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   Map Show Loachapoka on a rail map Views: 1655 Collection Of:   Bernie Feltman
Locomotives: LN 1256(SD40) SP 8549(SD40T-2)    Author:  Bernie Feltman
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
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Name Type Comments 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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