One of the first uses of diesel-electric motive power on the south end of the L&N's Cumberland Valley Division in freight service was the RS-3s working the Norton Local out of Loyall, KY to Norton... (more)

Tennessee Central Railway Museum’s former Louisville & Nashville GP7 405 leads a Murder Mystery Train to Watertown, TN.

A Louisville and Nashville GE U23B leads a coal train towards Winchester at Sloan siding after meeting an eastbound at Cressy, Kentucky, in December 1983. The L&N was then part of Family Lines and... (more)

A Mobile-bound freight passes through Montgomery's hot spot at Bell Street tower. The ICG and WofA curve off to the left just in front of 1552, with the SCL in passing the signal in the background... (more)

An Alco switcher (repowered w/567) and slug work S&NA Yard. Construction on a multi-lane overpass just getting underway in the distance will complicate yards ops for the next few months.

This year L&N Historical Society convention was in Nashville Tennessee. Tennessee Central Railway Museum restored Louisville & Nashville GP7 405 to as delivered paint scheme and made its first tri... (more)

Louisville & Nashville GP7 405 and Tennessee Central Railway Museum E8 run around the L&N Historical Society convention train at Lebanon.

Louisville & Nashville GP7 405 leads the L&N Historical Society convention train with one of its namesake city skylines in the back ground.

Former L&N GP7 405 has been returned to it as delivered paint scheme by the Tennessee Central Railway Museum. The 405 made its debut leading the L&N Historical Society convention train to Lebanon... (more)

L&N Alco C420 1305 at Etowah, TN in this October 1974 scene.

The "Hoghead": in this photo by an unknown local photographer in the Middlesborough area, a classic steam era engineer is pictured standing beside L&N K-2A number 161 on one of the daily passenger... (more)

In a great action photo by David Noble, a pair of Louisville & Nashville Mikes rolls around the curve at the top of the hill at Patio Tower, Winchester. This coal train originated "up the holler" ... (more)

This photo was taken by an L&N company photographer on a scenic stretch of main line near Artemus, KY. The river to the right is the division's namesake: the Cumberland. Baldwin-built "Big Emma" M... (more)

The southbound Loyall-Varilla mine run rear-ended a standing freight on the former double track on the north end of Loyall Yard on this foggy day in 1958. This was CTC territory, but the track on ... (more)

In a rare color action shot from the late '40s, photographer Bill Clark captured an L&N K-3 Pacific--number 209--doubleheaded with 2-8-0 number 1219 on this southbound (actually, heading westward,... (more)