A group of railfans were watching the cabooses of Southern Railway train No. 193 roll across the Richburg Road grade crossing atop of Richburg Hill. This is at the top of a six-mile climb out of the Leaf River valley in Hattiesburg, with a maximum grade of .75 percent. From the grade crossing, the line is on a steadily descending grade foM the next six miles towards Purvis, so the train was moving along quite nicely by the time the cabooses passed here. No. 193 was the run-through train with the Southern Pacific between Birmingham and Houston via New Orleans. |
Date:
9/11/1976 |
Location:
Richburg, MS Map |
Views:
279 |
Collection Of:
Michael Palmieri |
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Author: Michael Palmieri
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