Southern TR2B at Chattanooga, August 1973.

Southern train on the Huey P. Long bridge with four SOU geeps and a Mopac GP18.

Five Southern geeps lead a freight on the Rat Hole. SOU 6268 started life as CofG 170 in April 1957.

No. 6, the northbound Piedmont, at Magnolia with an RS-3, four F-units, and pigs on the rear.

The normal local and road power has all been shepherded onto one track at the Southern’s enginehouse in Alexandria, Virginia to make room for visiting dignitaries. Savannah and Atlanta 4-6-2 750... (more)

GP38-2 5026 still sporting its Southern paint at Greenville, SC || Feb. 1985

Statesville was a great spot to fan in the 1970s with good traffic that really moved, even though the plant was not exactly cutting-edge. Here is proof as a crew member runs ahead to line the way... (more)

A pair of SD40-2s help with a Chattanooga-bound coal train. Up front are a pair of SD35s and an SD24.

SD35s team with an SD24 to lead coal out of Knoxville and toward Chattanooga. Back in the train an RC car transmits the engineer's every whim to a pair of SD40-2s.

Southbound near Asheville, NC led by SD45 3167.

Ragged and rusted, this old relic still shows its identity thru all the years since it was last used on the railroad. Long live the Southern Railway!

If memory serves, the turn between Eufaula and Ozark was down to three days a week by 1975, but I cannot remember if it was a roundtrip on M-W-F, or wb to Ozark on M-W-F, and eb back to Eufaula on... (more)

Southern Visitor from Georgia

Southern E8A number 6901j is resting in front of Norfolk Southern's Roanoke shops as a heavy rain squall passes through the area. The unit belongs... (more)