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[Dumas Walker]

I think the K&I RR changed names to Norfolk Southern.

The Kentucky and Indiana Terminal RR was a joint-venture between some of
the roads that served Louisville. As those roads were eventually merged
into other entities, IIRC the Southern and, later, Norfolk Southern became
the sole owner.

Me, I'm a River Rat.
Worked as a Lock and Dam Operator and saw Towboats, Steamboats and Pleasure
boats go through the Lock Chamber.
From there I could also see a Railroad Track running alongside the Interstate
highway (I-64), and if I looked up in the Air sometimes would see a Airliner,
Private Plane or Helicopter up there.
All Modes of Transportation.

IIRC, that would have been one of the lines running to the K&I Bridge. I
am old enough to remember hearing the traffic reporter on WHAS talk about
automobile traffic backing up on the K&I but I don't ever recall traveling
over the bridge before they closed the auto lanes down.

Mike


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[Dave Drum]

-=> Ed Vance wrote to Dave Drum <=-

Just to the point that I'll make a trip or two every summer to ride a
"dinner train" with preference given to those which are steam powered.
I grew up in a coal mining town in central Illinois. We had a population
of about 8000 and 4 separate railroads serving the town. Wabash, B&O,
Illinois Terminal (electric) and the C&IM (Chicago and Illinos Midland)
which had a roundhoue and car shops across from my grade school.
There are still a fair amount of us out there. To this day if I am dong
a long trip and not driving my car I'll take the train rather than the
silver bird. Trains don't fall out the sky and splatter you all over the
prairie or mountainside. Bv)=

EV> Louisville has the Kentucky & Indiana RR Bridge, the old Pennsylvania
EV> RR Bridge now is called (something like) the Louisville-Indiana Bridge.

EV> I think the K&I RR changed names to Norfolk Southern.

EV> Louisville & Nashville RR is called CSX now.

Railroads merge and morph. In my town we have what started life as the
Chicago & Alton RR, which then becsme the GM&O (Gulf Mobile & Ohio) then
(in 1972) merged with the Illinois Central (another of my hometown rail
lines) becoming the ICG (Illinos Central Gulf) later reverting to just
IC before being gobbled up by Canadian National.

The tracks they had in and around here are now being used by another
conglomerated monster - BNSF .... ERK!

EV> My brother worked at the L&N Shops in Louisville until he got an offer
EV> he couldn't refuse - go to Huntington CSX Shop or find another job
EV> somewhere. He (and many others) moved to West Virginia.

I dated a girl when I was in Uncle Sugar's Yacht Club stationed at the
Naval Air Station, Memphis. Her brother worked on the L&N as a signalman.
Nice union gig. I went with him one day to he job in a signal tower. We
chatted for about an hour and a half until a bell dinged and he reached
over to press a button that lowered the crossing gates and started the
signal flashers. When the consist had passed he pressed the button one
more time to kill the lights and raise the gates. That was his whole job.
And when I asked him what if he was "otherwise occupied" (potty break
or nap) I was told that they're automatically operated if no one presses
the button. Sheeesh!

EV> Me, I'm a River Rat.

EV> Worked as a Lock and Dam Operator and saw Towboats, Steamboats and
EV> Pleasure boats go through the Lock Chamber.

I thought River Rats were the towboat/barge folks. Bv)=

EV> From there I could also see a Railroad Track running alongside the
EV> Interstate highway (I-64), and if I looked up in the Air sometimes
EV> would see a Airliner, Private Plane or Helicopter up there.

EV> All Modes of Transportation.
EV> Ed

You my have seen me back in the 70s and 80s pounding up and down the
highway in my semi hauling empty bottles to distilleries and filled
bottles out.


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