J.B. Rail Photog

J.B. Rail Photog I enjoys taking photos/videos of trains and sharing other interesting content. It really all began in early 2016. Fast forward 30 years and here I am.

I discovered a local Facebook group called Louisville Railfanning. I had always been a railfan but actually being able to be engaged with local railfans was even more awesome. I always thought trains were amazing since I was 3 or 4 years old watching trains as they passed on the CSX CC Line through Corbin, KY, and Lily, KY, when they still had cabooses. I already had a camera and a couple lenses a

nd occasionally would take pictures with my iPhone camera. Then I discovered spots locally where I could shoot (I already loved photography anyways) and then I discovered spots outside of Louisville, KY, thanks to others hints and getting to know people in this hobby. I started this page around March or April of 2017 and have built it to almost 800 likes. I hope to continue to be able to provide unique shots in a variety of neat locations and inspire up and coming railfans.

Are any of my followers catching Big Boy anywhere?
06/02/2026

Are any of my followers catching Big Boy anywhere?

Reminder for my fellow railfans: Big Boy's first of two runs through NW Ohio is this weekend! The world's largest steam locomotive still in operation will chug eastward on this leg, though the main stop to get an up-close view will be in Fostoria on Tue Jul 14th during the return trip west.

NOTE: Lorain's window has moved 2 hours earlier, now 11:15-11:30am Mon Jun 8.

06/01/2026
05/31/2026

An American Airlines Embraer E175 is making a landing at Chicago O’Hare Airport as CPKC train 246 is slowly on the approach to their terminating point of Bensenville Yard, and are about to come to a stop at Tower B17 before getting clearance into the yard. KCS 704, one of five locomotives painted into an America 250 scheme to celebrate America’s 250th birthday is in charge of the mornings train.

📍Bensenville, Illinois
🗓️Photo Date: April 26, 2026.

While in Charleston.Palmetto Railways EMD SW1001 1001 resting at the engine house at the Port of Charleston. This port ...
05/29/2026

While in Charleston.

Palmetto Railways EMD SW1001 1001 resting at the engine house at the Port of Charleston. This port is 2nd largest behind the Port of Newark on the east coast.

05/28/2026

CSX L404-28 comes out of the CSX O'Bannon Yard in Louisville, KY, heading northbound to work an industry in La Grange, KY. In the consist are a EMD MP15T 1234 and MP15AC 1132.

05/28/2026

WASHINGTON — The Surface Transportation Board today accepted the revised Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger application, setting the stage for review of a combination that would create a 52,215-mile railroad that stretches from coast to coast. But the board also declined to establish a review s...

05/27/2026

NO PHOTO IS WORTH THE RISK!
With photo season underway, urges you to remember that trains move faster and more quietly than you expect, and railroad tracks are private property. Don’t trespass. The best shot is always the safe one.

05/27/2026

“For Illinois, this is not another corporate transaction. It is a major transportation development with significant economic implications for our state,” writes Jaime di Paulo.

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