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| Title: |
Northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT |
| Description: |
About 50 minutes after leaving New Orleans the Southern Railway’s northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT had just crossed Bayou Liberty Road in Slidell, Louisiana and was slowing for its station stop. The train was powered by E8A units 6906, 6908, 6903 and 6907. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1977 Upload Date: 7/18/2020 10:46:18 AM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6907(E8A) |
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| Title: |
NOUPT |
| Description: |
When Amtrak took over operation of the SOUTHERN CRESCENT on 1 February 1979 it leased all of the Southern Railway’s remaining E8A units for six months. While the Southern had maintained the locos at Atlanta and they were hardly ever seen in New Orleans during the day, Amtrak assigned them to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal for maintenance and scenes like this became common. In this view, taken about three weeks after Amtrak began running the train (as the CRESCENT), Southern 6907, 6903 and 6909 were parked outside of the NOUPT diesel shop with SDP40F 624 and P30CH 722. Southern 6908 was coupled to the 624, while Southern 6911 was behind the photographer along with F40’s 252 and 265, and P30CH units 710, 715 and 721. |
| Photo Date: |
2/19/1979 Upload Date: 8/29/2018 5:54:04 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6907(E8A) |
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1020 Comments: 1 |
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