!
Actually from working a couple of years as a power distributor on a
major railroad, I have learned never to say never. I would think that
one of the 2800 class Southerner E-6's paired with an E-6 B unit in
the original
scheme would be rare, if not unlikely. I have not seen any
documentary evidence, but from photographs it looks like The
Tennessean and The Southerner 2900 class E-6 A and B units went into
pool service around summer of 1947 and lost the train name from their
flanks sometime not much after that. Though The Southerner was
occasionally photographed being pulled with a single E-7 circa mid to
late forties, typical power was their 2800 class E-6's, complete with
train name. I have seen a photo as late as 4/49 like this.
If your dilemma is being caused by a LL P2K 2800 class A-unit being
packaged with a 2900 class B-unit, for circa last half 1947 to first
half 1949, I would match the E-6 B with an E-7 and run the 2800 on
your The Southerner streamliner.
Jack
-- Jack Wyatt (cjwyatt@wavegate.com), June 16, 1999.