Backdropped by a 'healthy' dose of U.S. Steel air pollution, SD40 1254 models one of the early variants of L&N's gray and yellow scheme, exhibiting slanted yellow numbers and letters outlined in black, with the yellow on the nose having a sloped trailing edge, but without the black outline.
Photos taken in the Deep South--primarily Alabama and Georgia--from the 1970s to the early 2000s. Featured railroads include the ICG, the West Point Route, SCL, Southern, Frisco, and even KCS.