Brand new L&N SD35 1215 stands in front of Corbin's shop between consecutively-numbered Alco S4s 2229 and 2230. The EMD wasn't long for this world. It was destroyed in a horrific head-on collision... (more)

A southbound Lynch Turn rumbles into Loyall, where the horizontal train order board at the yard office (just ahead and out of the scene to the right) tells the engineer to stop and sign for Form 3... (more)

This crew was doing some industrial switching in South Louisville.

This crew was doing some industrial switching in Louisville. I miss both the Dixie Line and the distinctive, throaty chug of the U25Bs. Today's units sound so tame in comparison.

After a clearance improvement project to bypass some tunnels and enlarge others was completed in early 1964, the L&N began operating trains 44 (north) and 45 between Atlanta and Cincinnati, via Co... (more)

In fresh paint, L&N Alco FPA-2 number 384 looked pretty spiffy in 1964. The coaling tower at Corbin was converted to handle locomotive traction sand after the end of steam in 1956. Two years later... (more)

At the only mainline switchback in the US, L&N Corbin-bound manifest number 66 swings off the "Old CV" main and down to the first leg of the unique piece of track work. The lead unit is classed by... (more)

A full frontal view of the classic lines of an Alco FA-2. The 306 was clobbered in a memorable derailment at Artemus, KY during a protracted labor dispute on the L&N in 1955. Vandals lined a main ... (more)

L&N train 66 sets of an extra unit (an RS-3) at Loyall. Engines 313 and 321 rotated regularly on trains 65 and 66 between Corbin and Norton for many years, since they were equipped with two-way ra... (more)

L&N Corbin-Norton through freight 65 enters the yard at Loyall---meeting a northbound Lynch Turn led by a former Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis F7.