In an afternoon downpour - a common summer event down south - a pair of GP30s pass Union Station's trainshed on their way to Mobile with the long-distance local as an Alco switcher (with a transpl... (more)

The depot in Mineral Bluff, GA, sits on the now abandoned line that ran between Blue Ridge, GA, and Murphy, NC. It was built in 1887 by the Marietta & North Georgia Railroad and is the last remain... (more)

Veteran Pacific 152 awaits abrasive blasting before getting a full ultrasonic test to determine the scope of the work to be done before she can be returned to service. Visit http://www.kyrail.org/... (more)

During memorial day weekend, The 111 year old 1905 Rogers built L&N 152 sits in KRM's shop undergoing restoration. To learn more visit: http://kyrail.org/crew-152.asp

Southbound LN coal load south of Corbin

This was a foul day, overcast, cold but what the hey, there were Alcos kicking cars and of course L&N's version of "stealth".

An L&N unit coal train derailment near Alnwick, Tn around 1978. I took this photograph from an overpass with a 24mm lens mounted on my trusty Nikon F.

An L&N U30C rolls off of the turntable at Loyall, Kentucky. The hostler has an assistant riding with him on this warm May morning.

Once a member of the last new power bought by the Tennessee Central, this RS36 was acquired by the L&N after the TC’s demise in 1968. Now twenty years old, former TC 304 is paired with a slug r... (more)

Three old geeps climb the grade from Gantt's Quarry back to Sylacauga. There they'll head to Talladega, where they will move over to SCL rails for the trip back to Boyles Yard in Birmingham. In ... (more)

Inside the boiler of L&N 4-6-2 #152, Kentucky Railway Museum volunteer Rob Minton inspects the work that has been done. All of the tubes and flues have been removed from inside the boiler in prepa... (more)

A unit train heads for the coal terminal on McD Island with typical L&N coal power for south Alabama in the early '80s - a trio of GP38s with a recently rebuilt U28B (or U30B) helping out.

Power for a coal train backs through the switches north of Union Station.

A pair of early geeps being ferried for local service trail the newer power on a southbound freight coming off the Evansville line and through the Amqui plant. That's the Louisville main off to t... (more)

L&N 1058 - a former C&EI unit - has recently received a stealthy gray dip job that is darker than L&N or FL gray, and perhaps even a bit darker than the Seaboard System gray. It is fronting a loc... (more)