The later L&N 40s went into anticipated number series that never panned out. This one is reasonably new. Incidentally, my notes say "best railfan day ever". And why not? They still h... (more)

Wow. Has it been over 40 years? And they were getting rare even then. I made several special trips to get the last ones.

Boyle was almost always good for L&N Fs in their final months of service.

Recently refurbished U-boats (done at South Louisville?) meet SW1500 5004 near south end of Sibert Yard. Two more recent rebuilds are out of frame on the right. Trailing 2508 came out of GE as a... (more)

SW1500s were a common sight a Boyles Yard in the 1970s, some in the newer, simplified L&N switcher scheme, and some in this earlier scheme, with slanted letters and numbers in yellow, outlined in ... (more)

NW2 2213 brings two boxcars and a cab through the railroad gulch on the west side of downtown Nashville.

L&N's first GP30 (1000) and first GP35 (1100) team up on a local departing southbound from the combined L&N/SCL yard in Montgomery.

A trio of L&N GP38ACs moves engine lite on the former C&EI. Tom Golden photo.

The loader at Bluehole, Kentucky looks like it’s plenty busy as a Louisville & Nashville train of empties splits the two sides of the facility. Today, this scene is pretty much eradicated.

Three Louisville & Nashville units approach Bluehole, Kentucky with a train of empty hoppers.

A Louisville & Nashville U30C/C30-7 combo, both units in Family Lines paint, serve the coal loader in Kentucky. For some reason, my slide is labelled as “Myrna, KY”, but I don’t think that�... (more)

An L&N GP30 in Family Line attire works customers along the main near Pascagoula.

A coal train destined for Plant Harlee Branch near Milledgeville waits for a crew as the coach at the rear of the mixed train from Macon disappears in the distance.

In the late 1970s, Family Lines power was starting to float all over the system, but very few non-SCL units made it to the former ACL main through Charleston, at least in my experience. On this d... (more)