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Southern E8A 6915 |
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On Monday 23 August 1976 Southern Railway E8A 6915 was the fourth of four units backing into New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal to couple onto the northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT when it and the third unit derailed on a switch. After a delay to rerail the locomotives, the train eventually left with three units, and the 6915 was brought to the diesel shop for an inspection, where it was photographed the next day. This was the very last E-unit built for the Southern. |
| Photo Date: |
8/24/1976 Upload Date: 3/14/2024 8:36:33 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6915(E8A) |
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| Title: |
Southern E8A 6915 |
| Description: |
After the PELICAN was discontinued in June 1968, it was very unusual to find a Southern locomotive at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal during the day; but here is E8A 6915 parked outside the diesel shop in 1976. The unit had been left in New Orleans because of some problem which had to be fixed before it could hit the road. It was wearing the THOMAS JEFFERSON decal it received for America’s bicentennial. The locomotive was built for the New Orleans & Northeastern (NO&NE), but its sublettering was change to AGS after the NO&NE was merged into the Alabama Great Southern in 1969. |
| Photo Date: |
8/24/1976 Upload Date: 2/28/2019 10:26:14 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6915(E8A) SOU 6915(E8A) |
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470 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southern E8A 6915 |
| Description: |
At 6:58 A.M., 13 minutes after leaving New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, the northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT rounds the curve on the Southern Railway's BACK BELT at Orleans Avenue. The E-unit are the 6915, 6913, 6914 and 6904. |
| Photo Date: |
4/17/1978 Upload Date: 9/19/2010 4:40:24 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6915(E8A) |
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1198 Comments: 2 |
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