On this date in 1970, trains 41 and 42, the N&W/SOU Pelican between New York, NY and New Orleans, LA ran for the last time.

According to William Warden and Kenneth Miller's Norfolk and Western Passenger Service 1946-1971, the Pelican would be combined with the Birmingham Special (previously trains 17 and 1 into a Bristol TN/VA-Washington, D.C. train which lasted until the coming of Amtrak in May of 1971.

Based upon the images in the book, these trains carried anything from J-class steam locomotives or passenger-equipped GP9s to Southern E-units or FP7s.

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