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| Title: |
Southern No. 2 |
| Description: |
Southern 6908 and 6913 were two of the four E-units on the northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT as the train was crossing the South Carrollton Avenue underpass. This was 2.6 miles after departing from New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, and this bridge was one of about a dozen grade separations built as a part of the NOUPT project around 1950. Almost all of the underpasses had decorative concrete beams outside of the plate girders; but these had been removed here, probably after being hit by trucks. Carrollton Avenue Station was at the left end of this bridge, and you can still see one of the stairways leading down from the two platforms to the sidewalk. (approximate day) |
| Photo Date: |
5/14/1975 Upload Date: 4/3/2017 1:20:43 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6908(E8A) SOU 6913(E8A) |
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895 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southern Crescent |
| Description: |
The low morning sun illuminated the northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT as a rolled by the former location of Carrollton Avenue Station on its way out of New Orleans. Today's train had FIVE E-units - 6908, 6902, 6907, 6912 and 6916 - and 11 cars. Five units were very unusual, but would occasionally show up on a northbound train if a unit from a previous trip had been left in town for some attention at the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal diesel shop. The tracks in the foreground were the remnants of a Kansas City Southern yard. |
| Photo Date: |
10/29/1975 Upload Date: 11/12/2016 8:27:06 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6908(E8A) |
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579 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southern E8A 6908 |
| Description: |
Southern E8A 6908 was leading the northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT over the Lake Pontchartrain trestle at North Shore, Louisiana. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
10/15/1977 Upload Date: 9/20/2019 9:52:55 PM |
| Location: |
North Shore, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6908(E8A) |
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1196 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SOU E8A 6908 |
| Description: |
Southern E8A 6908 had been the trailing unit on the nortbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT from Atlanta to Washington. Here, the units pull away from the train and will be replaced by Amtrak electric power for the final leg of the trip to New York. |
| Photo Date: |
9/16/1978 Upload Date: 9/22/2010 3:56:28 PM |
| Location: |
Washington, DC |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Station |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6908(E8A) |
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771 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Ivy City Engine Terminal |
| Description: |
This was the Ivy City engine terminal at Washington Union Station. From left to right were Washington Terminal Co. RS1’s 40 and 46, Amtrak F40’s 267 and 270, SDP40F’s 644 and 643, Southern E8A 6908 and an unidentified United Aircraft TURBOTRAIN. |
| Photo Date: |
9/20/1978 Upload Date: 8/23/2020 12:46:25 PM |
| Location: |
Washington, DC |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6908(E8A) AMTK 643(SDP40F) AMTK 270(F40PH) AMTK 267(F40PHR) |
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1220 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Ivy City Engine Terminal |
| Description: |
The Ivy City engine terminal at Washington Union Station included Amtrak SDP40F units 644 and 643 (with the 647), Southern E8A 6908 and an unidentified United Aircraft TURBOTRAIN. |
| Photo Date: |
9/20/1978 Upload Date: 8/23/2020 12:46:45 PM |
| Location: |
Washington, DC |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6908(E8A) AMTK 643(SDP40F) AMTK 644(SDP40F) |
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1061 Comments: 1 |
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