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Gary Everhart's Collection
 
5/10/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Southern
Model:EMD GP30Built As:SOU 2557 (GP30)
Serial Number:27428Order No:5636
Frame Number:5636-33Built:9/1962
Notes:9/1962
Other locos with this serial:  NS 2557(GP30) SOU 2557(GP30)
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Southern Rwy Head On Collision
Title:  Southern Rwy Head On Collision
Description:  Here is a dramatic photo of Southern GP38-2 #5122 mid-air after a head on collision near Claremont, North Carolina. A note attached to the photo state "CTPO82701-8-27/74-CLAREMONT, N.C.:Two Southern Railway trains collided 8/27 near hear, injuring three persons. The double-engine collided with the westbound train pulling eight cars. (UPI jm/dd"
Photo Date:  8/27/1974  Upload Date: 3/7/2020 6:24:34 AM
Location:  Claremont, NC
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Wreck
Locomotives:  SOU 5122(GP38-2) SOU 2557(GP30)
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