Southern
Passenger Trains
Memphis, TN

Louis Marre Collection
Southern 4-8-2 #1465 is seen in Union Station , 5/29/38.

From the Phil Gosney Collection
"The Tennessean" is making a 7:40 pm departure from Memphis.

"The Tennessean"

 
 

Louis A. Marre Collection
A pair of Southern PAs in the engine terminal of Memphis Union Station, 4/16/56.

Louis A. Marre Collection
A pair of PAs on the head of a train in Memphis Union Station, 4/16/56.

Louis A. Marre Collection
A pair of E-units on the head of a train in Memphis Union Station, 2/20/67. At the far end of the track to the right is a box car that is pictured elsewhere on this site.

Photo by Terry Foshee
L&N Train 104 "Humming Bird" Memphis to Bowling Green, KY. and SRR Train 46, date unknown.

Photo by Terry Foshee
Business Car/ Inspection Special and Train 46, unknown date.

Photo by Terry Foshee
Train 46, unknown date. At the far end of the track to the right is a box car that is pictured elsewhere on this site.

Photo by Terry Foshee
Based on an identical slide of this scene by Bill White, we now know that this was a special for "Holiday on Ice" and taken on March 28, 1968, three days before the end of passenger service at Union Station.

Bill Pollard Photo
Buntyn, train #35, "The Birmingham Special" connection, inbound for Lauderdale Street, 11/1964.

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