CSX SD40-2 #8357 leads loaded ethanol train K447 out of the yard at Corbin beginning its trip south on the KD Sub.

A variety of Louisville & Nashville power waits for assignments at the yard in Corbin, Kentucky.

A U-Boat With Extra Props

After a long career as a road engine, Louisville & Nashville U25B 1606 is now working in yard service and on mine runs. It’s now getting extra tractive ... (more)

Three-builder lineups could still be found in Louisville & Nashville’s Corbin, Kentucky yard in the early 1980’s. Here a U25B, an SD40, and a C420 occupy adjacent tracks.

A pair of Louisville & Nashville U-boats occupies the track behind the engine house in Corbin, Kentucky. U30C 1570 is in Family Lines paint, while U23B 2709 is pure L&N.

A Louisville & Nashville U25B in fresh Family Lines paint mingles with an SD40-2 in the classic yellow-nose L&N scheme at the engine house in Corbin, Kentucky. Before the year is out, the Seaboar... (more)

The Oneida & Western was a railroad without track. Due to the Louisville & Nashville’s inability to supply sufficient empty cars and power, the Shamrock Coal Company bought its own cars and SD40... (more)

One of the final remaining YN2 SD70ACs has a short Q541 in tow headed south to Etowah.

Northward look over the sprawling yard complex in Corbin, KY.

On September 21, 2017, the Lousiville & Nashville Historical Society held a night photo session with L&N No. 2132 in downtown Corbin, Kentucky. I was contracted to provide the lighting for the sho... (more)

I thought these didn't carry or MU fuel but this one has a filler and somebody has put or tried to put diesel into it recently. Abandoned experiment?

Nee L&N, ex SBD unit displaying a new YN1 paint job.

A Louisville & Nashville SD40-2 in Family Lines paint waits to be sent out of the engine terminal in Corbin, Kentucky. The unit is still on the CSX roster as its 8069.

Louisville & Nashville SD40-2 3581 mingles with some GE’s in outside of the shops in Corbin, Kentucky. The unit continues in service today as CSX SD40-3 4075.

Not long after being converted the mom and slug are looking good, well, okay, in the morning sun.