Awesome you got a Southern Stop sign in the picture never seen a picture of one only in the Southern building manual thanks for sharing all the Southern pictures you have.
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| Posted by FSWood on July 13, 2021 | |
Talking about the GP9 leading brings to mind something I remember reading about that era of railroading in several places over the course of several decades but do not remember the specific details of the why; that in lashups of higher and lower horsepower units the lower horsepower unit was put in the lead to be the control unit so as to not overload it.
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Donald, you are welcome. I will keep my eyes out for any more pics with the Southern stop sign.
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Mr. Wood, my caption was not very clear. By 1974, it was very unusual on the former CofG Columbus-Birmingham mainline to see First Generation geeps on anything but locals. I think you are absolutely right about many railroads following the operating practice of placing the locomotive with the most restrictive short-term rating/minimum continuous speed in the lead. Can remember watching trains 40+ years as they climbed the WofA's grade away from the Tallapoosa River and hearing alarm bells in trailing units as they exceeded their design limits.
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David - among all the other significant things you captured in this amazing photo is the fact that GP9 #6254 is displaying a green "section" flag. For me, this is one of your best photos
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