One of those spots I recognize immediately. I have only gotten static shots of the switcher. This is a really good one that brings back memories.
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With an awesome train order signal in the background !
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On the way to Bulls Gap, where she'll fill to the limit on tonage to be delivered to Knoxville.
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| Posted by on October 17, 2012 | |
So, Sid and/or Dave, this was sort of a long-distance local? Bristol-Knoxville? I was just passing through and thrilled to catch 5 early geeps, even if I had no idea what train I was shooting. By 1975, 5 GP7/9s on Southern in my part of Alabama just was not ever going to happen again.
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This would have been #159, Bristol to Knoxville. The norm for 159 was light Bristol to Bulls Gap, filling at the Gap with all they could pull. The rating for a GP-7 out of Bulls Gap to Morristown was 1500 tons.
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