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Index Of L&N Images 3

All images are copyright 1999 Herron Rail Video or to the credited photographer.
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Thanks and enjoy - Jim Herron

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All of us have our favorite railroads and mine happens to be the L&N. Growing up in Louisville in the 1950's gave me a strong interest in the last of steam and the first generation diesels of L&N. On this page I'll feature photos from that period. Some of these are colorized versions of black and white originals. I hope you like these.

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L&N 4-6-2 275 on a passenger train south of Louisville in the late 1940's.
L&N photo from University of Louisville archives and colorized by J. R. Herron

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L&N 0-6-0 at Louisville, Ky. Date unknown, probably 1930's. Colorized from and old B&W photo. These engines were converted from 2-8-0's built in the 1880's.

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L&N, C&O, B&O E units at Cincinnati Union Terminal ready tracks, May, 1960.

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E units have cut off the Pan American at Louisville Union Station for servicing in June, 1958. This was shot with a brownie Starflash camera and is not a sharp as I would like but it shows a typical operation that was performed several times each day. All L&N trains changed engines here except for the South Wind.

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GP30 1025-- At South Louisville Shops in 1967.

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GP30 1034--Also at South Louisville Shops, 1972.

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GP7 455--At Biloxi, MI in 1972.

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SD's SLS---A pair of SD35's at South Louisville Shops in January, 1967.

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U25B 1602---also at South Louisville Shops in January, 1967.

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U25B 1625--Passing South Louisville Shops on a piggyback train in August, 1972.

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C&O GW-- C&O's George Washington (Louisville section) ready to depart from Louisville Union Station in December, 1969. The train used L&N track from Louisville to Winchester, KY before entering C&O trackage to Ashland, KY. At Ashland, the train was switched into a larger section coming from Cincinnati before continuing on to Washington. The train was discontinued when Amtrak began running on May 1, 1971.

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Wood coach-- An ancient wooden coach was still in use on the bridge maintenance train at the west end of Pensacola Bay in 1980. Once, cars like this were assigned to work trains all over the system. This had to be one of the last to exist.