Resource Type

["New Orleans Limited" rolling through Alabama]

One Southern Belle - Louisville and Nashville Railroad's "New Orleans Limited" train No.1, southbound, rolls through southern Alabama enroute to New Orleans from Montgomery in the spring of 1915. This de luxe steam powered train with a consist of ten cars of standard heavyweight equipment is headed by Engine No. 197, a K-3 class Pacific, type 4-6-2 locomotive. This engine was built in the year 1912 at the Louisville and Nashville's South Louisville Shops.
Date: 1915
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Alabama, Tennessee & Northern (AT&N) #427

A photograph print showing the Alabama, Tennessee & Northern, (AT&N) 427, 2-10-0, Russian decapod, enroute to Minnesota. Topeka, KS
Date: June 1947
Creator: Kelley, Frank O.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

["The Humming Bird"]

"The Humming Bird" train No. 5, southbound, at depot in Birmingham, Alabama, enroute from Cincinnati to New Orleans, July 1954. Nashville-Montgomery mainline (Birmingham Division) trackage is in the foreground. Diesel locomotive No. 793 and second unit are E-7 type 2000 Horsepower EMD passenger locomotives purchased by Louisville and Nashville Railroad in 1946.
Date: July 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mobile & Ohio (M&O) 16

A photograph print showing the Mobile & Ohio 16, 0-6-0, Montgomery, AL (later became the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio-GMO).
Date: January 22, 1939
Creator: James Wade, Jr.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Southern (SOU) 4768

A photograph print showing the Southern (SOU) 4768, 2-8-2, Birmingham AL.
Date: July 20, 1940
Creator: Schick, Joseph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Southern (SOU) 6618 (neg)

A photograph negative showing the Southern (SOU) 6618, 2-8-2, Birmingham, AL.
Date: January 5, 1947
Creator: Lowe, Shelby F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Southern (SOU) 6690

A photograph print showing the Southern (SOU) 6690, 4-6-2, Birmingham AL.
Date: June 12, 1937
Creator: Krambeck, J. Wesley
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Southern (SOU) 6691

A photograph print showing the Southern (SOU) 6691, 4-6-2, Birmingham AL.
Date: June 23, 1940
Creator: Ardrey, F. E., Jr.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Illinois Central (IC) 851 (neg)

A photograph negative showing the Illinois Central (IC) 851, 2-8-0, Birmingham, AL.
Date: January 5, 1947
Creator: Lowe, Shelby F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Mobile & Ohio (M&O) 484

A photograph print showing the Mobile & Ohio 484, 2-8-2, Birmingham, AL. (Note: M& O became GMO).
Date: May 30, 1940
Creator: Schick, Joseph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Louisville & Nashville (LN) 143

A photograph print showing the Louisville & Nashville (LN) 143, 4-4-0, Montgomery, AL.
Date: 1934
Creator: Workman, H. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Louisville & Nashville (LN) 320

A photograph print showing the Louisville & Nashville (LN) 320, 4-6-0, Birmingham, AL. (Note: crane with clamshell bucket in background)
Date: December 7, 1939
Creator: Graves, Ralph L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

St. Louis & San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 1066

A photograph print showing the St. Louis and San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 1066, 4-6-4, streamlined.
Date: April 20, 1938
Creator: Seale, Frank
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

St. Louis & San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 4209

A photograph print showing the St. Louis and San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 4209, 2-8-2.
Date: June 4, 1938
Creator: Seale, Frank
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Arcade & Attica (ARA) 6

A photograph print showing the Arcade & Attica 6, 4-6-0 (BLW), Arcade,NY. (Note: flangeless center drivers. Ex: Alabama & Vicksburg)
Date: June 16, 1940
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

St. Louis & San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 21

A photograph print showing the St. Louis and San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 21, 2-10-2, Birmingham, AL.
Date: July 1939
Creator: Schick, Joseph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

St. Louis & San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 1064

A photograph print showing the St. Louis and San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 1064, 4-6-4, streamlined, Birmingham, AL.
Date: January 13, 1941
Creator: Schick, Joseph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

St. Louis & San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 1069

A photograph print showing the St. Louis and San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 1069, 4-6-4 (BLW), streamlined, Birmingham, AL.
Date: May 7, 1939
Creator: Graves, Ralph L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

St. Louis & San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 1522

A photograph print showing the St. Louis and San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 1522, 4-8-2, Birmingham, AL.
Date: December 9, 1939
Creator: Graves, Ralph L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

St. Louis & San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 2001

A photograph print showing the St. Louis and San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 2001, 2-8-8-2, Birmingham, AL.
Date: December 30, 1937
Creator: Graves, Ralph L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

St. Louis & San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 2004

A photograph print showing the St. Louis and San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 2004, 2-8-8-2, Birmingham, AL.
Date: October 27, 1935
Creator: Krambeck, J. Wesley
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

St. Louis & San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 2007

A photograph print showing the St. Louis and San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 2007, 2-8-8-2 (Alco), Birmingham, AL.
Date: October 27, 1935
Creator: Graves, Ralph L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

St. Louis & San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 3545

A photograph print showing the St. Louis and San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 3545, 0-6-0, Birmingham, AL.
Date: July 12, 1939
Creator: Graves, Ralph L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

St. Louis & San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 3673

A photograph print showing the St. Louis and San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 3673, 0-6-0, Birmingham, AL.
Date: May 22, 1940
Creator: Graves, Ralph L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History