ACL E8 No.500 and E6 No.518 with train 2, the East Coast Champion at Miami, Florida December 20, 1962. ACL E8 No.500 began life in 1939 as ACL's first passenger diesel E3(A) No.500, but was destroyed in a wreck and returned to EMD, where it was rebuilt in March 1953 to E8 specifications. Photo taken from my slide collection. No photographer listed on slide.
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