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| Title: |
Texas & Pacific E8A 30 |
| Description: |
In this undated photo from the early 1960’s, Texas & Pacific E8A 30 and an unidentified F7B were parked on a ready track at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. At this time, the MP-TP had recently introduced an all-blue paint scheme and a unified numbering system. The 30 was originally T&P 2010, the first of eight T&P E8A units; while the F7B was one of four such T&P units (881B-884B) equipped with steam generators and high-speed (77 MPH) gearing. These locomotives had arrived here in the morning on the LOUISIANA EAGLE, the overnight train from Fort Worth, and would be returning west that evening. F7’s were frequently used on this train until they were replaced by GP7’s. (date of photo unknown) |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1963 Upload Date: 3/3/2024 11:09:48 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
unknown |
| Categories: |
Yard,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
MP 30(E8A) TP 30(E8A) |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Panama |
| Description: |
A quartet of E-units were waiting to couple on to an 18-car PANAMA LIMITED at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. Notice the carman squatting down between the engines and the train. The locomotives were Amtrak E8A's 203 and 205 (both ex-B&O), Illinois Central Gulf E9A 4034 in Amtrak colors, and Amtrak (ex-UP) E9B 468; while the train was made up of baggage car 1102, sleepers 2012 GULL and 2152 SILVER HYACINTH, dome-sleeper 9211, diner 8026, bar-lounge 3353, coaches 5473, 4509, 4520, 5404 and 5233, lunch counter-diner 8102, and coaches 5457, 4441, 5649, 4467, 6058 and 5452. The purple discoloration next to the 203 came with the slide :) |
| Photo Date: |
2/17/1974 Upload Date: 9/3/2017 8:26:16 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 203(E8A) |
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925 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Servicing Engines |
| Description: |
On a sunny December afternoon, 6-month-old Amtrak SDP40F 615 and ex-B&O E8A 203 were being fueled and watered after having arrived on the PANAMA LIMITED. On the right is the locker building, where engine crews registered going on and off duty. The next two tracks closer to us were ready tracks, the track in the center is used by trains backing into the station (off to the right) from the wye, while in the foreground is the train inspection pit. The outbound track is on the other side of the locker building. |
| Photo Date: |
12/18/1974 Upload Date: 6/18/2009 3:33:11 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 615(SDP40F) AMTK 203(E8A) |
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1353 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak E-Units |
| Description: |
Amtrak E8A 205 and Illinois Central Gulf E9A 4034 were the two middle units on the northbound PANAMA LIMITED at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. |
| Photo Date: |
2/17/1974 Upload Date: 11/1/2017 12:04:26 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 204(E8A) IC 4034(E9A) ICG 4034(E9A) |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Train No. 58 |
| Description: |
Amtrak E8A 208 was on train 58 – the northbound PANAMA LIMITED – at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal with a couple of Illinois Central units. The locomotive had been built in October 1953 as Baltimore & Ohio 32 and was renumbered B&O 1452 in 1957. After it became Amtrak 208 in 1971 it spent most of its short Amtrak career on the IC/ICG before being retired. The 208 was one of about 80 E-units retired on 28 May 1975, and it was sold for scrap to Naparano Iron & Metal in New Jersey that October. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
9/1/1973 Upload Date: 6/21/2020 1:03:22 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 208(E8A) |
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| Title: |
Panama Power |
| Description: |
Amtrak E8A 208, Illinois Central E8A 4024 and ICG E8A 4029 in Amtrak colors were backing in to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal to couple onto train No. 58, the northbound PANAMA LIMITED. The 208 was previously Baltimore & Ohio 1452 and was one of the first Amtrak units that was regularly used on the PANAMA. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/1973 Upload Date: 9/7/2021 2:43:09 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Station |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 208(E8A) |
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418 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Train No. 58 |
| Description: |
Amtrak train No. 58 – the northbound PANAMA LIMITED – was on its way out of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, between the South Broad Street Overpass and Jefferson Davis Parkway (now South Norman C. Francis Parkway). No. 58 had E8A 208, E9B 450 and ICG E9A 2040 with 10 cars: baggage car 1062, baggage-dormitory car 1400, sleeper 2702 ST. PETERSBURG, diner 8025, coached 4843 and 5213, lounge 3800, coaches 4437, 5209 and 6058. |
| Photo Date: |
6/9/1974 Upload Date: 8/17/2022 9:52:43 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 208(E8A) |
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416 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
E-Unit Trucks |
| Description: |
A pair of E-units trucks were sitting outside the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal diesel shop. They didn't have any traction motors, and were left over after E8A 293 had been cannibalized and scrapped here. The cement plant was on NOUPT property and has been gone for a while now. |
| Photo Date: |
7/2/1978 Upload Date: 3/9/2017 5:36:03 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 293(E8A) |
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619 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak No. 58 |
| Description: |
Amtak SDP40F 614 and E8A 352 were hustling train 58, the northbound PANAMA LIMITED, along the north side of the Illinois Central Gulf's MAYS YARD on its way out of New Orleans. The speed limit here was 60 miles per hour. |
| Photo Date: |
5/19/1975 Upload Date: 5/21/2018 12:33:01 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 614(SDP40F) AMTK 352(E8A) |
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458 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 368, 493 and 492 |
| Description: |
Having been displaced by new locomotives, Amtrak E8A 368 (UP 929), FP7 493 (SP 6454) and FP7 492 (SP 6453) were stored at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. The 368 was retired at New Orleans in 1981, while the two F-units left the roster in 1980. All three were sold for scrap to Precision National Corp. |
| Photo Date: |
9/25/1977 Upload Date: 9/20/2022 2:59:11 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 368(E8A) |
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309 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak E-Units |
| Description: |
Amtrak E9A fuel tender 400 (ex-B&O 1454, nee 34) and E8A 368 (ex-438, exx-326, nee UP 929A) were soaking up the Sunday afternoon sun at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. By the time, there wasn't much work for Amtrak's remaining E-units. |
| Photo Date: |
2/25/1979 Upload Date: 10/13/2017 4:40:54 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 400(Fuel Tender) AMTK 368(E8A) |
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1114 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 436 |
| Description: |
A pair of Amtrak E-units were with ICG 2039 at the NOUPT sand tower. They had just arrived on the PANAMA LIMITED. |
| Photo Date: |
6/8/1974 Upload Date: 2/27/2009 10:56:54 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 436(E8A) AMTK 452(E9B) |
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1462 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Stored Power |
| Description: |
By the time this photo was taken Amtrak had retired most of its E and F units, and stored many of its remaining older locomotives. Here are six of the surviving older engines stored at the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal coach yard: E8Am 436, E9A 419, FP7A's 493 and 492, and E8A's 368 and 353. The 436 was built in May 1952 as Illinois Central 4029, and was upgraded by the IC into E10 2021 in February 1969. Amtrak bought it in February 1973, and it was the only IC unit purchased by Amtrak. The 419 was built in December 1963 as Union Pacific 419, and it had the distinction of being the last E-unit ever constructed. Both of these units were scrapped at NOUPT by Precision National Corp. in 1982.The 493 and 492 were two of 14 FP7's acquired from the Southern Pacific, and the last two in existence. Originally SP 6454 and 6453, they became Amtrak 117 and 116 in July 1972, were renumbered 377 and 376 in April 1976, and renumbered to 493 and 492 in July 1977. Both were retired in May 1980 and sold to Precision National Corp. for scrap. E8A 368 was built in August 1950 as UP 929. It was subsequently Amtrak 326, 438, 368 and 469 before being retired in June 1981 and sold to PNC. E8A 353 was built in October 1953 as Baltimore & Ohio 26A and was renumbered B&O 1447 in 1957. It wore Amtrak numbers 203, 353 and 467 before being retired. |
| Photo Date: |
11/11/1977 Upload Date: 2/4/2010 9:37:00 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 436(E8A) AMTK 419(E9A) |
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1930 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 440 |
| Description: |
This unit was originally RF&P 1012, and then Amtrak 220. |
| Photo Date: |
1/25/1977 Upload Date: 2/27/2009 11:03:34 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 440(E8A) |
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763 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 441 |
| Description: |
Amtrak 441 was one of about a dozen E-units that were stored at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. Within a few months, all but one were sold to Precision National Corp. and scrapped here. The 441 was built as Louisville & Nashville E8A 794 in May 1951 and it still wore the F-unit number boxes which the L&N had added. It was renumbered Amtrak 224, rebuilt to E9 specifications in June 1974, and renumbered 441 in November 1975 to make room for F40's. When photographed here it was one month shy of its 30th birthday. |
| Photo Date: |
4/26/1981 Upload Date: 10/21/2007 3:22:30 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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AMTK 441(E8A) |
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1409 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 498 |
| Description: |
This locomotive was built as Pennsylvania Railroad 5809 and was subsequently renumbered Penn Central 4309 before becoming Amtrak 315. It received a Head End Power generator at Altoona in September 1974 and was renumbered 498 in November 1975, when all of the remaining E-units were put into the 400-series. In 1983 it was traded to Conrail for a pair of SW8's and became CR 4020. When CR was broken up, it was assigned Norfolk Southern 1000; but was sold and regained its original number as Juniata Terminal 5809. |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1977 Upload Date: 1/29/2009 11:29:24 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 498(E8A) |
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1085 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
L&N E8A 785 |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville E8A 785 was at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, in between runs on the PAN-AMERICAN. The locomotive had been built in February 1950 as St. Louis-San Francisco 2009 JET PILOT and was purchased by the L&N in 1965. The L&N installed flat number boards, removed one port hole and painted over the others. The 785 was retired in March 1972 and used as trade-in credit with EMD. |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1970 Upload Date: 5/18/2020 3:30:45 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
LN 785(E8A) |
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842 Comments: 0 |
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| 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) |
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1227 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
L&N Last Run |
| Description: |
This somewhat-fuzzy Instamatic shot recorded the last departure of a regularly-scheduled L&N train from New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. It was 5PM as the PAN-AMERICAN pulled out behind E8's 785 and 786, both former Frisco units purchased in 1965, with baggage car 1484, heavyweight coach 2555, lightweight coaches 3254 and 3250, lunch-counter/diner/lounge 2801, and 6-6-4 sleeper SHORT LEAF PINE, all for Cincinnati; plus coach 3255 for Jacksonville. L&N was one of few U.S. railroads that ran sleepers with open sections up until the beginning of Amtrak. The commemorative lettering on the nose and side of the 785 was added by railfan Jim Selzer of Slidell, Louisiana. The last southbound PAN-AMERICAN arrived at 11:25 the next morning behind E7A's 779 and 780, and they deadhead out later that day with all of the remaining L&N cars. |
| Photo Date: |
4/30/1971 Upload Date: 3/5/2014 8:15:21 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
LN 785(E8A) LN 786(E8A) |
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2739 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
L&N 786 |
| Description: |
L&N E8A's 786 and 785 back into New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal for the last departure on train No. 8 - the PAN-AMERICAN. The 786 and 785 were built as Frisco 2015 TWENTY GRAND and 2009 JET PILOT in 1950 and were purchased by the L&N in 1965. |
| Photo Date: |
4/30/1971 Upload Date: 4/30/2016 2:31:06 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo |
| Categories: |
Station |
| Locomotives: |
LN 786(E8A) |
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1044 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
L&N Train No. 34 |
| Description: |
Recently-delivered Louisville & Nashville E8A units 794 and 796 were on train 34, the northbound PIEDMONT, in New Orleans on the Fourth of July 1951. The locomotives had been built in May 1951 and this was their first trip to New Orleans. The 794 was retired in April 1972 and became Amtrak 224, while the 796 was retired the next month and was used as trade-in credit with EMD. |
| Photo Date: |
7/4/1951 Upload Date: 6/10/2020 4:17:13 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
LN 794(E8A) |
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1106 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
L&N No. 9 |
| Description: |
On the last day of 1970 the Louisville & Nashville’s southbound PAN-AMERICAN arrived in New Orleans behind U28B 2500 and E8A 796. The 5-car train consisted of baggage car 1473, coaches 3244 and 3250, counter-lounge car 2800 and 10-roomette/6-double-bedroom sleeper 3411 KENTUCKY RIVER. We don’t know where the GE was added to the train, but it was already on when the train arrived in Mobile. Here was the train backing in past the diesel shop at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. |
| Photo Date: |
12/31/1970 Upload Date: 2/6/2020 10:06:13 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
LN 2500(U30B) LN 796(E8A) |
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1198 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
L&N No. 9 |
| Description: |
On the last day of 1970 the Louisville & Nashville’s southbound PAN-AMERICAN arrived in New Orleans behind U28B 2500 and E8A 796. The 5-car train consisted of baggage car 1473, coaches 3244 and 3250, counter-lounge car 2800 and 10-roomette/6-double-bedroom sleeper 3411 KENTUCKY RIVER. We don’t know where the GE was added to the train, but it was already on when the train arrived in Mobile. Here was the train backing in to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. |
| Photo Date: |
12/31/1970 Upload Date: 2/6/2020 10:08:34 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
LN 2500(U30B) LN 796(E8A) |
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1297 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
L&N E8A 797 |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville E8A 797 and an E7A were parked at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal engine terminal, awaiting their 5:15PM departure on the northbound PAN-AMERICAN. About three months earlier, on 4 December 1970, the 797 had been damaged when it struck a loaded dump truck in eastern New Orleans; but as can be seen here, its nose was nicely repaired and repainted. It was retired in May 1972 and used as a trade-in with EMD. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1971 Upload Date: 4/21/2020 12:50:49 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
LN 797(E8A) |
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600 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
John Batiste Nepveux |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific engineer John Batiste Nepveux was born in Saint Martinville, Louisiana on 21 June 1903 and went to work for the SP (Texas & New Orleans) in 1923. By the time Amtrak began in 1971 he was the regular engineer on the SUNSET between New Orleans and Lafayette. (Since the train only ran three times a week, he was the train’s ONLY regular engineer!) Here he was, standing next to former Union Pacific E8A 929 (Amtrak 326) prior to the train’s departure from New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal in October 1971. He retired on 20 June 1973, the day before his 70th birthday, with 50 years of service and passed away on 29 October 1979 at age 76. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1971 Upload Date: 7/4/2020 6:10:31 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Station |
| Locomotives: |
UP 929(E8A) |
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769 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SOU 2923 |
| Description: |
It's about 4:45 P.M. on a Friday afternoon as New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal SW8 No. 3 pulls Southern E8A's 6912 and 2923 out of the station. The two units had arrived at 3:25 on a 13-car ORANGE BELT TOUCHDOWN CLUB special, en route from Florida to Baton Rouge. The train moved from Florida to Birmingham over the SCL, and then into New Orleans over the Southern. It headed into NOUPT, then a few minutes later Illinois Central E-units 4027 and 2021 backed onto the opposite end of the train, and it left for Baton Rouge at 4:30. This was the last football special to LSU! The train left Baton Rouge the next evening, after LSU beat Florida 48-7, arrived in NOUPT at midnight, and left for Florida at 1:30 Sunday morning.The train was made up entirely of former Seaboard Coast Line cars, all owned by Amtrak: 4-section/4-roomette/1-compartment/5-bedroom 6406 PINEHURST as a dormitory (still lettered SEABOARD), diners 5916 and 5922, 10-roomette/6-bedroom cars 6636 DARLINGTON COUNTY, 6627 WEST PALM BEACH and 6637 DUVAL COUNTY, 11-bedroom car 6108 NATURAL BRIDGE, blunt-end lounge 5831, diner 5905, 11-bedroom car 6111 MOUNT VERNON, and 10-6 sleepers 6628 WINTER HAVEN, 6623 ST. PETERSBURG and 6638 EDGECOMBE COUNTY. |
| Photo Date: |
10/8/1971 Upload Date: 5/20/2009 11:11:03 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 2923(E8A) |
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2860 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SOU E8A 2925 |
| Description: |
On a foggy morning, a pair of black-and-white E-units lead the northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT out of New Orleans. The train is entering the connection between the Southern's New Orleans Terminal Co. subsidiary (at Terminal Junction) and the former New Orleans & Northeastern main line to Meridian and points north (Oliver Junction). The train's name had been changed from the SOUTHERNER nine months earlier. (year OK, date approximate) |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1970 Upload Date: 5/29/2009 11:55:17 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 2925(E8A) |
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2159 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SOU 2925 |
| Description: |
A pair of black E8A's lead the northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT across the Lake Pontchartrain trestle. (month approximate) |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1970 Upload Date: 6/1/2009 9:05:28 PM |
| Location: |
North Shore, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 2925(E8A) |
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2757 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Southern Railway Train No. 2 |
| Description: |
This northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT was coming off of the Lake Pontchartrain trestle with E8A units 2925 and 2927, FP7 6132, a Seaboard Coast Line baggage car still lettered for the Atlantis Coast Line, six lightweight Southern cars and four unidentified cars. |
| Photo Date: |
10/15/1970 Upload Date: 6/1/2009 9:10:11 PM |
| Location: |
North Shore, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 2925(E8A) |
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2760 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Birmingham Special |
| Description: |
Southern Railway’s BIRMINGHAM SPECIAL (Nos. 17/18) was down to three cars when it was photographed at the remains of Birmingham’s TERMINAL STATION in July 1970, across the platform from the SOUTHERN CRESCENT. This train consisted of FP7 6147, E8A 2926, two Norfolk & Western lightweight coaches and a Southern heavyweight baggage car. On its way out of town it would stop at Norris Yard to pick up some intermodal cars before heading north to Washington, D.C. On 11 August - shortly after this photo was taken - the train was discontinued in the State of Tennessee, and two weeks later is was abolished in Alabama as well. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
7/15/1970 Upload Date: 10/29/2018 1:47:44 PM |
| Location: |
Birmingham, AL |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6147(FP7A) SOU 2926(E8A) |
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1273 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SOU E8A 2926 |
| Description: |
Southern E8A 2926 was on the SOUTHERN CRESCENT at Slidell, Louisiana. This unit was unusual because it retained its 2900-series number when it was repainted into the new green scheme. The railroad decided to renumber E8A units 2923-2929 as 6900-6905 and 6916 shortly after it adopted the green paint scheme, so almost all of the other 2900-series units came out of the paint shop with new numbers. The 2926 was renumbered 6903, and became New Jersey Department of Transportation 4333 after it was retired by the Southern in 1979. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/1972 Upload Date: 6/28/2020 11:52:48 AM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 2926(E8A) |
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598 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southern No. 2 |
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On 1 February 1970 Southern Railway train No. 48 the SOUTHERNER was redesignated No. 2 the SOUTHERN CRESCENT. On Tuesday 20 October 1970 the train went from daily to tri-weekly operation between New Orleans and Birmingham. Here is train No. 2 on Wednesday 21 October with two sets of power, because the equipment that had arrived in New Orleans on Monday evening did not go out on Tuesday morning. Notice the Automatic Train Stop contact shoe on the third axle of the 2927's front truck. ATS had been deactivated on 15 May 1970. That's the photographer's yellow Volkswagen Beetle parked on the platform. |
| Photo Date: |
10/21/1970 Upload Date: 6/2/2009 10:52:34 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 2927(E8A) |
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| Title: |
The SOUTHERN CRESCENT |
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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. The 2928's oscillating headlight had been removed long ago, and the twin sealed beam light had been relocated into the upper position, but the lower light opening had not very been covered over. Many Southern E-units ran around like this in the 1960's, but by this time most of the few remaining E's had their lower opening covered up or had received nose doors without a light opening. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
8/1/1971 Upload Date: 11/28/2017 6:13:23 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 2928(E8A) |
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1413 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Southern Railway Train No. 2 |
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Southern Railway train No. 2 – the northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT – was in New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal awaiting its 7:00 AM departure with a trio of freshly-repainted E8A locomotives. Lead unit 2929 was unusual because it had received the new green paint scheme while retaining its original 2900-series road number. Most of the seven 2900-series E8’s received new 6900-series numbers when they were repainted green in 1972. Notice that the trucks and underbody tanks had not been repainted on any of the locos! (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
9/1/1972 Upload Date: 6/23/2021 12:36:56 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
BRADLEY BRICE image |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 2929(E8A) |
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659 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IC E8A 4018 |
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Illinois Central E8A 4018 was receiving fuel and water at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. The 4018 was the railroad’s very first E8. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1970 Upload Date: 2/21/2020 1:10:36 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
IC 4018(E8A) |
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790 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
L&N E7A 799 |
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The Louisville & Nashville's highest numbered E-unit and the Illinois Central's first E8 were at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal shortly before the start-up of Amtrak. L&N E7A 799 was originally Chicago & Eastern Illinois 1101, then Missouri Pacific 28, and had only been an L&N unit since June 1969. (approximate day) |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1971 Upload Date: 12/10/2016 10:01:17 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
LN 799(E7A) IC 4018(E8A) |
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1277 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Illinois Central Train No. 6 |
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An A-B-A set of Illinois Central E-units, led by E8A 4023, was on train No. 6 – the northbound PANAMA LIMITED – as it pulled out of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. The Southern and the Penn Central baggage cars on the left were parked at the REA Express building. |
| Photo Date: |
5/24/1970 Upload Date: 6/23/2021 12:22:30 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
BRADLEY BRICE image |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
IC 4023(E8A) |
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601 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IC 4023 |
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| Photo Date: |
2/16/1974 Upload Date: 6/14/2009 6:17:23 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
IC 4023(E8A) |
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1298 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak PANAMA LIMITED |
| Description: |
Illinois Ientral E8A 4024 and and unidentified E9B were pulling out of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal with Amtrak's northbound PANAMA LIMITED. (exact date unknown) |
| Photo Date: |
7/15/1973 Upload Date: 6/29/2016 4:10:34 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Senzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
IC 4024(E8A) |
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1067 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
IC Train No. 6 |
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Illinois Central train No. 6, the northbound PANAMA LIMITED, was leaving New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal with an unusual set of four E-units, instead of the usual two or three. E8A 4027 wore a unique paint scheme, with a wider-than-normal orange band. On all of the IC’s other E-units, the orange band matched that of the railroad’s passenger cars, but on the 4027 the separation line was the batten strip between the upper and lower side sheets. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
11/1/1970 Upload Date: 5/20/2020 4:56:44 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
IC 4027(E8A) |
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697 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Train No. 58 |
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Amtrak train No. 58 – the northbound PANAMA LIMITED – was leaving New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal behind Illinois Central E8A 4027 and new Amtrak SDP40F 514. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
7/1/1973 Upload Date: 9/19/2021 6:48:06 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
IC 4027(E8A) |
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411 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Power |
| Description: |
Classic first generation power sat side-by-side outside the engine house at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, facing into the morning sun. The set on the left - for the PANAMA - was made up of Illinois Central E8A's 4027 and 4022, both in Amtrak paint, and Amtrak 436. This locomotive was previously IC 2021 and originally IC 4029, and was the only IC unit purchased by Amtrak. The set on the right - for the SUNSET - consisted of FP7A 114 (ex-SP 6450), F7B 163 (ex-SP 8296), and SP SDP45 3202. |
| Photo Date: |
4/19/1974 Upload Date: 9/27/2016 1:12:42 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
IC 4027(E8A) AMTK 114(FP7A) |
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828 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Panama Power |
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Amtrak E8A 208, Illinois Central E8A 4024 and ICG E8A 4029 in Amtrak colors were backing in to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal to couple onto train No. 58, the northbound PANAMA LIMITED. The 208 was previously Baltimore & Ohio 1452 and was one of the first Amtrak units that was regularly used on the PANAMA. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/1973 Upload Date: 9/7/2021 2:43:39 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Station |
| Locomotives: |
IC 4029(E8A) ICG 4029(E8A) |
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478 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SOU E8A 6900 |
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Southern E8A 6900 was on the northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT at Slidell, Louisiana. It had recently been repainted into the new green paint scheme and renumbered from 2923. It was retired in 1979 and donated to the North Carolina Transportation Museum. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1973 Upload Date: 6/28/2020 11:49:33 AM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6900(E8A) |
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963 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southern Crescent |
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The second-to-last southbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT had just arrived at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal on 30 January 1979 with three E-units and ten cars. The train’s consist was E8A’s 6900, 6914 and 6907 with deadhead diner 3308 and Amtrak sleeper-lounge 3203 CRYSTAL STREAM, baggage car 3589, coach 842, Amtrak sleeper-lounge 3202 LAUREL STREAM, coach 816, 10-6 sleepers 3403 HOLSTON RIVER and Amtrak 2604 PACIFIC CAPE, diner 3307 and dome-coach 1613. The final SOUTHERN CRESCENT arrived on 1 February with six E8A’s and 14 cars. |
| Photo Date: |
1/30/1979 Upload Date: 9/10/2017 12:42:31 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6900(E8A) |
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1931 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SOU 6901 |
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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) |
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1953 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southern No. 1 |
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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) |
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1108 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Southern E8A 6901 |
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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) |
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565 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southern Railway Train No. 2 |
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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) |
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416 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southern Railway Train No. 2 |
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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) |
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642 Comments: 0 |
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