Southern Railway SD35s at Alexandria

Here is one of my Dad's pictures of a northbound Southern Railway freight at Alexandria VA. This was the last nb just before the 2-10-4 went south on August 27, 1977. Anyone still have their notes from that day and know what train this was?

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 947&nseq=0


Charles Freericks

Sorry, I'm unable to provide you with answers or notes from what you're requesting, but I will say this much: I work on the tenth floor of the building in the background facing the tracks (Hoffman Building #2), and I get really good views of CSX, VRE, and Amtrak consists going by every day!

That's funny. Bet the view is a little different today than in the picture.

You're right. Thankfully, the tracks are still there. After moving to the area a little more than 20 years ago, I was able to catch a few years worth of activity at Pot Yards a bit north of the picture (behind your Dad) and would have liked to have seen the yards of the old Fruit Growers Express operation even earlier, a bit south of the picture.