Wallace Henderson Collection
All photos by Wallace H. Henderson unless otherwise noted.
L&N Northbound #768 crosses Gum Lick Trestle between Kelly and Crofton, KY as seen from the Pennyrile Parkway.
Date: October 1974
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L&N Southbound #797 climbs past the north end of Kelly, KY siding.
Date: October 1974
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L&N Southbound #797 ungrade into Kelly, KY about to cross Old Madisonville Road with GP40 3005 in the lead.
Date: October 1974
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L&N southbound freight heads upgrade into Kelly, KY passing the north end of Kelly siding, six miles north of Hopkinsville, KY.
Date: November 1974
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L&N #797 heads south from Kelly, KY.
Date: September 1974
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L&N new SD40-2 1259 heads a northbound unit coal train along Latham Siding, Hopkinsivlle, KY.
Date: August 1974
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L&N northbound empty grain train alonside Latham Siding, behind Riverside Cemetary, Hopkinsville, KY.
Date: August 1974
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L&N northbound #768, led by SD35 1215 leans into the curve along Latham Siding behind Riverside Cemetery in Hopkinsville, KY.
Date: September 1974
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L&N southbound freight crosses Little River Bridge into Hopkinsville, KY.
Date: August 1974
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L&N southbound #797 approaches 2nd Street in Hopkinsville, KY.
Date: October 1974
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L&N southbound unit coal train led by SD40-2 1265, crosses 7th Street in Hopkinsville, KY.
Date: September 1974
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L&N GP40 3018 leads a southbound tote train #721 past the Hopkinsville, KY depot.
Date: September 1974
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L&N Tote train #721 passes the Hopkinsville, KY depot, with the agent's car sitting on the platform. The former L&N freight station is on the right.
Date: September 1974
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L&N southbound coal train crosses 14th street, Hopkinsville, KY led by SD40-2 1274.
Date: September 1974
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L&N GP7 446 leads a northbound freight about to cross 14th Street in Hopkinsville, KY.
Date: September 1974
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L&N southbound freight led by U30C 1577 nearing the 17th Street crossing, Hopkinsville, KY.
Date: September 1974
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L&N GP18 903 works as a switcher at the 17th Street crossing, Hopkinsville, KY.
Date: December 1974
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L&N southbound freight led by U23B 2729 passes a blue L&N box car in the siding as it approaches the Walnut Street cut, Hopkinsville, KY.
Date: October 1974
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L&N GP40 3015 leads a southbound tote train into the curve approaching the Walnut Street cut while passing an L&N blue box car in siding at Hopkinsville, KY.
Date: October 1974
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L&N SD40 1243 leads a southbound coal train out of the Walnut Street cut, Hopkinsville, KY.
Date: September 1974
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L&N U23B 2731 leads northbound tote train #722 into Walnut Street cut, Hopkinsville, KY.
Date: September 1974
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L&N GP38-2 4111 leads the lashup on a northbound freight into Walnut Street cut, Hopkinsville, KY.
Date: September 1974
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L&N Northbound freight #790 led by SD40 1225 approaches the Walnut Street cut in Hopkinsville, KY.
Date: September 1974
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Four of L&N's six ex NC&StL GP7N road switchers lead a northbound freight into Walnut Street cut, Hopkinsville, KY.
Date: November 1974
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L&N southbound #797 at Casky siding, south of Hopkinsville, KY.
Date: September 1975
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L&N southbound #797 through Pembroke, KY.
Date: August 1974
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L&N northbound #790 approaches Trenton, KY with GP38-2 4086 in the lead.
Date: October 1974
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L&N southbound unit coal train approaches Trenton, KY, in late afternoon along US41.
Date: October 1974
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L&N GP7 472 leads a southbound coal train late on a Sunday afternoon north of Trenton, KY.
Date: November 1974
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L&N U25B 1609 and F7A 853 on a southbound freight switching in Guthrie, KY yard.
Date: August 1974
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L&N GP30 1059 made a setout in Guthrie, KY yard and will now rejoin their southbound Memphis Line freight.
Date: October 1974
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L&N soutbound unit coal train crosses the Red River bridge south of Guthrie, KY.
Date: October 1974
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L&N U30C 1574 leads a southbound coal train across Gum Lick Trestle between Crofton and Kelly, KY.
Date: April 1975
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L&N U30C 1485 leads SD40-2 3554 and 3569 across Gum Lick Trestle, south of Crofton, KY with a southbound coal train from Atkinson yard in Madisonville, KY.
Date: April 1975
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L&N SD40 1255 leads southbound tonage across Gum Lick Trestle, south of Crofton, KY.
Date: April 1975
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L&N southbound tote train #723 roars upgrade into Kelly, KY behind mixed GE and EMD units. Crossing is Old Madisonville Road.
Date: January 1975
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Aging and sickly GP7 486 accelerates southbound upgrade into Kelly, KY after a locomotive swap with the BN units on #786.
Date: January 1975
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Trio of Geeps, led by GP7 470 pull a southbound freight thru Kelly, KY.
Date: September 1975
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L&N U30C 1482 and U28C 1531 roll northbound freight upgrade towards Kelly, KY north of Hopkinsville, KY.
Date: April 1975
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L&N southbound coal train rolls downgrade towards Hopkinsville, KY about to cross Old Concord Lane.
Date: January 1975
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Repainted in the new all grey color scheme, SD35 1201 leads a southbound unit coal train at Old Concord Lane crossing, north of Hopkinsville, KY.
Date: April 1975
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L&N GP40 3024 leads a southbound coal train past Latham siding just north of Hopkinsville, KY.
Date: April 1975
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L&N GP30 1019 with new all grey nose leads a southbound coal train past Latham siding just north of Hopkinsville, KY.
Date: April 1975
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L&N GP38 4036 leads U25B's 1601 and 1603 with a southbound coal train past Latham siding just north of Hopkinsville, KY.
Date: April 1975
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L&N U23B 2752 and two GP38s roll southbound coal alongside Latham siding, north of Hopkinsville, KY.
Date: May 1975
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L&N GP7 396 rolls a northbound empty coal train by the south end of Latham siding, Hopkinsville, KY.
Date: March 1975
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L&N GP35 1123 leads a northbound freight at the south end of Latham siding behind Riverside Cemetery in Hopkinsville, KY.
Date: June 1975
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L&N GP9 501 in the new all grey sceme, U30B 2506 and a couple of EMD units roll a "Caboose Hop" northwards at Latham siding, Hopkinsville, KY.
Date: July 1975
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L&N GP9 530 leads the wreck train from Howell Yard in Evansville, IN to help the Radnor Big Hook clean up a coal train wreck in Hopkinsville, KY between 1st Street and Little River Bridge.
Date: May 1975
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The big hook from Howell Yard in Evansville, IN at work on the north end of a coal train wreck above 1st Street in Hopkinsivlle, KY.
Date: May 1975
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L&N GP7 394 has brought the "Big Hook" from Radnor Yard in Nashville, TN to help clean up a coal train wreck between Little River bridge and 1st Street in Hopkinsville, KY.
Date: May 1975
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The Big Hook from Radnor Yard in Nashville, TN is at work clearing up a coal train wreck between Little River bridge and 1st Street in Hopkinsville, KY.
Date: May 1975
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In new all grey scheme, U28C 1531 leads two SD40-2s on a southbound coal train across 7th Street in Hopkinsville, KY.
Date: June 1975
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L&N GP7s roll southbound freight into the curve entering the Walnut Street cut at 16th Street in Hopkinsville, KY.
Date: April 1975
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L&N GP40 3024 leads a southbound freight across 14th Street in Hopkinsville, KY.
Date: June 1975
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Southbound tote train #721 approaches Trenton, KY.
Date: January 1975
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SD40 1227 leads northbound empty coal train at Guthrie, KY.
Date: May 1975
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L&N southbound freight on the Henderson Sub about to cross the diamond at the Memphis Line crossing, Guthrie, KY.
Date: May 1975
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New U23B 2821 leads a southbound coal train off the Memphis Line onto the Henderson Sub for Nashville, TN.
Date: September 1975
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A southbound unit coal train is about to pass under Cavanaugh Lane bridge north of Kelly, KY.
Date: Spring 1976
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U23B 2736 rolls a southbound freight downgrade from Kelly, KY. New extension of Kelly siding now ends here.
Date: Early spring 1976
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Southbound unit coal train approaches the north end of Latham siding, just north of Hopkinsville, KY.
Date: Spring 1976
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U23B 2819 rolls a southbound tote train heavy with autoracks past Latham siding north of Hopkinsville, KY.
Date: August 1976
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In the new all grey scheme GP35 1127 rolls a southbound coal train towards 14th Street crossing in Hopkinsville, KY.
Date: July 1976
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A pair of U30C's roll a southbound freight across 12th Street in Hopkinsville, KY.
Date: August 1976
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A U23B leads the Radnor Wreck train south across Red River Bridge after re-railing a minor derailment at Guthrie, KY.
Date: January 1976
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With autoracks up front a southbound tote train approaches Gum Lick Trestle between Crofton and Kelly, KY.
Date: April 1977
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Southbound Tote Train led by GP38-2 passes Latham siding, north of Hopkinsville, KY.
Date: March 1977
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GP7 451, GP7N 495 (ex-NC&SL) and GP9 502 roll a southbound tote train past Latham siding at Hopkinsville, KY.
Date: March 1977
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Two GP38s meet at the south end of Latham siding, just north of Hopkinsville, KY.
Date: March 1977
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Crews exchange greetings at the south end of Latham siding. Northbound is led by U23B 2803, followed by leased CN GP38-2m 5577 (Leased for 60-90 days due to power shortage.)
Date: March 1977
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RS-11 959 works as Hopkinsville, KY switcher. (1800 HP, ex Seaboard Air Line, ALCO 1966.)
Date: April 1977
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