Office Car 8         
Office cars weren't unusual on the end of the SOUTHERN CRESCENT, but they usually ran with their open platform on the rear! Car number 8 was running backwards on the northbound train as it approached the L&N crossing at N.E. Tower. The conductor was keeping a wary eye on the photographer from the vestibule of dome coach 1613 as he prepared to grab his train orders at the tower. The nearest track was the "new" L&N line from Gentilly Yard to the Mississippi River, built when New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal opened in 1954.
Date: 4/15/1977 Location: New Orleans, LA   Map Show New Orleans on a rail map Views: 1264 Collection Of:   Michael Palmieri
Rolling Stock: SOU 8 (Passenger Car) Author:  Michael Palmieri
Office Car 8
Picture Categories: Passenger,Action This picture is part of album:  New Orleans
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Bernie Feltman General Wonderful photo, Mike 5/8/2010 11:11:49 PM

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