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In 2014 the North Carolina Transportation Museum held their biggest party ever and in my humble opinion the single greatest railfan event I've ever attended before or since. Following up on their wildly successful heritage unit family portrait event for Norfolk Southern's 30th anniversary they planned something even bigger.
Gathering 26 surviving freight and passenger diesels from the classic first generation era, they all came together for three days of festivities centered around the old Southern Railway turntable. So here is yet another angle from this truly once in a lifetime event!
From right to left we see:
Norfolk Southern F9A 4271, at the time it was part of the four unit OCS power but was sold off five years later. Built as an F7A in Aug. 1952 it was delivered as Baltimore and Ohio 947. Today this locomotive wears a bright pink livery and belongs to the Aberdeen, Carolina and Western and is a sister to the RBMN 270 I photographed recently.
To her right all the way from Cheyenne, WY is Union Pacific 951 an E9A built new for the road in Jun. 1955. Heavily rebuilt in 1993 at Paducah she lost her twin 567 engines in favor of a 645 and is essentially a GP38-2 internally now.
Next up traveling from Port Jervis, NY was Erie E8A 833 at the time owned by the New York and Greenwood Lake Railway. Built by EMD in Mar. 1951 she would pass to E-L and then CR where she gained fame as CR 4022 dressed in Conrail blue and then later Pullman green as one of three special units retained to lead big blue's OCS train.
Lastly is North Carolina Transportation Museum's resident E8A SOU 6999 in full Southern Railway dress. Built for the road in Sep. 1951 as number 2923 she was part of the fleet that led the Southern Crescent until 1979 while the SOU initially stayed out of Amtrak. Once they finally called it quits this unit was donated to the young museum in 1980 and has been maintained operational on her old home rails ever since.
If you want to learn more about this railfan event of the century in case you weren't there this gentleman has a fabulous overview on his site: www.wvncrails.org/streamliners-at-spencer.html
Spencer, North Carolina
Saturday May 31, 2014
The ducks were coming up onto the shore for food handouts. A man with seeds and food was close by on the bridge.
Notice the beaver chomped tree on the shore…
Streamline Learjet 35A parked on Stand 454 after the long haul from HLA via Kano-Mallam Aminu International,Nigeria and Luanda-4 de Fevereiro, Angola as SLE475.
The consist of MARC train 273 receives service during layover at the yard in Brunswick MD on the evening of 6 August 1992. Power is E8A No. 60 and F9PH No. 81. For a few years MARC assembled a fleet of E-units from various sources to supplement the F-units. Blue No. 60 was leased from Omni Associates, who owned four ex-NJ Transit streamliners, and was previously NJT No. 4327, rebuilt by ICG Paducah Shops from Illinois Central No. 4023. At last report the E-units were still in existence, parked in Cleveland. I never got a shot of the 4327 in the lead while running in Jersey, so this picture will have to stand in.
On May 31, 2014, the North Carolina Transportation Museum hosted a Streamliners Festival where E units and F units (and streamliners from other builders) all congreated at the museum in Spencer.
Here, a conductor rides the Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio (CCO, or just Clinchfield) 1048 in an equipment move from one end of the yard to the area near the turntable.
To celebrate 10 years since it first begin operations, Southern Shorthaul Railroad have outshopped two locomotives in a striking new livery.
Inspired by the distinctive AN Passenger livery, S317 & GM27 power through a cold, wet landscape with 1845 Kelo Freight.
Hard to believe this was 7 years ago, the turntable line ups at "Streamliners at Spencer" was pretty colorful, with all the classic noses and paint schemes May 29. 2014.
60007 ‘Sir Nigel Gresley’ stands on shed at Grosmont beside 92134 and 45428 with a warming fire lit, ahead of a steam test being carried out the following day.
Another night train fantasy made by Midjourney version 4. This time, it looks more like a locomotive hauled train.
National Automaton Works is proud to present the Streamline Golem. The Future is here to walk among us!
It is still technically Droneuary as I upload this!
The Rio Grande Zephyr barks upgrade through Detour, Utah, at the foot of a 15 mile, 1372 ft. climb to 7440 ft. Soldier Summit on Dec. 17, 1978.
The classic "Hula Girl" place in history coincides with that of the recognizable face of a classic EMD locomotive.
Ever since Hawaii became a popular tourist attraction in the early 1900s, the Hula Girl has been a symbol of the state of islands. Visitors to the islands would bring the souvenirs home and they began to be a common sight. Also, early hula girl dolls did not have springs to make them dance, and it is only in the 1950s when the iconic feature was added into the figures. It was also in the 1950s when American soldiers who participated in World War II brought home hula girl dolls as souvenirs and remembrance for their time in the pacific. As many of those soldiers sought employment with the railroad upon returning home, its likely that the hula girl rode on more than just the dashboard of classic Chevys.
I have decided to put all my Blythe work under one name rather than one for etsy and clothes and one for the customs
so now
OCB customs and Addie's Closet become
J loves B
hopefully it doesn't confuse everyone :D
Same building from the same location with a different camera and film. Leica R4, Summicron 50mm f/2, Lomography Turquoise 2021, ECN-2 development.
4201 and 3801 run the last shuttle 6L68 through the outskirts of Perthville. 3801 and 4201 will be running to Orange then Dubbo during the week for more shuttles.
Spending a few days in New South Wales for the 'Streamliners 2022' event in Goulburn, time out was also taken on the journey home to catch former Australian National locos CLF1/CLF2 sandwiching Alco 44223 and EMD C501 on a SSR empty grain working to Coolamon - 3 October 2022.
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The Southern 6900 (E8A) sits on the turntable during the Streamliners Event at the NCTM in Spencer, NC.
Having experienced better days in passenger service, C&NW 1584 is now relegated to branchline service. A semaphore in the vertical position does little to speed the progress on a line plagued with slow orders and an (as yet unknown) impending death sentence. (A Wisconsin spring with a lack of good skies have kept this GP7 out of the limelight for now. Lawn chairs are a combination of brass rod and 1/8" ribbon).
The future of racing looks a lot like the past. This monocoque body houses a gasoline engine, which in turn powers an electric generator which powers the floating wheels. A series of magnetic pulses force the wheel rings to turn. The result is a modern, smooth racing experience with an aesthetic that hearkens back to the early days of auto racing.