ACL EMD E-7A locomotive 533 is seen in the platform area with train 38, (aka: Jax Mail) while it is being loaded with mail, express & baggage prior to its early evening departure from the downtown station in Saint Petersburg, Florida, April, 1960

            ACL EMD E-7A locomotive 533 is seen in the platform area with train 38, (aka: Jax Mail) while it is being loaded with mail, express & baggage prior to its early evening departure from the downtown station, situated between 2nd and 3rd Street on First Avenue South in Saint Petersburg, Florida, April, 1960.  The station tracks were situated on First Avenue South and were on a continuous up-grade from the South Mole to 16th Street, and the locomotive really had to work hard when departing the station.  It appears that two employees standing by the front of the locomotive are involved with one of the interconnection hoses on the pilot.  In the background you can see a mail truck delivering bags of mail that has been placed on a baggage float.  The trains consist has five headend cars along with one rider coach that travels on a slow schedule with numerous stops enroute to Jacksonville.  The car next to the mail truck is a RPO.  If you notice the train has been split at Second Street to allow vehicles to pass until departure time.  The station's actual platform was constructed of red brick while the track area was covered with asphalt to serve as platform area and to make it possible for vehicles to load or unload.  Behind the employees standing by the front of the locomotive there was a siding with a platform for the old Harrison Hardware building, but this track was often used by express cars.  This station was taken out of service in 1963 with the building being torn down after that along with most of the downtown area tracks being removed.

This photo came from the Internet and the photographers name Norrell Colln, or the photo may be from his collection.

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Taken on: April 29, 2023

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