SOU 3496 Tennessee Homecoming 86 train Editors Pick!        
Date: 6/10/1986 Location: Morristown, TN   Map Show Morristown on a rail map Views: 1601 Collection Of:   Johnny Winkler
Locomotives: SOU 3496(FP7A)    Author:  Johnny Winkler
SOU 3496 Tennessee Homecoming 86 train
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Name Type Comments Date
Jim Satterwhite General A bit of railroad history here. 5/29/2012 3:25:19 PM
Bernie Feltman General GREAT photo, Johnny 6/2/2012 5:56:06 PM
David Barrentine General Very nice, that Southern green just looks classy on a f unit. 7/6/2012 7:52:29 AM
Benjamin Schlechter General That was long before that street crossing was closed off. Very nice train, I was 6 years old at the time and the Plaza was still the place to go to shop. 7/30/2012 6:31:47 PM
Benjamin Schlechter General What was that side spur used for? I've always thought it was a way for Bristol to Asheville trains to cut off toward the S-Line (New Line). 8/17/2012 8:12:52 AM
Johnny Winkler General As far as I know it was only a dead end spur for the old warehouse building. I once looked and found no evidence it ever connected to the S line. 8/17/2012 10:10:11 AM
Benjamin Schlechter General Well, whenever I cross over the spur behind the medical plaza building, I can tell that with all the grass and weeds covering the tracks, that it's out of comission. 8/18/2012 9:40:37 PM
Benjamin Schlechter General So, now that the old Asheville/Roe Junction line has been taken up, trains going from the Tri-Cities to Asheville go down the old Clinchfield line or switch tracks at Bulls Gap and go down the BL Line to the S Line. 8/18/2012 9:42:06 PM
Johnny Winkler General I think that small amount of traffic is picked up by the Bristol-Knoxville local freight and put on Asheville bound trains at the Knoxville yard. 8/18/2012 11:20:30 PM
Kurt Thompson General That siding led to a Tobacco Warehouse, I took photos of the 86 ft hoghead tobacco box cars on that siding. Cars too long for any 35 mm lens I had. 8/4/2016 4:41:47 PM

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