So good to see some of these oldsters repainted. At some point the railroad had shortened the steam generator compartment to allow a little more walkway space at the far end. Built for SAL, went... (more)

Rather neat that unit remained in paint sheme until this late.

This is a veteran, oily, worn and weary. I am old enough to remember these units new on SCL, top of the line and proudly pulling mile-long pig trains thru Cordele, GA.

Evidence of the variety of the yard switchers at Corbin is this unit and its MATE doing the chores. Usually the yard power was the most interesting thing. Since I never got to the Bone Valley, t... (more)

Well, at this point it's actually CSX but we don't see any evidence of the "C&O Clone" and this ex-L&N unit looks pretty good early on a summer morning.

Back in the good old days Corbin necessitated at least a yearly trip. They seemed to change the yard switchers every year and they were always something exotic. Then you had these guys. God see... (more)

This graphic depiction of a calamity of railroading was scanned from a small snap shot taken by an unknown person in the ‘30s. The location is the Louisville & Nashville’s yard at Corbin, KYâ€... (more)

CSX's Office Car Special departs Corbin, KY on a rainy spring evening enroute back to Jacksonville after visiting the Louisville area for the Kentucky Derby the day prior. In the background is the... (more)

Nearly completing its daylight crew run from Etowah to Corbin along the former L&N mainline from Cincinnati, a northbound manifest observes medium speed through a turnout as it approaches the sout... (more)

What some people consider the most ill-concieved paint scheme in modern railroad history may rarely have looked better than on this matched set of GEs preparing to leave Corbin Ky on a brisk Octob... (more)

A nearly new U30C is ready for departure with southbound coal loads.

L&N L-1 class Mountain-type number 418 is still in the early stages of running repairs at the company’s Corbin, KY backshop in this scene from 1946. The engine’s four-wheel pony, or engine tru... (more)

Leading a coal train north, L&N C-Cs from all three builders team up with an Alco C630 recently transferred from sister road SCL.

Mikes 1896 and 1831—a J-4A-J-4 doubleheader---blast out of Corbin on the “High Line” with a DeCoursey-bound train in 1942. The double tracked Cumberland Valley Division to Loyall is in the f... (more)

Steam escapes from the traps on heavyweight L&N coach 2512 as its dark blue paint reflects the platform lights at Corbin on an August evening in 1963. This is southbound train 17, the nightly Cinc... (more)