Locomotives, at Decoursey
L & N 976, Rosedale
Built by Baldwin in 1903
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| Two views of Engine No. 1950, the first L&N M-1, delivered at DeCoursey on July 30, 1942 | |
| The first M-1's, or Big Emma's, were numbers 1950-1963, and built by Baldwin. When the first one arrived at DeCoursey, she was too big to sit on the turntable. Employees even came after work to gawk at “the biggest damned hunk of engine ever to show up around these parts.” | |
The pic was taken in Louisville in 1915, but this locomotive
operated between Latonia and Cincinnati's Union Central.
That's Traveling Engineer L. W. Pulliam posed with the engine.
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L & N #105, a 4-6-2 |
L & N 441, Rosedale, |
Class J-4-A at Latonia |
L&N M-1 #1960
September 20, 1955
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At DeCoursey, August 12, 1948 |
L & N 1999, a 2-8-2 in |
This is Engine 1951, the second M-1, shown on the remodeled
turntable. Because of the M-1's larger
size, the turntable had to be increased from 85 feet to 120 feet. This is June 18, 1943.
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| M-1 Number 1960 at DeCoursey Same exact picture: one's bad quality with a caption, the other doesn't have the caption, but it's a much sharper image. |
#1951 at DeCoursey, c. 1948 | |
M-1 #1988 at Decoursey, April 7, 1956
From a Facebook post by Mason Reed
| A collection of L & N Steam Locomotives, taken
at locations other than DeCoursey, is here, Diesels here. |
| In 1955, Trains Magazine ran a special L & N issue.
In it, they published a complete roster of L & N Motive power, steam and diesel. See it here. |
The first diesels in Latonia, October 1943
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| DeCoursey, June 30, 1956 | unknown date | |
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| L & N 774 August 23, 1967 |
Switcher from 1966 |
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| RS3 #144 at DeCoursey, June, 1969 From a Facebook post by Chris Johnson of a Joe Petric photo |
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| The North End of Decoursey. Penn Central PC 7361, an EMD GP9 on transfer duty, September 11, 1976 |
The South End of Decoursey. EMD SD45 on Q-143 exits Grant's Tunnel just south of Decoursey Yard on December 30, 2003. |
| Both of these great Decoursey scenes are copyrighted photos by Don Faris. Clicking on the thumbnails will take you to railpics.net, where the originals reside. | |
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L & N Alco RS-3 #138, |
L & N 144, 578 & 125 |
L & N 576, an F9B at Decoursey, 10/31/1970 |
L&N 1426 at Decoursey
| An ALCO RS36 1800 horsepower road-switcher built in 1962, #914. Only 40 were manufactured and the L&N had but five. All five wound up working at sprawling Decoursey Yard just south of Covington where they could be seen (and heard) by local residents. January 1973. From a Facebook post by Frank Michaels |
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| L & N 1620, at Decoursey April 6, 1980 |
RS-11, #952, 1976, at Louisville. From a Facebook post by Eric Werner | L & N 169, an RS3, May, 1978 |
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| L & N 116, 1973 | c. 1980 | #4110, unknown location |
#412 at Decoursey, April 5, 1952
From a Facebook post by Mason Reed
L&N 1499 coming out of Grant's Tunnel, March 28, 1973
From a Facebook post by Chris Johnson
| “In the mid-to-late 1970's, General Electric was trying to improve their diesels, or a least their image. They introduced a program called Xtra-Reliable. Who else to try it out on but the Old Reliable, the L&N? At least the paint looked good . . .” Bill Johnson, writing on Facebook |
L & N 117 at Decoursey, 1969
photo by J. Petric
