Steam & Excursion > Southern 4501 along a levee near New Orleans

Nov 85
4501 (along with a couple of FP7 units) heads north on the Southern along Lake Ponchatrain on an excursion to Hattiesburgh.
A few years before, Southern was letting the engine pull 15 cars over this route with no diesels.

Gary

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A beautiful shot.

What a great location for photos!
Bob

Quality shot!

That's one fine action shot !  Thanks for sharing, Gary. 

I remember seeing a Southern steam engine in the Smithsonian in D.C. back the late 60's.  What number was that one?  4501 sounds familiar. 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/22/22 08:31 by ExStarlightHog.

ExStarlightHog Wrote:
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> I remember seeing a Southern steam engine in the
> Smitsonian in D.C. back the late 60's.  What
> number was that one?  4501 sounds familiar. 

The one in the museum in Washington D.C. is a PS4 Pacific, #1401. The 2-8-2 pictured above is #4501, which was used in Southern Rwy.excursion service, and is still operational on the Tennessee Valley RR, out of Chattanooga, TN.

HotWater Wrote:
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> ExStarlightHog Wrote:
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> > I remember seeing a Southern steam engine in
> the
> > Smitsonian in D.C. back the late 60's.  What
> > number was that one?  4501 sounds familiar. 
>
> The one in the museum in Washington D.C. is a PS4
> Pacific, #1401. The 2-8-2 pictured above is #4501,
> which was used in Southern Rwy.excursion service,
> and is still operational on the Tennessee Valley
> RR, out of Chattanooga, TN.
Okay.  Thanks.  At least I got the "01" part right.  I was in the army back there at the time and had other things on my mind.