Author: Robert Thomson
Photos by my dad, Jay Thomson
Circa 1971, Dad shot SOU SD45 3131 (to HLCX 3131) and 3 more SOU units running light towards their train at Corbin, Kentucky.
C. 1971, Dad shot SOU U33C 3814 & 2 other six-axle GEs with a southbound unit coal train at East Point, Georgia.
In September of 1971, Dad shot Southern GP7 8261 at Watts Bar, TN.
Southern Railways depot at Clinton, Tennessee on a Circa 1972.
Circa 1972, Dad shot SOU GP30 2543 and 3 more EMDs (the lead unit appears to be a Penn Central unit) leading a train at Tatesville, Kentucky.
Southerns depot at Charleston, Tennessee.
Southerns depot at Cleveland, Tennessee.
Southerns depot at Cleveland, Tennessee.
Circa 1976, Dad shot SOU SD35s 3027 & 3054 and SD24 6343 (ex-SOU 2524, to PNC 6343, to PNC SD18M 1843, to CNW 6640, to OHCR 6640) leading a southbound train at Spring City, Tennessee.
Circa 1976, Dad shot SOU SD35 3027 at Spring City, Tennessee.
Circa 1976, Dad shlt SOU SD40-2 3248 (to CP SD40-2B 5479, to NREX 5479, to ALL 9470) at Spring City, Tennessee.
Sometime in 1976, Dad shot SOU SD24 6320 (to PNCX 6320, to ICG SD20 2035, to IHB 2924) at Chattanhoga, Tennessee.
On July 7, 1976, Dad shot SOU SW1 1009 (ex-SOU 2003, to KXHR 1012).
On July 7, 1976 Dad shot the frame and engine of SOU GP18 175 (ex-CG 175) at Chattanooga, Tennessee.
On July 7, 1976, Dad shot SOU GP30 2528 & 1 more unit at Chattanooga, Tennessee. Both units had been involved in an accident.
On July 7, 1976, Dad shot SOU GP30 2620 at Chattanooga, Tennessee.
On July 12, 1976, Dad shot Southern wrecker 903012 at Morley, Tennessee.