More E7 units were built by EMD than any other E-unit model, and yet only one survives (Pennsy 5901 in the museum at Strasburg, PA). L&N 792 from this distinguished group of such units is on the p... (more)

The sun sets on the last run of Amtrak's Kentucky Cardinal as it waits for its passengers to board at the former L&N station.

A couple of former Santa Fe units rest at the Paducah & Louisville yard.

L&N’s original F7A unit –number 800—suffered a horrific fate. After it had later been renumbered 847, the engine was on the point of Norton, VA to Corbin, KY through freight 66 on Sunday, June 7, ... (more)

NS T79 now running as CSX Z471 rolls past Papa John's Cardinal Stadium as it nears Osborn Yard. Received in May 1982 by the N&W the C36-7 order was one of their last before the merger with the Sou... (more)

Owned by the NS but still wearing their Conrail blue a couple of EMD's lead NS 375 west into Louisville.

Running on CSX rails to Osborn Yard a NS transfer job nears its destination.

GMTX 9041 started life as EMDX 3, an SD60 demonstrator. In the early '90s the unit was equipped with EMD's new HTCR radial trucks for testing purposes, and it remains the only SD60 to ever ride on... (more)

K&IT SW1500 #71 waits at LS Junction for a westbound Southern train to clear. The K&IT train, a transfer from the L&N, is on the K&IT Belt Line in the middle of Magnolia Street. Ahead is JN to... (more)

Southern style -- NS SD40-2 3315 runs long hood forward in the manner which the Southern Railway, its original owner, had operated it. It is leading train T79, a.k.a. the Waddy Turn, through the... (more)

The NS Wabash unit leads 111 east from Louisville.

An appropriately oriented SD40-2 of Southern Railway heritage works it's way east out of Louisville with racks for the "mixing center" at Shelbyville. Fortunately, former SOU 3315 has not been "mo... (more)

Two PAL crews thrash around in the former Illinois Central Kentucky Division yard at Louisville. The 3801 honors the University of Louisville Cardinals.

This cab once graced the back of a Louisville & Nashville J-4 class heavy USRA 2-8-2. In 1982 it was still in service for its owner, only as a storage shed at South Louisville Shops. L&N was noted... (more)

This scene doesn't exist today. An L&N SD40-2 is getting attention at the company's huge South Louisville Shops in 1982. The shop was subsequently closed by CSX, and then completely leveled for co... (more)