Depot Doings: Toccoa, GA / Belmont, NC / Saluda, NC / Tryon, NC / Donalds, SC / Orange, VA

Featured Southern Railway depots on the blog this month are those in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia:

• Toccoa, GA – 6/22/80
• Belmont, NC – 7/30/80
• Saluda, NC – 5/10/80
• Tryon, NC – 5/10/80
• Donalds, SC – 2/23/80
• Orange, VA – 3/13/72

Sou Rwy Depot – Toccoa, GA – 6/22/80 (Credit: Jim Owens)

Sou Rwy Depot – Belmont, NC – 7/30/80 (Credit: Jim Owens)

Sou Rwy Depot – Saluda, NC – 5/10/80 (Credit: Jim Owens)

Sou Rwy Depot – Tryon, NC – 5/10/80 (Credit: Jim Owens)

Sou Rwy Depot – Donalds, SC – 2/23/80 (Credit: Jim Owens)

Sou Rwy Depot – Orange, VA – 3/13/72 (Credit: Jim Owens)

All photos courtesy of Railroad Picture Archives.

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Southern Railway Steam Feature for October 2013

Featured Southern Railway steam subjects for this October post include various locations in North Carolina and Alabama:

• Southern Railway # 4056 up Saluda Grade, NC
• Southern Railway # 5045 & # 5023 at Melrose, NC (Foot of Saluda Grade)
• Southern Railway # 5045 & # 5023 on Saluda Grade
• Southern Railway # 5047 pushing # 5045 & # 5023 up Saluda
• Southern Railway # 6688 at Attalla, AL

Sou Rwy # 4056 Up Saluda Grade (Credit: Frank Ardrey Collection)

Sou Rwy # 5045 & # 5023 at Melrose – Saluda Grade (Credit: Frank Ardrey Collection)

Sou Rwy # 5045 & # 5023 on Saluda Grade (Credit: Frank Ardrey Collection)

Sou Rwy # 5047 Pusher on Saluda Grade (Credit: Frank Ardrey Collection)

Sou Rwy # 6688 at Attalla, Alabama (Photographer Unknown)

Images courtesy of Frank Ardrey Collection except where noted.

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NEW! Southern Steam Feature

A new photo feature here at Rock on Trains will feature various types of steam locomotives from such railroads as the Southern, Louisville & Nashville, NC&StL and Central of Georgia. April’s Southern Steam subjects are on the Southern Railway at various locations:

• Sou Rwy No. 1341 – Saluda Grade – 1946
• Sou Rwy No. 1380 – Atlanta, GA – 7/47
• Sou Rwy No. 1459 – Saluda Grade – 7/49
• Sou Rwy No. 1479 – Location Unknown – 1946

Sou Rwy #1341 – Saluda Grade (Credit: W.H. Thrall – Tom Daspit Collection)

Sou Rwy #1380 – Atlanta, GA (Credit: Tom Daspit Collection)

Sou Rwy #1459 – Saluda Grade (Credit: Ed Bowers Collection)

Sou Rwy #1479 (Credit: W.H. Thrall – Tom Daspit Collection)

Photos courtesy of www.railarchive.net.

• Sou Rwy No. 4834 – Greenville, SC – 7/53
• Sou Rwy No. 4885 – Charlotte, NC – 5/6/46
• Sou Rwy No. 1205 – E. St. Louis, IL – 7/38
• Sou Rwy Steam Enroute to Scrappers – Kidsville, NC – 11/3/52

Sou Rwy #4834 – Greenville, SC 7/53 (Credit: Howard Blackburn)

Sou Rwy #4885 – Charlotte, NC 5/6/46 (Credit: Howard Blackburn)

Sou Rwy #1205 – E. St. Louis, IL 7/38 (Credit: Dennis Schmidt Collection)

Sou Rwy Steam – Kidsville, NC – Enroute to Scrapper 11/3/52 (Credit: Howard Blackburn)

Photos courtesy of www.rr-fallenflags.org.

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