Standard practice for Georgia Railroad's Hulsey Yard (Atlanta) and Chester Yard (Montgomery) was to clean out the yard and add to the run-thru trains it handled for L&N/SCL, as the two Georgia Railroad geeps in the consist have been added to handle the ex
L&N SD40 #1256, built May 1971, later became SBD/CSX #8331
Date:
7/12/1979
Location:
Loachapoka, AL
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Collection Of:
Bernie Feltman
Locomotives:
LN 1256(SD40)
SP 8549(SD40T-2)
Author:
Bernie Feltman
Picture Categories: Action
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Georgia Railroad group (GA; A℘ WofA) action photos
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Date
Robert Farkas
General
What a lashup!
1/14/2012 3:57:33 PM
Charles Stookey
General
Plenty of power. What are the two middle units?
1/14/2012 4:33:28 PM
Fred Stuckmann
General
Interesting power there sir.
1/14/2012 6:29:00 PM
David Barrentine
General
Wow what a lashup!! Very nice catch!!
1/15/2012 8:57:41 AM
Olaf Junges
General
Nice consist, great catch & photo!
1/15/2012 1:31:58 PM
Karl Rethwisch
General
Great color !!
1/15/2012 2:03:56 PM
Bryan Smith
General
The 2 middle units are SD40T-2, a model built for SP and the Rio Grande. The air intakes are located along the walkway so as to pull in cooler air when going through tunnels instead of the hot air near the top of a tunnel.
1/15/2012 5:31:38 PM
Charles Burgess
General
Cool lashup; check out the signal too! Nice shot.
1/16/2012 12:46:53 AM
Darrell Krueger
General
Awesome shot, Bernie! I'll agree with Charles, that signal is a nice touch with the rest of the lashup.
1/18/2012 9:26:40 AM
Chris S
General
What a catch, wonderful photo!
1/19/2012 7:35:41 PM
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