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| Title: |
N&W J611 standing ready for excursion |
| Description: |
N&W J611 standing at the old Birmingham Terminal site prior to the excursion to Chattanooga, Tennesse. |
| Photo Date: |
6/5/1983 Upload Date: 10/28/2011 8:13:17 PM |
| Location: |
Birmingham, AL |
| Author: |
Tim Carr |
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| Locomotives: |
NW 611(4-8-4) |
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392 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Locomotive Switch Out |
| Description: |
One of the engines crewmen gives hand signals to the engineer as Southern diesel locomotive number 2409 closes the distance to the excursion train. Before passengers can disembark the excursion train at the Chattanooga Choo Choo A switch out on locomotive power is necessary to move the excursion train onto the grounds of the former terminal station. After uncoupling from the excursion train. N & W J 611 moved to another location to take on water and coal for the return trip back to Birmingham. Seen here moving toward the parked excursion train is a diesel locomotive that is capable of negotiating the tight curves of trackage leading to the Choo Choo. Aboard the Norfolk Southern Birmingham-Chattanooga Steam Excursion Train, in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee. |
| Photo Date: |
6/5/1983 Upload Date: 9/23/2016 9:16:43 PM |
| Location: |
Chattanooga, TN |
| Author: |
Tim Carr |
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| Locomotives: |
NS 2409(MP15DC) |
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156 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
J611 Photo Run By |
| Description: |
Steam locomotive N & W J 611 proceeding up the tracks during the photo run-by in Valley Head, Alabama. Photo run-by of the Norfolk Southern Birmingham-Chattanooga Steam Excursion Train. Valley Head, Dekalb County, Alabama. June 5, 1983. |
| Photo Date: |
6/5/1983 Upload Date: 9/23/2016 9:02:47 PM |
| Location: |
Valley Head, AL |
| Author: |
Tim Carr |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NW 611(4-8-4) |
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200 Comments: 0 |
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