Santa Claus (with a strong resemblance to Manchester, GA based engineer John Douglas) cracks the throttle of U36B #1776 as The Wadley Turn departs southbounj

Santa Claus (with a strong resemblance to Manchester, GA based engineer John Douglas) cracks the throttle of U36B #1776 as The Wadley Turn departs southbounj
With nothing but the crew and candy in plastic bags as its load, Manchester (GA) bound train #587 departs southbound. The train is in front of the depot and the Tallapoosa River is just beyond the tree line on the other#side of the locomotive - Bicentennial paint
Date: 12/21/1974	Location: Wadley, AL	Views: 926	Collection Of: Bernie Feltman
Locomotives: SCL 1776(U36B) Rolling Stock: SCL 5722 (Caboose)			Author: Bernie Feltman

Picture Categories: Scenic,Winter,Action		This picture is part of album: SCL (Black/Yellow) Alabama/Florida Action Photos

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Name	Type	Comments	Date

Robert Farkas	General	That must be "Rudolph the red, white, and blue" locomotive.	12/3/2011 6:12:28 PM

Charles Burgess	General	Great catch!	12/4/2011 12:56:22 AM

David Barrentine	General	Very nice! Thanks for sharing Bernie!! Loved the pictures and the story too!	12/4/2011 8:17:57 PM

Bryan Smith	General	I think SCL was the first to paint a locomotive in a special Bicentenial scheme. Others soon followed but I think SCL's always looked the best.	12/11/2011 4:57:49 AM

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