Photos & Videos Videos L&N steam power at the 1956 Kentucky Derby

L&N steam power at the 1956 Kentucky Derby

By Angela Cotey | April 25, 2014

| Last updated on September 19, 2022

Watch video of big Louisville & Nashville steam locomotives on special trains into Louisville for the 1956 Kentucky Derby from the Herron Rail Video program Reflections of American Railroading.

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