The C.N.O. & T.P.* was formally opened on February 23,
1880
The first train ran the day before. This is it on that day.
*The Southern Railway, a.k.a. The Cincinnati, New Orleans, and
Texas Pacific Railroad
Southern Rail Road in Ludlow, 1910
Notice St. Boniface in card on right.
The houses nearest the railroad in the
right hand pic are on Cherry Street. But the
railroad bought the houses, and the street, and expanded, and that was the end
of Cherry Street.
left, The C. N. O. & T. P.
Trestle, c. 1910
right, the Ohio River railroad bridge, c. 1880's
(What's that antennae-like thing on the top of it?)
Railfan excursion behind N&W 611 crosses Sleepy Hollow
September 10, 1983
Ludlow Depot, from 1973
Ludlow Depot, November, 1912
(a Kentuckiana Virtual Library image)
Ludlow Railroad Bridge, 1889
Southern Railroad Bridge, Ludlow, 1916
Southern Railway Bridge
Southern Railway Bridge, looking North
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The original Southern Railway bridge above was rebuilt during July , 1921 to May of 1922. |
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Standard Oil's storage warehouses at railroad burn in 1892. story here. |
The Steamer Alice Brown, on the Cincinnati
Riverfront, under the
Southern Bridge, looking upstream toward West Covington, c. 1880
A few words on the Alice Brown, here,
and more pictures of here are
here.
Shanty boat under the railroad bridge
Southern Railroad Bridge
US Army, Chief of Engineers, 1934
Ludlow's Southern Depot, 1949
Southern 2255, and EMD Switcher
A non-Ludlow Southern Railway Scene, 2 FP-7's
C. N. O. & T. P. circa 1890's
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Mikado (2-8-2) No. 16350, used by the C. N. O. & T. P.* |
Locomotive No. 1396, used on the Crescent Limited |
4-8-2 Mountain-type passenger locomotive number 1463. |
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The Southern Railway Historical Society is here.
The Kentucky Virtual Library has a spectacular image of the Southern's trestle over Pleasant Run. See it here.
