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Nostalgia & History > SCL "buttheads" in South Collier again. April, 1980.Date: 03/17/23 15:09 SCL "buttheads" in South Collier again. April, 1980. Author: Guitartrain Seaboard Coast Line SW9-152 & SW7-132 are pulling a cut of cars from a N/B freight in South Collier Yard as seen from the Halifax Road overpass. 9:00AM on 4/5/80 in Peteresburg, VA.
 Date: 03/17/23 15:19 Re: SCL "buttheads" in South Collier again. April, 1980. Author: NMlurker Not sure you can say "butthead" on the Internet but those first two autoracks are the Safe-Pak models that Roka just came out with in HO. Early fully enclosed autoracks.
Date: 03/17/23 16:47 Re: SCL "buttheads" in South Collier again. April, 1980. Author: fritzrr I was expecting to see the Crew Cab GE's BQ23-7's...
Fritz in MD Date: 03/17/23 20:58 Re: SCL "buttheads" in South Collier again. April, 1980. Author: Notch7 Very nice pc. "Buttheads" was the accepted term at the SCL Hamlet Diesel Shop too.
Date: 03/18/23 09:39 Re: SCL "buttheads" in South Collier again. April, 1980. Author: PasadenaSub Great photo, and yes - nice to see pics of those autoracks and of course, the SCL switchers.
Rich Date: 03/19/23 05:52 Re: SCL "buttheads" in South Collier again. April, 1980. Author: cr7998 Great shot, thanks. South Collier was a good place to visit in those days, lots of activity on SCL, and the N&W was also nearby. The term "butthead" must have been a southern thing, as it was also used by some on N&W and Southern. But I never heard it on former Conrail or predecessors or on former B&O lines.
Steve Salamon Valley City, OH Date: 03/19/23 06:39 Re: SCL "buttheads" in South Collier again. April, 1980. Author: engineerinvirginia Butthead on the C&O too.
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