The #2546 locomotive was originally built in 1948 as an F-7 by EMD and then rebuilt and converted by Santa Fe Railroad in 1973 and given the model designation CF-7. It is a diesel – electric locomotive powered by a single 16 cylinder engine developing 1500 hp. It is the only known CF-7 in the original Santa Fe paint scheme. Photo taken at the Kentucky Railroad Museum in New Haven, Kentucky.
Santa greets the large crowd as the 75th running of the Santa Train arrives in Kingsport, Tennessee. The Santa Train runs from Shelby, Kentucky to Kingsport, Tennessee along a 110 mile route, the longest Christmas parade in the United States. Fifteen tons of toys were distributed to children at the fourteen stops along the route.
The railroad bridge at Seven Mile Ford, made famous by O. Winston Link in his photograph from 1957 entitled "Silent Night at Seven Mile Ford". Built in 1896, it is still used on the Norfolk Southern main line in southwest Virginia. The house, pictured in the O. Winston Link photograph, is now gone and was sitting in the point from where I took this photo.
