L&N power lays over in the engine terminal at Loyall, KY on the evening of Nov. 12, 1977.

The lead diesel is in full shade as L&N run-through train 214 climbs around the curve and out of Opelika on a summer evening. GP38s are front and back, but in between are 4 U-boats, including 2 U... (more)

Waiting for clearance to head fro Birmingham...

The daily L&N run-through passes the hotbox detector just west of Auburn.

L&N 1240 sits with other coal train power near the turntable in Tilford's crowded engine facility. In the background is an ancient L&N caboose with a too-small cupola.

Good bye Monon - Hello L&N. It's transition time, almost forty years ago, on the good old Monon line.

The recently restored L&N 405 shines in the morning sun in Nashvegas.

The passing siding at Kennesaw had recently been extended when this meet took place in 1953. At the time, this line belonged to the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis, and L&N had trackage rights ... (more)

A nearly new U30C is ready for departure with southbound coal loads.

L&N 863 was very close to the end as she waited at the e.f. in Boyles Yard. I caught her on a Nashville freight a few days later and, though I didn't know it at the time, would never see another L... (more)