This is one of my favorite L&N photos--taken by the late August Thieme. CV Division train 55--the overnight through freight from Corbin to Norton, VA--is blasting upgrade on the last three miles t... (more)

Nearly 50 years ago, L&N train 32--the Martin's Fork Mine Run on the Cumberland Valley Division--arrives at the south end of Loyall Yard with the day's "catch" of loaded coal hoppers. The head bra... (more)

On the photographer's 20th birthday, L&N FA-2 306 fronts Norton-Corbin through freight 864 as it fills with northbound coal tonnage at Loyall, KY. Six old L&N FA-2s wound up as Long Island Railroa... (more)

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)

L&N's morning through freight from Norton, VA to Corbin, KY pops out of Callahan's Nose Tunnel, under Southern's Appalachia District, and then over bridge 44---a combination structure that spanned... (more)

Four big Alco six-motor Centuries are being hostled at Corbin before heading south down the KD to Etowah with a coal train. L&N got its first six-motor units--C628s--in 1964. They were the first n... (more)

The second trick yard crew at Loyall is busy shuffling hoppers--both loaded and empty--for later mine runs and coal trains in both directions. The brick restaurant in the background was affectiona... (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 backs toward... (more)