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| Title: |
L&N Train No. 34 |
| Description: |
Recently-delivered Louisville & Nashville E8A units 794 and 796 were on train 34, the northbound PIEDMONT, in New Orleans on the Fourth of July 1951. The locomotives had been built in May 1951 and this was their first trip to New Orleans. The 794 was retired in April 1972 and became Amtrak 224, while the 796 was retired the next month and was used as trade-in credit with EMD. |
| Photo Date: |
7/4/1951 Upload Date: 6/10/2020 4:17:13 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
LN 794(E8A) |
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| Title: |
L&N E8A 794 |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville E8A 794 was sticking out of the diesel shop at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal on 9 January 1961. By this time, the unit had been modified with flat number boxes, was wearing the solid blue paint scheme introduced for E-units in 1958 and had its portholes removed or covered up. The 794 had been built in May 1951 and was retired 21 years later, then it became Amtrak 224. |
| Photo Date: |
1/9/1961 Upload Date: 6/10/2020 4:03:29 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
J.G. LACHAUSSEE |
| Categories: |
Yard,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
LN 794(E8A) |
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