The Louisville & Nashville in Florida?

If one takes out a magnifying glass and focuses on the dark line that forms

the top of the tender in this picture, one can see the letters “L & N”. They are the reporting mark of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad. The American Rails website gives us a glimpse into the history of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad (The Dixie Line). This website is full of historic information about many railroads. I have taken the information below from them: https://www.american-rails.com/nashville.html The Louisville and Nashville Railroad served the heart of the Southeast from New Orleans and Memphis to Atlanta and the Florida Panhandle. the Louisville & Nashville Railroad was created on March 5, 1850 when the state of Kentucky issued a charter for the company "...to build a railroad between Louisville, Kentucky, and the Tennessee state line in the direction of Nashville." The L&N's first segment officially opened on August 25, 1855 and work proceeded quickly to push rails southward towards Tennessee. After four years of additional labor the railroad's charter was completed when it opened to Nashville on October 27, 1859. In 1881, it finally reached New Orleans via Mobile, Alabama via the Montgomery & Mobile and New Orleans, Mobile & Texas. Two years later, in 1883, it opened a 170-mile corridor from Pensacola to Chattahoochee, Florida, its furthest reach into Florida. It is this location to which the inscription on the smoke stack in the picture on the post card refers. “Pensacola, Florida Feb 1911” It also extended to St. Louis and later reached Chicago. The L&N carries precedence as one of the few to maintain its originally chartered name, operating for more than 120 years as the Louisville & Nashville.

This post card is what we consider to be a “Real Photo” post card. The person took the photo then printed it on special paper. This particular post card was printed on AZO paper. Where the stamp goes has the corporate name plus, each corner has a diamond in it. The placement of these diamonds tells us that the post card was printed between 1907 and 1909.