The Humming Bird was a named train of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad (L&N). The train, inaugurated in 1946, originally ran from Cincinnati, Ohio, to New Orleans, Louisiana, via Louisville, Nashville, Birmingham, Montgomery and Mobile and later via a connection at Bowling Green, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee. A connection to Chicago was provided by the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad.
Postcard of the Humming Bird circa 1940s-1950s
Condensed 1956 timetable documenting different northern origins and southern destinations of the Humming Bird, along with the train consist
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad, commonly called the L&N, was a Class I railroad that operated freight and passenger services in the southeast United States.
Union Station in Louisville, Kentucky
Gold Bond of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, issued 2. June 1890
Interior of an L&N dining car, ca. 1921
Louisville Terminus at Union Station with 11-story L&N Building on the left