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Joint Effort (L&N)
by Tom Rock
In 1906 the Louisville & Nashville Railroad opened a depot and shop facility in a sleepy little town in southeast
Tennessee called Etowah (Cherokee for "Muddy Waters"). When the construction was complete, the complex included a
turntable, roundhouse, engine and car repair shops, passenger and freight depots, power plant and 14 freight and
five repair tracks. This was the L&N Railroad's division point between Corbin, Kentucky, and Atlanta, Georgia, on
the new route to connect Chicago with Cincinatti, Ohio; Lexington, Kentucky; and Knoxville, Tennessee.
The depot was the key building in the railroad complex, and became the center of the business district. It housed
the administrative offices as well as the passenger station for the community, and because of its architectural
excellence, was proclaimed the finest station between Knoxville and Atlanta.
In 1974, after 68 years of operation, the L&N closed the station, but by 1981, with the help of local civic groups
and grants, the building was restored to its original grandeur and reopened. This time to let the public view what
a grand part of Americana she once was.
For a moment, let us go back to the spring of 1944, as we see Mike No. 1529 topping off her tank in preparation for
the day's switching chores, while double header First No. 53 South struggles to get her tonnage started as she heads
for Atlanta. These sights and sounds are gone forever, but their memory will always live on.
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Limited Edition Proof
Unframed
Image size: 19" x 29"
Overall size: 23" x 33"
Edition size: 75
$100
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Limited Edition Print
Unframed
Image size: 19" x 29"
Overall size: 23" x 33"
Edition Size: 750
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Decorator Print
Unframed
Image size: 10" x 15"
Overall size: 13" x 18"
$20
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Decorator Print
Unframed
Image size: 3.75" x 5.75"
Overall size: 5" x 7"
$5
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