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| Title: |
The conductor is preparing to toss a register slip and grab train oders from the back of Georgia Railroad caboose #2871 trailing New Orleans - Hamlet train #214 |
| Description: |
Georgia Railroad caboose #2871, complete with friction bearings, is a former Louisville & Nashville caboose |
| Photo Date: |
10/15/1973 Upload Date: 3/19/2011 3:33:22 PM |
| Location: |
Opelika, AL |
| Author: |
Bernie Feltman |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Action |
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1029 Comments: 11 |
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| Title: |
Seaboard Coast Line caboose #00866 brings up the rear of the Hamlet section of train #214. The Atlanta section is to the left of 866 and has Georgia Railroad #2871 trailing |
| Description: |
Train #214 orginated in New Orleans and contained traffic for Hamlet, NC. As per standard practice, the train was normally double-cabbed with the trailing section clearing Montgomery's Chester Yard of Atlanta bound cars. Once in Atlanta, the cut would be made between 866 and the trailing insulated box car, and, after a brake test, 214 would resume its journey to Hamlet |
| Photo Date: |
10/15/1973 Upload Date: 3/19/2011 5:50:59 PM |
| Location: |
Opelika, AL |
| Author: |
Bernie Feltman |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Action |
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1607 Comments: 12 |
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| Title: |
Western Railway of Alabama train SCL 1833 East is pulling its train out of the siding and over the Southern Railway crossing, still protected by "Stop Boards", |
| Description: |
Seaboard Coast Line U36B #1833 was built December 1971 and later became Seaboard System 1833; then CSX 1833 |
| Photo Date: |
6/3/1977 Upload Date: 9/16/2009 3:14:10 PM |
| Location: |
Opelika, AL |
| Author: |
Bernie Feltman |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SCL 1833(U36B) |
| Views: |
752 Comments: 5 |
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| Title: |
SCL U36B #1782, leading Western Railway of Alabama train #214 out of the siding, |
| Description: |
Train #214 is a run-thru train bound for the Coast Line in Hamlet, NC via WofA/A&WP thru the Atlanta, GA connection |
| Photo Date: |
6/7/1977 Upload Date: 7/6/2010 11:36:28 AM |
| Location: |
Opelika, AL |
| Author: |
Bernie Feltman |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SCL 1782(U36B) |
| Views: |
949 Comments: 7 |
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| Title: |
Atlanta & West Point GP40 #732 leads New Orleans-Hamlet run-thru train #214 past the defect detector |
| Description: |
Atlanta & West Point GP40 #732 was added to the point of #214 at Montgomery's Chester Yard to help handle the additional tonnage that was tacked on the rear of the train. Daily, Chester Yard crews would tack on Atlanta bound tonnage to trains 212 and 214 and add enough power for the ruling grade at Notasulga Hill, located just west of Auburn |
| Photo Date: |
7/7/1978 Upload Date: 6/6/2011 7:59:41 PM |
| Location: |
Auburn, AL |
| Author: |
Bernie Feltman |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
AWP 732(GP40) LN 4134(GP38-2) |
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1091 Comments: 6 |
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| Title: |
Louisville & Nashville GP38-2 #4065, and mates, lead New Orleans-Hamlet run-thru train #214 past the defect detector |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville GP38-2 #4065 was built April 1972 and later became CSX #2575 |
| Photo Date: |
7/7/1978 Upload Date: 6/16/2011 7:13:57 PM |
| Location: |
Auburn, AL |
| Author: |
Bernie Feltman |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
LN 4065(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
661 Comments: 8 |
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| Title: |
Atlanta & West Point GP40-2 #733 leads train #208 over Red Creek |
| Description: |
Atlanta & West Point GP40-2 #733, built November 1974, later became Seaboard System #6645, then CSX 6391 |
| Photo Date: |
8/1/1978 Upload Date: 6/21/2011 12:29:53 AM |
| Location: |
Chehaw, AL |
| Author: |
Bernie Feltman |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AWP 733(GP40-2) |
| Views: |
954 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
Atlanta & West Point GP40-2 #733, leading Western Railway of Alabama train #208, |
| Description: |
Atlanta & West Point GP40-2 #733, built November 1974, later became Seaboard System #6645, then CSX 6391 |
| Photo Date: |
8/1/1978 Upload Date: 12/29/2010 10:51:26 PM |
| Location: |
Auburn, AL |
| Author: |
Bernie Feltman |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
AWP 733(GP40-2) |
| Views: |
1199 Comments: 6 |
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| Title: |
Seaboard Coast Line GP40 #1598, GP9 #1026, U36B #1772, and Western Railway of Alabama GP7 #526, GP7 #522, GP40-2 #708 and Georgia Railroad GP9 #1040 all lead Hamlet - New Orleans train #215's extra |
| Description: |
Seaboard Coast Line GP40 #1598 was built May 1970 on order #7229 and later became Seaboard System/CSX #6753. Unit left roster and became HATX #805 |
| Photo Date: |
8/5/1978 Upload Date: 8/8/2009 12:01:08 PM |
| Location: |
Loachapoka, AL |
| Author: |
Bernie Feltman |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SCL 1598(GP40) SCL 1026(GP9) SCL 1772(U36B) WRA 526(GP7) WRA 522(GP7) WRA 708(GP40-2) GA 1040(GP9) |
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2284 Comments: 10 |
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| Title: |
Georgia Railroad GP40 #751 is the 11th unit in the consist of Western Railway of Alabama train #208 |
| Description: |
Georgia Railroad GP40 #751, built May 1967, later became Seaboard System/CSX #6653 |
| Photo Date: |
8/21/1978 Upload Date: 6/13/2011 7:48:58 PM |
| Location: |
Auburn, AL |
| Author: |
Bernie Feltman |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
GA 751(GP40) |
| Views: |
675 Comments: 7 |
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| Title: |
Georgia Railroad GP40 #751 is the 11th unit in the consist of Western Railway of Alabama train #208 |
| Description: |
Georgia Railroad GP40 #751, built May 1967, later became Seaboard System/CSX #6653 |
| Photo Date: |
8/21/1978 Upload Date: 7/18/2009 12:36:54 PM |
| Location: |
Loachapoka, AL |
| Author: |
Bernie Feltman |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
GA 751(GP40) |
| Views: |
1118 Comments: 7 |
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| Title: |
Western Railway of Alabama train #208 with Seaboard Coast Line U36B #1833, leading a consist of Georgia Road power (WofA GP7 #521, A&WP GP7 #526, WofA GP40 #705 & GA GP7 #1023) |
| Description: |
SCL U36B #1833, built December 1971, later became CSX 5783 |
| Photo Date: |
8/22/1978 Upload Date: 3/2/2010 2:26:07 PM |
| Location: |
Opelika, AL |
| Author: |
Bernie Feltman |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SCL 1833(U36B) |
| Views: |
462 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Atlanta & West Point GP40-2 #733, leading L&N/SCL New Orleans, LA - Hamlet, NC run-thru train #214, |
| Description: |
Atlanta & West Point GP40-2 #733 was built November 1974 and later became Seaboard System #6645, then CSX 6391 |
| Photo Date: |
9/2/1978 Upload Date: 12/28/2010 7:47:24 AM |
| Location: |
Notasulga, AL |
| Author: |
Bernie Feltman |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
AWP 733(GP40-2) |
| Views: |
1135 Comments: 9 |
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| Title: |
Atlanta & West Point GP40 #727 (with Georgia Railroad GP7 #1034, Western Railway of Alabama GP7 #522 and Georgia Railroad GP7 #1023) lead Atlanta & West Point train #208 |
| Description: |
Atlanta & West Point GP40 #727 was built July 1968 and later became CSX #6647 before leaving roster and going to Progress Rail. Train #208 was the daily Montgomery (AL) to Atlanta train that worked intermediate yards along its run. It is slowing to a stop to make a set-off and pick-up and the crew is looking over the yard tracks (including the Chattahoochee Valley yard and interchange tracks) |
| Photo Date: |
9/10/1978 Upload Date: 7/24/2011 1:12:56 PM |
| Location: |
West Point, GA |
| Author: |
Bernie Feltman |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
AWP 727(GP40) GA 1034(GP7) WRA 522(GP7) GA 1023(GP7) |
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3042 Comments: 12 |
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| Title: |
Seaboard Coast Line GP40-2 #1649 leading Western Railway of Alabama train #215, a run-thru from the SCL at Hamlet, NC to New Orleans via the L&N, |
| Description: |
Seaboard Coast Line GP40-2 #1649, built April 1972 on order #7361, later became Seaboard System #6359, then CSX #6359. |
| Photo Date: |
2/19/1979 Upload Date: 8/7/2009 8:17:32 PM |
| Location: |
Loachapoka, AL |
| Author: |
Bernie Feltman |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SCL 1649(GP40-2) |
| Views: |
1345 Comments: 6 |
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| Title: |
Louisville & Nashville U23B #2820 leads SCL/L&N run-thru train #215 (Hamlet, NC - New Orleans, LA) |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville U23B was built March 1975 and later became CSX #3320 |
| Photo Date: |
2/21/1979 Upload Date: 8/21/2011 6:38:01 PM |
| Location: |
Auburn, AL |
| Author: |
Bernie Feltman |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LN 2820(U23B) LN 1067(GP30) SCL 1605(GP40) LN 3011(GP40) SCL 1551(GP40) |
| Views: |
1160 Comments: 8 |
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| Title: |
Louisville & Nashville GP30 #1069, leading Western Railway of Alabama train Extra L&N 1069 East, passing Southern Railway caboose X396 at night fall |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville GP30 #1069 was built January 1963 as Atlantic Coast Line #908, then became Seaboard Coast Line #1308 before going to Louisville & Nashville. Unit was later used as trade-in to General Electric |
| Photo Date: |
3/7/1979 Upload Date: 7/31/2009 11:17:25 AM |
| Location: |
Opelika, AL |
| Author: |
Bernie Feltman |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Night,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LN 1069(GP30) |
| Views: |
903 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
Seaboard Coast Line U36B #1782, with train WofA 212, in the siding |
| Description: |
A three way meet is taking place in this photo as WofA train #213 has just passed and the Opelika to Montgomery local is pulling out behind #213 in the background. At this time, the interlocking had not been installed and the brakeman has walked up to the Southern Railway crossing to place lit fusees on both sides of the track. |
| Photo Date: |
6/7/1979 Upload Date: 7/31/2009 12:02:33 PM |
| Location: |
Opelika, AL |
| Author: |
Bernie Feltman |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SCL 1782(U36B) |
| Views: |
505 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Standard practice for Georgia Railroad's Hulsey Yard (Atlanta) and Chester Yard (Montgomery) was to clean out the yard and add to the run-thru trains it handled for L&N/SCL, as the two Georgia Railroad geeps in the consist have been added to handle the ex |
| Description: |
L&N SD40 #1256, built May 1971, later became SBD/CSX #8331 |
| Photo Date: |
7/12/1979 Upload Date: 1/14/2012 10:38:57 AM |
| Location: |
Loachapoka, AL |
| Author: |
Bernie Feltman |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
LN 1256(SD40) SP 8549(SD40T-2) |
| Views: |
1603 Comments: 10 |
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| Title: |
Seaboard Air Line caboose #5745 brings up the rear of train #215 |
| Description: |
Western Railway of Alabama train #215 was received from the Seaboard Coast Line in Atlanta and forwarded to the Louisville & Nashville in Montgomery. Traffic on the train ran from yards in Hamlet, NC to interchange partners in New Orleans, LA |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1980 Upload Date: 8/21/2011 6:36:17 PM |
| Location: |
Loachapoka, AL |
| Author: |
Bernie Feltman |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
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421 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
Seaboard Coast Line GP38-2 #541 westbound with train 215's extra on the Western Railway of Alabama |
| Description: |
SCL GP38-2 # 541 became SBD 541, then SBD/CSX 2541 |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1980 Upload Date: 8/2/2009 7:18:57 PM |
| Location: |
Loachapoka, AL |
| Author: |
Bernie Feltman |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SCL 541(GP38-2) SCL 1588(GP40) |
| Views: |
627 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Sperry Rail Service #132 working westbound on the Western Railway of Alabama towards Montgomery (AL). The hotbox detector numeric display is showing "000" indicating no defects on extra SRS #132 West |
| Description: |
Sperry Rail Service Test Car #132 was built in 1925 (by St. Louis Car Company) as Seaboard Air Line "Doodlebug" #2003. Sperry acquired the car from Seaboard Air Line in January 1942. #132 is 59' 7" in length, 13' high and 10' 4" wide with a weight of 142,000 pounds |
| Photo Date: |
2/3/1980 Upload Date: 7/28/2009 12:51:24 PM |
| Location: |
Auburn, AL |
| Author: |
Bernie Feltman |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SRS 132(Doodlebug) |
| Views: |
1254 Comments: 10 |
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| Title: |
Seaboard Coast Line B30-7 #5504, leading Hamlet, NC to New Orleans, LA Western Railway of Alabama train #215 |
| Description: |
Seaboard Coast Line B30-7 #5504 was built March 1980 and later became Seaboard System #5504 and later CSX #5504 |
| Photo Date: |
5/21/1980 Upload Date: 1/18/2010 3:54:59 AM |
| Location: |
Loachapoka, AL |
| Author: |
Bernie Feltman |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SCL 5504(B30-7) |
| Views: |
575 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
Georgia Railroad GP38-2 #6010, passing the old Western Railway of Alabma depot. The rear of GA 6010 is where the Armstrong mechanism was installed under the main line and former siding for a train order signal whose mast stood above the horns of the lead |
| Description: |
GA GP38-2 #6010 was built April 1979, later became SBD 6010, then re# CSX 2661 |
| Photo Date: |
5/25/1980 Upload Date: 1/17/2010 2:32:17 AM |
| Location: |
Auburn, AL |
| Author: |
Bernie Feltman |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
GA 6010(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
802 Comments: 5 |
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| Title: |
A pair of Caterpillar D7's, one with a blade and the other a "sidewinder", work to clean up the derailment of a Port of Mobile bound L&N unit coal train |
| Description: |
The bulldozers, for the moment, have been moved aside to let a work train dump ballast around the newly installed panel track. |
| Photo Date: |
5/25/1980 Upload Date: 8/11/2011 2:31:56 PM |
| Location: |
Milstead, AL |
| Author: |
Bernie Feltman |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Wreck |
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617 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
Western Railway of Alabama GP38-2 #6045, serving as power for the Montgomery to Notasulga turn, running around its train |
| Description: |
W of A GP38-2 #6045, built August 1979 as Clinchfield Railroad #6045, later became Seaboard System #6045, then re# CSX 2696 |
| Photo Date: |
5/25/1980 Upload Date: 1/13/2010 2:13:42 AM |
| Location: |
Chehaw, AL |
| Author: |
Bernie Feltman |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
WRA 6045(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
753 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Atlanta & West Point GP38-2 #6007, leading Western Railway of Alabama daily eastbound #208, a Montgomery Chester Yard to Atlanta Hulsey Yard 105 car freight |
| Description: |
Atlanta & West Point GP38-2 #6007 was built April 1979, later became Seaboard System #6007, and finally CSX #2658 |
| Photo Date: |
5/26/1980 Upload Date: 1/18/2010 2:20:50 PM |
| Location: |
Loachapoka, AL |
| Author: |
Bernie Feltman |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
AWP 6007(GP38-2) GA 6010(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
1431 Comments: 10 |
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| Title: |
Western Railway of Alabama caboose #150 |
| Description: |
To celebrate the nation's centennial, the Western Railway of Alabama shop forces repainted #150 into this special scheme. |
| Photo Date: |
5/26/1980 Upload Date: 7/28/2009 9:50:09 PM |
| Location: |
Loachapoka, AL |
| Author: |
Bernie Feltman |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Action |
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1051 Comments: 9 |
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| Title: |
Georgia Railroad GP38-2 #6051, sublettered in honor of Franklin M. Garrett, leading Atlanta & West Point train #210 and preparing to depart after picking up and setting off in track just to right of consist, |
| Description: |
Georgia Railroad GP38-2 #6051 was built March 1980, later became Seaboard System #6051, and finally CSX #2702 |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1980 Upload Date: 1/24/2010 12:31:08 AM |
| Location: |
West Point, GA |
| Author: |
Bernie Feltman |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
GA 6051(GP38-2) WRA 6046(GP38-2) GA 1032(GP7) GA 1021(GP7) WRA 704(GP40) |
| Views: |
1740 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Western Railway of Alabama GP40 #704 brings up the rear of train #208's Atlanta bound consist ( with GP38-2s GA 6051, WRA 6046, GP7's GA 1032 & GA 1021) past the depot |
| Description: |
Western Railway of Alabama GP40 #704 was built February 1969 and later became CSX 6793. Unit left roster and became Indiana & Ohio (IORY) #6793, then IORY #4036 |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1980 Upload Date: 7/28/2009 12:38:37 PM |
| Location: |
West Point, GA |
| Author: |
Bernie Feltman |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
WRA 704(GP40) GA 6051(GP38-2) WRA 6046(GP38-2) GA 1032(GP7) GA 1021(GP7) |
| Views: |
2278 Comments: 7 |
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| Title: |
Atlanta & West Point GP40 #726, with Montgomery (AL) bound train 213's power, backing thru Howell Junction |
| Description: |
Atlanta & West Point GP40 #726 was built May 1967 and later became Seaboard System #6646, then CSX 6646 |
| Photo Date: |
9/7/1981 Upload Date: 7/19/2009 11:33:02 AM |
| Location: |
Atlanta, GA |
| Author: |
Bernie Feltman |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
AWP 726(GP40) |
| Views: |
997 Comments: 5 |
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| Title: |
Atlanta & West Point caboose #560, with red flags flapping in the flag brackets, |
| Description: |
Bringing up the rear of Western Railway of Alabama train #211, the caboose has just cleared the interlocking at Opelika |
| Photo Date: |
11/15/1981 Upload Date: 7/27/2009 7:36:43 PM |
| Location: |
Opelika, AL |
| Author: |
Bernie Feltman |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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782 Comments: 6 |
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| Title: |
Western Railway of Alabama GP40 #701 leads train #211 past the old coal tower and over the Southern Railway crossing |
| Description: |
Western Railway of Alabama GP40 #701 became Seaboard System #6790, then CSX 6790. After leaving roster, unit then became Vermont Railroad (VTR) #301 |
| Photo Date: |
11/15/1981 Upload Date: 7/19/2009 12:25:25 PM |
| Location: |
Opelika, AL |
| Author: |
Bernie Feltman |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
WRA 701(GP40) |
| Views: |
1574 Comments: 13 |
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| Title: |
Western Railway of Alabama train Extra L&N 4036 west passing thru the interlocking, in the snow, by the coal chute, with icicles on the SCL caboose, |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
1/14/1982 Upload Date: 7/7/2009 11:37:44 PM |
| Location: |
Opelika, AL |
| Author: |
Bernie Feltman |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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903 Comments: 11 |
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| Title: |
Seaboard Coast Line GP40 #1596 |
| Description: |
Seaboard Coast Line GP40 #1596 was built May 1970 on order #7229 and later became Seaboard System/CSX #6751. Unit left roster and was rebuilt to GP40M-2 and became Southern Pacific #7121, then Union Pacific #1499 |
| Photo Date: |
3/6/1983 Upload Date: 8/8/2009 12:10:00 PM |
| Location: |
LaGrange, GA |
| Author: |
Bernie Feltman |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SCL 1596(GP40) |
| Views: |
675 Comments: 10 |
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