Three Southern Railway E8s curve through Atlanta with the New Orleans cars of the Southern Crescent, running in two sections this August 1977 day. Southern began painting its passenger steam power green with gold trim in the 1920s. Its early passenger diesels wore an ornate green-white-gold livery, simplified in the 1940s to match the lines of the road’s freight diesels. After a time using black and imitation aluminum for all its power, the railroad reverted to green for passenger power in 1972.
Bill Schafer photo
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