Still looking good in what is probably the original paint job.

Working a mine run.

Taken from the Monon and moved to the coal fields, these units lasted about another decade hauling coal and looking good with the jaunty bell mounted on the short hood.

Classic power and unusual to see in the coal country I was familiar with.

Back when Montgomery had GM&O, CofG, WofA, SCL and L&N this was such a great place to watch trains. The black scheme was getting rather rare so this was a good catch.

How the mighty hath fallen. Bearing evidence of its short-lived 5600 number this ex-demo unit is a lowly yard switcher bearing evidence of South Louisville's make-do modifications. She won't las... (more)

Another L&N orginal doing mine runs and switching the yard.

This was Valhalla for Alcos in those days. They had a huge yard and it was really isolated from the beaten path. Even my Dad, who wasn't a railfan, liked to watch the switchers rev up, whistle, ... (more)

It’s Sunday, June 24, 1956, and Louisville & Nashville M-1 class number 1962—one of the memorable “Big Emma” 2-8-4s that worked the eastern side of the system, in Kentucky only—slowly ba... (more)

L&N RS36 No. 910, mated with a slug, rests between shifts at Loyall, KY on a steamy May 30, 1978. No. 910 began life as Tennessee Central No. 301. L&N had some interesting slug sets. They did a... (more)

In the late 1970's, L&N was hit by a coal boom that left it in need of any and all power it could get its hands on. SCL's Alcos were somewhat orphans in its roster, so its entire fleet was transf... (more)

The passing siding at Kennesaw had recently been extended when this meet took place in 1953. At the time, this line belonged to the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis, and L&N had trackage rights ... (more)

L&N 863 was very close to the end as she waited at the e.f. in Boyles Yard. I caught her on a Nashville freight a few days later and, though I didn't know it at the time, would never see another L... (more)

This is "Big Emma." When the Louisville & Nashville Railroad elected to seriously upgrade its freight motive power in the early '40s, it went whole-hog for a Baldwin-built variant of the Van Sweri... (more)

One of the smallest and least remarked "union" stations in the country was the L&N depot at Appalachia, VA. Served by the Interstate (until 1928), Southern (until 1939) and L&N (until 1953), the f... (more)