Ken Shell
We got a call one night from Ken Shell. Ken is a long-time L&N employee(who grew up near here) who thoughtfully shared a lot of the information in the captions on the L&N pictures on Northern Kentucky Views.
He thinks that it may be Frank Lear as the engineer on this locomotive picture.
On the other hand, he's pretty sure that board across the ditch in the picture (toward the lower left corner of the picture) was one that, as a boy, he picked up and took over to the Licking River to use as a diving board.
Thanks, Ken.