ABOVE: In January 1968, one of L&N’s eight U28Cs plus an Alco C630 bracket two RS-3s on train 864 at Appalachia, Va. The train is getting back under way after a set off to the Southern.


RIGHT: The tipple at Glenbrook, Ky., was at the very end of the Clover Fork Branch, on a line extended in the late 1940s. The L&N was still very much a steam-hauled railroad at the time, so an 85-foot turntable had to be in- stalled at Glenbrook to turn the 2-8-2s that worked the branch. The valley was simply too narrow to accommodate a wye.


OPPOSITE: On May 12, 1969, train 855 is leaving Appalachia, Va., after a quick set off to the Southern. The crew will reach its desti- nation in ten more miles at Norton, although it will be a tough climb up the “mountain” to get there. The wood chips will go to the Clinch- field at Miller Yard, then to Meade Paper in Kingsport, Tenn.


• RAILFAN EXTRA BOARD 62 MARCH 2014 • RAILFAN.COM


Read the inspiration for this feature called “Connecting the Dots” by Ron Flanary www.railfan.com/extraboard/rf_extra_aug2013.php


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