When the L&N Railroad completed the "CC&O Connection" linking its Martin's Fork Branch in Harlan County, KY to the original Cumberland Valley Division at Hagans, VA (via a switchback) in... (more)

The intricate Louisville and Nashville logo and paint scheme is seen on the nose of EMD GP7 No. 405 at the Tennessee Central Railway Museum in Nashville, Tennessee, on a rainy May 9, 2014.

Empty and loaded coal trains - each led by one of L&N's 1200-class SD40s - pass on the double track just north of Corbin. Don't know what power is trailing 1239, but 1232 is assisted by 3,000hp C... (more)

Atlanta-bound run-through train 214 passes the old WofA coaling tower (still there in 2015) and bangs across the double crossing with Southern.

Next to GP38s (and GP38-2s) U23Bs were the most common power of L&N run-through trains that began using the WofA in 1973. On this day, 2739 fronted a set that included another U23B, two GP30s an... (more)

U23Bs in L&N and CSX colors share space t the former L&N facility in Gadsden.

An L&N GE U30C leads two other units on eastbound coal in the morning at Tucker.

An L&N GP38AC is leading four other units as an eastbound freight pulls over the summit of the grade at Tucker.

Not all of L&N's coal is on the east end. These empties are just north of the Tennessee line as they head back to the mines in west Kentucky for reloading.

LN yard job switching Corbin

Looks like L&N 543 is about to get a little attention.

L&N slug set heads back to L&N's S&NA yard after delivering a transfer to ICG at West End. S80m was L&N's designation for Alco switchers repowered with 567s. The slug was converted from an L&N R... (more)

A cosmetically restored C&NW E8 disguised as Louisville and Nashville 796 and matching passenger train sits displayed at The Historic Railpark and Train Museum in Bowling Green, KY. The museum, ... (more)

Retired and headed for scrapping, this unit began life as a Piedmont and Northern engine, went to SCL and ended up on the relatively large L&N fleet of C420s.

Retired L&N units - mostly C420s - wait on the former Rock Island 2nd main that served as an interchange track between CSX and the Iowa Railroad in the early 1980s.