BIRMINGHAM'S STEAM REVIVAL


On a crisp winter's day in February 1968, Southern #630 gets underway with a Heart of Dixie Rail Club steam excursion for Opelika, Alabama.
(Jim Thorington photo)


On a sunny afternoon in November 1969, Southern #4501 is crossing the trestle at Cooks Springs, Alabama, en route to Birmingham. (Martin O'Toole photo)


After a visit to Birmingham, the Flying Scotsman is seen passing by Sloss Furnace on a foggy morning in November 1969 en route to
Meridian, Mississippi. (Jim Thorington photo)


BIRMINGHAM ELECTRIC CO.


With its signboard reading "Stadium", PC #846 takes on passengers following a football game at Birmingham's Legion Field, home of the legendary "Iron Bowl" (Barney L. Stone photo, Krambles-Peterson Archive)


Emerging from the shadow cast by a downtown building, PCC #841 is outbound on route #25 East Lake. (Barney L. Stone photo, Krambles-Peterson Archive)


PCC #842 has completed the run to East Lake on Route #25 and is about to depart 83rd Street and First Avenue on route #2 West End Express.
(Barney L. Stone photo, Krambles-Peterson Archive)