This is eastbound No. 42, the Pelican, at Wallace, VA---just a couple of miles or less out of Bristol. The lead unit is an FP7 and the second is a passenger-geared F3A. [Editorial Note: Thanks to ... (more)

In the spring of 1968, a passenger-geared F3 splices two Southern FP7s on train 42, the eastbound “Pelican,” as it makes its departure from Bristol, VA-TN. The N&W roundhouse that serviced ste... (more)

One of the two FP7s on train 42, the eastbound “Pelican” has conked out somewhere south of Bristol, so Southern has tacked on a GP35 (with Alco trucks from a trade-in) to the point of the pass... (more)