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By:Tim Carr
Dates:6/5/1983 - 12/3/1994
Album Info:Norfolk Southern Steam Program during the 20th Century.
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N&W J611 standing ready for excursion
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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Locomotive Switch Out
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)
Views:  205   Comments: 0
J611 Photo Run By
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)
Views:  224   Comments: 0


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