The C & O and the L & N Railroads
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L&N and C&O Depot, Newport, c. 1910 C&O tracks, looking west |
L&N and C&O Depot, Newport, c. 1910 Looking East down C&O track L&N track to the left, behind the depot |
L&N and C&O Depot, Newport, circa 1945 |
The Short Line's (L&N's) schedule from April, 1879. |
Location of Newport Depot
The Wagon Wheel Bridge
note Mt. St. Martin's on the hill to the right, and Dorsel's Flour, straight ahead.
from a Facebook post by Sam Routzon
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c. 1910 | c. 1945 | c. 1936 |
C & O Depot, Newport, looking west
The tall building is Wiedemann's malt house (A malt house is a building where cereal grain is converted into malt by soaking it in water, allowing it to sprout, and then drying it to stop further growth. ).The two story railroad building is NX Tower. The tower houses the man operating the switches. It's two story not for improved vision, but because that's how high a switching tower had to be to accommodate the switching equipment. Note the Monmouth underpass in the center image. |
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An EMD SD-38 from the Toledo, Detroit and Ironton Railroad heads south on Saratoga on August 2, 1981. |
Westbound Amtrak #51 passes the C&O Station in Newport, September 19, 1981 |
Heading south on Saratoga, from Cincinnati to Silver Grove, August 22, 1981 |
All three of these great Newport scenes are copyrighted photos by Don Faris. |
Coming off the L&N Bridge going south on Saratoga
From a Facebook post by Will Lack
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C&O Depot, 1983 | Along the C. & O. in Newport The L&N is to the far right |
Newport Freight Depot circa 1950's; looking west |
A passenger train at the Newport Depot
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The Funeral Train of Pres. Dwight Eisenhower came thru Newport on April 1, 1969 left, from a Facebook post by Shirley Turner |
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On the L&N in the Finchtown section of Newport, 1913 |
The C & O comes thru Newport |
L & N Locomotive in Newport |
Back when the railroad ran down Saratoga Street, L&N maintained a
freight depot between 5th and 6th.
The 1914 Louisville & Nashville Shippers' Guide had this listing for Newport.
“The Short-Line Railroad [L&N] has been completed to Constans' Brewery, on the Alexandria Pike, and a construction train ran to that point yesterday.” from the Cincinnati Daily Enquirer, June 23, 1871 |
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There are more C. & O. Locomotive Pictures here. |
The C & O Historical Society is here. |
The L & N Historical Society is here. |
There are lots more L & N. pics in the Latonia pages, here. |