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4/27/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Illinois Central
Model:EMD E6ABuilt As:IC 4001A (E6A)
Serial Number:1427Order No:E418
Frame Number:E418-A1Built:11/1941
Notes:retired and scrapped 1971
Other locos with this serial:  IC 4001(E6A)
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IC E6A 4001
Title:  IC E6A 4001
Description:  Illinois Central E6A 4001 was at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal with E8B 4104, showing off its customized curved number boards. It had been built in November 1941 for operation on the PANAMA LIMITED and was sold for scrap in August 1975.
Photo Date:  10/31/1954  Upload Date: 5/18/2020 3:52:01 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACCHAUSSEE collection
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  IC 4001(E6A)
Views:  567   Comments: 1
IC Train No. 2
Title:  IC Train No. 2
Description:  On Sunday 10 May 1970 Illinois Central’s CITY OF NEW ORLEANS was preparing to leave New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal on its 16-hour-50-minute journey to Chicago. The train consisted of E6A 4001, E9B 2100, E9A 4042, a baggage car, a coach and a former Missouri Pacific dome car; but more cars would be picked up in Jackson, Mississippi. The SOUTHERN CRESCENT was parked two tracks over for its departure one hours after the CITY.
Photo Date:  5/10/1970  Upload Date: 4/25/2020 5:32:02 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  IC 4001(E6A)
Views:  1040   Comments: 0
E-Units at NOUPT
Title:  E-Units at NOUPT
Description:  Power for the PANAMA LIMITED and the PAN-AMERICAN. Illinois Central E6A 4001 and Louisville & Nashville E8A 785 were being serviced at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal about six months before the advent of Amtrak. (approximate date of photo)
Photo Date:  10/1/1970  Upload Date: 2/6/2020 9:46:37 AM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  IC 4001(E6A) LN 785(E8A)
Views:  889   Comments: 0


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