Engine Number 1, in "Carrolton" 
from the L&N Magazine, 1928
That's St. John's in the background

 

That's the C. & W. R.R.'s first President, James Gayle
behind the controls of this jitney.  It made daily trips back and forth
between Carrollton and Worthville. carrying passengers, freight, and mail.

 

Engine 103 on the C. & W. R. R. Co.

 

Carrollton, April 19, 1938

 

The L&N in Carrollton, circa 1945

 

Carrollton Railroad Scene

 

The Carrollton & Worthville Railroad

 

L & N Offices at Fifth and Polk, 1943

 

L & N Offices at Fifth and Polk, c. 1962

 

 

The curvature of the track was to sharp for the locomotive to back in to Carrollton's furniture factory, so they had to add a few extra box cars to reach the cars on the back of the siding.  This is 1943.

 

Locomotive (1943) and earlier passenger car in Carrollton

 

The last steam engine poses with the first diesel, 1957.

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