Not a native, this one started on the Seaboard, then went to SCL and ended up going hauling black diamonds.

These morphed a little and actually got a repaint before their demise. Somebody important must have visited.

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

Originally bought by the L&N this unit and its slug were the yard switchers for the day. I knew they were living on borrowed time and did a lot of driving but didn't get them all.

A few of their -2s were graced by a "real" paint scheme. This one waits to get clearance to go south in "dark" territory.

The first iteration of yellow and gray was a classy looking scheme. The last was, well, not so much. L&N made its parents a lot of money, all of which they wanted for themselves.

Mobile was a treasure of southern railroading in these days with Frisco, TASD, Southern, GM&O and L&N all coming to town. The waterfront yard of L&N was busy and crowded with beautiful yellow and... (more)

All over Eastern Kentucky there were these "boomers" from other original owners with their slugs. The slugs were cut down RS-3s. This unit came from Tennessee Central. I don't think I ever saw ... (more)

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)

Kentucky Railway Museum volunteers prepare the 152 for a ferry move over the CSX to run excursions that weekend over the Bardstown Branch.

The grand old Union Station in Louisville KY no longer has any tracks leading up to its head house. In fact, there's a bus maintenance lot behind her and she is the local city bus service's headqu... (more)

Tennessee Central Railway Museum's L&N GP7 rests outside the museum's shops. Photo taken with permission.

It's after dusk as a crew comes out of the joint L&N/SCL S&NA Yard in Montgomery to rescue two trains dead on hours at the junction near Bell Street. They have an L&N Mobile Sub local with a pair ... (more)

A shot taken from the Telegraph Road viaduct shows L&N 5004 working the south end of Sibert Yard. In the foreground are shop tracks in ICG's former GM&O yard. Strings of yellow Terminal Railway ... (more)