4:30pm on a late summer afternoon in the Windy City c. '65...the Beatles & Rolling Stones latest hits crackle over the WLS-AM airwaves...and the IC's Panama Limited, with sleeping cars only, depar... (more)
One-car train, #7, arrives at Lynchburg's Kemper St. station. THis was something Southern had to run after Amtrak's creation in 1971. SR did not join initially
Cross platform connections between N&W 17 (left) and 3. Amtrak isn't far off, and these trains will both be gone. (Photo note: no tripod? Baggage carts can come in handy!)
SB Southwind coming off the A Line to the S Line
SB Champion departing for St Peteersburg, FL.
Southern Piedmont with pigs and racks on the rear at Salisbury Depot
Southern Railway FP7 6147 heads #5 "The Piedmont" at Alexandria, VA in September 1974.
SOU #4 approaching Biltmore Station where it will begin its run from Asheville to Salisbury.
Last northbound Silver Comet pauses at Athens depot. Honeywell Pentax H1a; Agfachrome
One week from Amtrak. Honeywell Pentax H1a; Agfachrome
Crossing the Southern's main line. Unit is ex-C&O; back on home rails.
RDC-4 9080 leads westbound #39 operating between Elkhorn City, KY and Ashland, KY preparing to pick up an empty express car (far left in the background) at Paintsville yard.