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| Title: |
AT 4008, 4007 & 4009 |
| Description: |
On January 19, 1973, Dad shot Auto-Train U36Bs 4008, 4007 & 4009 leading southbound Louisville & Nashville train #867 through Etowah, Tennessee. The Auto-Train engines were built to Seaboard Coast Line specifications and had a toggle switch in the cab for "freight" and "passenger" - with the idea being that if Auto-Train folded within a year or two the engines could be sold to SCL for freight use. Auto-Train actually operated for 10 years on two routes - the original and primary route was from Lorton, VA to Sanford, FL and a second route from Louisville, KY to Sanford. When Dad shot this one in 1973 the engines were making test runs from Louisville to Florida for Auto-Train to determine which route to actually use. They would eventually settle on a route that took the train through Nashville along the same route as Amtraks Floridian - and in fact the Amtrak and Auto-Train trains would sometimes be combined into one. On one of the test runs these units ran on the K&A route of the L&N, Dad got to ride home in the cab, to Etowah from Morley, TN. |
| Photo Date: |
1/19/1973 Upload Date: 5/27/2016 4:24:18 PM |
| Location: |
Etowah, TN |
| Author: |
Robert Thomson |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
AT 4008(U36B) AT 4007(U36B) AT 4009(U36B) |
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464 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
AT S12 621 |
| Description: |
On June 19, 1975 Dad shot Auto-Train S12 621 (ex-EL 621, nee-Erie 621) at Sanford, Florida. |
| Photo Date: |
6/19/1975 Upload Date: 5/28/2016 10:24:45 PM |
| Location: |
Sanford, FL |
| Author: |
Robert Thomson |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AT 621(S12) |
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178 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
AT U36B 4002 |
| Description: |
On June 22, 1975 Dad shot Auto-Train U36B 4002 undergoing service at the Auto-Train engine shops in Sanford, Florida. |
| Photo Date: |
6/22/1975 Upload Date: 5/30/2016 4:03:10 PM |
| Location: |
Sanford, FL |
| Author: |
Robert Thomson |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AT 4002(U36B) |
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170 Comments: 0 |
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