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L&N No. 403 Class L-1 Mountain Type
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L&N No. 414 Class L-1 Mountain Type
Louisville, KY
In this photo, No. 414 is being inspected prior to departing Louisville. The 400s were the L&N's biggest passenger engines. The L-1's replaced the K-5 Pacifics on the heaviest mainline sections between Cincinnati and Atlanta and down the main line to Birmingham. This engine was part of the first group of L-1s built in 1926 by Baldwin. They had 27"x30" cylinders, 70" drivers, and exerted 53,900 lbs. of tractive effort with 200 pounds of steam pressure. These engines were assigned to main line passenger service between Cincinnati and Montgomery. In 1953 the remaining 14 L-1 engines were renumbered to 470-483 in order to make room for other power.
In January 1935, L&N teamed up with Pennsylvania and ACL to commence the seasonal (and tri-weekly) Florida Arrow between Chicago and Miami. L&N worked the route from Louisville to Montgomery. L&N's auxiliary tender equipped L-1 4-8-2s were used. In the the late thirties and early forties, the L-1s were used for the Southland and Southland Express for a run to Florida.
The 400s were my Uncle Harry Eubank's favorite steam engines. With the longer wheel base, and considerably more power, they rode much easier than the 4-6-2 engines. Alas, he wrecked the class engine, No. 400 himself in 1950 - or more correctly it tried to wreck him. The main pin broke on the engineers side. In this photo this is hidden behind the men, but it is a large shaft that sticks out from the main driving wheel and to which the side rods, and the main rod, i.e. the one that connects to the piston are attached. It was surmised that this pin was cracked in a previous accident, and the crack not detected. When it broke, the other side rods flailed around, severely damaging the equipment on the side of the engine, and when the free ends punched down into the ballast, they acted like instant jacks and tried to tip the engine over. Fortunately it stayed on the track, but took nearly a mile to stop (he never said how fast he was going, but it was at least the legal limit of 80 at the time) and with the resulting unbalance, all the rails on that side were broken or kinked for the whole mile. As diesels were rapidly invading the Louisville Division at the time, No. 400 was rolled over to the side of the R/W with bull dozers and cut up on the spot.
No. 401 Class L Mountain Type
Louisville, KY. Nov 16, 1949
No. 401 Class L Mountain Type
Train No. 32 The Southland. Knoxville, TN
No. 401 Class L Mountain Type
Louisville, KY. Nov 16, 1949
No. 1965 Class M-1 2-8-4
Louisville, KY. April 17, 1948
No. 1989 Class M-1 2-8-4
Corbin, KY. July 6, 1953
No. 1980 Class M-1 2-8-4
DeCoursey, KY. March 8, 1950
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- Clinchfield - This guide covers, in great detail, the CSX ex-Clinchfield from the terminal in Erwin, Tennessee, thru Elkhorn City, Kentucky, and then continues on the ex-Chesapeake and Ohio to Shelby Yard in Shelbiana, Kentucky, a distance of about 149 timetable miles.
- Clinchfield Railroad - This collection of web sites is the collaborative effort of several Clinchfield railfans bringing to you the glory of this somewhat remote railroad
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