O&W 9956, 9951 & 9955
Reproduced 35mm Slide
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Lake City, TN in March 1984
On March 16, 1984, Dad shot O&W SD40-2s 9956 (to BCOL 749, to ICE 6450), 9951 (to BCOL 744, to DME 6200), and 9955 (to BCOL 748) leading northbound (empty) unit coal train over the long bridge at Lake City, Tennessee.
The power, cars and caboose were all owned by Shamrock Coal Company and used to haul coal to power plants in South Carolina and south Georgia. The SD40-2s were built to L&N specs, and crewed by L&N or Clinchfield crews (later SBD crews). The power would eventually be sold to British Columbia Railroad.
O&W 9956, 9951 & 9955
Reproduced 35mm Slide
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Lake City, TN in March 1984
On March 16, 1984, Dad shot O&W SD40-2s 9956 (to BCOL 749, to ICE 6450), 9951 (to BCOL 744, to DME 6200), and 9955 (to BCOL 748) leading northbound (empty) unit coal train over the long bridge at Lake City, Tennessee.
The power, cars and caboose were all owned by Shamrock Coal Company and used to haul coal to power plants in South Carolina and south Georgia. The SD40-2s were built to L&N specs, and crewed by L&N or Clinchfield crews (later SBD crews). The power would eventually be sold to British Columbia Railroad.