the membership present for the meeting to judge the contest winners by selecting the photograph that they like the best. We had 7 entries in the January 2018 contest and after the first round of judging we had our first place winner by Bill Grady of Union Pacific power pulling a train at Jeffersontown, Ky. We also found we had a six way tie for second place!!! So, in order to break that we did a rejudge of the six images and came up with a two way tie, which we decided to let stand. The final tie for 2nd place was between Bill Farrell and Ricky Bivins. 

Our next contest will be from March 1-15, 2018 with a Submission Deadline of March 22, 2018. This contest will be judged at the April 16th meeting.

Your entries, no more than two, should be emailed to Jim Pearson at jim@jimpearsonphotography.com

Below are the winning entries for January 2018

1st Place West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS Photo Contest for January 2018 – Cold Temperatures keep the snow fresh as NS #167 with UP 8166 on the point is digging in to climb up the hill in Jeffersontown, KY. Photo by Bill Grady, 1-18-2018

2nd Place West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS Photo Contest for January 2018 – CSXT, 5312 Southbound out of Hopkinsville, Ky after crossing over the Skyline crossing, on January 13, 2018 on the Henderson Subdivision, Photo by Bill Farrell

2nd Place West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS Photo Contest for January 2018 – 2nd Place West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS Photo Contest for January 2018 – A intermodal heads through Mortons Junction at at Mortons Gap, Ky as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision on January 12, 2018

Photography Contest News

January 12, 2018 Jim Pearson No Comments All things Trains and Photography, Chapter Photo Contest, News

Jim Pearson

Note: These are date changes from what appeared in the Pennyrile! I’ve made these adjustments to better allow the production of the calendar in time for the holidays.

Below are the dates for upcoming chapter photo contests.  During the months listed all members are invited to shoot pictures and submit no more than two entries to webmaster@westkentuckynrhs.org by the deadline listed next to each contest. You must be a paid member of the chapter to participate in these contests.

Jim Pearson will judge the photos and select 1st through 3rd place and the winners will be presented in the PennyRail and on the chapter website. We’ll also view them at the meeting following each contest.

At least the 1st place winners will be used to produce a chapter calendar for the next year.  All submissions must have a caption that lists at least the railroad, location and date with photographer’s credit and any other relevant information.

January 1-31, 2018
Submission Deadline: February 7, 2018

March 1-15, 2018
Submission Deadline: March 22, 2018

May 1-15, 2018
Submission Deadline: May 22, 2018

July 1-15, 2018
Submission Deadline: July 22, 2018

September 1-15, 2018
Submission Deadline: September 22, 2018

November 1-15, 2018
Submission Deadline: November 22, 2018