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Big Emma at rest

By Angela Cotey | December 6, 2022

| Last updated on August 7, 2025


Louisville & Nashville class M-1 No. 1988, one of 42 “Big Emma” 2-8-4s Baldwin and Lima built for the road during 1942–49, rests between runs at Corbin, Ky., in May 1952.
Ed Theisinger photo

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