Southern Railway 1380
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===Twilight years=== |
===Twilight years=== |
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However, when World War II ended in 1945, the Washington Division was completely [[dieselisation|dieselized]] with No. 1380 being retired from the ''Tennessean'' and relegated to haul the Washington, D.C.-Atlanta local passenger trains and mail trains. Additionally, No. 1380 was on motive power [[railroad pool|pool]] service, where it was used to protect passenger schedules in case of a diesel locomotive was unavailable to pull SOU's top-priority passenger trains such as the ''[[Birmingham Special]]'', the ''Peach Queen'', and the ''[[Piedmont Limited]]''.{{Harvp|Tillotson Jr.|2004|pp=65-67}}. Despite being removed from the ''Tennessean'', No. 1380 retained its streamlined design. |
However, when World War II ended in 1945, the Washington Division was completely [[dieselisation|dieselized]] with No. 1380 being retired from the ''Tennessean'' and relegated to haul the Washington, D.C.-Atlanta local passenger trains and mail trains. Additionally, No. 1380 was on motive power [[railroad pool|pool]] service, where it was used to protect passenger schedules in case of a diesel locomotive was unavailable to pull SOU's top-priority passenger trains such as the ''[[Birmingham Special]]'', the ''Peach Queen'', and the ''[[Piedmont Limited]]''.{{Harvp|Tillotson Jr.|2004|pp=65-67}}. Despite being removed from the ''Tennessean'', No. 1380 retained its streamlined design. In the spring of 1951, it was polished up and put on display at the Spencer Shops in June 24 to commemorate the end of steam on the SOU.{{Cite magazine |last=Schafer |first=Bill |year=2025-2026 |title=Requiem for 1380 |magazine=TIES Magazine |volume=39/40 |issue=4/1 |publisher=Southern Railway Historical Association |pages=64-66 }} |
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No. 1380 was finally retired from revenue service on April 7, 1952, after pulling a local passenger train from [[Monroe, Virginia]] to [[Salisbury, North Carolina]].{{rp|64}} It was stored out of service at the Spencer Shops until July 29, 1953, when it was finally written of SOU's motive power roster.{{efn|The locomotive was deemed in good condition, serviceable for at least another 15 months and flue time lasted until June 1956.{{rp|64}}}} No. 1380's tender was likely scrapped at Spencer and the locomotive was paired with a smaller tender, which came from Ks class {{whyte|2-8-0}} "Consolidation" type No. 856.{{rp|66}} It became was one of the 19 steam locomotives being towed for scrap to the [[Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard|Baltimore Steel Company]] in [[Baltimore|Baltimore, Maryland]], on the August 5 train by a four-unit set of SOU's new [[EMD F7]]s, with No. 4246 leading the way.{{rp|65–66}} |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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