L&N RR's Casey Sub-Division (in N-Scale) 

Welcome to the L&N RR "Casey Sub-Division" .

This is L&N Railroading in the Very Deep South. 

The Casey Sub-Division is a fictitious Sub-Division of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, based upon a section of the Louisville & Nashville RR's  Knoxville & Atlanta (K&A) Division Mainline. I am modeling a section between Morley Tn at the North end and Knoxville Tn. at the South end.  The era I model covers the L&N RR from 1960 until the end of the Family Lines in 1982. This gives me a lot of scope for choice of motive power , rolling stock and as my layout does not follow the prototype exactly, I can still run the occasional Passenger train and Steam Locomotive.

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Background

During the 70's Freight traffic on the L&N RR was significant but Coal movements were booming. Shipment after shipment of Coal was moving South to the huge power plants in the US South East and the L&N RR was beginning to feel the demands of the added traffic. The L&N RR had suffered from a shortage of motive power for some time and many older units were being kept around longer than expected.  The L&N RR had a partnership with the Seaboard Coast Line RR and this provided a source for some of the much needed motive power. But this was not enough to meet the demands of increased traffic. The L&N RR needed more power and this came in the form of leased units from many roads including SP and Penn Central. 

The K&A division headquarters is located in Knoxville Tn and during the 70's there were around 500 manufacturing plants in the Knoxville metro area. This creates plenty of traffic for the railroads in the Knoxville area. Both the L&N RR and Southern RR have yards in Knoxville which provides a significant amount of interchange traffic. Knoxville has 2 industrial subdivisions served by the L&N RR, Neyland Drive and Middlebrook Pike, which provide plenty of work for the switchers.  About 25 rail miles North of Knoxville is Oak Ridge Tn, The Atomic City,and site of the Museum of Atomic energy. With large atomic production and research facilities, Oak Ridge is a major employer in the area. Just south of Oak Ridge is the Tennessee Valley Authority's Bull Run Steam plant. Bull Run is served by the L&N RR with bright orange unit trains loaded with coal for steam production. Further North on the line are the towns of La Follette Tn. and Morely Tn.   Morely has a small yard to serve the Clear Fork Branch, a good coal producer.   

This provides the basis for my layout.

 Plenty of operation in a 23 x 12 foot railroad room.

Greg Johnstone.

Contact : LNRR_Casey_sub@thejohnnos.id.au

This site was last updated on 20-Apr-2010.