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Nostalgia & History > More Southern Ry in Potomac Yard. 1970Date: 11/27/14 11:37 More Southern Ry in Potomac Yard. 1970 Author: MartyBernard Shot from the bridge that went over Potomac Yard on a foggy April 29, 1970. For those of you who never had a chance to visit this major East Coast yard or want to learn about it, here is the Wikipedia article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potomac_Yard 1. SOU SW1500 2300 2. and 3. Looking down on SOU SD35 3069 4. And SOU SD24 6311 Happy Thanksgiving, Marty Bernard    Date: 11/27/14 11:39 Re: More Southern Ry in Potomac Yard. 1970 Author: MartyBernard .
 Date: 11/27/14 12:15 Re: More Southern Ry in Potomac Yard. 1970 Author: rschonfelder I am interested in the frequency of roof walks on those 40' boxcars at this date. I thought I would see more removed.
Rick Date: 11/27/14 16:13 Re: More Southern Ry in Potomac Yard. 1970 Author: tomd Marty, thanks for posting the Southern shots, don't see too many on here
Tom Tom Daspit Morgan Hill, CA Tom's Trains Date: 11/28/14 06:49 Re: More Southern Ry in Potomac Yard. 1970 Author: bluesboyst I believe walking on the roofs was abandoned in 1970…
Date: 11/28/14 14:03 Re: More Southern Ry in Potomac Yard. 1970 Author: spsniper Thanks for posting! Awesome 40 footers, look at the variety of paint schemes and roof detail. Not to mention some mighty fine Sou engines! I would like to order one of each for my HO Layout!
Date: 11/29/14 01:42 Re: More Southern Ry in Potomac Yard. 1970 Author: SRSD45 I didn't know bi-level auto racks were in Pot Yard. Nice photos! Earl is out...
Date: 11/29/14 15:20 Re: More Southern Ry in Potomac Yard. 1970 Author: lwilton In the first photo, what am I seeing to the right of the switcher?
Date: 11/29/14 16:23 Re: More Southern Ry in Potomac Yard. 1970 Author: MartyBernard The top of an auto-rack car. See the third picture.
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