The Central of Georgia’s Atlanta to Savanna Nancy Hanks II approaches the station at Macon, Ga., on its exhibition run behind brand-new E7 No. 808 on July 9, 1947. Named for a race horse, the original Nancy Hanks train ran in the 1890s. The railroad, in bankruptcy from 1932 to 1948, became a Southern Railway subsidiary in 1963.
Walter M. Pharr photo
Nancy Hanks II
| Last updated on August 7, 2025
CG’s Nancy Hanks II train survived from 1947 to 1971. The company’s E7A diesel loco No. 808, built in 1946, also did not survive to this day…
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