Atlanta & West Point GP40 #732 leads New Orleans-Hamlet run-thru train #214 past the defect detector         
Atlanta & West Point GP40 #732 was added to the point of #214 at Montgomery's Chester Yard to help handle the additional tonnage that was tacked on the rear of the train. Daily, Chester Yard crews would tack on Atlanta bound tonnage to trains 212 and 214 and add enough power for the ruling grade at Notasulga Hill, located just west of Auburn
Date: 7/7/1978 Location: Auburn, AL   Map Show Auburn on a rail map Views: 1147 Collection Of:   Bernie Feltman
Locomotives: AWP 732(GP40) LN 4134(GP38-2)    Author:  Bernie Feltman
Atlanta & West Point GP40 #732 leads New Orleans-Hamlet run-thru train #214 past the defect detector
Picture Categories: Action This picture is part of album:  Georgia Railroad group (GA; A℘ WofA) action photos
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Name Type Comments Date
George Redmond General Nice shot. 6/6/2011 10:18:20 PM
Fred Goff General Great shot. 6/6/2011 10:22:22 PM
Charles Burgess General Nice action photo. 6/6/2011 11:09:58 PM
Eugene Cain General What is this......mounted on the Mast??? Looks like Detector Lights maybe??? I never saw one like this before. 6/7/2011 1:36:07 PM
Fred Stuckmann General Cool stuff today Bernie, thanks. 6/7/2011 3:21:09 PM
Chris S General Great shot of an early detector; I believe the display was a 3 digit readout, with '000' meaning no defects, and the axle count '115' if there was a problem, viewable by those in the caboose 6/7/2011 9:16:41 PM

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