RailPictures.Net Photo: AT 4002 Auto-Train Corporation GE U36B at Lorton, Virginia by Extra 127 South

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» RF&P Main Line
» Lorton, Virginia, USA (more..)
» November 14, 1976

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It didn't take long for Auto Train's fleet of U36Bs to look tired. White is simply not an ideal color for a locomotive pilot. Southbound No. 3 was departing Auto Train's northern terminus at Lorton, VA Nov. 14, 1976 and passing under one of RF&P's classic wooden overhead bridges.

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