N&W Train 5, operating between Bluefield, W. Va. and Norton, Va., crosses trestle #1398 three miles from Coeburn, Va. in fall colors on Oct. 28, 1956. Class E2a 578 is one of two Pacific 4-6-2's... (more)
The historic Crescent Route ran from Atlanta to Montgomery on the A&WP/WofA and from Montgomery to New Orleans on the L&N. This route was changed in the late 60s to ATL-New Orleans via Birmingham ... (more)
The combined L&N Pan-American (from Cincinnati), Piedmont Limited (a Southern-West Point run from New York, combined at Montgomery), and Gulf Wind (from Jacksonville, via SAL, added at Flomaton, A... (more)
The northbound L&N Southland--a Tampa/St. Pete to the Midwest train handled by the L&N between Cincinnati and Atlanta--swings off the NC&StL main line at Cartersville onto the "New Line" to Etowah... (more)
The southbound L&N Southland--a Tampa/St. Pete-Midwest train handled by the L&N between Cincinnati and Atlanta--has the signal from CUT Tower A and is moving out for Atlanta. Back under the concou... (more)
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... (more)
N&W Westbound Powhatan Arrow train #25 at Christiansburg, VA in June 1955 powered by J-class #600. Photo by Bob Drake, collection of Tom Sink.
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 Or... (more)
Steam escapes from the traps on heavyweight L&N coach 2512 as its dark blue paint reflects the platform lights at Corbin on an August evening in 1963. This is southbound train 17, the nightly Cinc... (more)
The SILVER STAR is pictured running northbound south of Petersburg on a November Saturday morning. I was on my way to intercept Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 759 on the N&W.
An SCL E6A leads an RF&P E8 and another SCL unit on the southbound EVERGLADES . The train is stopped at the former ACL station.
A Southern FP7 heads two E7 units on the eastbound BIRMINGHAM SPECIAL just east of Roanoke. It had been ten years since I visited this famous railfan spot.
The Newport News section of the GEORGE WASHINGTON hustles through the Morrison section of Newport News near the final destination.
Northbound Southern Rwy Train #6 meeting #219 at Pomona || August 1972
