big-emma-helping-a-coal-trainhttps://www.trains.com/ctr/photos-videos/photo-of-the-day/big-emma-helping-a-coal-train/“Big Emma” helping a coal train | Classic Trains MagazineClassic Trains magazine celebrates the 'golden years of railroading' including the North American railroad scene from the late 1920s to the late 1970s. Giant steam locomotives, colorful streamliners, great passenger trains, passenger terminals, timeworn railroad cabooses, recollections of railroaders and train-watchers.https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20180215.jpgInStockUSD1.001.00photo-of-the-dayphotos-videosarticleCTR2023-02-062023-02-0644193
Louisville & Nashville M-1 2-8-4 1954 (a “Big Emma”) pushes behind the caboose of a northbound coal train on the big Red River bridge south of Winchester, Ky., in May 1952.
Ed Theisinger photo