Wrecker crews are busy on a frigid December morning in 1949 a few miles east of Meridian, Mississippi, after an eastbound freight train derailed on a short timber trestle. Signal mast shows 293.8 miles to Chattanooga, Tennessee. (Note: The photographer borrowed a 4x5 press camera from his high school to record this scene.) Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-098-01
Northbound Southern Railway no. 44, the Queen & Crescent Limited passenger train, slides into Mississippi's Meridian Union Station before noon in July 1950. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-099-01
Primary Southern Railway freight haulers after World War II were heavy USRA 2-8-2 designs. Here is a Baldwin Locomotive Works (Richmond, 1926) product ready to depart the yard in Meridian, Mississippi, for a run to Birmingham, Alabama, in August 1950 (yard office for Southern and Illinois Central at right). Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-100-02
Panoramic view of joint Illinois Central Railroad-Southern Railway yard and roundhouse in Meridian, Mississippi, in August 1950. Along with steam power from both lines, a brace of Southern F-units illustrates the beginning of the post-World War II motive power transition. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-100-03
Heavy USRA Mikado no. 6624, a 2-8-2 steam locomotive, leads Birmingham-bound Southern Railway freight train through light snow covered landscape east of Meridian, Mississippi, in December 1950. (Locomotive is from Baldwin Locomotive Works, Richmond, 1926.) Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-101-04
Northbound Southern Railway freight train leaves Meridian, Mississippi, behind 2-8-8-2 steam locomotive no. 4043 in December 1950 (Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1928). These locomotives were used mainly for coal drags on mountainous lines. No one could ever confirm to the photographer that such a locomotive operated south of Birmingham, Alabama. It might have been a test run for an engine repaired in the Birmingham backshop. Unfortunately, the negative was lost soon after being developed and this restoration was created digitally by combining two marginal prints, which had laid dormant for five decades. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-102-01
Southern Railway's Southerner, passenger train no. 47, departs Meridian, Mississippi, on last lap to New Orleans, Louisiana, behind newly-delivered E8 diesel locomotive in October 1951. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-103-01
On a cold December morning in 1951, it took both steam and diesel-electric power to erect a signal bridge at the busy crossing of the Illinois Central Railroad; Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad; and Southern Railway lines between downtown and the joint IC-SR yard. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-103-02
Birmingham-bound freight train departs Mississippi's Meridian yard with disabled Alco DL 109-110 in tow during August, 1952. The latter was in passenger service to New Orleans, Louisiana when disabled. Vantage point is the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad reefer-icing platform used to refresh Chicago-bound banana trains. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-103-03
Mississippi's Meridian Union Station was always busy around mid-day as two northbound Southern Railway trains passed through within an hour. Local no. 44 (right) arrived first and left last, while the speedier Southerner, no. 48, stayed only fifteen minutes (this allowed the E8 locomotive to get water for its steam generator). September 16, 1952. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-104-01
Alco DL-109 unit, leading Southern Railway passenger train no. 44, the Queen & Crescent, suffered a malfunction and a relief unit was needed at Meridian, Mississippi, on September 16, 1952. Veteran FT no, 4126 was coupled for the run to Birmingham, Alabama, but mechanics found incompatibilities in control systems. Thus, another unit was brought from shop. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-104-04
Northbound Southerner passenger train slides into station at Meridian, Mississippi, as local no. 44 waits for clearance to depart in July 1953. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-105-03
Southbound Southern Railway Southerner passenger train slips past freight at Smith siding (east of Meridian, Mississippi) in July 1953. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-105-04
View from locomotive ready track of yard at Meridian, Mississippi, shows northbound streamliner Southerner and Birmingham train waiting beside large yard office in October 1953. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-105-06
New Orleans train departs Southern Railway yard in Meridian, Mississippi, in July 1953. Old bridge pier dates back to early branch line to Union, Mississippi (later owned by Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad). Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-105-08
New Orleans-bound Southern Railway freight train detouring over Illinois Central Railroad line via Jackson, Mississippi, due to a trestle fire near its destination. Here the train heads into a siding at Meehan Junction, Mississippi (ten miles west of Meridian) in June 1954. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-105-09
GP-series locomotives from the Southern and Illinois Central dominate the locomotive servicing area in yard at Meridian, Mississippi, on a sunny morning in August 1954. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-106-01
Southern Railway freight train no. 153 curves through hills south of Enterprise, Mississippi, in August 1954. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-106-04
Gaining speed on the main line, southbound Southerner passenger train no. 47 slices between semaphore signals at mile post 4.6 on New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad trackage about five miles from the station in Meridian, Mississippi, in August 1954. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-106-06
New Orleans-bound freight train no. 153 fifteen miles south of Meridian, Mississippi, in December 1954. The second track is the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad's main line. The two lines parallel each other for only a few miles. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-106-07
The classic flagman was present in June 1954 at Meridian's 22nd Avenue to warn motorists about trains from every rail company that served the Mississippi city. Here, Southern Railway freight train no. 153 for New Orleans eases across in a view from Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad's reefer-icing platform that served northbound banana trains. Meridian Union Station is above the last diesel units. (World War II folklore is that around 100 trains passed this point daily.) Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-107-03
Alco DL-109 eases across 22nd Avenue in downtown Meridian, Mississippi, in December 1954, with Birmingham-bound Queen & Crescent passenger train no. 44, a few hundred feet from the Meridian Union Station. (Note: tall building built by Dryfuss brothers from Germany in the 1930s, known locally as Threefoot Building.) Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-107-04
Year-end holidays always produced high levels of New Orleans visitors, requiring the Southern Railway Southerner passenger train to add cars and another locomotive. This view of northbound no. 48 was recorded near Enterprise, Mississippi (south of Meridian), in December 1954. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-108-01
Northbound Southern Railway freight train rumbles through a short truss bridge a few miles south of the yard at Meridian, Mississippi, in January 1955. Silver paint on bridge members was a result of rusting from flood. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-109-01
Firemen exchange waves as a local train meets Southern Railway freight no. 153 a few miles east of Meridian, Mississippi, in August 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-109-04
Friendly diesel maintainer in Southern Railway's yard at Meridian, Mississippi, invited the photographer to take a portrait and send him a copy in August 1954. His pride in being a railroad employee is illustrated in his jaunty cap angle. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-109-10
Like most roads, Southern Railway ran GP-series locomotives on local trains in both directions. Here no. 2178 races southward toward Meridian, Mississippi, on an afternoon in July 1965. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-110-01
His workday nearly over, a Southern Railway crewman throws a main line switch to allow his northbound local train into the yard at Meridian, Mississippi, in October 1965. By this time, second-generation GP35 and GP30 units have replaced first-generation GP7s on the local. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-110-04
Southbound Southern Railway train no. 153, behind SD35 no. 3044, passes repainted Illinois Central Railroad Geep no. 8121 as it approaches yard at Meridian, Mississippi, in December 1965. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-110-07
Northbound Southern Railway Southerner pulls into station at Meridian, Mississippi, in December 1965. Seasonal temperature is reflected in passenger's attire. (Note: in left background is the vacated Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad office building.) Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-110-09
Mid-train view of southbound Southern Railway freight no. 153 shows radio-controlled pusher locomotives (SD24 and SD40) in September 1966. Eventually this type of radio signal proved to be ineffective in highly mountainous territory. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-110-11
Northbound Southern Railway Southerner passenger train slides past industrial switcher near south end of yard at Meridian, Mississippi, in August 1970. In background is Meridian's airport, a World War II air base, and before that, site of a record for time aloft by two locals, the Key Brothers. They spend months flying around the city in biplanes and refueling with a hose between planes. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-111-02
Southbound Southern Railway freight train no. 153 passes station in Meridian, Mississippi, as it heads toward the yard in April 1968. Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad storage yard above locomotives. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-111-03
Mid-train view of southbound Southern Railway train no. 153 as it passes station in Meridian, Mississippi, showing radio-controlled helper locomotive and control car in April 1968. In the yard, the helper and cut of cars for Meridian were quickly detached, minimizing the train's yard delay. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-111-04
Northbound Southern Railway freight train departs yard in Meridian, Mississippi, passing Illinois Central Railroad Geep no. 8224 awaiting assignment in June 1970. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-111-09
SD24 and Birmingham-bound Southern Railway freight train meets intermodal train on double track north of Meridian, Mississippi, in August 1973. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-111-11
Southbound Southern Railway Southern Crescent passenger train at station in Meridian, Mississippi, in August 1973. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-112-02
Southbound Southern Railway train passes mile post 0.4 of original New Orleans & Northeastern (near station in Meridian, Mississippi) in March 1978. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-112-05
Northbound Southern Railway Southern Crescent passenger train approaching outskirts of Meridian, Mississippi, in July 1974. Southern was one of just a few U.S. railroads that did not join Amtrak in 1971. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-112-06
Southbound Southern Railway Southern Crescent passenger train passes through break in heavily-timbered terrain south of Meridian, Mississippi, in August 1974. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-112-07
A set of road units backs toward its northward consist in Southern Railway's Meridian yard while a switch crew assembles cars on a December 1974, morning. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-112-09
New Orleans-bound train eases to a stop at west end of yard in Meridian, Mississippi, in August 1974. Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) locomotives stand ready to lead train to Houston, Texas. In the mid-1970s, SP and Southern began operating mixed motive power between Birmingham's Norris yard and SP's Inglewood yard in Houston. Normally, the SP units ran into Birmingham. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-112-11
Southern Pacific Railroad units pull New Orleans train into yard at Meridian, Mississippi, in December 1974. They will continue on to Houston. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-113-02
Birmingham-bound train, led by Southern Pacific Railroad units passes southbound train at the siding in Pachuta, Mississippi (forty miles south of Meridian), in May 1975. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-113-04
Southern Railway conductor gives a wave as his train slips past northbound at Pachuta, Mississippi, in May 1975. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-113-05
Birmingham-bound Southern Railway train pulls into Meridian, Mississippi, behind Southern Pacific Railroad pool units in February 1976. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-113-07
Southern Railway steam locomotive no. 4501 struggles to get its long train around the wye tracks at York, Alabama, in October 1977. GP30 no. 2565 pulled the entire consist to Meridian (thirty miles), since there were no other wyes available for turning an entire train. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-113-10
Excursion train led by Southern Railway steam locomotive no. 4501 crosses Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad main line as it departs Meridian, Mississippi, for Birmingham in October 1977. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-113-11
Northbound Southern Railway freight train leaves Meridian, Mississippi, led by GP50 and six older four-axle units in December 1980. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-114-02
Northbound Southern Railway local freight train gets orders from tower operator at the crossing with the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad at Laurel, Mississippi, in June 1955. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-114-10
After almost five miles of creeping across Lake Ponchatrain in late afternoon, a Meridian-bound Southern Railway freight train approaches the town of Slidell, Louisiana, in January 1981. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-115-01
Operator at N.E. Tower in New Orleans, Louisiana, hands up orders to Southern Railway freight train for Meridian in January 1981. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-115-04
As a northbound Southern Railway train clears N.E. Tower, a Louisville and Nashville Railroad transfer train is waiting for a signal to head downtown to New Orleans, Louisiana, in January 1981. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-115-05
Inbound Southern Railway local train waits at N.E. Tower in New Orleans, Louisiana, as a joint Southern Pacific Railroad-Louisville and Nashville Railroad run-through train clears the crossing in January 1981. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-115-06
Southern Railway crew members exchange greetings as a Meridian-bound freight train passes the local train at the station in Epes, Alabama, in December 1954. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-115-08
The semaphore blade is still moving downward as a Birmingham-bound Southern Railway freight enters the drawbridge over the Tombigbee River at Epes, Alabama, in December 1954. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-115-09
Northbound Southern Railway local freight train, en route from Meridian, Mississippi, to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, eases across lift bridge spanning Tombigbee River at Epes, Alabama, in December 1954. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-115-10
A pair of EMD switchers is about to push the last car of a long cut into the classification bowl at Southern Railway's Norris yard at Birmingham, Alabama, in May 1955. Between the two units is one of the road's first "slugs," drawing power from the two end units. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-115-11
Westbound Southern Railway passenger train no. 7, the Kansas City-Florida Special, climbs grade toward Weems crossovers (near Norris Yard in Birmingham, Alabama) in September 1962. Train will continue to Memphis & Kansas City on Frisco lines. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-116-02
Eastbound Southern Railway freight train climbing the grade on doubletrack main line from downtown Birmingham, Alabama, to Norris Yard in January 1964. Single track at left is Seaboard Air Line Railroad main line to downtown. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-116-04
Northbound West Point Route Crescent passenger train pulls past the tower at Atlanta's Terminal Station as Southern Railway's slower northbound Peach Queen awaits departure after the streamlined Crescent on October 16, 1954. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-116-09
Closer view of activity at Atlanta's Terminal Station as northbound Crescent passenger train arrives on October 16, 1954. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-116-10
Another Southern Railway lashup, led by pioneering E6 locomotive no. 2902, moves to ready tracks south of Terminal Station during the Crescent's arrival in Atlanta, Georgia, on October 16, 1954. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-116-11
Close view of switcher at work at Terminal Station as Southern Railway's Peach Queen passenger train awaits departure at Atlanta, Georgia, on October 16, 1954. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-116-12
Both the Crescent and the Peach Queen passenger trains have departed Atlanta, Georgia, but the switcher is still busy at Terminal Station as another set of units heads to the ready tracks on October 16, 1954. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-117-01
Macon-bound Southern Railway freight heads toward Terminal Station in Atlanta, Georgia, on October 16, 1954. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-117-05
Eastbound Southern Railway train, behind 3 GP50 locomotives, pulls into Inman Yard in Atlanta, Georgia, on August 8, 1981. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-117-07
A quartette of Southern Railway GP50 locomotives head eastward from Inman's departure yard in Atlanta, Georgia, on August 8, 1981. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-118-01
Eastbound Southern Railway train passes Inman Yard hump tower in Atlanta, Georgia, as it pulls out of departure yard on August 8, 1981. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-118-05
Against a hazy backdrop of downtown Atlanta, Georgia, a westbound Southern Railway train pulls into Inman Yard behind a quartette of GP38-2 units on August 8, 1981. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-118-07
Southern Railway chemical local train approaches Jasper, Florida, near sunset in January 1980. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-119-06
Pair of Southern Railway locomotives head into the yard at Jacksonville, Florida, in June 1981, with interchange cars from Florida East Coast Railway. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-119-09
Westbound Southern Railway local train no. 35 (right) meets late-running counterpart no. 36 on outskirts of Memphis, Tennessee, in August 1957. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-119-10
Cincinnati-bound Southern Railway train crosses Tennessee River north of Chattanooga, Tennessee, led by a trio of the road's most powerful locomotives (SD24s) in August 1964. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-119-11
Vintage F-units lead a southbound intermodal train across Tennessee River at Chattanooga, Tennessee, in August 1964. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-119-12
Southbound Southern Railway freight train crosses Tennessee River during afternoon sun in August 1964. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-120-02
Atlanta-bound train waiting a few miles south of Tennessee River, in August 1965, while a cut of cars near the rear of the train is diverted to the yard in Chattanooga, Tennessee, from which it will go to the Birmingham-New Orleans line. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-120-11
Southbound coal train (left) departs from yard in Appalachia, Virginia, on a foggy morning in October 1978. This trackage was initially owned by the Interstate Railroad. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-121-01
Southbound Southern Railway coal train crosses Clinch River near Clinchport, Virginia, en route to Yuma Yard in October 1978. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-121-05
Extra empty coal train heads northward toward Appalachia, Virginia, passing beneath the Clinchfield Railroad's bridge across Copper Creek east at Speers Ferry, Virginia, in October 1978. (Note: radio-controlled helpers are at front of train.) Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-121-06
Lead units pull long cut of cars from the ladder track at the yard in Yuma, Virginia, during final assembly of a coal train in October 1978. Loads will head southeastward from Yuma to Bulls Gap, Tennessee, which is on the Southern Railway main line between Bristol and Knoxville. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-121-09
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad FA locomotive pulls onto turntable at roundhouse in Meridian, Mississippi, in July 1954. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-123-03
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad locomotives in roundhouse at Meridian, Mississippi, viewed the window of an Alco RS2 locomotive, in August 1954. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-123-04
Two Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Alco FA-FB lashups at Meridian, Mississippi, on a foggy night in August 1958. Yard office visible in right background. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-124-07
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad FA locomotive on ready track at shop area in Meridian, Mississippi, in August 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-124-08
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad's most unusual diesel unit was the Ingalls 4S model, B-B switcher. In 1958, it worked briefly in Meridian, Mississippi, thus allowing a rare downward look. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-124-10
Old and new power on the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad ready tracks at Meridian, Mississippi, in July 1963. Pioneering FA locomotives (right) are giving way to supercharged EMD GP30s. However, pre-WWII Alco switcher (far right) continued its long career. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-124-11
Northbound iron ore train pulls into yard in Meridian, Mississippi, at dusk in August 1964. Venezuelan ore was transloaded at Mobile, Alabama, and is en route to steel mills in Birmingham. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-125-01
Pair of EMD GP35 locomotives peek through fog that surrounds ready track on fall day in Meridian, Mississippi, in 1965. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-125-03
Two strings of SD40 locomotives on ready tracks in Meridian, Mississippi, in March 1968. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-125-05
Late afternoon sun highlights northbound Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad train passing through Marion, Mississippi (near Meridian), in July 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-125-12
Northbound Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad RS2 locomotive leads an extra local freight train out of Meridian, Mississippi, for Okolona in early morning of May 1951. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-126-02
Southbound Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad freight train departs yard in Meridian, Mississippi, with pipe headed to docks in Mobile, Alabama, in August 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-127-05
Framed by a broken switching lamp, a Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad freight train departs Meridian, Mississippi, leaving the line for Mobile, Alabama, and turns westward toward the junction at Union in January 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-127-06
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad freight train Extra 642 South departs yard in Meridian, Mississippi, in December 1965. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-127-07
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad freight train Extra 919 South departs yard in Meridian, Mississippi, with long cut of pipe for docks in Mobile, Alabama, in September 1968. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-127-08
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad freight train Extra 501 South coils through S-curve south of Scooba, Mississippi (north of Meridian), in April 1965. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-128-02
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad local freight train at Lauderdale, Mississippi, en route to Meridian in August 1965. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-128-04
New Orleans-bound Southern Railway train departs yard in Meridian, Mississippi, as Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad's Union Turn waits for clearance to cross Southern Railway trackage in July 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-128-08
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad SD40 locomotive and freight train leave Union, Mississippi, for run to Jackson in August 1968. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-129-02
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad's Union Turn approaches Union, Mississippi, in June 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-129-03
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad's Union Turn leaves Meridian, Mississippi, on a cold day in March 1963 behind the road's first GP30, no. 500. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-129-07
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Union Turn pulls into a snow covered yard at Union, Mississippi, in March 1963. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-129-10
In the late afternoon of a March day in 1963, Gulf, Mobile & Ohio's Union Turn approaches Meridian, Mississippi, behind no. 507. Earlier snowfall has completely melted. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-129-11
SD40 no. 917 pulls Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad freight train no. 32 into the yard at Union, Mississippi, to drop off interchange cars bound for Meridian in January 1969. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-131-03
Early Alco units of Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad and Southern Railway cross paths at the station in Corinth, Mississippi, in August 1955. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-131-06
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad's Union Turn pulls into the yard at Meridian, Mississippi, in late afternoon in August 1964. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-131-07
Mobile-bound Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Gulf Coast Rebel passenger train, led by two Baldwin DR-6-4-20 locomotives, at the station in Meridian, Mississippi, in early morning, May 1951. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-132-02
Southbound Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Gulf Coast Rebel approaches Meridian, Mississippi, in early morning after overnight run from St. Louis, Missouri, in May 1951. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-132-04
PA locomotive no. 291 rushes northbound Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Gulf Coast Rebel toward Meridian, Mississippi, near dusk on a warm afternoon in August 1956. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-132-05
It is dusk as the northbound Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Gulf Coast Rebel stops in Meridian, Mississippi, and its DL-109 units take on water for their steam generators in August 1954. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-132-06
Southbound Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Gulf Coast Rebel, led by Alco DL-109 units, has arrived at station in Meridian, Mississippi, in early morning after overnight run from St. Louis, Missouri, in July 1954. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-132-10
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Gulf Coast Rebel heads toward station platform in Mobile, Alabama, in June 1951. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-133-03
Fading sunlight highlights of DL-109 no. 270 as it speeds the northbound Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Gulf Coast Rebel toward Meridian, Mississippi, in August 1954. (Note: open side doors counteract the summer heating.) Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-134-01
Southbound Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Gulf Coast Rebel departs Meridian, Mississippi, for Mobile, Alabama, behind rare Alco DL-109 units in June 1955. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-134-02
Southbound Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Gulf Coast Rebel approaches the station in Mobile, Alabama, in June 1955. Line to right is Southern Railway. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-134-03
Southbound Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Gulf Coast Rebel approaches Meridian, Mississippi, after overnight run from St. Louis, Missouri, in August 1954. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-134-05
PA1 locomotive no. 290 leads Mobile-bound Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Gulf Coast Rebel through the yard south of the station in Meridian, Mississippi, as units for a northbound local freight train wait for clearance to couple to their cars in August 1956. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-134-07
New highway bridge constructed in 1957 provided excellent views of Meridian's 22nd Avenue and opened up grand vistas of railroad passenger activity in the mid-town area. Here a Birmingham-bound Southern Railway train leaves the yard just as Mobile-bound Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Gulf Coast Rebel pulls away from the station in August 1957. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-134-08
Southbound Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Gulf Coast Rebel passes Southern Railway freight at station in Meridian, Mississippi, in August 1957. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-134-10
North façade of the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad's Mobile Division Headquarters building in Meridian, Mississippi, in 1970, prior to Illinois Central Gulf Railroad formation. Faded neon sign once shown brightly toward downtown while the large freight house in right background handled extensive less-than-carload traffic. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-135-03
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad's Gulf Terminal in Mobile, Alabama, in December 1985. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-135-05
Low winter sun highlights the original main line of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad through downtown Meridian, Mississippi, in December 1974. The M&O was a typical victim of the Civil War, being finished to the south bank of the Ohio River just before fighting began. It was never able to recover financially, eventually being bought as a bankrupt property by Southern Railway during the Depression. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-135-11
Louisville and Nashville Railroad local passenger train no. 46 crosses Coosa River after leaving the station in Gadsden, Alabama, in August 1951, en route to Wellington where it will become no. 85 for the westward run to Calera. It will then reverse its path and return to Birmingham. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-136-01
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Pacific steam locomotive no. 230 leads local passenger train no. 86 across a bridge west of Attalla, Alabama, in August 1951. The train followed a U-shaped route between Birmingham and Calera, during which it switches numbers four times. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-136-05
Eastbound Louisville and Nashville Railroad local passenger train no. 86 is ready to leave the water tank in Moragne, Alabama, near Attalla on its daily round trip between Birmingham and Calera in August 1951. (Note that tank has two spouts, serving both L&N and NC&StL railroads.) Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-136-06
The operator at Biloxi, Mississippi, hands up orders to northbound Louisville and Nashville Railroad local train in June 1955. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-137-01
Operator at Biloxi, Mississippi, hands up orders to conductor of northbound Louisville and Nashville Railroad local train in June 1955. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-137-02
Northbound Louisville and Nashville Railroad Humming Bird passenger train reaches Ocean Springs, Mississippi, after crossing Biloxi Bay, Tennessee, in July 1955. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-137-03
Mobile-bound Louisville and Nashville Railroad Azalean passenger train passes classic station at Ocean Springs, Mississippi, in August 1955. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-137-04
Mobile-bound Louisville and Nashville Railroad Azalean passenger train crosses Biloxi Bay trestle in July 1956. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-137-05
E7 locomotive leads Mobile-bound Louisville and Nashville Railroad Humming Bird passenger train toward Pascagoula, Mississippi, in August 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-137-06
Eastbound Louisville and Nashville Railroad local speeds along flat coastal line between Gulfport and Biloxi, Mississippi, in July 1957. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-137-07
New Orleans-bound Louisville and Nashville Railroad extra freight train passes a local train at Ocean Springs, Mississippi, in August 1957. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-137-08
Mobile-bound Louisville and Nashville Railroad Humming Bird passenger train races along east of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, in August 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-137-10
Mobile-bound Louisville and Nashville Railroad freight train crawls across two-mile long Biloxi Bay trestle in August 1958 (note: viewed from a friend's boat). Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-137-11
Freight train from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Jacksonville, Florida, led by Seaboard Coast Line Railroad power, eases across Louisville and Nashville Railroad's Biloxi Bay bridge in August 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-138-03
Led by new GP30 locomotive no. 1033, eastbound Louisville and Nashville Railroad local freight train approaches Ocean Springs, Mississippi, after crossing Biloxi Bay bridge in August 1963. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-138-04
Louisville and Nashville Railroad SD40 locomotive no. 1247 leads New Orleans-bound train onto Biloxi Bay bridge in August 1965. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-138-06
Mobile-bound Louisville and Nashville Railroad passenger extra (troop movement) slides past local freight train between Gulfport and Biloxi, Mississippi, in August 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-138-10
New Orleans-bound Louisville and Nashville Railroad Humming Bird passenger train crosses swing bridge at Pascagoula, Mississippi, in May 1955. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-139-02
Mobile-bound Louisville and Nashville Railroad Azalean passenger train crosses swing bridge at Pascagoula, Mississippi, in May 1963. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-139-06
Mobile-bound Louisville and Nashville Railroad local freight train crosses trestle over Pascagoula River near Gautier, Mississippi, in August 1956. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-140-01
Westbound Louisville and Nashville Railroad local freight train crosses trestle over Pascagoula River near Gautier, Mississippi, in August 1956. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-140-02
Mobile-bound Louisville and Nashville Railroad extra freight train crosses swing bridge at Pascagoula, Mississippi, in August 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-140-04
New Orleans-bound Louisville and Nashville Railroad Humming Bird passenger train crosses swing bridge at Pascagoula, Mississippi, in August 1958. (Note: diesel paint schemes show transition to solid dark blue.) Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-140-06
Mobile-bound Louisville and Nashville Railroad local freight train crosses swing bridge at Pascagoula, Mississippi, in August 1963. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-140-07
New Orleans-bound Louisville and Nashville Railroad freight train plows through early morning fog near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, in August 1966. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-140-08
Mobile-bound Louisville and Nashville Railroad freight train eases across long timber trestle over Biloxi Bay, Tennessee, in August 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-140-10
Mobile-bound Louisville and Nashville Railroad extra freight train (note white flags on locomotive) races along the main line west of Montgomery, Alabama, in July 1954. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-141-01
Birmingham-bound Louisville and Nashville Railroad freight train passes through cut south of Radnor Yard in Nashville, Tennessee, in August 1965. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-141-06
Birmingham-bound Louisville and Nashville Railroad train crosses Tennessee River at Decatur, Alabama, in August 1965. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-141-07
Louisville and Nashville Railroad work crew enlarges drainage canals along the main line south of Radnor Yard in Nashville, Tennessee, in June 1955. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-141-10
Action at Louisville and Nashville Railroad's Radnor Yard in Nashville, Tennessee, with departing northbound freight train passing between a pair of switchers in August 1963. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-141-11
Southbound Louisville and Nashville Railroad freight train traverses deep cut after departing Radnor Yard in Nashville, Tennessee, in August 1963. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-142-01
Inbound Louisville and Nashville Railroad extra freight train from Louisville, Kentucky, pulls past Radnor Yard hump switcher in early morning at Nashville, Tennessee, in August 1963. Train is en route to receiving yard. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-142-02
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Birmingham-bound freight train traverses deep cut south of Radnor Yard in Nashville, Tennessee, in August 1963. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-142-03
Louisville-bound Louisville and Nashville Railroad freight train departs Radnor Yard in Nashville, Tennessee, in August 1965. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-142-06
Louisville-bound Louisville and Nashville Railroad train departs Radnor Yard in Nashville, Tennessee, as another freight awaits clearance in August 1965. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-142-07
Louisville-bound Louisville and Nashville Railroad train departs Radnor Yard in Nashville, Tennessee, on a foggy morning in August 1965. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-142-08
Louisville-bound Louisville and Nashville Railroad train passes bird in flight during crossing of Cumberland River bridge north of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, in August 1963. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-143-05
Southbound Louisville and Nashville Railroad freight train crosses Cumberland River bridge north of Nashville, Tennessee, in August 1963. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-143-06
Southbound Louisville and Nashville Railroad freight train crosses Cumberland River north of Nashville, Tennessee, in August 1963, as a plane flies overhead. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-143-08
Southbound Louisville and Nashville Railroad coal train, behind new GP30 locomotives, crosses Cumberland River bridge in Nashville, Tennessee, in August 1963. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-143-10
Nashville-bound Louisville and Nashville Railroad train meets coal train (left) at Tullahoma, Tennessee, in August 1965. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-144-03
Nashville-bound Louisville and Nashville Railroad empty coal train passes station at Tullahoma, Tennessee, in late afternoon during August 1965. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-144-07
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Chattanooga-bound intermodal train passes local at Tullahoma, Tennessee, in August 1965. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-144-11
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Chattanooga-bound intermodal train passes local at Tullahoma, Tennessee, in August 1965. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-145-01
Nashville-bound Louisville and Nashville Railroad freight train approaches Wartrace, Tennessee, at dawn in August 1963. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-145-05
Chattanooga-bound coal train approaches Tullahoma, Tennessee, behind old and new Louisville and Nashville Railroad motive power in August 1963. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-145-07
Nashville-bound Louisville and Nashville Railroad hopper train passes through fog bank north of Tullahoma, Tennessee, in August 1963. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-145-08
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Chattanooga intermodal train passes coal empties at Tullahoma, Tennessee, in August 1965. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-145-12
Five F-units lead Nashville-bound Louisville and Nashville Railroad intermodal train through an S-curve north of Tullahoma, Tennessee, in July 1965. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-146-02
Nashville-bound Louisville and Nashville Railroad freight train, powered by Alco FA cab units, near Wartrace, Tennessee, in July 1966. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-146-05
Chattanooga-bound Louisville and Nashville Railroad intermodal train crosses Duck River south of Tullahoma, Tennessee, in August 1965. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-147-02
Chattanooga-bound Louisville and Nashville Railroad freight train heads into yard at Cowan, Tennessee, in August 1965. Pusher locomotive at left will assist in climb to Sherwood. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-147-07
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Chattanooga manifest freight train starts climb up Cowan Hill, Tennessee, behind F-units in August 1965. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-147-09
Louisville and Nashville Railroad GP-series locomotives assist Chattanooga-bound freight train up Cowan Hill, Tennessee, in August 1965. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-147-10
Pusher locomotives boost Chattanooga-bound Louisville and Nashville Railroad coal train as it starts climb up Cowan Hill, Tennessee, in August 1965. Exhaust from lead power is visible in the distance. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-148-01
Louisville and Nashville Railroad local freight train crosses Cumberland River as it leaves Clarksville, Tennessee, on run to Paris in September 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-149-01
Louisville and Nashville Railroad local freight train with just one boxcar between the GP-series locomotive and caboose crosses Duck River near McMinnville, Tennessee, on branch to Sparta in August 1965. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-149-04
Atlanta-bound Louisville and Nashville Railroad automobile train crawls through a light mist as it uses Southern Railway double-track line from L&N's yard in Wauhatchie, Tennessee, to downtown Chattanooga in August 1963. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-149-05
Pair of ex-Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway GP7 locomotives head out of Bruceton, Tennessee, with a Louisville and Nashville Railroad local freight train for Union City, Tennessee, in September 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-149-09
Southbound Louisville and Nashville Railroad freight train departs yard at DeCoursey, Kentucky, behind Alco cab units in June 1956. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-149-12
As shadows lengthen, Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway's northbound train no. 80, the Georgian, awaits its highball at Georgia's Atlanta Union Station in October 1955. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-151-01
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway local freight train delivers cars to the Illinois Central Railroad at Jackson, Tennessee, in June 1955. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-151-02
Northbound Louisville and Nashville Railroad train crosses Cumberland River in Nashville, Tennessee, in August 1963. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-151-04
Nashville-bound Louisville and Nashville Railroad passenger train no. 94, the Dixie Flyer, approaches Wartrace, Tennessee (north of Tullahoma), in August 1963. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-151-05
During the 1950s, the 140-mile Louisville and Nashville Railroad line between Mobile and New Orleans contained around twenty-five miles of timber trestles, which could easily ignite from sparks produced by brakes or hotboxes. This scene on Biloxi Bay, Mississippi, in 1955 shows construction crews working from both ends of a break to speed up the repair. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-151-06
