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On the platform at the "little" Terminal Station. #1 just arrived at right. Train 2 is getting reddy to leave on the left.
Title:  On the platform at the "little" Terminal Station. #1 just arrived at right. Train 2 is getting reddy to leave on the left.
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/6/1974  Upload Date: 2/19/2013 5:48:21 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Bob Hasty
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  243   Comments: 1
Heading into the Terminal Ssation in Birmingham. Look close and you can see the nose of the outbound train 2, which will originate here in a couple of hours.
Title:  Heading into the Terminal Ssation in Birmingham. Look close and you can see the nose of the outbound train 2, which will originate here in a couple of hours.
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Photo Date:  9/6/1974  Upload Date: 2/21/2013 5:48:36 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Bob Hasty
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  435   Comments: 1
Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/6/1974  Upload Date: 2/21/2013 5:49:45 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Bob Hasty
Categories:  Passenger,Action
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Views:  145   Comments: 0
Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/6/1974  Upload Date: 2/21/2013 5:50:18 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Bob Hasty
Categories:  Passenger,Action
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Views:  111   Comments: 0
Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/6/1974  Upload Date: 2/22/2013 12:06:30 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Bob Hasty
Categories:  Passenger,Track,Action
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Views:  134   Comments: 0
Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/6/1974  Upload Date: 2/22/2013 12:03:49 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Bob Hasty
Categories:  Passenger,Track
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Views:  129   Comments: 0
Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/6/1974  Upload Date: 2/21/2013 5:49:09 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Bob Hasty
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  215   Comments: 0
Heading towards Memphis! Train 1 has just arrived and will have to back out of the station to get on the route to New Orleans. The "Little" Terminal Station is on the left.
Title:  Heading towards Memphis! Train 1 has just arrived and will have to back out of the station to get on the route to New Orleans. The "Little" Terminal Station is on the left.
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/6/1974  Upload Date: 2/21/2013 5:44:41 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Bob Hasty
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  349   Comments: 0
Arriving Birmingham, going by Woodlawn Jct at 50th St. Sou 1054 works on the Industrial Lead.
Title:  Arriving Birmingham, going by Woodlawn Jct at 50th St. Sou 1054 works on the Industrial Lead.
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/6/1974  Upload Date: 2/21/2013 5:45:11 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Bob Hasty
Categories:  Roster,Passenger,Track
Locomotives:  SOU 1054(NW2)
Views:  338   Comments: 0
Seaboard Coast Line SD35 #1918 in Louisville & Nashville's Boyles Yard
Title:  Seaboard Coast Line SD35 #1918 in Louisville & Nashville's Boyles Yard
Description:  Seaboard Coast Line SD35 #1918 was built June 1965 as Atlantic Coast Line #1018. Later became Seaboard System #4593, then CSX #4593
Photo Date:  10/1/1974  Upload Date: 4/3/2011 10:19:03 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Bernie Feltman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SCL 1918(SD35) SCL 1824(U36B)
Views:  1309   Comments: 8
SOU 1130
Title:  SOU 1130
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/20/1974  Upload Date: 6/19/2009 11:29:13 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Craig Mashburn
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOU 1130(SW7)
Views:  590   Comments: 3
Southern Crescent
Title:  Southern Crescent
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/20/1974  Upload Date: 6/19/2009 11:45:40 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Craig Mashburn
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  362   Comments: 1
SOU 6914
Title:  SOU 6914
Description:  Southern Crescent
Photo Date:  12/20/1974  Upload Date: 6/19/2009 12:00:27 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Craig Mashburn
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  SOU 6914(E8A)
Views:  875   Comments: 1
SOU 6914
Title:  SOU 6914
Description:  Southern Crescent
Photo Date:  12/20/1974  Upload Date: 6/19/2009 11:59:52 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Craig Mashburn
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  SOU 6914(E8A)
Views:  854   Comments: 2
SOU 6914
Title:  SOU 6914
Description:  Southern Crescent
Photo Date:  12/20/1974  Upload Date: 6/19/2009 11:59:03 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Craig Mashburn
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  SOU 6914(E8A)
Views:  632   Comments: 0
Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum (HOD) stored SW.  The museum stored a line of equipment here through the 70s and early 80s until establishing at its current location in Calera, AL
Title:  Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum (HOD) stored SW. The museum stored a line of equipment here through the 70s and early 80s until establishing at its current location in Calera, AL
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/31/1974  Upload Date: 8/2/2010 12:12:59 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
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Views:  338   Comments: 0
Steamer stored by HOD in downtown near Amtrak Station
Title:  Steamer stored by HOD in downtown near Amtrak Station
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/31/1974  Upload Date: 8/1/2010 11:58:09 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
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Views:  555   Comments: 0
Alabama Power #3 sits in storage line of HOD museum near downtwon.
Title:  Alabama Power #3 sits in storage line of HOD museum near downtwon.
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/31/1974  Upload Date: 8/1/2010 11:58:10 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  AMC 3(0-4-0T)
Views:  643   Comments: 0
Woodward #38 sits in the HOD storage lines near downtown
Title:  Woodward #38 sits in the HOD storage lines near downtown
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/31/1974  Upload Date: 8/1/2010 11:58:10 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  WDIR 38(2-8-0)
Views:  458   Comments: 0
United States Army steamer sits in the HOD storage line near downtown Brimingham at the new Amtrak Station
Title:  United States Army steamer sits in the HOD storage line near downtown Brimingham at the new Amtrak Station
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/31/1974  Upload Date: 8/1/2010 11:58:11 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  USAX 610(2-8-0)
Views:  753   Comments: 1
Alabama By-Products 4046 sits in the HOD dead storage lines in downtown.
Title:  Alabama By-Products 4046 sits in the HOD dead storage lines in downtown.
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/31/1974  Upload Date: 8/1/2010 11:58:11 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  ABC 4046(0-6-0)
Views:  674   Comments: 0
Southern Railway local rolls by the 4449  on its way to swtich industrial concerns in the city
Title:  Southern Railway local rolls by the 4449 on its way to swtich industrial concerns in the city
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/31/1974  Upload Date: 8/1/2010 11:58:50 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SOU 2705(GP35) AFT 4449(4-8-4)
Views:  1481   Comments: 1
SP Daylight X4449 hides behind the American Freedom Train colors as it does AMF duties
Title:  SP Daylight X4449 hides behind the American Freedom Train colors as it does AMF duties
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/31/1974  Upload Date: 8/1/2010 11:58:50 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  AFT 4449(4-8-4)
Views:  690   Comments: 0
Whisps of steam show that 4449 is anything but a dead display on the AFT
Title:  Whisps of steam show that 4449 is anything but a dead display on the AFT
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/31/1974  Upload Date: 8/1/2010 11:58:46 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  AFT 4449(4-8-4)
Views:  1090   Comments: 0
A face only a mother could love?  SP 4449 in disquise as AFT power
Title:  A face only a mother could love? SP 4449 in disquise as AFT power
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/31/1974  Upload Date: 8/1/2010 11:58:46 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  AFT 4449(4-8-4)
Views:  868   Comments: 0
Shot of rear of tender of 4449 in AFT service
Title:  Shot of rear of tender of 4449 in AFT service
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/31/1974  Upload Date: 8/1/2010 11:58:47 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  AFT 4449(4-8-4)
Views:  849   Comments: 1
Rear Platform Observation on American Freedom Train.  The remains of the Birmingham Union Station station is to the left
Title:  Rear Platform Observation on American Freedom Train. The remains of the Birmingham Union Station station is to the left
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/31/1974  Upload Date: 8/1/2010 11:58:47 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  483   Comments: 2
Southern Railway E8A #6907 leads the Washington, DC bound Crescent (#20)
Title:  Southern Railway E8A #6907 leads the Washington, DC bound Crescent (#20)
Description:  Southern Railway E8A #6907 was built December 1953
Photo Date:  4/5/1975  Upload Date: 7/27/2012 10:39:55 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Bernie Feltman
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 6907(E8A)
Views:  1039   Comments: 7
US Steel 70-Tonner
Title:  US Steel 70-Tonner
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/1975  Upload Date: 1/4/2004 11:02:40 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  F E Audrey Jr
Categories: 
Locomotives:  USSX 62(70Tonner)
Views:  3191   Comments: 2
Birmingham Southern RR caboose in HOD storage line
Title:  Birmingham Southern RR caboose in HOD storage line
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/6/1975  Upload Date: 8/2/2010 10:24:56 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories:  Yard
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Views:  788   Comments: 0
4449 on the American Freedom Train
Title:  4449 on the American Freedom Train
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/6/1975  Upload Date: 8/1/2010 11:58:46 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  AFT 4449(4-8-4)
Views:  1117   Comments: 0
Side shot of 4449 on American Freedom Train display at Birmingham Union Station
Title:  Side shot of 4449 on American Freedom Train display at Birmingham Union Station
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/6/1975  Upload Date: 8/1/2010 11:58:48 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  AFT 4449(4-8-4)
Views:  769   Comments: 0
SLSF 925
Title:  SLSF 925
Description:  SD45, new to Frisco, became BN 6674
Photo Date:  6/21/1975  Upload Date: 2/8/2024 1:54:49 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Bill Folsom
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLSF 925(SD45)
Views:  59   Comments: 0
SOU 4501
Title:  SOU 4501
Description:  One of my first serious photo attempts of a train. That's Ronald Norman peeking out from behind the coal pile. Little did we know how much steam we would both see come and go in the next 30 years.
Photo Date:  4/1/1976  Upload Date: 5/15/2006 1:30:14 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Robert Duncan Sr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOU 4501(2-8-2)
Views:  1259   Comments: 1
Head on view of Reading T1 (4-8-4) 2101 powers the American Freedom Train
Title:  Head on view of Reading T1 (4-8-4) 2101 powers the American Freedom Train
Description:  Head on view of Reading T1 (4-8-4) 2101 powers the American Freedom Train
Photo Date:  5/27/1976  Upload Date: 8/1/2010 11:58:07 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  AFT 1(4-8-4)
Views:  1256   Comments: 0
Reading T1 (4-8-4) 2101 powers the American Freedom Train  on display for the crowd
Title:  Reading T1 (4-8-4) 2101 powers the American Freedom Train on display for the crowd
Description:  Reading T1 (4-8-4) 2101 powers the American Freedom Train on display for the crowd
Photo Date:  5/27/1976  Upload Date: 8/1/2010 11:58:07 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  AFT 1(4-8-4)
Views:  990   Comments: 0
Reading T1 (4-8-4) 2101 powers the American Freedom Train
Title:  Reading T1 (4-8-4) 2101 powers the American Freedom Train
Description:  Reading T1 (4-8-4) 2101 powers the American Freedom Train
Photo Date:  5/27/1976  Upload Date: 8/1/2010 11:58:08 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  AFT 1(4-8-4)
Views:  2977   Comments: 0
Reading T1 (4-8-4) 2101 of the American Freedom Train tour sits out at the old terminal station for the crowds of spectators
Title:  Reading T1 (4-8-4) 2101 of the American Freedom Train tour sits out at the old terminal station for the crowds of spectators
Description:  Reading T1 (4-8-4) 2101 of the American Freedom Train tour sits out at the old terminal station for the crowds of spectators
Photo Date:  5/27/1976  Upload Date: 8/1/2010 11:58:49 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  AFT 1(4-8-4)
Views:  1622   Comments: 0
Distance shot of the American Freedom Train at the remains of old Birmingham Terminal Station .
Title:  Distance shot of the American Freedom Train at the remains of old Birmingham Terminal Station .
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/6/1976  Upload Date: 8/1/2010 11:58:06 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4) AFT 1(4-8-4)
Views:  1222   Comments: 0
Front detail shot of 4449 on AFT
Title:  Front detail shot of 4449 on AFT
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/6/1976  Upload Date: 8/1/2010 11:58:48 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 4449(4-8-4)
Views:  356   Comments: 0
Southern 6901
Title:  Southern 6901
Description:  This photo always reminds me of favorite train trip to Florida. Instead of taking Amtrak there directly from Philadelphia, I took the then-independent Southern Crescent to Birmingham and then took the Amtrak Floridian (a Chicago to Florida train) from Birmingham to Miami. Heres the Crescent in Birmingham in August 1976.
Photo Date:  8/15/1976  Upload Date: 9/14/2013 11:06:37 AM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 6901(E8A)
Views:  847   Comments: 0
SOU 3199
Title:  SOU 3199
Description:  Picture from aboard the Southern Crescent - Unknown location
Photo Date:  12/1/1976  Upload Date: 1/20/2008 12:47:16 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Craig Mashburn
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOU 3199(SD40)
Views:  770   Comments: 1
SOU 1613
Title:  SOU 1613
Description:  You can see the Amtrak through sleeper in the Southern Crescent
Photo Date:  12/1/1976  Upload Date: 1/20/2008 3:27:10 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Craig Mashburn
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  1092   Comments: 2
AMTK 2619
Title:  AMTK 2619
Description:  This is a through sleeper from Amtrak's Sunset Limited to Southern's Crescent
Photo Date:  12/1/1976  Upload Date: 1/20/2008 3:16:49 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Craig Mashburn
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  814   Comments: 0
SOU 1613
Title:  SOU 1613
Description:  Southern Crescent
Photo Date:  12/1/1976  Upload Date: 1/20/2008 3:24:21 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Craig Mashburn
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  1246   Comments: 1
SOU 3308
Title:  SOU 3308
Description:  On the Southern Crescent
Photo Date:  12/1/1976  Upload Date: 1/20/2008 3:28:56 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Craig Mashburn
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  688   Comments: 0
SOU 6910
Title:  SOU 6910
Description:  Southern Crescent
Photo Date:  12/1/1976  Upload Date: 1/20/2008 3:37:23 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Craig Mashburn
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  SOU 6910(E8A)
Views:  903   Comments: 3
SOU 6908
Title:  SOU 6908
Description:  Southern Crescent
Photo Date:  12/1/1976  Upload Date: 1/20/2008 3:38:40 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Craig Mashburn
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  SOU 6908(E8A)
Views:  616   Comments: 0
SOU 6913
Title:  SOU 6913
Description:  Southern Crescent
Photo Date:  12/1/1976  Upload Date: 1/20/2008 3:39:56 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Craig Mashburn
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  SOU 6913(E8A)
Views:  814   Comments: 0
SOU 711
Title:  SOU 711
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/1/1976  Upload Date: 1/20/2008 3:41:19 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Craig Mashburn
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  529   Comments: 0


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