The late, great Decoursey Yards
This view looks north
left,
L & N Signalmen, circa 1928
right, Coach Cleaners on the L&N, May, 1927
The L&N Railroad used to
publish a lot of pictures of it's
employees homes. Here's one on Grant Court in Latonia, from 1926.
Freight going South out of Decoursey Yards
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.
L & N 441, Rosedale, Kentucky, Dec. 10, 1913
The first J-4-A at Latonia
left, Decoursey, in the 1937
Flood
right, Yard Construction at Decoursey, 1940
Leaving Decoursey
Latonia Depot
left, Latonia Paint Gang, 1930
right, Latonia Freight Office, 1927
left, L&N Messenger James E.
Miller, 1929
right, Rivet Heater at Decoursey, 1929
left, South Bound Hump Crew, 1927
right, South bound snapper crew, 1927
left, Latonia Passenger Station
Crew, 1927
right, Latonia Switching Crew, c. 1910
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.
The L & N Historical Society is here.
Latonia's Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati's site is here.
For contemporary views of the L&N successor, the CSX, try here.
