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By:Michael Palmieri
Dates:1/1/1973 - 4/23/1985
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8:45 A.M.
Title:  8:45 A.M.
Description:  Former L&N U23B 2810 was working as the FLOMATON SWITCHER at the north end of the Seaboard System's Flomaton yard. The coal tower was built in 1943 and stradles the two main tracks, but it saw less than ten years of use before steam disappeared from this part of the L&N.
Photo Date:  4/23/1985  Upload Date: 1/3/2010 1:53:02 AM
Location:  Flomaton, AL
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Scenic,Yard
Locomotives:  SBD 2810(U23B)
Views:  811   Comments: 1
10:07 A.M.
Title:  10:07 A.M.
Description:  GP38-2 6055, in Family Lines colors, and former SCL GP40's 6671, 6765, 6732 and 6789 power Seaboard System train No. 601 through Atmore, Alabama. The photo was taken from the Burlington Northern (ex-Frisco) overpass, and the tracks on the left are the SBD-BN interchange. No. 601 originated in Jacksonville and will be delivered to the Southern Pacific at New Orleans.
Photo Date:  4/23/1985  Upload Date: 12/31/2009 8:53:48 PM
Location:  Atmore, AL
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SBD 6055(GP38-2)
Views:  1110   Comments: 4
10:09 A.M.
Title:  10:09 A.M.
Description:  A clound covers former SCL caboose 05726 and the rear of Seaboard System train No. 601. The bright sunshine was only 12 cars away!
Photo Date:  4/23/1985  Upload Date: 1/3/2010 2:38:15 AM
Location:  Atmore, AL
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  915   Comments: 3
10:40 A.M.
Title:  10:40 A.M.
Description:  With horns blaring, the quintet of GE's on Seaboard System train No. 606 thunders across James Road at Nokomis, Alabama. No. 606 is a New Orleans-Jacksonville train, with traffic from the Union Pacific (MP). Today's train has U30B 5531, U36B 5752, B23-7 5108, U36B 5777 and U30B 5527. No. 601, headed from Jacksonville to the Espee at New Orleans, is waiting in the siding.
Photo Date:  4/23/1985  Upload Date: 12/31/2009 8:59:47 PM
Location:  Nokomis, AL
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SBD 6055(GP38-2)
Views:  821   Comments: 3
11:12 A.M.
Title:  11:12 A.M.
Description:  After running under Centralized Traffic Control from Mobile, the head-end crew on Seaboard System train No. 606 gets their clearance form and orders as they curve onto the unsignaled "Dispatcher's Manual Block" territory to Pensacola and beyond. No. 606 is a New Orleans-Jacksonville train, with traffic off of the UP (MP). The five GE's on today's train are U30B 5531, U36B 5752, B23-7 5108, U36B 5777 and U30B 5527.
Photo Date:  4/23/1985  Upload Date: 12/31/2009 9:12:44 PM
Location:  Flomaton, AL
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  SBD 5531(U30B)
Views:  1168   Comments: 4
11:19 A.M.
Title:  11:19 A.M.
Description:  L&N 6641 -- one of the Seaboard System's newest cabooses -- is on the rear of train No. 606 as it heads for Pensacola and points east. The L&N got 50 of these from Fruit Growers Express in early 1981, so the car is only four years old.
Photo Date:  4/23/1985  Upload Date: 1/3/2010 2:41:02 AM
Location:  Flomaton, AL
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  1046   Comments: 2
12:25 P.M.
Title:  12:25 P.M.
Description:  Seaboard System No. 522 arrives in Flomaton, Alabama for a meet with two southbound trains. It's locomotives are GP40 6742 and GP16 4627. The track on the left is the beginning of the PD Subdivision to Pensacola. No. 522, and its southbound counterpart 523, were daily jobs between Mobile and Montgomery. Known on the M&M Sub-Division as the "House Freights," they normally performed setouts and pickups at Georgiana, Brewton, Flomaton and Bay Minette.
Photo Date:  4/23/1985  Upload Date: 1/2/2010 9:39:30 PM
Location:  Flomaton, AL
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  SBD 6742(GP40)
Views:  901   Comments: 3
12:30 P.M.
Title:  12:30 P.M.
Description:  Seaboard System train No. 522 - with GP40 6742 and GP16 4627 - was meeting No. 613 - with SD45-2's 3612 and 3617 (both in Clinchfield black) and SD45 2018. On the right was the Flomaton Switcher, U23B 2810, and visible above the switcher's cab was the concrete coaling tower which straddles the two main tracks.
Photo Date:  4/23/1985  Upload Date: 12/27/2009 10:04:09 AM
Location:  Flomaton, AL
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  SBD 6742(GP40)
Views:  742   Comments: 2
1:00 P.M.
Title:  1:00 P.M.
Description:  A trio of ex-L&N U30C's -- 1486, 1494 and 1540 -- power a southbound Seaboard System coal train over former L&N rails. The coal is bound for export at Mobile. A thin cloud of coal dust hovers over the cars.
Photo Date:  4/23/1985  Upload Date: 1/3/2010 1:37:57 AM
Location:  Canoe, AL
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  SBD 1486(U30C)
Views:  1164   Comments: 2
1:10 P.M.
Title:  1:10 P.M.
Description:  A northbound Seaboard System local sits in the siding at Atmore for two meets, while its crew goes to lunch. The overpass is the Burlington Northern's former Frisco line to Pensacola.
Photo Date:  4/23/1985  Upload Date: 1/2/2010 9:51:19 PM
Location:  Atmore, AL
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  SBD 4645(GP16)
Views:  1220   Comments: 3
1:22 P.M.
Title:  1:22 P.M.
Description:  Seaboard System's Atlanta-New Orleans train No. 613 rolls beneath the Burlington Northern overpass in Atmore, Alabama. The date on the bridge pier reads 1927, and bridge still displays a FRISCO LINES coonskin emblem. The train has a pair of SD45-2's in Clinchfield black (3612, 3617), SD45 2018 in Seaboard Sytem paint, 45 cars, and L&N caboose 6196.
Photo Date:  4/23/1985  Upload Date: 1/2/2010 9:23:49 PM
Location:  Atmore, AL
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  SBD 3612(SD45-2)
Views:  925   Comments: 4
1:24 P.M.
Title:  1:24 P.M.
Description:  L&N caboose 6196 brings up the rear of Seaboard System train No. 613 as it rolls through Atmore, Alabama. The sign along U.S. Highway 31 reads BAY MINETTE 19, MOBILE 52.
Photo Date:  4/23/1985  Upload Date: 1/2/2010 9:31:14 PM
Location:  Atmore, AL
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  477   Comments: 2
2:44 P.M.
Title:  2:44 P.M.
Description:  Well-weathered Seaboard System U30B 5540 was leading the southbound STELLA TURN through the siding at Gonzalez, for a meet with No. 605. This 6-day local originated at Goulding Yard in Pensacola, and was returning home. The train's primary purpose was switching and lining up cars at the paper mill at Cantonment and interchange with the Frisco. Stella is the next station north of Cantonment; however, the train seldom went that far unless it had business at the small woodyard that used to be located there.
Photo Date:  4/23/1985  Upload Date: 1/2/2010 6:59:11 PM
Location:  Gonzalez, FL
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SBD 5540(U30B)
Views:  779   Comments: 4
2:48 P.M.
Title:  2:48 P.M.
Description:  L&N caboose 6200 was bringing up the rear of the Seaboard System's southbound STELLA TURN at Gonzalez, Florida.
Photo Date:  4/23/1985  Upload Date: 1/2/2010 9:18:53 PM
Location:  Gonzalez, FL
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  364   Comments: 3
2:49 P.M.
Title:  2:49 P.M.
Description:  The motive power on Jacksonville-New Orleans train No. 605 passes the caboose on the southbound STELLA TURN. No. 605 had GP38-2 6024, GP35 1108, and GP40's 6709 and 6654; while the cab on the TURN was L&N 6200. No. 605 handled traffic for the UP (MP).
Photo Date:  4/23/1985  Upload Date: 1/2/2010 6:27:06 PM
Location:  Gonzalez, FL
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SBD 6024(GP38-2)
Views:  925   Comments: 3
2:52 P.M.
Title:  2:52 P.M.
Description:  A pair of L&N cabs pass at Gonzalez. Red 6488 is on Jacksonville-New Orleans train No. 605, while Family Lines gray 6200 is on the southbound STELLA TURN.
Photo Date:  4/23/1985  Upload Date: 1/2/2010 9:14:03 PM
Location:  Gonzalez, FL
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  712   Comments: 3


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