SOU 3496 Tennessee Homecoming 86 train
Date:
6/10/1986
Location:
Morristown, TN
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Collection Of:
Johnny Winkler
Locomotives:
SOU 3496(FP7A)
Author:
Johnny Winkler
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Southern Railway and Norfolk Southern 1980s
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Date
Jim Satterwhite
General
A bit of railroad history here.
5/29/2012 3:25:19 PM
Bernie Feltman
General
GREAT photo, Johnny
6/2/2012 5:56:06 PM
David Barrentine
General
Very nice, that Southern green just looks classy on a f unit.
7/6/2012 7:52:29 AM
Benjamin Schlechter
General
That was long before that street crossing was closed off. Very nice train, I was 6 years old at the time and the Plaza was still the place to go to shop.
7/30/2012 6:31:47 PM
Benjamin Schlechter
General
What was that side spur used for? I've always thought it was a way for Bristol to Asheville trains to cut off toward the S-Line (New Line).
8/17/2012 8:12:52 AM
Johnny Winkler
General
As far as I know it was only a dead end spur for the old warehouse building. I once looked and found no evidence it ever connected to the S line.
8/17/2012 10:10:11 AM
Benjamin Schlechter
General
Well, whenever I cross over the spur behind the medical plaza building, I can tell that with all the grass and weeds covering the tracks, that it's out of comission.
8/18/2012 9:40:37 PM
Benjamin Schlechter
General
So, now that the old Asheville/Roe Junction line has been taken up, trains going from the Tri-Cities to Asheville go down the old Clinchfield line or switch tracks at Bulls Gap and go down the BL Line to the S Line.
8/18/2012 9:42:06 PM
Johnny Winkler
General
I think that small amount of traffic is picked up by the Bristol-Knoxville local freight and put on Asheville bound trains at the Knoxville yard.
8/18/2012 11:20:30 PM
Kurt Thompson
General
That siding led to a Tobacco Warehouse, I took photos of the 86 ft hoghead tobacco box cars on that siding. Cars too long for any 35 mm lens I had.
8/4/2016 4:41:47 PM
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