NHVRYGray posted:Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
I believe the PRR only pulled through sleepers of the Crescent ( the Limited name was relatively short lived from the mid 1920's to the mid 1930's) on to New York. The train was not pulled as a whole with just an engine swap.
The Southern Crescent was also a relative late (late 1960s?) name as a combined Southerner and Crescent took an all Southern route to New Orleans, earlier on the Crescent was handled by Atlanta and West Point/Western of Alabama south of Atlanta.
VERY early, before the PRR electrification would steam have pulled through cars. After the electrification, it would have had to been a big emergency to have electric power totally unavailable, maybe WWII traffic surges - maybe.
Gray Lackey
The PRR would have pulled through sleepers for several Southern, ACL and SAL from Washington to NY. Through sleepers were found on several trains from the Southern - Crescent, Royal Palm, Southerner, to name a few.
You are correct on the Southern Crescent, with the line change happening after AMTRAK forming in 1971 to keep it all in Southern tracks.
After electrification, some diesels did pull trains under the wires, since I have seen ACL E-unit photos, but not sure if Southern Es ever headed north of DC. There were instances the catenary went out, causing the GG1s to quit running.
