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

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

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)

Three old geeps climb the grade from Gantt's Quarry back to Sylacauga. There they'll head to Talladega, where they will move over to SCL rails for the trip back to Boyles Yard in Birmingham. In ... (more)

This will never happen again..... P960 the Return to Service Inspection Train glides along the Pensacola Bay shore. This is the first time in 11 years that Amtrak has ran along this route. The ro... (more)

For the first time in over a decade, Amtrak passes thru on its way on the Sunset Route in the Florida panhandle. The train stayed overnight in Pensacola before heading on east to Jacksonville, Flo... (more)

For the first time in over a decade, Amtrak passes thru on its way on the Sunset Route in the Florida panhandle. The train stayed overnight in Pensacola before heading on east to Jacksonville, Flo... (more)

For the first time in over a decade, Amtrak passes thru on its way on the Sunset Route in the Florida panhandle. The train stayed overnight in Pensacola before heading on east to Jacksonville, Flo... (more)

For the first time in over a decade, Amtrak passes thru on its way on the Sunset Route in the Florida panhandle. The train stayed overnight in Pensacola before heading on east to Jacksonville, Flo... (more)

For the first time in over a decade, Amtrak passes thru on its way on the Sunset Route in the Florida panhandle. The train stayed overnight in Pensacola before heading on east to Jacksonville, Flo... (more)

For the first time in over a decade, Amtrak passes thru on its way on the Sunset Route in the Florida panhandle. The train stayed overnight in Pensacola before heading on east to Jacksonville, Flo... (more)

Q602 has just arrived from Pensacola and the Engineer is tying the last hand brake as the conductor makes his way to the yard office. Apparently there are no rested crews to take the train on towa... (more)

An old former L&N warrior awaits another assignment.

Yeah, it's BNSF, but it doesn't say so and it on the Gulf Coast, where it shouldn't be, which is neat. This one used to be in "Kodachrome", see elsewhere on this site.

The obsolete coaling tower looms over a Louisville & Nashville train hauling pulpwood in Flomaton, Alabama, on January 27th, 1973. The lead engine is F9A 556, built by EMD in December 1956 as L&N... (more)