Southern's first passenger diesel
Southern E3 No. 2801, built earlier in the year by Electro-Motive as the road’s first passenger diesel, rests at New Orleans on August 2, 1941, after bringing the Pelican—with Vollrath aboard—down from Bristol, Va.
Harold K. Vollrath
Southern E3 No. 2801, built earlier in the year by Electro-Motive as the road’s first passenger diesel, rests at New Orleans on August 2, 1941, after bringing the Pelican—with Vollrath aboard—down from Bristol, Va.
Harold K. Vollrath
Slogging up to Locust Summit
Reading 2-8-2 No. 1751 (Baldwin 1916) pounds uphill toward Locust Summit, Pa., on June 10, 1940. The pusher engine on the rear is not too far from the Mikado, an indication of the severity of the grade.
Harold K. Vollrath
Reading 2-8-2 No. 1751 (Baldwin 1916) pounds uphill toward Locust Summit, Pa., on June 10, 1940. The pusher engine on the rear is not too far from the Mikado, an indication of the severity of the grade.
Harold K. Vollrath
Close-up of a Reading Consolidation
Reading Company 2-8-0 No. 1064 handles a railfan excursion at Cold Spring, Pa., on May 18, 1941. This photo, taken from a gondola car coupled to the 2-8-0, was on the cover of December 1941 Trains magazine.
Harold K. Vollrath
Reading Company 2-8-0 No. 1064 handles a railfan excursion at Cold Spring, Pa., on May 18, 1941. This photo, taken from a gondola car coupled to the 2-8-0, was on the cover of December 1941 Trains magazine.
Harold K. Vollrath
FM road-switcher on the Flying Crow
The Shreveport–New Orleans section of the Flying Crow departs Shreveport behind KCS (L&A) Fairbanks-Morse model H15-44 road-switcher No. 41 on July 11, 1949.
Harold K. Vollrath
The Shreveport–New Orleans section of the Flying Crow departs Shreveport behind KCS (L&A) Fairbanks-Morse model H15-44 road-switcher No. 41 on July 11, 1949.
Harold K. Vollrath
Southern Railway motor train
Southern Railway power-RPO-baggage unit No. 40, lettered for service on the Birmingham, Ala.–Meridian, Miss., Vulcan, stands at Birmingham’s Terminal Station on June 16, 1941. Southern acquired six such Fairbanks-Morse-powered, St. Louis Car-built motor cars in 1939.
Harold K. Vollrath
Southern Railway power-RPO-baggage unit No. 40, lettered for service on the Birmingham, Ala.–Meridian, Miss., Vulcan, stands at Birmingham’s Terminal Station on June 16, 1941. Southern acquired six such Fairbanks-Morse-powered, St. Louis Car-built motor cars in 1939.
Harold K. Vollrath
Photographer's favorite
Vollrath’s favorite Ten-Wheeler of Kansas City Southern subsidiary Louisiana & Arkansas was 1915 Baldwin No. 396, pictured in a classic rods-down roster shot at Shreveport, La., on May 4, 1949.
Harold K. Vollrath
Vollrath’s favorite Ten-Wheeler of Kansas City Southern subsidiary Louisiana & Arkansas was 1915 Baldwin No. 396, pictured in a classic rods-down roster shot at Shreveport, La., on May 4, 1949.
Harold K. Vollrath
Orders for the Argonaut
SP (T&NO) 4-6-2 No. 621 (Brooks 1913) rolls a four-hour-late train 6, the Argonaut, into Franklin, La., in March 1942. Agent Wallace Stevens hands up orders.
Harold K. Vollrath
SP (T&NO) 4-6-2 No. 621 (Brooks 1913) rolls a four-hour-late train 6, the Argonaut, into Franklin, La., in March 1942. Agent Wallace Stevens hands up orders.
Harold K. Vollrath
Water stop at Albania, La.
Southern Pacific (Texas & New Orleans) 2-8-2 No. 764, a 1913 Baldwin, pulls up for water at Albania, La., in April 1942.
Harold K. Vollrath
Southern Pacific (Texas & New Orleans) 2-8-2 No. 764, a 1913 Baldwin, pulls up for water at Albania, La., in April 1942.
Harold K. Vollrath
