Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad RS1's #1111 & #3 work the Southern Railway Yard          
Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad RS1 #1111, with "Orange Blossom Special" painted under the cab window, was built January 1946 as Gulf, Mobile & Ohio #1111, later became Illinois Central Gulf #1275 and Louisiana Midland"Railway #1111 before being acquired by CIRR. Upon retirement by CIRR, #1111 was sold to Conrad Yelvington and became CYDZ #262
Date: 4/9/1985 Location: Hilton, GA Views: 2025 Collection Of:   Bernie Feltman
Locomotives: CIRR 1111(RS1) CIRR 3(RS1)    Author:  Bernie Feltman
Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad RS1's #1111 & #3 work the Southern Railway Yard
Picture Categories: Roster This picture is part of album:  Regional, Shortline, Industrial and various other railroad photos
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Name Type Comments Date
Charles Burgess General Beautiful shot; shortline railroading at it's best! 7/3/2012 9:29:06 PM
Fred Stuckmann General Cool, still has it's high hood too. 7/4/2012 8:04:52 AM
Olaf Junges General Very nice photo! 7/4/2012 5:10:59 PM
Bryan Smith General This is the last RS1 the CIRR bought. After this they went toward EMD's. Back then the CIRR crews didn't swap ends and in the photo the engineer would be in the #3 next to the Hilton sign. 1111 was always used in trail. I don't think it even had seats on it for a crew. And I'm not sure why they named it the "Orange Blossom Special". During this era the CIRR was run by Mr. Paul Angeloff who was very historically sensitive and a good man. The CIRR's first EMD, #1830, was named the Best Friend in honor of the Best Friend of Charleston and the number is the year the Best Friend made it's first run. The 1830 was a former CofG/Southern unit so I could understand the "Best Friend" connection. I'm not sure about the Orange Blossom Special and SAL connection. But hey, it sounds good. 7/5/2012 9:51:32 AM
Charles Stookey General Great exhaust on this roster of a moving loco. Very nice. The paint job accentuates the 1111s lines perfectly. 7/7/2012 10:38:39 AM

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