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Passenger Trains of the South Before Amtrak
A colorful and diverse group of railroads operated passenger trains in the South that ranged from speedy limiteds like the Panama Limited and Silver Meteor to regional and branchline services.
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Photo ID: 297449

SCL No. 21 (Silver Star) sweeps through Millbrook, NC just north of Raleigh, NC led by an ex-SAL E7A equipped with a hancock air whistle, an ex-ACL/ex-RF&P E8B and 12 cars.

Railroad: Seaboard Coast Line
Locomotive: EMD E7(A)
Location: Millbrook, NC, North Carolina, USA
Locomotive #: SCL 559
Train ID: SCL 21
Photo Date: July, 1968


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By: Wharton Separk

Added: Sep 16, 2009

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Photo ID: 294503

Leased RF&P E8 1014 drifts down the Blue Ridge grade with tr. 25, POWHATAN ARROW. The class J 4-8-4s were mostly in standby or freight service after N&W President Stuart Saunders decided to hurry ... (more)

Railroad: Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac
Locomotive: EMD E8(A)
Location: Blue Ridge, Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: RFP 1014
Train ID: 25
Photo Date: November 07, 1958


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By: Bob Krone

Added: Aug 20, 2009

Views: 10,280
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Photo ID: 294498

Leased ACL E7 A-B units pull upgrade with train 4, POCAHONTAS, at Blue Ridge.

Railroad: Atlantic Coast Line
Locomotive: EMD E7(A)
Location: Blue Ridge, Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: ACL 524
Train ID: NW 4
Photo Date: November 06, 1958


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By: Bob Krone

Added: Aug 20, 2009

Views: 16,726
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Photo ID: 294496

Southern E8 6910 leads an E7 under the bridge at Blue Ridge with train 45, TENNESSEAN, on a beautiful fall afternoon.

Railroad: Southern Railway
Locomotive: EMD E8(A)
Location: Blue Ridge, Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: SOU 6910
Train ID: N&W 45
Photo Date: November 05, 1958


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By: Bob Krone

Added: Aug 20, 2009

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Photo ID: 283741

Southern's Piedmont Limited at Greensboro, NC in 1976.

Railroad: Southern Railway
Locomotive: EMD FP7
Location: Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
Locomotive #: SOU 6135
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: July, 1976


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By: Tom Sink

Added: May 15, 2009

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Photo ID: 276818

J 603 rolls downgrade with a complete streamlined set of equipment on the POWHATAN ARROW bound for Cincinnati. This is the 4-8-4 featured in O. Winston Link's long recording of train 42 at Rural R... (more)

Railroad: Norfolk & Western
Locomotive: Steam 4-8-4
Location: Bonsack, Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: 603
Train ID: tr. 25
Photo Date: November 11, 1956


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By: Bob Krone

Added: Mar 21, 2009

Views: 12,642
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Photo ID: 276079

CofG 805 leads the Savannah-Atlanta (via Macon) Nancy Hanks.

Railroad: Central of Georgia
Locomotive: EMD E7(A)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Locomotive #: CG 805
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: September, 1969


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By: Tom Sink

Added: Mar 16, 2009

Views: 10,308
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Photo ID: 271617

Westbound train #45, The Tennessean, about to make its station stop at Glade Springs, VA on a snowy, yet busy February day in 1962.

Railroad: Southern Railway
Locomotive: EMD E7(A)
Location: Glade Springs, Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: SOU 2907
Train ID: SOU 45
Photo Date: February, 1962


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By: Tom Sink

Added: Feb 13, 2009

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Photo ID: 265731

Train #6, the northbound Piedmont, with four FP7s (6149, 6135, 6132, 6145). Note the string of pigs behind the passenger equipment.

Railroad: Southern Railway
Locomotive: EMD FP7
Location: Gaffney, South Carolina, USA
Locomotive #: SOU 6149
Train ID: Piedmont Limited
Photo Date: March 24, 1973


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By: TL Scott

Added: Jan 03, 2009

Views: 5,983
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Photo ID: 257296

Silver Star passes Virginia State College

Railroad: Seaboard Coast Line
Locomotive: EMD E8(A)
Location: Ettrick, VA, Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: SCL 597
Train ID: SCL #21
Photo Date: August 17, 1969


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By: Walter Gay

Added: Oct 25, 2008

Views: 4,571
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Photo ID: 243998

This Seaboard Air Line passenger train is carrying a Louisville & Nashville car, perhaps indicating some sort of joint service.

Railroad: Seaboard Air Line
Locomotive: EMD E7(A)
Location: Plant City, Florida, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: March 17, 1958


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By: Neil Plagens

Added: Jul 25, 2008

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Photo ID: 234940

The Southern Crescent, Queen of the East and the South. This was America's train just as much as the City of New Orleans, The Super Chief and the Twentieth Century Limited. Also consider the Hiawa... (more)

Railroad: Southern Railway
Locomotive: EMD E8(A)
Location: Alexandria, Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: SOU 6912
Train ID: SOU 1
Photo Date: July, 1972


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By: Donald Haskel

Added: May 10, 2008

Views: 6,681
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Photo ID: 232050

Squeezed in between high nose EMD's and seventy six pigs, is a one car, one unit passenger train. Father is teaching son about being a railfan while watching this unusual sight.

Railroad: Southern Railway
Locomotive: EMD FP7(A)
Location: Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: SOU 6141
Train ID: SOU #8
Photo Date: August, 1972


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By: Donald Haskel

Added: Apr 18, 2008

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Photo ID: 227457

The Pelican makes final stop at Bristol after an overnight trip from New York that began on the Penn Central, then ran on a portion of Southern Railway. If this train continued on to New Orleans i... (more)

Railroad: Norfolk & Western
Locomotive: EMD GP9
Location: Bristol, Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: NW 518
Train ID: NW 41
Photo Date: August, 1970


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By: Donald Haskel

Added: Mar 14, 2008

Views: 5,870
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Photo ID: 215691

Train #6 departing Spartanburg. Note the piggybacks on the rear.

Railroad: Southern Railway
Locomotive: Alco RS-3
Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
Locomotive #: SOU 6238
Train ID: Piedmont Limited
Photo Date: April 18, 1974


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By: TL Scott

Added: Dec 16, 2007

Views: 5,048
Comments: 1

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