Southern Railway extra 3816 south, a Georgia Power Wansley coal train with mid-train power, and 6 four-axle, high adhesion locomotives,          
This is what DPU on the Southern Railway looked like 30 years ago. A major benefit of the radio-receiver car was the fact it could be mated to any make or model power and didn't required dedicated DPU locomotives
Date: 9/27/1981 Location: Dalton, GA Views: 1084 Collection Of:   Bernie Feltman
Locomotives: SOU 3817(B36-7) SOU 3818(B36-7) SOU 3819(B36-7)    Author:  Bernie Feltman
Southern Railway extra 3816 south, a Georgia Power Wansley coal train with mid-train power, and 6 four-axle, high adhesion locomotives,
Picture Categories: Action This picture is part of album:  Southern Railway Georgia action shots
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Ken Roble General That is awsome! I was lucky enough to shoot a radio receiver car at Inman in the 90s before they dome away with them 10/2/2010 2:24:46 PM
Bryan Smith General The working folks called them "slave units". The more politically correct white hats called them radio units and were prone to correct you if you called them something else. 10/3/2010 5:55:19 PM
Charles Burgess General Great photo...definitely won't see this anymore! 10/3/2010 9:20:34 PM
Terry Tsutsumi General wow Bernie i like this one all GE's and a radio car!! great capture 5/13/2013 10:05:22 PM

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