Louisville & Nashville FP7 652 leads passenger train The Gulf Wind at Pensacola, FL on August 03, 1963. The Gulf Wind was a joint operation by the Louisville & Nashville and the Seaboard Railroad. The train's 617 mile route ran from New Orleans, Biloxi, Mobile, Pensacola, Chattahoochee, Tallahassee to Jacksonville, FL. Locomotives were changed at Chattahoochee where the L&N rails met those of the SAL. D.W. Salter photo, from my collection.
Photos of North America's favorite First Generation locomotives. EMD, ALCO, Baldwin; essentially anything that represents the OG wide cab diesel locomotive
A colorful and diverse group of railroads operated passenger trains in the South that ranged from speedy limiteds like the Panama Limited and Silver Meteor to regional and branchline services.
