Seaboard System GP16's #4718 & 4738 and U18B #255 lead an intermodal train          
Seaboard System GP16 #4718 was built September 1952 as Seaboard Air Line GP7 #1809, later re# Seaboard Coast Line #989. Was rebuilt to GP16 May 1980 and later re# CSX #1764. After leaving roster, unit became Louisville & Indiana (LIRC) #1764, then Pee Dee River Railroad (PDRR) #1764
Date: 10/18/1983 Location: Atlanta, GA   Map Show Atlanta on a rail map Views: 1068 Collection Of:   Bernie Feltman
Locomotives: SBD 4718(GP16) SBD 4738(GP16) SBD 255(U18B)    Author:  Bernie Feltman
Seaboard System GP16's #4718 & 4738 and U18B #255 lead an intermodal train
Picture Categories: Action This picture is part of album:  SBD-Seaboard System Georgia action photos
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Name Type Comments Date
Robert Farkas General Good use of the curve. Is that the legendary kudzu on the left? I hear it takes over almost anywhere. 4/14/2012 9:47:12 PM
Ken Roble General A far cry from the ever present GEs we see today. 4/15/2012 12:11:46 AM
Charles Burgess General GP16s leading an intermodal; don't get much better than that! 4/15/2012 11:06:10 AM
Fred Stuckmann General Great shot. 4/15/2012 11:18:04 AM
Chris S General Wonderful photo! 4/15/2012 11:34:05 AM
Jim Vivian General Another one from the good old days of TOFC 4/15/2012 12:32:18 PM
Charles Stookey General Please keep the kudzu. Nice curve shot. 4/15/2012 9:11:17 PM
Olaf Junges General Fantastic photo! 4/16/2012 7:58:24 AM
Jared Blocker General I used to see basically the same setup (times 2, but minus the intermodal) come by my house on the SAL's Savannah-Montgomery main. Great shot and thanks for the memories! 7/9/2012 10:50:53 AM

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