L&N M1 2-8-4 Big Emma Drive the Louisville & Nashville Railroad's 'Big Emma' M-1 2-8-4 Berkshire steam locomotive. A total of 42 of these locomotives wer ebuilt from 1942 onward, and worked ...

With its impressive locomotives and smooth movements, CSX Q541 brings the legacy of the L&N (Louisville and Nashville) railroad to life once more. Watch as we follow this powerful freight train ...

It recalls the long history of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. in the city from 1850 to 1983. The L&N building ... which produced 400 new locomotives and more than 14,000 freight and ...

The L&N's line was to be ... Instead, the railroad leaders, William D. Chipley and Fred DeFuniak, with some 2,300 workers, had the first locomotives operating in 1882. The grant approval which ...

APPALACHIA — People in Southwest Virginia and East Tennessee see the occasional coal/freight train but very few passenger trains on the region’s rail lines.

which was sponsored by the L&N Railroad. Now an attorney in St. Louis, Wilkins researched and wrote a thesis while at WKU on the 728th ROB, one of several World War II-era battalions sponsored by ...

The iconic L & N railroad sign that stands sentry over West Broadway is coming down for a much-needed restoration. The state Finance & Administration Cabinet announced the planned renovation of ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Workers will remove the historic L&N Railroad sign on a downtown Louisville building so it can be restored while the building's roof is upgraded. The sign on the L&N ...

Every summer when I was growing up in Montgomery, AL, my father, who worked for the L & N Railroad, would apply for railroad passes for all the family to travel on. In the summer of 1953 he ...