SR 4501 takes on coal and water at Southern's Atlanta Spring Street Offices during the midpoint of a round trip from Chattanooga on April 12, 1980.
A trip to remember! In August 1976, the American Freedom Train toured the country in celebration of the nation's bicentennial. The primary power for the trip was ex-Southern Pacific 4449, painte... (more)
During the nation's bicentennial year, 1976, many railroads chose to honor the country's birthday by painting one of their locomotives in a red, white and blue paint scheme. Southern Railway chos... (more)
Southern steam special round trip from Atlanta to Toccoa, GA in October 1976. This image shows the steam special, pulled by SR 4501, headed south at the Lenox Square curve, about ten minutes nort... (more)
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, ... (more)
Norfolk Southern steam special, with 611 and Frisco 1522 just north of Locust Grove, GA, headed to Atlanta.