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NS military train with UP power.
Title:  NS military train with UP power.
Description:  In 1994, NS mothballed the Childersburg to Birmingham section of the P-Line due to flooding from tropical storm Alberto. NS continued to run some trains using a connection track to a wye on the N-Line in Childersburg, to run to Birmingham, via Wilton. On this October 1998 day, I was getting my hair cut in Sylacauga. The barber shop was just a couple of blocks from the EARY / NS interchange. As the barber was finishing up on my haircut, I heard the train horn of a wb. With just a 45 mph speed limit on the P-Line and an even slower speed limit on the connector track, I knew I could easily catch this military train in Childersburg (I had not seen the motive power at this point). I raced to the connector track in Childersburg (adjacent to the old Childersburg High School location) and lo, and behold, I snap this UP snoot-nose SD40-2 leading 2 other UP units on this military move. This is one of the most unusual sightings I'd ever seen on the P-Line. NS reopened the Childersburg / Birmingham section of the P-Line sometime in 1999.
Photo Date:  10/1/1998  Upload Date: 12/5/2016 9:00:29 PM
Location:  Childersburg, AL
Author:  Eddie Coleman
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Locomotives:  UP 3328(SD40-2)
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UP 3671 (SD40-2)
Title:  UP 3671 (SD40-2)
Description:  NS Norris Yard (Circa 1998 or 1999 - Scan)
Photo Date:  1/1/1998  Upload Date: 12/30/2016 9:51:47 PM
Location:  Irondale, AL
Author:  Eddie Coleman
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Locomotives:  UP 3671(SD40-2)
Views:  373   Comments: 0
UP 4233 (SD40-2, ex-MP 3233) - Blt. 9/78
Title:  UP 4233 (SD40-2, ex-MP 3233) - Blt. 9/78
Description:  NS / 32nd St. (Circa 1998 or 1999 - Scan)
Photo Date:  1/1/1998  Upload Date: 12/30/2016 8:15:19 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Eddie Coleman
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Locomotives:  UP 4233(SD40-2)
Views:  354   Comments: 2


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