Some of the crisper and clearer '70s footage I've seen! The sound always adds so much too. The looks of the trains already had a lot more personality than today, but the sounds seem to even more so. So many mechanical bells, EMD 567s, and a wider variety of horns.
Oh man, the memories!! Wish I could have bought all the available land around there back then. Always loved how The Crescent had the car with the platform on it on the rear or an Amtrak car or two. Always. Southern was just an awesome railroad to grow up around. All their quirks and traditions.
I remember those years well. I remember when those E8's were black and seeing the green comeback. What a sight! I grew up in New Orleans and the southern railway was my favorite. Then the GM&O, L&N, etc..... I model the southern in ho scale and have a small N scale display layout with southern power. I think those caboose less freights must have been transfer runs. In New Orleans southern had transfer cabooses but from 1970 on I don't remember them being used. All the run through trains and of course the mainline trains had cabooses. But while other lines used cabooses on transfer runs I don't think the southern did. Someone else may know better as I was in highschool and then college in the 1970's. I know I missed a lot. I do remember when they switched to continuous rail . Fun times. Love your video. Thanks for sharing this with us.
As a child I would ride the Southern Crescent alone between Philadelphia and Gainesville to visit my grandparents. I remember the first time, I was about 10 years old and my Mom was walking down the platform. She headed towards the head porter, a middle aged black man that was dressed in the most elaborate suit I had ever seen. White suit, white hat and gloves, gold epaulets and tassles, gold buttons, etc. To me he looked like an army general from an old movie but I knew he's wasn't. No, I assumed anyone dressed like that MUST own the railroad, and my mother is taking to him! Traveling alone, he would always keep me close by and I would follow him around the train. I would ride this train each way twice a year and every time that porter made me feel like the most special passenger on the railroad. I will always remember him.
Southern Railways conductors, porters, and dining car attendants treated everyone special. We were stuck on a siding once, back in the mid-1960's. The conductor carried a group of us (children) to the door to wave at and watch the passing freight train.
Wow how much of ALL of this has changed, then again, the track layouts still look very similar to today. I must find more train videos of Atlanta pre-2010s.
I remember the Southern well during this era. Have some photos of the old downtown Terminal Station site from August, 1985. The Office cars are parked down there, and Omni and Omni International hotel, etc. Southern Railway, I read, was paying one million per year in property taxes on the Terminal and maybe 10 - 12 trains coming in and out of there per day by 1969. It'd stand to reason they had no romance for the station, which sat on 4 acres of prime real estate. It was an incredible edifice, though, with finely detailed friezes on each corner of the building, Spanish tile roof, gargoyle impressions and statues situated around the entrance... Used to ride The Southern Crescent, early 70s. Finest American passenger train running. Amtrak was getting it's legs in 1973. They were nowhere near what The Southern was offering - fresh flowers and fine China on the dining car, incredible meals, etc...a slice of Americana I feel blessed to have experienced, that is now long gone. You can ride a train, but you can't ride the Southern Crescent.
They would have made great high speed rail stations ow if this country could get over its bullshit and put our tax dollars where they need to go. Expanding passenger rail networks to accommodate highspeed trains and expanding Marta should be a priority. I'm tired of hearing the "oh but the train will bring crime" fuck that. Needs to be done
Atlanta is a disgrace for demolishing Union and Terminal station three days before the formation of Amtrak and even more shameful how we neglect Marta's expansion and have no HSR services anywhere in Georgia
14:24 God I love the 70s What a wild time that would've been to be a railfan, during the era where railroads went "Put an SW1500 on a commuter? sure why not"
Absolutely marvelous footage of the beloved Southern Crescent at Brookwood.
Some of the crisper and clearer '70s footage I've seen! The sound always adds so much too. The looks of the trains already had a lot more personality than today, but the sounds seem to even more so. So many mechanical bells, EMD 567s, and a wider variety of horns.
Very high quality video for the 1970s. I love that it has audio as many do not.
I love this video wish they were more southern railway videos on you tube their isn't that many southern railway videos outheir
My Great Grandfather & great uncle were engineers on the L&N🚂🚂( new subscriber too! Great job Nick!)
Oh man, the memories!! Wish I could have bought all the available land around there back then. Always loved how The Crescent had the car with the platform on it on the rear or an Amtrak car or two. Always. Southern was just an awesome railroad to grow up around. All their quirks and traditions.
Grew up along the Southern Main in Clemson, SC. Remember always trying to see the Crescent as it came through.
Great video, I got down there every now and then. So much of our rail heritage is now gone with the wind 😔 😟
I remember those years well. I remember when those E8's were black and seeing the green comeback. What a sight! I grew up in New Orleans and the southern railway was my favorite. Then the GM&O, L&N, etc..... I model the southern in ho scale and have a small N scale display layout with southern power.
I think those caboose less freights must have been transfer runs. In New Orleans southern had transfer cabooses but from 1970 on I don't remember them being used. All the run through trains and of course the mainline trains had cabooses. But while other lines used cabooses on transfer runs I don't think the southern did. Someone else may know better as I was in highschool and then college in the 1970's. I know I missed a lot. I do remember when they switched to continuous rail . Fun times. Love your video. Thanks for sharing this with us.
As a child I would ride the Southern Crescent alone between Philadelphia and Gainesville to visit my grandparents. I remember the first time, I was about 10 years old and my Mom was walking down the platform. She headed towards the head porter, a middle aged black man that was dressed in the most elaborate suit I had ever seen. White suit, white hat and gloves, gold epaulets and tassles, gold buttons, etc. To me he looked like an army general from an old movie but I knew he's wasn't. No, I assumed anyone dressed like that MUST own the railroad, and my mother is taking to him! Traveling alone, he would always keep me close by and I would follow him around the train. I would ride this train each way twice a year and every time that porter made me feel like the most special passenger on the railroad. I will always remember him.
Southern Railways conductors, porters, and dining car attendants treated everyone special.
We were stuck on a siding once, back in the mid-1960's. The conductor carried a group of us (children) to the door to wave at and watch the passing freight train.
Love all those boxcars and the classic EMD diesels. Thanks for sharing.
Wow how much of ALL of this has changed, then again, the track layouts still look very similar to today. I must find more train videos of Atlanta pre-2010s.
Excellent!
Great video thanks for sharing
Very,very Nice!!👍🏻
6901 sits in a museum in duluth ga now
Stunning video quality. Subscribed!
My dad worked out of Inman yard conductor to Chattanooga
I remember the Southern well during this era. Have some photos of the old downtown Terminal Station site from August, 1985. The Office cars are parked down there, and Omni and Omni International hotel, etc.
Southern Railway, I read, was paying one million per year in property taxes on the Terminal and maybe 10 - 12 trains coming in and out of there per day by 1969. It'd stand to reason they had no romance for the station, which sat on 4 acres of prime real estate. It was an incredible edifice, though, with finely detailed friezes on each corner of the building, Spanish tile roof, gargoyle impressions and statues situated around the entrance...
Used to ride The Southern Crescent, early 70s. Finest American passenger train running. Amtrak was getting it's legs in 1973. They were nowhere near what The Southern was offering - fresh flowers and fine China on the dining car, incredible meals, etc...a slice of Americana I feel blessed to have experienced, that is now long gone. You can ride a train, but you can't ride the Southern Crescent.
They would have made great high speed rail stations ow if this country could get over its bullshit and put our tax dollars where they need to go. Expanding passenger rail networks to accommodate highspeed trains and expanding Marta should be a priority. I'm tired of hearing the "oh but the train will bring crime" fuck that. Needs to be done
great shot at 19:00 of high hood with long hood forward
Must be around 78-79 or so, they had Amtrak coaches on the Crescent. Excellent stuff! Love it!
Atlanta is a disgrace for demolishing Union and Terminal station three days before the formation of Amtrak and even more shameful how we neglect Marta's expansion and have no HSR services anywhere in Georgia
@@UnionPacific1997 oh so my comment is now the complaint department against Atlanta and Amtrak?
@@DJGENEX damn right, why should trains be nostalgic make we should make them the future
@@UnionPacific1997 Yeah well commenting on my comment is a childish thing to do. Make your own comment because I really don't care what you think.
It's childish to respond to someone's comment? I don't give a fuck what you think either
WOW!!!!
at 16:20.I guess SOUTHERN was experimenting with cabooseless trains as early as the 1970’s
Might have been a transfer up to Chamblee Yard
Nice!
good memories
How did you convert these? The quality is pretty good for what I assume is Super 8 sound film.
14:24 God I love the 70s
What a wild time that would've been to be a railfan, during the era where railroads went "Put an SW1500 on a commuter? sure why not"
It was actually a yard job that added/subtracted passenger consist to the Crescents