NS #321 at McPherson, Georgia - 8/31/97

Southbound manifest train #321 pulls hard as it gets underway at McPherson, Georgia, milepost 113.4H of NS's Atlanta North District, at 10:18am on Sunday, August 31, 1997. Locomotives include SP B30-7 #7777, NS SD40-2 #6091, and DWP SD40 #5905. One has to wonder how these locomotives managed to stray so far off-line? This was one of only a handful of times I was ever fortunate enough to record a SP B30-7 leading a train and the ONLY time I ever recorded a Duluth, Winnipeg, and Pacific locomotive in operation. The signal bridge and signal mast in the background are now gone as this particular location is now part of an approximate ten-mile stretch of double-track.

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[NS3210]

Awesome catch!

[southern7002x]

@NS3210 Thanks Khalil!

[35UGA0511]

That leading unit would have been a good poker hand. We used to play boxcar poker in the class yard - many a conductor lost $ and a watch or two ! Each track pulled was a hand dealt and each conductor in the panelboard shack called 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or 5th car, etc, from the bottom and the car number was his hand. If a hand tied, the one with the fewest digits won....but cheating was not unknown. Boy, did we ever monitor those car #'s. You'd think we were clerks or something !

[southern7002x]

Good times!

[SOU5111]

Awesome video, Brian!

[southern7002x]

Many thanks Greg!

[kelbym07]

I think I...yep, just shit myself. Awesome.

[marklester01]

@DJGENEX71 Duluth, Winnipeg, and Pacific(DWP) is a railroad owned by CN.

[goreds03]

wow nice catch

[DJGENEX71]

What is 'DWP' is that a leasing company? Awesome catch! I heard there were some CN units heading down the Georgia Div today toward Atlanta!

Great video Brian!