Mol – L&N ’70’s

Photographer Ros Mol took these shots of the L&N Station during the early 1970s. One of two passenger railway stations in Knoxville, the L&N saw its last regular passenger train leave in 1968. Knoxville’s World’s Fair in 1982 brought new life to the old station when it was converted to house restaurants, including a Ruby Tuesday. The train station was renovated again and reopened in 2011 as the L&N STEM Academy, operated by Knox County Schools. The derrick pictured still stands today adjacent to the school.