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Savannah & Atlanta 2715 is on display at the Central of Georgia Railroad Museum at 601 W. Harris in Savannah, Georgia. It was the last of 11 GP35’s bought by the Southern Railway with full S&A lettering in December 1964 and January 1965. The S&A had been owned by the Central of Georgia since 1951, so when the Southern obtained control of the CofG in 1963 it also got the S&A. These units were eventually relettered SOUTHERN with S&A sublettering on the cab, and this was later changed to CG. This loco was retired by the Norfolk Southern in October 1992 and donated to the Coastal Heritage Society in Savannah, where it has been restored as S&A 2715.
She was built in 1965 as Southern Railway GP35 #2715. The Savannah & Atlanta was part of the Southern Railway system by this time.
NS local P75 crosses Hwy. 321 near the border between Cayce and West Columbia in South Carolina. Two former Southern Railway high hood GP38-2s were at the helm that day.
17 February 1989 - That evening, I was starting my 24-hour photography marathon. I had decided to take pictures of all southbound trains running on Track 1 in the small Lézinnes station, on the crowded Paris – Dijon itinerary, from 16:00 on day 1 to 16:00 on day 2, and to do that on the night of peak winter vacation traffic, when a huge number of overnight passenger trains was scheduled to carry vacationers to the Alps ski resorts, the Mediterranean Coast and other destinations. Before the flow of passenger trains started (and after it was over), there was room for some freights, as this one.
Paris – Dijon was – and remains – kind of a funnel, for all trains coming from Paris and other points north of France and west of Paris, to the south-east quadrant of France. The line is electrified, quadruple-track for more than half of the itinerary, or doubletrack reversible working (“voies banalisées”). The alternative itineraries, e.g. via Chalindrey, are longer and less well equipped. During such peak days, they were used to some extent however a huge number of trains took the direct Paris – Dijon line.
At Km 210 (counted from Paris Gare de Lyon), Lézinnes was a small, insignificant station, not far south from Tonnerre. However, during such peak traffic nights, several agents were present to assist in case of any incident.
Sometime after starting my marathon, by chance, the prototype BB 8001 showed up in Lézinnes as the night was falling, when I was transitioning my camera from daylight setting and slow shutter speed to flashes for night photography. This is why the front of the engine is half blurred and half sharp, making the road number readable.
The BB 8001 entered service in February 1947. It was the prototype for the 172-unit strong BB 8100 series, which was the heir of a long tradition of 4-axle electrics initiated in the 1920’s with the “BB Midi”. BB 8001 was withdrawn in August 1993.
More information about the BB-8100 here : fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/BB_8100
Photo © JM Frybourg – 890218 - 89-022-120
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