An interesting consist of EMD F7A, Alco FB2, EMD F7A, Alco RS3 and EMD GP7 is handling through freight 66 at Appalachia on a snowy day in the '60s. The units exhibit all three first generation die... (more)

The motive power for L&N's daily Norton, Va to Corbin, KY through freight 66 has cut off above a grade crossing at Dorchester Junction to make a pick up of interchange traffic from the Interstate ... (more)

Four RS-3s and an FA-2 (last unit) are on the point of L&N's daily Norton, VA to Corbin, KY through freight number 66. The structure in the left background is the Appalachia Hotel--a rather imposi... (more)

An outbound set of L&N power--led by U25C 1507--waits at Norton for in inbound quartet of GP9s with a time freight connection from Bluefield. The L&N and N&W shared this facility from 1891 until 1... (more)

L&N CV Division through freight 66 takes leave of Appalachia, VA after a pick up of interchange cars from the Southern. Lead F7A still wears the original black and cream with orange trim, yellow/g... (more)

Northbound L&N Cumberland Valley Division manifest number 66 rolls out of the north end of 6,244-foot Hagans Tunnel, on the seldom-photographed Kentucky side. The tunnel--L&N's longest--was comple... (more)

Northbound through freight 66 rolls through a light snow fall at Appalachia behind an SD35-F7A-U25C combination.

A smiling N&W car inspector climbs aboard the lead unit of L&N train 66 at Norton. He's completing the required initial terminal brake test--not only a rule book imperative, but also essential fro... (more)

L&N through freight 66 rolls through fresh snow at Appalachia--passing the town hall, and its prominent fire whistle. So typical for the L&N at the time, the motive power is a mix of Alco and EMD ... (more)

After noticing this David Harris image posted on RP (http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=384718), I located this shot of the very same unit at Appalachia in 1964. The F7A was constructed ... (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)

Five days before Christmas 1965, L&N freight 66 rolls by the engine terminal at Loyall en route to Corbin, KY. The mixture of EMD and Alcos was becoming more common on the CV Division by that time... (more)

This is the first time I saw (and photographed) a matched set of power in the then-new gray and yellow paint scheme. Four Alco RS-3s and a single FA-2 front Corbin, KY-bound train 66 as it leaves ... (more)