Nostalgia & History > The Photographers -Tribute to Blythe Gabriel, "Southern Gent"

Blythe Gabriel hailed from the deep South and his photographs proved it.  The Southern Railway, Seaboard Coast Line and the Georgia Group were his speciaities but he would happily shoot anything that rolled by.  During a photoshoot at North Platte, the famed Valmont jokingly asked "how's Roman?"  Blythe quickly answered back "he's quite well." (Roman was the quarterback of the LA Rams at the time of Merline Olsen & Deacon Jones. Roman & Blythe were first cousins.)  If anyone here remembers Roman Gabriel, you are dating yourself.  Last I talked with Blythe, he was living in the mountains of North Carolina....A nice place to finally call home..  Now, to his work.

Clinchfield 3012 Irwin, TN March, 1973
Louisville & Nashville 1236 Atlanta March, 1974
Southern 207 Atlanta April, 1976

 



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Southern 3804 Atlanta April, 1976
Seabaord Coast Line 1776 March, 1973 (He did not label all of his slides.)
Seaboard Coast Line 2011 Atlanta April, 1972
 



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Louisville & Nashville 435 Birmingham June, 1975
Gainsville Midland 10 October, 1973
Frisco 846 Birmingham January, 1974

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Southern 1951 Atlanta April, 1974
Southern 3039 April, 1978
Southern 4187 Atlanta September, 1973

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Southern 6247 May, 1974
Southern 6328 Birmingham May, 1974

That's all for now, time to retreat to cabin and see what else I can dig up.

Sven
 

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Really nice and a couple of rare ones there. Tack, Sven.

Very nice pics.  Roman Gabriel's dad - "Big Gabe" was an ACL dining car cook out of Wilmington NC.  My mom was a friend and on occasion babysat Roman and some other ACL kids. Roman starred on the local New Hanover High football team.

Another great thread, sir! And once again -with the image in Birmingham- I am reminded that the Frisco was as much an eastern RR as it was western...

Lance

I'd call it a southern road.. eastern roads have the strange accent.

Sven
 

Great selection.
JB

The CRR 3012 had the best sitting seats of any engine I ever ran. It wasn't, just the 3012, it was all of the 3000's 

Very NICE series!

Larry