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Pictures of SOU 6901
Owner:
Southern
Model:
EMD E8A
Built As:
SOU 2924 (E8A)
Serial Number:
14173
Order No:
2039
Frame Number:
2039-A2
Built:
9/1951
Notes:
Built 9/1951 as CNOTP #2924
Other locos with this serial:
SOU 6901(E8A)
NGRR 6901(E8A)
SMRX 6901(E8A)
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Title:
SOU 6901
Description:
The northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT is 11 minutes out of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal as it rounds the curve at Orleans Avenue. The train is operating over a Southern subsidiary, the New Orleans Terminal Co. Today's train has E8A's 6901, 6913, 6907, 6916 with ten cars: a baggage-dormitory, four coaches, diner 3310, three 10-6 sleepers, and dome parlor 1602.
Photo Date:
5/13/1974
Upload Date:
6/4/2009 11:26:24 AM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
Michael Palmieri
Categories:
Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
SOU 6901(E8A)
Views:
1945
Comments:
0
Title:
Southern No. 1
Description:
The southbound
SOUTHERN CRESCENT
was pulling up to the station at Slidell, Louisiana for its last stop before arriving in New Orleans. (approximate date)
Photo Date:
5/1/1975
Upload Date:
12/23/2019 10:36:41 PM
Location:
Slidell, LA
Author:
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo
Categories:
Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
SOU 6901(E8A)
Views:
1103
Comments:
1
Title:
Southern E8A 6901
Description:
Southern E8A 6901 had been the trailing unit on train No. 1 - the southbound
SOUTHERN CRESCENT
- from Washington to Atlanta, and here it was at the Atlanta station as the inbound power was being removed from the train so these could be replaced with freshly-serviced locomotives. The 6901 had been built in September 1951 as the 2924 and was renumbered in 1972. It was retired in 1979 and donated to the Atlanta Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society.
Photo Date:
5/17/1977
Upload Date:
6/23/2020 6:10:05 PM
Location:
Atlanta, GA
Author:
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
SOU 6901(E8A)
Views:
557
Comments:
0
Title:
Southern Railway Train No. 2
Description:
Southern Railway Train No. 2 – the northbound
SOUTHERN CRESCENT
– was rolling under the cantilever signals at the Frenchmen Street Crossover as it made its way out of New Orleans. The train was powered by E8A units 6901, 6913, 6910 and 6905, and was about to pass under Elysian Fields Ave.
Photo Date:
6/8/1977
Upload Date:
5/10/2022 10:37:21 AM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
Michael Palmieri
Categories:
Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
SOU 6901(E8A)
Views:
403
Comments:
0
Title:
Southern Railway Train No. 2
Description:
Southern Railway E8A 6901 was leading the northbound
SOUTHERN CRESCENT
over the railroad’s 5.5-mile trestle across Lake Pontchartrain at North Shore, Louisiana. The 8-car train consisted of four E8A locomotives, a baggage-dormitory car, three coaches, two sleepers, a diner and a dome car. (approximate date of photo)
Photo Date:
3/1/1978
Upload Date:
9/19/2021 6:51:00 PM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image
Categories:
Bridge,Passenger
Locomotives:
SOU 6901(E8A)
Views:
633
Comments:
0
Title:
Southern Train No. 2
Description:
The E8A's on the northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT cast their reflections on the water of Lake Pontchartrain as the train nears the end of the five-and-a half-mile trestle. Unusually calm water allowed photogrpaher Jim Selzer to capture this wonderful scene just a year before Amtrak took over operation of the train. (approximate date)
Photo Date:
3/15/1978
Upload Date:
7/19/2016 5:56:48 PM
Location:
North Shore, LA
Author:
James H. Selzer, Jr.
Categories:
Scenic,Bridge,Passenger
Locomotives:
SOU 6901(E8A)
SOU 6914(E8A)
Views:
2042
Comments:
1
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