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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:
2072
Comments:
1
Title:
Southern Crescent
Description:
Three green E8A's and three black FP7's were on the northbound
SOUTHERN CRESCENT
as it made its way out of New Orleans. The train was near milepost 191, just west of the
Seabrook
drawbridge. The last two units had come in two days earlier on an Engineering Department special, whose cars were deadheading out behind the locoootives. The units were 6902, 6148, 6900, 6906, 6134 and 6135.
Photo Date:
11/15/1974
Upload Date:
6/6/2009 5:41:40 PM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
Michael Palmieri
Categories:
Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
SOU 6902(E8A)
Views:
2690
Comments:
1
Title:
Southern E8A 6902
Description:
Southern E8A 6902 was leading the northbound
SOUTHERN CRESCENT
across the Lake Pontchartrain trestle. (approximate date)
Photo Date:
7/15/1977
Upload Date:
9/20/2019 9:48:05 PM
Location:
North Shore, LA
Author:
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo
Categories:
Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
SOU 6902(E8A)
Views:
798
Comments:
1
Title:
Southern Crescent
Description:
The low morning sun illuminated the northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT as it sat in New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, awaiting its 6:45 AM departure. The train consisted of E8A's 6902, 6910, 6908 and 6914 with 10 cars: baggage-dormitory car 706 SOUTH CAROLINA, coaches 837, 840, 819 and Amtrak 5680, sleepers 2023 WARRIOR RIVER, Amtrak 2619 PACIFIC MEADOW and 3499 ROYAL PALM, diner 3306 and dome car 1613. In less than a year, Amtrak would take over the operation of the train, and scenes like this would disappear forever.
Photo Date:
3/17/1978
Upload Date:
8/13/2015 10:34:17 AM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
Paul H. Oliver, Jr.
Categories:
Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
SOU 6902(E8A)
Views:
609
Comments:
0
Title:
Southern Crescent
Description:
The northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT was being inspected and service on what had once been Track 10 of Birmingham's Terminal Station, before continuing on its journey from New Orleans to New York City. Between 1909 and 1969 the vacant land on the left had been occupied by the station and most of its platforms. Today's Train No. 2 consisted of E8A's 6902, 6910, 6908 and 6914 with 10 cars: baggage-dormitory car 706 SOUTH CAROLINA, coaches 837, 840, 819 and Amtrak 5680, sleepers 2023 WARRIOR RIVER, Amtrak 2619 PACIFIC MEADOW and 3499 ROYAL PALM, diner 3306 and dome car 1613. In less than a year, Amtrak would take over the operation of the train and it would begin using the Louisville & Nashville station, so scenes like this would not last for much longer.
Photo Date:
3/17/1978
Upload Date:
8/13/2015 10:48:29 AM
Location:
Birmingham, AL
Author:
Paul H. Oliver, Jr.
Categories:
Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
SOU 6902(E8A)
Views:
638
Comments:
0
Title:
Southern Crescent
Description:
The northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT pulls out of the last remnant of Birmingham's Terminal Station as it continued its journey from New Orleans to New York City. The train consisted of E8A's 6902, 6910, 6908 and 6914 with 10 cars: baggage-dormitory car 706 SOUTH CAROLINA, coaches 837, 840, 819 and Amtrak 5680, sleepers 2023 WARRIOR RIVER, Amtrak 2619 PACIFIC MEADOW and 3499 ROYAL PALM, diner 3306 and dome car 1613. In less than a year, Amtrak would take over the operation of the train and it would begin using the Louisville & Nashville station, so scenes like this would not last for much longer.
Photo Date:
3/17/1978
Upload Date:
8/13/2015 10:49:48 AM
Location:
Birmingham, AL
Author:
Paul H. Oliver, Jr.
Categories:
Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
SOU 6902(E8A)
Views:
534
Comments:
1
Title:
SOU 6903
Description:
Four miles after leaving New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, Southern passenger trains reached home rails at East City Junction. Here, NOUPT's Eastern Connection connected with a Southern subsidiary, the New Orleans Terminal Co. In this view, the northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT in on the NOTCO, passing under the southbound home signal protecting East City Junction. The train has E8A's 6903, 6901, 6912 and 6907 with eight cars: baggage-dormitory 706; coaches 834, 833 and Amtrak 5667; 10-6 sleepers 2008 PACOLET RIVER and Amtrak 2603 PACIFIC BEND, diner 3869, and dome coach 1613.
Photo Date:
4/8/1977
Upload Date:
6/4/2009 11:52:46 AM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
Michael Palmieri
Categories:
Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
SOU 6903(E8A)
Views:
1977
Comments:
0
Title:
Southern Railway Train No. 2
Description:
The second floor of the Slidell depot provided this vantage point as the northbound
SOUTHERN CRESCENT
rolled into town, about one hour into its journey from New Orleans to New York. (year OK, date approximate)
Photo Date:
1/1/1976
Upload Date:
5/19/2009 5:23:51 PM
Location:
Slidell, LA
Author:
James H. Slezer, Jr.
Categories:
Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
SOU 6904(E8A)
Views:
1695
Comments:
1
Title:
Southern Railway Train No. 2
Description:
Just after sunup, Southern Railway Train No. 2 – the northbound
SOUTHERN CRESCENT
– was preparing to leave New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal behind E8A 6904 and three other units. (approximate date of photo)
Photo Date:
4/1/1978
Upload Date:
9/24/2021 11:22:25 AM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
Michael Palmieri
Categories:
Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
SOU 6904(E8A)
Views:
453
Comments:
1
Title:
Southern Railway Train No. 2
Description:
Southern Railway train No. 2 – the northbound
SOUTHERN CRESCENT
– was at the station in Slidell, Louisiana with E8A 6905, FP7A’s 6147, 6145 and 6148, and nine cars: baggage-dormitory 710, coaches 843, 828 and SCL 5467, diner 3306, 10-6 sleeping cars 2012
SALUDA RIVER
, 3401
FRENCH BROAD RIVER
and un-named Amtrak 2695; and dome parlor 1602. During 1974 FP7’s were often used on Nos. 1 and 2, but not this many!
Photo Date:
4/26/1974
Upload Date:
4/30/2021 5:34:58 PM
Location:
Slidell, LA
Author:
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image
Categories:
Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
SOU 6905(E8A)
Views:
630
Comments:
0
Title:
Southern Railway Train No. 2
Description:
Southern Railway Train No. 2 – the northbound
SOUTHERN CRESCENT
– was heading into the morning sun as it made its way out of New Orleans at the Canal Boulevard Underpass. The 12-car train consisted of E8A units 6905, 6902 and 6914, baggage-dormitory car 711, coaches 840, 844, 835, 834 and 3789, 10-roomette/6-double-bedroom sleeping cars 2016
ST. JOHNS RIVER
and 2006
OCMULGEE RIVER
, diner 3311, dome coach 1613, coach 837 and 11-bedroom sleeper 2301
ROYAL COURT
.
Photo Date:
6/3/1977
Upload Date:
10/18/2021 9:38:01 AM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
Michael Palmieri
Categories:
Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
SOU 6905(E8A)
Views:
752
Comments:
0
Title:
NB CRESCENT
Description:
Just 10 days after Amtrak took over operation of the CRESCENT, train 20 was making its station stop at Meridian. The trains cosisted of E8A's 6909, 6913 and 6905 and nine cars: baggage-dormitory car 1406, coaches 817, 5285 and 844, coach-lounge 3850, diner 8382, and 10-6 sleepers 2002 DAN RIVER, 2860 TYE RIVER and 2862 FRENCH BROAD RIVER. Except for the Amtrak baggage-dormitory car and the ex-Southern coach-lounge, the train looks much as it did when it was the SOUTHERN CRESCENT. Cars 5285, 3850, 8382, 2860 and 2862 were lettered SOUTHERN but wore Amtrak numbers, while car 817, 844 and 2002 still had their Southern lettering and numbers.
Photo Date:
2/10/1979
Upload Date:
10/21/2007 3:39:34 PM
Location:
Meridian, MS
Author:
Michael Palmieri
Categories:
Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
SOU 6909(E8A)
SOU 6913(E8A)
SOU 6905(E8A)
Views:
2359
Comments:
4
Title:
SOU E8A 6905
Description:
Southern Railway E8A 6905 was being watered on the northbound
CRESCENT
at Meridian, Mississippi while on a 6-month lease to Amtrak. The locomotive was built in September 1951 as the 2928, and it was modified with dynamic brakes and roof-mounted air tanks in 1958. It was renumbered 6905 in 1972, was leased to Amtrak on 1 February 1979, and was shipped to Precision National Corp. on 3 November 1979.
Photo Date:
2/10/1979
Upload Date:
10/23/2017 4:52:12 PM
Location:
Meridian, MS
Author:
Michael Palmieri
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
SOU 6905(E8A)
Views:
998
Comments:
1
Title:
Southern Railway No. 2
Description:
Southern Railway E8A 6906 was leading the northbound
SOUTHERN CRESCENT
across Bayou Liberty Road in Slidell, Louisiana as the train approached the Slidell station. (approximate date of photo)
Photo Date:
3/1/1977
Upload Date:
2/11/2020 8:44:13 PM
Location:
Slidell, LA
Author:
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo
Categories:
Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
SOU 6906(E8A)
Views:
684
Comments:
0
Title:
Southern Crescent
Description:
About eight minutes after its 7:00 A.M. departure from New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, the northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT approaches Carrollton Junction, where the NOUPT Eastern and Western Connections diverge. The paved area between the tracks had been one of the two platforms for Carrollton Avenue Station. (date approximate)
Photo Date:
3/1/1978
Upload Date:
9/7/2010 3:49:27 PM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
Paul H. Oliver, Jr.
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
SOU 6906(E8A)
Views:
1073
Comments:
3
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)
Views:
419
Comments:
0
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)
Views:
1285
Comments:
1
Title:
Southern No. 2
Description:
Southern 6908 and 6913 were two of the four E-units on the northbound
SOUTHERN CRESCENT
as the train was crossing the South Carrollton Avenue underpass. This was 2.6 miles after departing from New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, and this bridge was one of about a dozen grade separations built as a part of the NOUPT project around 1950. Almost all of the underpasses had decorative concrete beams outside of the plate girders; but these had been removed here, probably after being hit by trucks. Carrollton Avenue Station was at the left end of this bridge, and you can still see one of the stairways leading down from the two platforms to the sidewalk. (approximate day)
Photo Date:
5/14/1975
Upload Date:
4/3/2017 1:20:43 PM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. photo
Categories:
Bridge,Passenger
Locomotives:
SOU 6908(E8A)
SOU 6913(E8A)
Views:
832
Comments:
0
Title:
Southern Crescent
Description:
The low morning sun illuminated the northbound
SOUTHERN CRESCENT
as a rolled by the former location of Carrollton Avenue Station on its way out of New Orleans. Today's train had
FIVE
E-units - 6908, 6902, 6907, 6912 and 6916 - and 11 cars. Five units were very unusual, but would occasionally show up on a northbound train if a unit from a previous trip had been left in town for some attention at the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal diesel shop. The tracks in the foreground were the remnants of a Kansas City Southern yard.
Photo Date:
10/29/1975
Upload Date:
11/12/2016 8:27:06 PM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
SOU 6908(E8A)
Views:
496
Comments:
0
Title:
Southern E8A 6908
Description:
Southern E8A 6908 was leading the northbound
SOUTHERN CRESCENT
over the Lake Pontchartrain trestle at North Shore, Louisiana. (approximate date)
Photo Date:
10/15/1977
Upload Date:
9/20/2019 9:52:55 PM
Location:
North Shore, LA
Author:
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo
Categories:
Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
SOU 6908(E8A)
Views:
1132
Comments:
1
Title:
SOU E8A 6908
Description:
Southern E8A 6908 had been the trailing unit on the nortbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT from Atlanta to Washington. Here, the units pull away from the train and will be replaced by Amtrak electric power for the final leg of the trip to New York.
Photo Date:
9/16/1978
Upload Date:
9/22/2010 3:56:28 PM
Location:
Washington, DC
Author:
Paul H. Oliver, Jr.
Categories:
Station
Locomotives:
SOU 6908(E8A)
Views:
712
Comments:
1
Title:
Ivy City Engine Terminal
Description:
This was the Ivy City engine terminal at Washington Union Station. From left to right were Washington Terminal Co. RS1’s 40 and 46, Amtrak F40’s 267 and 270, SDP40F’s 644 and 643, Southern E8A 6908 and an unidentified United Aircraft
TURBOTRAIN
.
Photo Date:
9/20/1978
Upload Date:
8/23/2020 12:46:25 PM
Location:
Washington, DC
Author:
PAUL H. OLIVER photo
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
SOU 6908(E8A)
AMTK 643(SDP40F)
AMTK 270(F40PH)
AMTK 267(F40PHR)
Views:
1064
Comments:
1
Title:
Ivy City Engine Terminal
Description:
The Ivy City engine terminal at Washington Union Station included Amtrak SDP40F units 644 and 643 (with the 647), Southern E8A 6908 and an unidentified United Aircraft
TURBOTRAIN
.
Photo Date:
9/20/1978
Upload Date:
8/23/2020 12:46:45 PM
Location:
Washington, DC
Author:
PAUL H. OLIVER photo
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
SOU 6908(E8A)
AMTK 643(SDP40F)
AMTK 644(SDP40F)
Views:
915
Comments:
1
Title:
SOU 6909
Description:
The northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT is about 20 minutes out of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, and the fireman is in position to get his orders at N.E. Tower. Back in the train, the baggage man and the conductor are prepared to do the same thing. Todal's train has green E8A's 6909 and 6912 bracketing black FP7A's 6132 and 6147. During 1974 and early 1975, various combinations of E- and FP-units were not uncommon on the train south of Atlanta. The signals protect a crossing with the L&N main line, and the track in the foregrmund was an L&N branch to the Mississippi River.
Photo Date:
7/10/1974
Upload Date:
6/6/2009 6:13:13 PM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
Michael Palmieri
Categories:
Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
SOU 6909(E8A)
Views:
1691
Comments:
3
Title:
Southern Railway TMain No. 2
Description:
An hour after leaving New Orleans, Southern Railway’s northbound
SOUTHERN CRESCENT
was pulling up to the station in Slidell, Louisiana for its first stot. The train had its usual motive power, four green E8A units, along with a couple of deadheading cars on the head end. Sleeper 2012
SALUDA RIVER
wasn’t unusual; but combine 727
FORT MITCHELL
was, as this may have been the only time that the 727 had been on this end of the railroad. (approximate date of photo)
Photo Date:
11/1/1975
Upload Date:
3/2/2021 12:07:53 PM
Location:
Slidell, LA
Author:
JAMDS H. SELZER, JR. image
Categories:
Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
SOU 6909(E8A)
Views:
584
Comments:
0
Title:
SOU E8A!6909
Description:
While many railroads gave locomitves special paint schemes to celebrate the nation's bicentennial, the Southern Railway applied decals to its passenger units hmnoring Southern Signers of the Declaration of Independence. This shot of the 6909 outside of the New Arleans Union Passenger Terminal diesel shop includes all sorts of details, including the General Electric alternators on each axle which wewe a part of the wheel-slip control system. (date approximate(
Photo Date:
5/1/1976
Upload Date:
6/6/2010 10:47:00 AM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
Paul H. Oliver, Jr.
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
SOU 6909(E8A)
Views:
1494
Comments:
1
Title:
The Southbound
SOUTHERN CRESCENT
Description:
Southern Railway GP7 8300 was beginning to switch train No. 1 - the southbound
SOUTHERN CRESCENT
- in the Atlanta station by removing the locomotives which had brought the train in from Washington: E8A units 6910, 6909, 6906 and 6901. In the distance were the units which would power the train to New Orleans - the 6911, 6902 and 6913 - along with freshly-stocked diner 3869 and dome car 1613. After replacing the power, the 8300 would remove the last five cars which had come in from Washington and then add these two cars to the rear of the train. This was a regular procedure on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, when No. 1 ran all the way from Washington to New Orleans. Dome cars did not run north of Atlanta because there wasn't enough clearance in the tunnel leading into Washington Union Station.
Photo Date:
5/17/1977
Upload Date:
6/23/2020 6:03:37 PM
Location:
Atlanta, GA
Author:
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
SOU 6909(E8A)
Views:
526
Comments:
0
Title:
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.
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
SOU 6910(E8A)
Views:
1866
Comments:
1
Title:
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)
Views:
1194
Comments:
1
Title:
Southern No. 2
Description:
Southern E8A 6911 and three mates were on the northbound
SOUTHERN CRESCENT
at L&N JUNCTION in New Orleans. Train No. 2 was seven-and-a-half miles and 14 minutes out of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. The tracks in the foreground were the south end of the Louisville & Nashville's main line, with an interchange track on the right. (approximate date)
Photo Date:
6/30/1976
Upload Date:
9/22/2017 4:47:54 PM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
Michael Palmieri
Categories:
Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
SOU 6911(E8A)
Views:
1099
Comments:
0
Title:
SOU 6911
Description:
A quartet of E-units lead the northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT under the cantilevered signals at the Frenchman Street crossover, on its way out of New Orleans. The train has four consecutively-numbered E8A's (6911, 6912, 6913 and 6914) and 12 cars: baggage-dormitory 710 (running backwards), coaches 833, 846, 832, 844, 836, 819 and 820, diner 3306, 10-6 sleepers 2010 RAPIDAN RIVER and Amtrak 2626 PACIFIC PLATEAU, and dome coach 1613.
Photo Date:
7/23/1976
Upload Date:
5/19/2009 5:24:46 PM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
Michael Palmieri
Categories:
Scenic,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
SOU 6911(E8A)
Views:
2308
Comments:
1
Title:
Noses
Description:
Throughout most of the 1970's one couldn't find Southern E-units at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal during the day, because they came in in the evening and left the next morning. But when Amtrak took over the operation of the CRESCENT on 1 February 1979, it leased all of the Southern remaining E8A's and for the next six months there were always some of these around the engine house, making shots like this possible.
Photo Date:
2/25/1979
Upload Date:
8/2/2010 4:51:16 PM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
Michael Palmieri
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
SOU 6911(E8A)
AMTK 710(P30CH)
Views:
1509
Comments:
1
Title:
SOU 6912
Description:
A set of freshly-painted E-units begin to accelerate the northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT on the main line between Oliver Jct. and N.E. Tower. The train has E8A's 6912, 6905, 6913 and 6906 with 10 cars: baggage-dormitory 704, coaches 828, 837, 822 and Amtrak 5667; 10-6 sleepers 2013 SENECA RIVER and Amtrak 2616 PACIFIC HOME, diner 3311, dome-coach 1613, and office car 8. The photographer is standing on the track into the Southern's auto unloading lot, and the crossing is with the L&N.
Photo Date:
4/15/1977
Upload Date:
6/2/2009 11:11:00 PM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
Michael Palmieri
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
SOU 6912(E8A)
Views:
1629
Comments:
1
Title:
Southern Railway Train No. 47
Description:
Southern Railway train No. 47 – the southbound
SOUTHERNER
– was making its way into New Orleans at Terminal Junction, about 8 miles from its destination at Union Passenger Terminal. (approximate date of photo)
Photo Date:
8/1/1969
Upload Date:
6/23/2021 12:35:33 PM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
BRADLEY BRICE image
Categories:
Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
SOU 6914(E8A)
Views:
745
Comments:
0
Title:
The
SOUTHERN CRESCENT
Description:
Southern Railway train No. 2 - the northbound
SOUTHERN CRESCENT
- was accelerating away from its station stop at Slidell, Louisiana behind E8A's 2928 and 6914. As built, the 2928 did not have any sublettering; but today it was wearing CNO&TP lettering on the rear of its carbody beneath its radiator grills. The 6914 originally carried NO&NE sublettering and now displayed AGS, reflecting the fact that the NO&NE had been merged into the AGS on 31 January 1969. (approximate date of photo)
Photo Date:
9/1/1971
Upload Date:
6/21/2020 1:01:31 PM
Location:
Slidell, LA
Author:
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo
Categories:
Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
SOU 6914(E8A)
Views:
764
Comments:
0
Title:
Three Southern E-Units.
Description:
Freshly-painted Southern E8A's 6914, 6915 and 6913 were at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, having come in three days earlier on on 15-car special for a convention of the railroad's attorneys.
Photo Date:
3/17/1973
Upload Date:
9/11/2010 3:32:34 PM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
Paul H. Oliver, Jr.
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
SOU 6914(E8A)
Views:
1708
Comments:
2
Title:
Southern Passenger Special
Description:
Here was a trainload of Southern Railway attorneys leaving New Orleans for Atlanta – and points in between – on the Sunday morning after a convention in the
CRESCENT CITY
. The special consisted of E8A’s 6914, 6915 and 6913 with 15 cars: coach 842, office cars 9 and 2, coaches 819, 818 and 3789, coach-lounge 952, dining cars 3309 and 3869, coach-lounge 955, coaches 846, 3788, 816 and 823, and theater car 19
BUENA VISTA
. The train had come in the previous Thursday evening, along with a 20-car train from Washington; but the Washington train had left at 11:30 the previous evening so its passengers could be at work on Monday morning. Notice the end door on Southern boxcar 40201. The photo was taken from the former Orleans Ave. grade crossing, near New Orleans Terminal Co. milepost 4.
Photo Date:
3/18/1973
Upload Date:
2/28/2019 10:16:43 AM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR.
Categories:
Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
SOU 6914(E8A)
Views:
1157
Comments:
0
Title:
Southern Train 2
Description:
On an unknown date in the 1970’s Southern Railway E8A 6914 was leading the northbound
SOUTHERN CRESCENT
as it overtook No. 194 – the northbound run-through train from the Southern Pacific – at
WOODS
, a siding on the south side of Slidell, Louisiana. (unknown date)
Photo Date:
6/1/1975
Upload Date:
12/16/2019 5:44:20 PM
Location:
Slidell, LA
Author:
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo
Categories:
Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
SOU 6914(E8A)
SP 9218(SD45T-2)
Views:
1372
Comments:
1
Title:
Southern Crescent
Description:
The northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT pulls of of the Birmingham station behind E8A's 6902, 6910, 6908 and 6914. This was less than a year before Amtrak took over the operation of the train.
Photo Date:
3/17/1978
Upload Date:
8/13/2015 10:50:32 AM
Location:
Birmingham, AL
Author:
Paul H. Oliver, Jr.
Categories:
Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
SOU 6914(E8A)
Views:
708
Comments:
0
Title:
Southern E8A 6915
Description:
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)
Views:
196
Comments:
0
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)
Views:
650
Comments:
0
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)
Views:
1386
Comments:
2
Title:
Southern Railway Train No. 2
Description:
An hour after leaving New Orleans, Southern Railway’s northbound
SOUTHERN CRESCENT
was pulling up to the station in Slidell, Louisiann for its first stop. The train had its usual motive power, four green E8A units, along with a couple of deadheading cars on the head end. Sleeper 2012
SALUDA RIVER
tasn’t unusual; but combine 727
FORT MITCHELL
was, as this may have been the only time that the 727 had been on this end of the railroad. (approximate date of photo)
Photo Date:
11/1/1975
Upload Date:
3/2/2021 12:08:57 PM
Location:
Slidell, LA
Author:
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image
Categories:
Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
SOU 6916(E8A)
Views:
611
Comments:
0
Title:
SOU E8A 6916
Description:
This view of Southern E8 6916 was taken from the second floor of the station at Slidell, Louisiana provides a good view of the overhead air reservoirs and associated pipes which were unique to Southern’s 17 E8A units. The locomotive was on the northbound
SOUTHERN CRESCENT
. (approximate date of photo)
Photo Date:
11/1/1975
Upload Date:
3/3/2024 11:00:51 AM
Location:
Slidell, LA
Author:
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
SOU 6916(E8A)
Views:
167
Comments:
0
Title:
Southern Train No. 2
Description:
Southern Railway E8A 6916 was on the northbound
SOUTHERN CRESCENT
as the train made its station stop at Slidell, Louisiana. The fireman was sticking his head out of the engine-room door on the second unit, talking to someone of the platform. (approximate date of photo)
Photo Date:
12/1/1975
Upload Date:
7/7/2020 2:57:01 PM
Location:
Slidell, LA
Author:
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
SOU 6916(E8A)
Views:
769
Comments:
0
Title:
Southern No. 2
Description:
With a dirty nose and flaking paint, Southern 6916 and three siblings power the northbound
SOUTHERN CRESCENT
on its way out of New Orleans. The train is on the Southern's New Orleans Terminal Co. subsidiary at Gentilly Blvd. Today's train consists of E8A's 6916, 6902, 6913 and 6907 with eight cars: baggage-dormitory 706, coaches 3786, 824 and 3788, 10-6 sleepers 2023 WARRIOR RIVER and Amtrak 2604 PACIFIC CAPE, diner 3311, and dome-parlor 1602.
Photo Date:
4/29/1977
Upload Date:
5/20/2009 11:12:42 AM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
Michael Palmieri
Categories:
Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
SOU 6916(E8A)
Views:
1428
Comments:
1
Title:
Southern Railway Train No. 2
Description:
An hour after leaving New Orleans, Southern!Railway’s northbound
SOUTHERN CRESCENT
was pulling up to the station in Slidell, Louisiana for its first stop. The train had its usual motive power, four green E8A units, along with a couple of deadheading cars on the head end. Sleeper 2012
SALUDA RIVER
wasn’t unusual; but combine 727
FORT MITCHELL
was, as this may have been'the only time that the 727 had been on this end of the railroad. (approximate date of photo)
Photo Date:
3/2/2021
Upload Date:
3/2/2021 12:10:00 PM
Location:
Slidell, LA
Author:
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image
Categories:
Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
SOU 6916(E8A)
Views:
607
Comments:
0
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