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County: Nelson

L & N Steam Engine 152

Marker Number: 

2200

Location: 

Railway Museum, New Haven

The "Official State Locomotive of Kentucky," Rogers Works of NJ built this 4-6-2 Light Pacific in Oct. 1905. Was donated to KY Railway Museum by the Louisville & Nashville RR in 1954 and was resrored and put back in service in 1985. Engine reportedly pulled trains of presidents Roosevelt, Hoover, & Truman and prison train of gangster Al Capone.

Reverse Description:

On the National Register of Historic Places, Engine 152 ran on the Louisville & Nashville RR (L&N), including the Lebanon Branch through New Haven. Also ran between Mobile and New Orleans & hauled coal during the 1920s coal boom in E.KY. It runs as one of the last surviving L&N steam engines in the world.

Dedicated May 27, 2006.

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