southern-bellehttps://www.trains.com/ctr/photos-videos/photo-of-the-day/southern-belle/Southern Belle | Classic Trains MagazineClassic Trains magazine celebrates the 'golden years of railroading' including the North American railroad scene from the late 1920s to the late 1970s. Giant steam locomotives, colorful streamliners, great passenger trains, passenger terminals, timeworn railroad cabooses, recollections of railroaders and train-watchers.https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20200326.jpgInStockUSD1.001.00photo-of-the-dayphotos-videosarticleCTR2020-12-292020-03-2046163
Kansas City Southern’s flagship, the Southern Belle, is ready to depart New Orleans for Kansas City behind an EMD E6 in August 1950. The train, the first such direct service between the points, is the result of the railroad’s acquisition of the Louisiana & Arkansas in 1939.
James G. La Vake photo