Southern Crescent, southbound, September, 1974
An FP-7 and a heavyweight coach in the consist.
Date:
9/1/1974
Location:
Purvis, MS
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4470
Collection Of:
John Sita
Locomotives:
SOU 6914(E8A)
Author:
John Sita
Picture Categories: Passenger
This picture is part of album:
Southern and Friends - 70s & 80s
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steven langsford
General
AWSOME PHOTO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IS THIS A tourist train???
11/18/2006 4:57:17 PM
Jon Searles
General
It doesn't look like a tourist train, as the equipment matches! Nice shot!!
5/13/2007 4:09:19 PM
Lucas McIntyre
General
Nice consist, yah I'd highly agree that is not a tourist train. That shot is one of my favorites now.
12/23/2007 12:21:03 AM
Jenny Vaughn
General
Beautiful!
5/25/2008 12:24:53 AM
Andy Guthrie
General
In revenue service. Southern Railway didn't join Amtrak till 1979. The Southern Crescent was both the last privately operated overnight train in the US and the last real E-unit streamliner.
8/2/2008 10:25:27 PM
William H. Davis Jr.
General
Great shot
8/12/2008 3:07:49 PM
J. Williams
General
Great Shot, Love It!
11/18/2008 11:49:49 PM
Jim Gavin
General
Nice shot John.
1/21/2009 9:44:19 AM
George Redmond
General
Excellent shot, Nice catch.
1/21/2009 1:04:30 PM
Ted Marshall
General
Those old Southern E8s A/B sets really turn me on! Great shot.
6/4/2009 6:10:32 PM
Jonathan Hinely
General
I love this shot. The heavyweight almost looks like a full dome if you look at it from a distance. Again great shot
12/5/2009 10:23:20 PM
Bernie Feltman
General
GREAT photo !!
1/13/2011 11:17:54 PM
Jim Satterwhite
General
I take it that the photo was not taken in 2005 but prior to 1979. Great location and great capture.
3/3/2011 6:02:19 PM
Ron Moraca
General
WHAT A KILLER SHOT OF THE SOUTHERN CRESCENT, LED BY SOU EHA #6914, JOHN!!!!!!
5/31/2011 8:00:48 PM
Fred Stuckmann
General
Very nice.
10/7/2011 4:57:56 PM
Kevin Nelson
General
Very Nice John: I believe this to be an upload date, Am I correct?
11/3/2012 6:28:26 PM
Tom Beckett
General
Beautiful shot of one of America's last great passenger trains, and one which survived the onset of Amtrak in 1971. It was a joy to ride, and the diner could not have been better-prime rib you could cut with a fork!! Some of the E units wound up on NJ Transit after the Crescent went to Amtrak. I had the good fortune to see them working out of South Amboy on the NY&LB in the 80's. It was not the first time a Southern E traded off to a GG 1, though!!
3/4/2018 3:37:48 AM
Joe Korienek
General
Beauty! Homepage today.
1/7/2021 11:22:33 PM
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