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Dixie Line

By Brian Schmidt | September 15, 2021

| Last updated on August 7, 2025


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Man in coveralls stands by blue and gray streamlined diesel locomotive in profile

Dixie Line

The Nashville, Chattanooga, & St. Louis rostered 23 F7A and eight F7B units, built 1949-51. Mainline freight and passenger trains were dieselized with GP7s and F units starting in 1948 with the last steam operating in 1953. It was merged into parent Louisville & Nashville in 1957. Linn H. Westcott photo