RailPictures.Net Photo: SOU 6915 Southern Railway EMD E8(A) at Atlanta, Georgia by David C. Lester
 
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» Southern Railway's Peachtree Creek Bridge in Atlanta 
» Atlanta, Georgia, USA (more..)
» August, 1975
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» SOU 6915 (more..)
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» David C. Lester (more..)
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The Southern Crescent is four minutes north of Atlanta's Peachtree Station, as it crosses the Peachtree Creek bridge. It's 7:04pm, and the train is beginning its overnight journey to Washington, D.C.
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