It's late and veteran engineer Brent Thomson slowly bring the Tennessee Central "Murder Mystery & Music Special" back from Watertown, TN through the quite community of Lebanon, TN bound... (more)

L&N #4009 leads a S/B Freight into New Albany, IN.

Oops! L&N train derailment in La Grange,KY.

L&N #756, L&N #657 & L&N #690 at Louisville Union Station.

In the 1970s L&N stopped outlining the yellow letters and numerals on their diesels in black, while also going to a paler shade of yellow. That resulted in the markings almost disappearing into t... (more)

L&N SD40-2 leads a southbound train down the old Monon Line at MP 120.4 just a bit north of Lafayette Junction in Lafayette, IN during September 1980. Kodachrome, Photographer: Jack Hawkins, John ... (more)

Amtrak #53 lead by L&N 796 is northbound through Seymour,IN.

L&N #4 with 4 cars at Louisville Union Station.

As-built and de-powered Alcos team up to work the L&N yard in Corbin.

As usual, there is L&N power up front on 214, a Cincy to NOLA train that was a combined effort between L&N and Western Railway of Alabama. That diamond-shaped concrete sign, however, is all West ... (more)

Just after a summer shower, the L&N NOLA-Cincy run-through climbs the hill out of Opelika behind a cool collection of diesels- GP38-2/U25B/GP40/U23B.

When L&N and Western Railway of Alabama established Cincinnati-NOLA trains 213/214 in 1973 (early Family Lines days...), I do not think the trains worked anywhere between the endpoints. Within a ... (more)

One of the last cab units left on L&N sits at the Boyles engine facility. I saw this unit at Cullman 15 days later, as trailing unit on the northbound long-distance local. It was last time I eve... (more)

Western Railway of Alabama trains 213/214 were run-throughs in cooperation with L&N. Initiated in 1973, they were powered most days by GP38s and U23Bs, with a few GP30/35/40 mixed in. Far more u... (more)