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Geeps on the NC&StL
In 1958, one year after Louisville & Nashville absorbed its long-time affiliate Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis, two former NC&StL GP7's, not yet repainted for their new owner, push a freight up Cumberland Mountain in Tennessee on the "NC" main line. L&N photo; Classic Trains coll.

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