SP Train AVHOM         
The Southern Pacific’s AVHOM (Avondale to Houston Manifest) was leaning into the curve at Raceland Junction, Louisiana with EIGHT locomotives: SSW GP40-2 7632, SD40T-2 8569, GP40-2 7623, NS SD60 6629, NS SD50S 6504, and GP40-2’s 7645, 7661 and 7633. It was common for the SP to put two or three sets of power on this train, because there were more eastbound trains than westbound, and doing this got the extra power back to Houston.
Date: 9/3/1986 Location: Raceland Junction, LA   Map Show Raceland Junction on a rail map Views: 219 Collection Of:   Michael Palmieri
Locomotives: SSW 7633(GP40-2)    Author:  Michael Palmieri
SP Train <I>AVHOM</I>
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