| A DEEP SOUTH STEAM EXCURSION train en route from New Orleans to Hattiesburg was being turned on the unloading loop at the South Mississippi Electric Power Association’s plant at Richburg, Mississippi, about five miles from the train’s destination. The train consisted of former Savannah & Atlanta 4-6-2 750 with water car WT-52, Southern Railway FP7’s 6138 and 6147, former New Yok Central sleeper lounge LAUREL STREAM, former Central of Georgia combine 726, lightweight Southern coaches 844, 841, 842, 843 and 845, and heavyweight cars 1070, 4061, 1067, 3659, 1068, 1087, 1086,1081 and 1056. After the train was back on the main line, GP38-2 5033 pulled it backwards into Hattiesburg. This photo as taken from car 3659. |