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Viewing Album:  Southern Railway
 
By:John Hepp
Dates:1/1/1976 - 12/31/2000
Album Info:I only made a handful of trips to Southern Railway territory but I was lucky enough to ride The Southern Crescent twice.
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Southern 2780
Title:  Southern 2780
Description:  An EMD GP38 switching in a yard at Alexandria, VA, in April 1976.
Photo Date:  4/17/1976  Upload Date: 9/14/2013 11:18:48 AM
Location:  Alexandria, VA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 2780(GP38)
Views:  214   Comments: 0
Southern 6907
Title:  Southern 6907
Description:  The motive power for the Southern Crescent wore these ugly patches for the Bicentennial. Ivy City engine terminal, Washington, August 1976.
Photo Date:  8/14/1976  Upload Date: 9/14/2013 11:23:26 AM
Location:  Ivy City, DC
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  SOU 6907(E8A)
Views:  391   Comments: 0
Southern 6900
Title:  Southern 6900
Description:  Ivy City engine terminal, Washington, August 1976.
Photo Date:  8/14/1976  Upload Date: 9/14/2013 11:24:24 AM
Location:  Ivy City, DC
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  SOU 6900(E8A)
Views:  622   Comments: 0
Southern 6901
Title:  Southern 6901
Description:  This photo always reminds me of favorite train trip to Florida. Instead of taking Amtrak there directly from Philadelphia, I took the then-independent Southern Crescent to Birmingham and then took the Amtrak Floridian (a Chicago to Florida train) from Birmingham to Miami. Heres the Crescent in Birmingham in August 1976.
Photo Date:  8/15/1976  Upload Date: 9/14/2013 11:06:37 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 6901(E8A)
Views:  796   Comments: 0
Southern 1032
Title:  Southern 1032
Description:  Just outside the Atlanta station waits an EMD NW2 with the dome car and a business car to add to Southern Crescent. August 1976. The Southern Railways paint scheme proved that black (when combined with white and gold) could make for an attractive paint scheme (especially when kept clean, as the SR did).
Photo Date:  8/15/1976  Upload Date: 9/14/2013 11:04:49 AM
Location:  Atlanta, GA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SOU 1032(NW2)
Views:  329   Comments: 0
Southern 3000
Title:  Southern 3000
Description:  An EMD SD35 (with the typical Southern high, short hood) seen from the Southern Crescent at Atlanta in August 1976.
Photo Date:  8/15/1976  Upload Date: 9/14/2013 11:08:07 AM
Location:  Atlanta, GA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 3000(SD35) SOU 3254(SD40-2)
Views:  865   Comments: 0
Southern 2027
Title:  Southern 2027
Description:  An ALCO RS3 in Atlanta in August 1976. A year later, this locomotive would be rebuilt by the Southern.
Photo Date:  8/15/1976  Upload Date: 9/14/2013 11:09:21 AM
Location:  Atlanta, GA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 2027(RS3)
Views:  398   Comments: 0
Southern 2343
Title:  Southern 2343
Description:  The EMD SW1500 is working the Atlanta yard with a slug (traction motors but no diesel engine) in August 1976.
Photo Date:  8/15/1976  Upload Date: 9/14/2013 11:11:05 AM
Location:  Atlanta, GA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 2343(SW1500) SOU 914(Yard Slug)
Views:  654   Comments: 0
Southern 6904
Title:  Southern 6904
Description:  EMD E8s on the Southern Crescent at Birmingham, AL, in February 1978
Photo Date:  2/27/1978  Upload Date: 9/14/2013 11:00:28 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 6904(E8A)
Views:  283   Comments: 0
Southern 2873
Title:  Southern 2873
Description:  An EMD GP38 photographed from the Southern Crescent at Anniston, AL, in February 1978
Photo Date:  2/27/1978  Upload Date: 9/14/2013 11:02:10 AM
Location:  Anniston, AL
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SOU 2873(GP38AC)
Views:  399   Comments: 0
Southern 5231
Title:  Southern 5231
Description:  An EMD GP38-2 photographed in Atlanta from the Southern Crescent in February 1978.
Photo Date:  2/27/1978  Upload Date: 9/14/2013 11:12:25 AM
Location:  Atlanta, GA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 5231(GP38-2) SOU 2867(GP38AC) SOU 5221(GP38-2)
Views:  408   Comments: 0
Southern 1033
Title:  Southern 1033
Description:  Just outside the Atlanta station waits an EMD NW2 with the dome car to add to Southern Crescent. February 1978.
Photo Date:  2/27/1978  Upload Date: 9/14/2013 11:13:37 AM
Location:  Atlanta, GA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 1033(NW2)
Views:  292   Comments: 0
Southern 205
Title:  Southern 205
Description:  An EMD SD9 photographed in Atlanta from the Southern Crescent in February 1978.
Photo Date:  2/27/1978  Upload Date: 9/14/2013 11:15:56 AM
Location:  Atlanta, GA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 205(SD9) SOU 206(SD9)
Views:  966   Comments: 1
Southern 2673
Title:  Southern 2673
Description:  An EMD GP35 on a freight in Atlanta photographed from the Southern Crescent in February 1978.
Photo Date:  2/27/1978  Upload Date: 9/14/2013 11:14:55 AM
Location:  Atlanta, GA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 2673(GP35)
Views:  245   Comments: 0
Southern 3218
Title:  Southern 3218
Description:  An EMD SD40-2 operating long hood forward (as the Southern intended) near Meridian MS, in February 1978. Photographed from the Southern Crescent.
Photo Date:  2/27/1978  Upload Date: 9/14/2013 11:17:17 AM
Location:  Meridian, MS
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SOU 3218(SD40-2)
Views:  333   Comments: 0
Southern 6911
Title:  Southern 6911
Description:  Just starting its long journey to New York, the Southern Crescent leaves New Orleans on February 28, 1978.
Photo Date:  2/28/1978  Upload Date: 9/14/2013 10:52:13 AM
Location:  New Orleans - NOUPT, LA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 6911(E8A)
Views:  287   Comments: 0
Southern 6911
Title:  Southern 6911
Description:  The Southern Crescent leaves New Orleans in February 1978.
Photo Date:  2/28/1978  Upload Date: 9/14/2013 10:53:17 AM
Location:  New Orleans - NOUPT, LA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 6911(E8A)
Views:  267   Comments: 0
The Southern Crescent
Title:  The Southern Crescent
Description:  The dome car that was used between New Orleans and Atlanta at the tail of the Southern Crescent in February 1978.
Photo Date:  2/28/1978  Upload Date: 9/14/2013 10:54:38 AM
Location:  New Orleans - NOUPT, LA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  290   Comments: 0
Southern 6909
Title:  Southern 6909
Description:  The second unit (of four) on the Southern Crescent at New Orleans on February 28,1978.
Photo Date:  2/28/1978  Upload Date: 9/14/2013 10:56:36 AM
Location:  New Orleans - NOUPT, LA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  SOU 6909(E8A)
Views:  252   Comments: 0
Southern 6911
Title:  Southern 6911
Description:  Just before starting its long journey to New York, the Southern Crescent prepares to leave New Orleans on February 28, 1978.
Photo Date:  2/28/1978  Upload Date: 9/14/2013 10:58:08 AM
Location:  New Orleans - NOUPT, LA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  SOU 6911(E8A)
Views:  234   Comments: 0
Southern 6902
Title:  Southern 6902
Description:  Southern was one of the railroads that did not join Amtrak in 1971 and operated a dwindling number of passenger trains including the Southern Crescent, seen here in Alexandria, VA, in March 1978.
Photo Date:  3/11/1978  Upload Date: 9/14/2013 10:49:35 AM
Location:  Alexandria, VA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 6902(E8A)
Views:  271   Comments: 0
Southern 6914
Title:  Southern 6914
Description:  Four EMD E8s head the Washington-bound Southern Crescent outside Alexandria, VA, in March 1978. Less than a year later, Amtrak would take over the operation of this train.
Photo Date:  3/11/1978  Upload Date: 9/14/2013 10:50:47 AM
Location:  Alexandria, VA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 6914(E8A)
Views:  433   Comments: 0
The Southern Crescent
Title:  The Southern Crescent
Description:  The Southern Crescent stops at Alexandria station in March 1978.
Photo Date:  3/11/1978  Upload Date: 9/14/2013 11:20:23 AM
Location:  Alexandria, VA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  179   Comments: 0
Southern X725
Title:  Southern X725
Description:  Roanoke, VA, September 1989.
Photo Date:  9/8/1989  Upload Date: 9/14/2013 11:21:59 AM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  159   Comments: 0
NS 7012
Title:  NS 7012
Description:  An EMD GP50 built for the Southern Railway at Fuquay-Varina, NC, on May 31, 1992.
Photo Date:  5/31/1992  Upload Date: 9/14/2013 11:27:24 AM
Location:  Fuquay-Varina, NC
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  NS 7012(GP50)
Views:  286   Comments: 0
NS 5063
Title:  NS 5063
Description:  An EMD GP38-2 at Fuquay-Varina, NC, on May 31, 1992. Note the small "SOU" lettering under the number.
Photo Date:  5/31/1992  Upload Date: 9/14/2013 11:28:34 AM
Location:  Fuquay-Varina, NC
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  NS 5063(GP38-2)
Views:  266   Comments: 0
Southern 6133
Title:  Southern 6133
Description:  An EMD FP7 at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in June 1992.
Photo Date:  6/13/1992  Upload Date: 9/14/2013 11:26:01 AM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:  SOU 6133(FP7A)
Views:  870   Comments: 0

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