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| Looking east from the Latonia Depot |
Latonia Depot | Looking west from the Latonia Depot |
The University of Louisville Library is the home of the L&N company records. They're all on-line, here. They include a complete set of the digitized employee magazine. |
Plane lands at DeCoursey, December, 1939
Story of two brothers who waited 68 years for this picture,
here.
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| DeCoursey NX interlocking control |
Train approaching Decoursey NX interlocking |
| You'll hear the L&N from Covington to Louisville referred to as the “Short Line.” That's because it initially came up short of actually getting into Louisville, because of gauge issues, i. e., incompatible track widths. Is this the “Short Line” used in the board game Monopoly? No. |
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DeCoursey water pumping |
DeCoursey ash pit turns |
Administration Scenes
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| Thanks for these two montages of Decoursey scenes to Bill Schmiade | |
| Timetable for the L&N at Latonia (South Covington), 1879, here. |
If you're a fan of the L & N Short Line (Covington to Louisville), the book you want to read is here. |
| A list of all the tunnels on the L&N between Louisville and Cincinnati is here. |
Here's a progress report, from 1868, on the construction of the Short Line |
| The Interstate Commerce Commission issued
this report on a February 23, 1925 train wreck just south of Decoursey at Grant. |
Lots of L & N diesel and locomotive pictures are at Herron Rail's site, here. |
| The L & N Historical Society's site is here. | Latonia's Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati's site is here. |
