Repainting a milepost
Many of L&N's mileposts just needed repainting. They
were scrubbed with a wire brush, then painted white. Expert (!)
painters then traced the old numbers. There were two styles of
numbering, some posts had a "L" (for Louisville, Kentucky), from
which the miles are measured from. Posts were repainted to the style
the crew found them in.
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