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Four Southern E-Units |
| Description: |
Freshly-painted Southern E8A's 6911, 6909, 6912 and 6910 were at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal engine house, along with ICG E9A 4034 in Amtrak colors and NOUPT SW8 No. 3. The Southern units came in three days earlier on on 20-car special for a convention of the railroad's attorneys. |
| Photo Date: |
3/17/1973 Upload Date: 9/11/2010 3:32:14 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
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Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6910(E8A) |
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1832 Comments: 1 |
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Southern Railway No. 2 |
| Description: |
The fireman on Southern Railway train number 2, the northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT, was leaning out of the cab of E8A 6910 to grab a set of train orders out of the train order stand at N.E. Tower in New Orleans. The stand also held orders for the train's brakeman and the conductor. Train No. 2 was nine miles and 25 minutes into its journey to New York and was powered by E8A's 6910, 6900, 6909 and 6903; a typical set of power at the time. N.E. Tower was built in 1953 as a part of the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal project, but the first tower here was built in 1899 to protect the crossing of the Louisville & Nashville with the New Orleans & Northeastern. The tower was closed on 12 September 1990, when control of the crossing was transferred to the Norfolk Southern operator in Birmingham. |
| Photo Date: |
6/23/1976 Upload Date: 1/5/2018 4:45:28 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6910(E8A) |
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1170 Comments: 1 |
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