The Staggers Rail Act led to a bout of industry consolidation. locomotives were built and numbered 1450-1461. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Prince retired in 1983, and lives in Omaha, Nebraska. 1 4-4-0 then became L&N's second 401. It opted for EMD F3 units for mainline freight and passenger service and with EMD BL2s and Alco RS2s for locals. The last order would come from the NYC&StL. Free shipping for many products! in Mechanical Engineering. Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company Records. Index. 500, a 4-6-0 built in 1897 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works received national recognition when it was exhibited at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition, Nashville. : Most of these volumes are now being reissued by Indiana University Press so that these books may gain a wider circulation and offer those who were unable to purchase a copy of the limited initial releases. During this time it was stored at Mobile, Alabama. A.L.M. The third order went to the Lima Locomotive Works for twenty-two locomotives which were delivered in 1949 and assigned road numbers 1970 through 1991. The Louisville & Nashville Railroad's shops in South Louisville, KY built the Under Smith the L&N grew to be a 6,000-mile system serving 14 states. In the 1960s, the L&N made acquisitions of smaller railroads in Illinois that provided its long-sought entry into Chicago. Locale: Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri. A poem, written soon after L&N's "SOUTHERN BELLE" went into service, tells the story of this locomotive. It is interesting to note, however, that after the war, L&N's thrifty Yankee management sent representatives down South and recovered most of the "borrowed" power which was overhauled and returned to service. A Locobase macro caused the error .). assigned road numbers 1462-1479 and designated as Class J-2. Atlas/Kato 8015 Louisville & Nashville RS-3 L&N #118 Diesel HO DCC Louisville and Nashville Railroad | Tennessee Encyclopedia The 800 and 900 .series came to the L&N as standard gauge. During this period over 2000 different steam engines were owned by the Old Reliable." Wiggins Papers, papers of a chairman of the board of directors, L & N Railroad and affiliate line, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, 1833-1973, (bulk 1948-1973), 50.5 linear feet, Minutes of the Board of Directors, L & N Railroad, 1850-1976, 16 reels, Corporate Minute Books of the L & N Railroad, and predecessor and subsidiary lines, 1830-1975, 42 reels, Annual reports of the Monon Railroad, its predecessor lines, associated legal papers, and historical material, 1847-1971, 2 reels, Nashville, Chattanooga, & St. Louis Railway Accident Log, July 5, 1880 - November 5, 1891, 1 reel, Louisville and Nashville Railroad Series, 56 interviews, conducted 1980-1981, Louisville & Nashville Railroad Collection, 91.38, Photographs from the Louisville and Nashville Collection at the University of Louisville Photographic Archives.