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By:Lee Herbert
Dates:1/20/1982 - 1/16/1982
Album Info:F units
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SOU 6133 in storage
Title:  SOU 6133 in storage
Description:  1.5.80 SOU 6133 in storage at Spencer Shops, later renamed NCTM.
Photo Date:  1/5/1980  Upload Date: 2/15/2022 2:14:38 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Lee Herbert
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Locomotives:  SOU 6133(FP7A)
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In the cab of SOU 6133 while in storage
Title:  In the cab of SOU 6133 while in storage
Description:  1.5.80 SOU 6133 in storage at Spencer Shops, later renamed NCTM.
Photo Date:  1/5/1980  Upload Date: 2/15/2022 2:16:14 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Lee Herbert
Categories:  InCab
Locomotives:  SOU 6133(FP7A)
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SOU 6141
Title:  SOU 6141
Description:  5.24.1981 Southern's Charlotte, NC engine terminal. On the day before (Saturday),the SOU 6141 FP7A and its mate SOU 6147 had taken a round-trip excision from Charlotte to Asheville that I rode with my nephew. View Jim Owens' posted photos above of this trip. Later in the day that I shot this the pair would do a one-way movement to Greensboro to reposition their passenger consist for upcoming excursions in Virginia. SOU 6141 B/D 10/50, BN 12337. 58:19 gearing. Re# 3497 12/16/1983. Retired 4/20/1988. Shortly after sold to R.J. Corman of Tennessee.
Photo Date:  5/24/1981  Upload Date: 12/27/2022 12:22:39 PM
Location:  Charlotte, NC
Author:  Lee Herbert
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Locomotives:  SOU 6141(FP7A)
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SOU 6147
Title:  SOU 6147
Description:  5.24.1981 Southern's Charlotte, NC engine terminal. On the day before (Saturday),the SOU 6147 FP7A and its mate SOU 6141 had taken a round-trip excision from Charlotte to Asheville that I rode with my nephew. Later in the day that I shot this the pair would do a one-way movement to Greensboro to reposition their passenger consist for upcoming excursions in Virginia. SOU 6147 B/D 11/50, BN 12343. 58:19 gearing. Re# 3499 12/6/1983. Retired 4/20/1988. Shortly after sold to New Georgia RR.
Photo Date:  5/24/1981  Upload Date: 12/27/2022 2:02:11 PM
Location:  Charlotte, NC
Author:  Lee Herbert
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Locomotives:  SOU 6147(FP7A)
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SOU 6138
Title:  SOU 6138
Description:  11.10.1983 Southern's Simpson Yard Engine Terminal. SOU 61438 laying over for the upcoming Jacksonville to Valdosta steam excursion with the S&A 750. The Suwanee Steam Special was a tradition during the 80's sponsored by the North Florida Chapter of the NRHS.
Photo Date:  11/10/1983  Upload Date: 12/18/2023 8:21:27 PM
Location:  Jacksonville, FL
Author:  Lee Herbert
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Locomotives:  SOU 6138(FP7A)
Views:  102   Comments: 0
SOU 6147
Title:  SOU 6147
Description:  11.10.1983 Southern's Simpson Yard's Engine Terminal. SOU 6147 laying over for the upcoming Jacksonville to Valdosta steam excursion with the S&A 750. The Suwanee Steam Special was a tradition during the 80's sponsored by the North Florida Chapter of the NRHS. SOU 6147 B/D 11/50, BN 12343. 58:19 gearing. Re# 3499 12/6/1983. Retired 4/20/1988. Shortly after sold to New Georgia RR.
Photo Date:  11/10/1983  Upload Date: 12/18/2023 8:04:57 PM
Location:  Jacksonville, FL
Author:  Lee Herbert
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Locomotives:  SOU 6147(FP7A)
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SOU 3497 on the Broad River Limited
Title:  SOU 3497 on the Broad River Limited
Description:  6.22.1985. SOU FP7 3497 providing assisting power for the Southern 4501 steam locomotive on the Broad River Limited excursion. This trip began in Charlotte, followed the "R" line to Columbia, SC, then to Spartanburg over the "W" line, then returned to Charlotte on the mainline that runs between Atlanta and Washington, D.C. This was shot during a back-up move to prepare for a photo runby at a remote spot named Ogden, just south of Rock Hill, SC. My 7 year old nephew, Jonathan, joined me for the trip.
Photo Date:  6/22/1985  Upload Date: 7/24/2024 4:04:57 PM
Location:  Ogden, SC
Author:  Lee Herbert
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Locomotives:  SOU 3497(FP7A)
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SOU 3499 at speed
Title:  SOU 3499 at speed
Description:  2.22.88 At speed near Everett, GA. SOU 3499 FP7, ex SOU (CNOTP) 6147. BD 11/1950, BN 12343. Followed by SOU 3497 FP7, ex 6141. BD 1950, BN 12337. Retired 4.20.88 to RJ Corman Railroad of Kentucky. Re# 1940 and pulls "My Old Kentucky Dinner Train" out of Bardstown, KY. Consist is making a return to Macon after an early morning trip to Brunswick, GA with NS Research Car 31 tacked on the end.
Photo Date:  2/22/1988  Upload Date: 4/8/2022 11:45:16 AM
Location:  Everett, GA
Author:  Lee Herbert
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SOU 3499(FP7A)
Views:  170   Comments: 0


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