Southern 6901 - Still Serving the South
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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2024
- Southern Railway no. 6901 is much more than a museum exhibit. Not only does it still run, it also has history behind it that ties into the story of the South and Atlanta.
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OUTSTANDING coverage of this rare locomotive. I recently obtained a mint, unrun, Lionel Southern RR freight set from 1954. No E8, but came with the beautiful ABA F3 locomotive consist pulling five freight cars.
Good evening to all from SE Louisiana 23 Jan 22.
Last year in the winter I went up to Duluth and due to the cold weather, I saw 6901 start-up and smoke like crazy. Which is one of the coolest experience in my life.
I still love seeing still functioning E and F units and still functioning older hood units. I hope more can be saved and made functional again.
Absolutely Beautiful. Color Scheme is Great. Southern Railway wants History to remain Alive. 👍
Tha horn battle was sick! Great video, as usual!
That was really cool. I’ve run these locomotives in times past. They a good locomotive. 👍👍👍❤️
Holy cow! What a great engine and what a great job you did telling it's story!!! Thanx
Thanks for watching!
@@v12productions Yes, you really did a nice job on the video. Good work, PR man!
This is one beautiful locomotive👍👍
That engine pulled me from NYC to ATL back in 75, What a great train that was...Great video's
That's awesome! Thanks for watching!
Wonderful! I took the Southern Crescent many times from both Birmingham and Tuscaloosa to New Orleans, always riding elegantly behind those dignified green locomotives with the gold lettering. It was always slow going over the rivers west of Tuscaloosa as some of the tracks were old, headed into Meridian. It was a long haul through the pine belt and Laurel and Hattiesburg, but we made it. And crossing Lake Pontchartrain just west of Slidell was always a rickety ride as the carriages slowly rocked back and forth! You'd come in through New Orleans East and take the final turn near the cemeteries and pass the Superdome headed into Union Station downtown. It was an awfully early departure on the northbound -- I believe she pulled out around 6 am. Dining was wonderful atop starched white tablecloths with a fresh flower and hotel silver on the table, and you could see a wood-fired stove on which chef cooked your lunch or dinner. Gone are the days, and we're thankful for the memories. Thank you for preserving 6901. May she forever blow her beautiful multi-tone air horn!
About 1980 I saw this locomotive running through Stockbridge, GA. In 1986 we took a Saturday excursion run behind 611. Sunday we went to her grandparents’ house in Cordele. There, I heard a steam whistle. I went outside to where I could see the tracks a block away and a few moments later 611 came blasting through town at the head end of a long freight.
I never knew 6901 ran through stockbridge GA so that means it passed my closest railroad crossing was it going South or North?
@@vuurvrproductions4656 let me see if anyone remembers the address. My father in law, who worked for the Atlanta Terminal Railroad prior to WW II Navy service is 98 and going downhill fast. He rarely remembers his kids names but definitely remembers Guadalcanal.
Great video! You got to see it run and get to go in the cab. I think Walthers made an HO scale model of 6901 not too long ago.
Thanks! I believe they did.
Have you ever been up to the NCTM? They have 6900 there. I live around 15 miles from there and worked there while in high school. I think it would be neat to get the 6901 and 6900 on the front end of a nice long train like they do with the big boy. Its exciting to walk down the corridor beside the huge engines in the 6900 and hearing and feeling the power of that locomotive. I've never been down to this museum and I've always wanted to get down there.
NCTM is definitely on my list of places to go!
@@v12productions If you ever do, I would highly suggest do it during an event day. Most often times, there is more than one train in operation and it really showcases the sites abilities to host rail-related activities.
@@v12productionsthey have an Amtrak F40PH number 307 there
I found this channel one day back in like 2020 or 2021 and cant stop watching. Great videos!!
Thanks! More to come!
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I was a fireman on the old Southern Crescent, train number 1 and 2, on these “covered wagons. I ran from Meridian, Ms to New Orleans, La. When Southern ran the train, you could set your watch by the train, it was always on time. When talk of AMTRAC taking over, Southern lost interest in passenger trains, and did not care if it was on time or not.
The NC Transportation Museum in Spencer NC has the Southern 6900, Southern Crescent, they have 6133 as well
Awesome video! Quite a good looking engine
Thanks!
I'm riding 6901 Saturday 8/5/23 and can't wait.
Such a classic design that still looks amazing today!!
A few ex Southern Railway E units went to work for New Jersey Transit after Amtrak’s takeover of the Southern Crescent. Until they were all retired by 1987.
One Southern E unit made a appearance in the 1987 horror movie “Angel Heart”
I wish when I wan younger I woukd have held onto my dad's old southern railway stuff. Would be such a awesome relic to have today! Great video man! Again!!
Thanks!!
What a beauty.
That...is a beautiful E8A locomotive. Thank you for posting this video.
Thanks for watching!
I wish there was a place for 6901 to pull trains in excursion service instead of just running back and forth on the southeastern's little section of track
Southern 6901 seems a bit faded but that classic f7a sound is top tier!
6901 is a E8a not a F7a. E units are longer than F units, have 3 axle trucks and have 2 engines inside.
Nice when I saw this i clicked fast
We have a PRR E8 that runs in our little town of Jackson, MO. There are videos on UA-cam of it
I like the modern GE Genesis units Amtrak uses, but the old E and F units, along with the Alco FA series, are timeless beauties, proper-looking locomotives with art deco style, and they don't look out of date today. Contrast them with those hideous dustbuster/minivan-looking monstrosities used by many commuter rail services today.
@ HELIUM ROAD. Those E's&F'S were the most gorgeously designed Engines ever made!! They were ahead of their time!! They have the ALL FUTURE DESIGN, WITHOUT TODAYS TECHNOLOGY!! THAT'S THE ONLY DOWNSIDE THEY EVER HAD!! THEM AND THAT POWERFUL GG1, WERE SO BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED, APART FROM THESE CLOWN MACHINES BUILT TODAY! Except for the P42's AMTRACK uses and the N.J.Transit's GEEP40'S AND THEIR P42'S. Earl of EL BARRIO,NYC, N.Y.11:13PM.9/11/22
@HELIUM.I Forgot to mention the AMTRACK'S AEM-7 ,We had running up our rails, from 1979-2016, here in the NORTHEAST CORRIDOR!! YOU can also Thank the SWEDES FOR ITS DESIGN!! Which, by the way, still BLAZES IN SWEDEN AT HIGH SPEED!!! Earl of EL BARRIO,NYC,NY.9/11/22.11:20PM.
I would love to see her and 6900 lock couplers for the first time in... decades.
Great Video! Just got out of the Atlanta Model Train show.
Thanks!
1:43 There is a siren there!
Cool cool I like trains
Might be wrong on this, but didnt it come to GSMR once?
Very Cool!
soon they will have more trains serving Atalnta
Very nice video!
Thanks!
Why does the station read Sovthern? A V instead is of a U. I don't unstated.
I say 6901 won the horn battle
I agree
nice
*What about # 6900? Are they twin locos or what? If so, pretty lazy to not mention...*
Yes. Southern Railway had 17 E8’s. 6900 was built as Southern (CNO&TP) 2923. 6901 was built as Southern (CNO&TP) 2924.
3:13 nice horn show
Ik I'm late and I apologize but what's the difference between a E unit and a F streamliner?
The F Units are smaller, four axle locomotives.
E Units have six axles with the middle axle on each truck unpowered. E Units also have two engines. These locomotives were used exclusively in passenger service.
@@v12productions ah ok thx mr V12
Could anyone tell me why they put a p5 horn on this engine 😠
It used to have a m5. On it
When it was donated from the Southern Railway, it had a P5. In fact the P5 it has on it now is the exact same P5 that it was donated with. While 6901 did wear a M5 at one point, it was one of only two Southern E8’s to wear a P5, and the only one retired with a P5. Hence why it wears a P5 instead of a M5. Also, you don’t want to just leave a M5 out in the open, it would get stolen very quickly.
True
Thank you
That's a M5 not a P5.
3:46 why did they put a v?
Not quite sure, but I've seen this done on a lot of old buildings.
Never cared for that horn as it just makes me want to grind my teeth together as if I had heard fingernails upon a chalkboard. I prefer the mellow sound of a classic Leslie.
City of New Orleans? he he
Why does the engine have ditch lights?