White extra flags are being placed on the front of L&N RS-3 240 for a very special run. For more than a decade, L&N operated several “Kiddie Specials” each March for Louisville-area elementary sch... (more)

This derailment occurred during the infamous 1955 strike on the L&N Railroad. On Saturday, April 23, 1955, engines 306, 238, 117 and 301 (two FA2 Alco cab units spliced by two RS3 road switchers) ... (more)

In a nice image made by Tom Smart, 660 is assited by a GP30, RS3 and an FA in the old blue scheme.

The L&N company photographer has arranged to stop train 70 on a June morning in 1957 at the big trestle at Independence. Up front today is an A-B-B-A set of F-units (F9/F7/F3/F7). Lead unit 924 is... (more)

Looking out over the nose of L&N E7 760, this is the view from the fireman’s seat as train 6, the New Orleans-Cincinnati “Humming Bird” approaches its final stop at CUT in the Queen City. The trai... (more)

This slide has been in my collection for many years, though I regrettably do not know the identity of the photographer. The scene is L&N’s old Canal Street station in the “Big Easy”—New Orleans. T... (more)

A five-unit consist of Alcos--FA2/RS3/FB2/RS3/FA2--coils through a reverse curve near Emerson, Georgia, on the Georgia-owned Western & Atlantic. This train is probably fast freight number 42, boun... (more)

The end of steam on the L&N was near when Baldwin M-1 1962 (one of 42 engines in that class, nicknamed "Big Emmas" by their crews) takes on coal at Ravenna after being turned. This was a Cincinnat... (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)

Mikes 1896 and 1831—a J-4A-J-4 doubleheader---blast out of Corbin on the “High Line” with a DeCoursey-bound train in 1942. The double tracked Cumberland Valley Division to Loyall is in the foregro... (more)

This is an excellent shot in my collection taken by my friend Wally Johnson, of Richmond, VA. The train is the northbound (toward Kentucky) Norton Local--number 64--emerging from Callahan's Nose T... (more)

A doubleheaded coal train led by a booster-equipped L&N J4A Mike and an unidentified M-1 2-8-4 hammers away after a meet with fast freight 66 at Big Stone Gap, VA. This photo was taken by the late... (more)

Three wide-open L&N F-units shove a northbound coal train over the top of Elkatawa Hill at Yeadon, KY. Caboose 1208 is brand new--a product of L&N's big South Louisville Shops. All these years lat... (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)

L&N 813 is the rear unit on a five-unit southbound Norton-Loyall (KY) Turn at Appalachia early in the morning as its head brakeman brings them back after a set-off of interchange for the Southern.... (more)