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Vignettes of the South
Photos taken in the Deep South--primarily Alabama and Georgia--from the 1970s to the early 2000s. Featured railroads include the ICG, the West Point Route, SCL, Southern, Frisco, and even KCS.
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Photo ID: 779653

585's crew has run to Croghan and back with 810. Now they will couple up to the B23-7, fetch their train out of the siding along the main, then head for Walterboro.

Railroad: Seaboard Coast Line
Locomotive: EMD GP7
Location: Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Locomotive #: SCL 810
Train ID: SCL 585
Photo Date: January 18, 1980


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By: David Harris

Added: Aug 17, 2021

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Photo ID: 779584

This is an Atlanta, GA-Florence, SC train, operated in conjunction with Georgia Railroad. It is sort of a 'leftover' from pre-SCL days when this route was Atlantic Coast Line's primary route betw... (more)

Railroad: Seaboard Coast Line
Locomotive: EMD SD35
Location: Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA
Locomotive #: SCL 1910
Train ID: SCL Extra 1910
Photo Date: February 18, 1980


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By: David Harris

Added: Aug 16, 2021

Views: 3,241
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Photo ID: 779494

Typical power for this train in the mid-90s, a Cotton Belt GP60 races CSX 145 down the former Western Railway of Alabama toward Montgomery and, eventually, a handoff at NOLA.

Railroad: St. Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt)
Locomotive: EMD GP60
Location: Notasulga, Alabama, USA
Locomotive #: SSW 9672
Train ID: CSX 145
Photo Date: February, 1996


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By: David Harris

Added: Aug 15, 2021

Views: 2,435
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Photo ID: 779412

A switch crew heads out to work the industrial park out on Hayneville Road.

Railroad: Seaboard Coast Line
Locomotive: EMD SW9
Location: Montgomery, Alabama, USA
Locomotive #: SCL 147
Train ID: Industrial park swit
Photo Date: March 26, 1975


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By: David Harris

Added: Aug 14, 2021

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Photo ID: 779411

Back in the 1970s SCL still operated a branch from the ex-ACL main at John's Island to Croghan, a tiny yard with a couple customers directly across the Ashley River from downtown Charleston. It w... (more)

Railroad: Seaboard Coast Line
Locomotive: EMD GP7
Location: Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Locomotive #: SCL 791
Train ID: SCL 585
Photo Date: April, 1978


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By: David Harris

Added: Aug 14, 2021

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Photo ID: 779410

Back in the 1970s SCL still operated a branch from the ex-ACL main at John's Island to Croghan, a tiny yard with a couple customers directly across the Ashley River from downtown Charleston. It w... (more)

Railroad: Seaboard Coast Line
Locomotive: EMD GP7
Location: Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Locomotive #: SCL 803
Train ID: SCL 585
Photo Date: May, 1980


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By: David Harris

Added: Aug 14, 2021

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Photo ID: 779140

Two GP40s and two first generation geeps are cresting the hill just east/north of Opelika. From this point forward they will mostly be dropping as they head for the Chattahoochee River at West Po... (more)

Railroad: Atlanta & West Point
Locomotive: EMD GP40
Location: Opelika, Alabama, USA
Locomotive #: AWP 731
Train ID: WofA 208
Photo Date: August, 1975


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By: David Harris

Added: Aug 11, 2021

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Photo ID: 778632

It might be impossible to make an E8A ugly, but PC and Amtrak came close with 275. It is - I believe - a little unusual in that it has an Amtrak number, but nothing about 'Amtrak' anywhere. PC's... (more)

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: EMD E8(A)
Location: Montgomery, Alabama, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 275
Train ID: Floridian
Photo Date: April, 1974


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By: David Harris

Added: Aug 06, 2021

Views: 7,401
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Photo ID: 778629

In the early 1970s, not a lot of pool power came through Montgomery other than SP/SSW units on L&N 72/73. Oddly enough, though, SP/SSW units did occasionally show up on SCL trains on the former S... (more)

Railroad: Southern Pacific Railroad
Locomotive: GE U25B
Location: Montgomery, Alabama, USA
Locomotive #: SP 6706
Train ID: SCL 374
Photo Date: August 06, 1974


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By: David Harris

Added: Aug 06, 2021

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Photo ID: 778467

Employees chat during the crew change at Montgomery. One of only two times that I saw four SDPs on Floridian. Guess they were ferrying SDPs to Florida.

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: EMD SDP40F
Location: Montgomery, Alabama, USA
Locomotive #: Amt 636
Train ID: Floridian
Photo Date: July 26, 1974


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By: David Harris

Added: Aug 04, 2021

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Photo ID: 778377

A pair of B36-7s and a GP40 head up the old L&N toward Montgomery, where their container train will continue to Atlanta via the former West Point Route.

Railroad: Seaboard System
Locomotive: GE B36-7
Location: Greenville, Alabama, USA
Locomotive #: SBD 5822
Train ID: CSX R144
Photo Date: June, 1991


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By: David Harris

Added: Aug 03, 2021

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Photo ID: 778375

Ex-Seaboard System (originally delivered in May 1963 as L&N 1030) waits for the next workday at Hurtsboro. Before coming to Pine Belt, 3059 worked for Abernathy's Columbia and Silver Creek in Mis... (more)

Railroad: Seaboard System
Locomotive: EMD GP30
Location: Hurtsboro, Alabama, USA
Locomotive #: SBD 3059
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: February, 1997


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By: David Harris

Added: Aug 03, 2021

Views: 2,390
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Photo ID: 778093

A lot of second-generation geeps look alike, so you could easily overlook this rare gem. ASAB 507 is the only GP39 on their roster. That may not seem like a big deal, but it is also one of only 2... (more)

Railroad: Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay Railroad
Locomotive: EMD GP39
Location: Dothan, Alabama, USA
Locomotive #: ASAB 507
Train ID: ASAB switcher
Photo Date: September 14, 1974


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By: David Harris

Added: Jul 31, 2021

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Photo ID: 778089

Behind the usual trio of U36Bs, the Juice Train crosses Rantowles Creek as it races north.

Railroad: Seaboard Coast Line
Locomotive: GE U36B
Location: Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Locomotive #: SCL 1795
Train ID: SCL Juice Train
Photo Date: October 10, 1978


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By: David Harris

Added: Jul 31, 2021

Views: 3,067
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Photo ID: 778007

Headed for Mobile, a freight roars beneath Southern Boulevard at track speed.

Railroad: Louisville & Nashville
Locomotive: EMD GP40
Location: Montgomery, Alabama, USA
Locomotive #: LN 3015
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: October, 1975


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By: David Harris

Added: Jul 30, 2021

Views: 2,426
Comments: 0

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