Pictured is a Louisiana Midland freight train as it travels between Rhinehart and Vidalia, Louisiana. Heading up the train is former GM&O RS-1 locomotive #1120 pulling a rather rag-tag fleet of cars. The first boxcar is lettered for the Chesapeake & Ohio, followed by a Penn Central gondola and two more LOAM boxcars. The C&O car is rather curious as the reporting mark and number look to be hand lettered with spray paint, and it has no other data on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’ll speculate that the train is headed westbound (last week we saw the unit as it traveled short hood forward while heading east). Photographer Dan Watson<\/em> captured this photo back in 1975. If he happens to see this posting, perhaps he can shed more light on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This image was scanned from a print in the late Ron Findley’s collection. Tony Howe provided the photographer’s identity and the location of the train.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pictured is a Louisiana Midland freight train as it travels between Rhinehart and Vidalia, Louisiana. Heading up the train is former GM&O RS-1 locomotive #1120 pulling a rather rag-tag fleet of cars. The first boxcar is lettered for the Chesapeake … Continue reading ![\"LOAM](\"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/LOAM-RS-1-1120-Hauling-Freight.jpg\")
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