N&W/Southern thru passenger service

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All the Southern trains running over the N&W were discontinued on Amtrak day, May 1, 1971. That being said, I believe the remains of the Birmingham Special continued for a while, but none of the Southern trains were on N&W rails. By the last year or so, those trains had been cut back on equipment extensively. If I recall correctly, the remains of what was once the Pelican, then renumbered to some other numbers, was discontinued in early August 1970. I remember going out to shoot it as it went west, very early in the morning, the photo is terrible, due to the early morning, and poor equipment, but I believe it was only a storage mail car and rider coach by then.

Ken Miller


On Nov 26, 2012, at 7:06 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:


> Thanks for all the help!  Next question that hit me today was what happened to the Southern's thru trains after N&W joined Amtrak in 1971?  I presume they kept their Southern power.  But did they keep Southern crews or were N&W crews switched as the trains changed railroads.  I would also take it that Southern crews/porters manned the passenger cars.

> 

> Thanks in advance,

> James Wall

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