Santa Claus (with a strong resemblance to Manchester, GA based engineer John Douglas) exits the cab of U36B #1776 with a bag of goodies for the crowd          
Lineville Subdivision train #587 (The Wadley Turn) is arriving to a large crowd gathered at the depot. For many years, on the last Saturday before Christmas, the engineer of this train made it his personal mission to spread joy (and goodie bags) along his run. On this day, SCL Bicentennial 1776, the pride of the SCL motive power fleet, was spotless inside and out - Bicentennial paint
Date: 12/22/1973 Location: Roanoke, AL   Map Show Roanoke on a rail map Views: 1213 Collection Of:   Bernie Feltman
Locomotives: SCL 1776(U36B)    Author:  Bernie Feltman
Santa Claus (with a strong resemblance to Manchester, GA based engineer John Douglas) exits the cab of U36B #1776 with a bag of goodies for the crowd
Picture Categories: Scenic,Winter,Action This picture is part of album:  SCL (Black/Yellow) Alabama/Florida Action Photos
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Name Type Comments Date
Robert Farkas General "I don't care who you are. NO FREE CAB RIDES!!!" 12/3/2011 6:15:51 PM
Charles Burgess General Very fitting that SCL 1776 had a red light in the nose! Nice job. 12/4/2011 1:01:43 AM
David Barrentine General I just told my kids, and you thought Santa rode in on a sleigh! 12/4/2011 8:01:36 PM
Bryan Smith General Another nice shot of days gone by. Great story and photos. 12/11/2011 5:03:10 AM

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