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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) |
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556 Comments: 0 |
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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) |
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442 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Engine change for No ! |
Description: |
New E-8 power for the trip to New Orleans |
Photo Date: |
4/24/1978 Upload Date: 7/23/2010 12:30:38 AM |
Location: |
Atlanta, GA |
Author: |
James Gillin |
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Locomotives: |
SOU 6902(E8A) |
Views: |
651 Comments: 4 |
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Title: |
TR #2 |
Description: |
Equipment for TR 2 "Southern Crescent" waiting for boarding and departure |
Photo Date: |
4/28/1978 Upload Date: 8/6/2011 3:50:09 PM |
Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
Author: |
James Gillin |
Categories: |
Passenger |
Locomotives: |
SOU 6902(E8A) |
Views: |
404 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
SR 610 backed out of Alexandria while the Southern Crescent awaits departure |
Description: |
SR 610 backed out of Alexandria while the Southern Crescent awaits departure |
Photo Date: |
7/22/1978 Upload Date: 2/22/2016 7:40:38 PM |
Location: |
Alexandria, VA |
Author: |
Alan Page |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
SOU 6902(E8A) |
Views: |
258 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
SR 610 backed out of Alexandria while the Southern Crescent awaits departure |
Description: |
SR 610 backed out of Alexandria while the Southern Crescent awaits departure |
Photo Date: |
7/22/1978 Upload Date: 2/22/2016 7:42:29 PM |
Location: |
Alexandria, VA |
Author: |
Alan Page |
Categories: |
Station,Steam,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
SOU 610(2-10-4) SOU 6902(E8A) |
Views: |
301 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
SR E-8A 6902 |
Description: |
SR E-8A 6902 leads the Southern Crescent at Alexandria Union Station |
Photo Date: |
7/22/1978 Upload Date: 2/22/2016 7:43:47 PM |
Location: |
Alexandria, VA |
Author: |
Alan Page |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
SOU 6902(E8A) |
Views: |
240 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
SR E-8A 6902 |
Description: |
SR E-8A 6902 leads the Southern Crescent out of Alexandria Union Station |
Photo Date: |
7/22/1978 Upload Date: 2/22/2016 7:44:56 PM |
Location: |
Alexandria, VA |
Author: |
Alan Page |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
SOU 6902(E8A) |
Views: |
257 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
SR E-8A 6902 |
Description: |
SR E-8A 6902 leads the Southern Crescent out of Alexandria Union Station |
Photo Date: |
7/22/1978 Upload Date: 2/22/2016 7:46:26 PM |
Location: |
Alexandria, VA |
Author: |
Alan Page |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
SOU 6902(E8A) |
Views: |
227 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
SR E-8A 6902 |
Description: |
SR E-8A 6902 leads the Southern Crescent out of Alexandria Union Station |
Photo Date: |
7/22/1978 Upload Date: 2/22/2016 7:47:46 PM |
Location: |
Alexandria, VA |
Author: |
Alan Page |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
SOU 6902(E8A) |
Views: |
246 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
SR E-8A 6902 leads the Southern Crescent past SR 610 |
Description: |
SR E-8A 6902 leads the Southern Crescent past SR 610 |
Photo Date: |
7/22/1978 Upload Date: 2/22/2016 7:50:25 PM |
Location: |
Alexandria, VA |
Author: |
Alan Page |
Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
SOU 6902(E8A) SOU 610(2-10-4) |
Views: |
404 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
SR E-8A 6902 leads the Southern Crescent past SR 610 |
Description: |
SR E-8A 6902 leads the Southern Crescent past SR 610 |
Photo Date: |
7/22/1978 Upload Date: 2/22/2016 7:51:26 PM |
Location: |
Alexandria, VA |
Author: |
Alan Page |
Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
SOU 6902(E8A) SOU 610(2-10-4) |
Views: |
327 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Southern Crescent, southbound, July, 1978 |
Description: |
I think it was late and was moving fast this day. It was due at 5:22 p.m. and there isn't much light left. |
Photo Date: |
12/31/2005 Upload Date: 1/3/2006 2:12:09 PM |
Location: |
Purvis, MS |
Author: |
John Sita |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
SOU 6902(E8A) |
Views: |
435 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
SR 6903 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
10/13/1973 Upload Date: 2/4/2012 6:08:03 PM |
Location: |
Birmingham, AL |
Author: |
Robert Farkas |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
SOU 6903(E8A) |
Views: |
452 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
SOU 6903 Button Gwinnett of Georgia |
Description: |
In 1976, the Southern paid tribute to the American Bicentennial with banners for the signers of the Declaration of Independence from the Southern's territory. |
Photo Date: |
5/1/1976 Upload Date: 1/24/2006 7:14:39 PM |
Location: |
Atlanta, GA |
Author: |
Frank Greene |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
SOU 6903(E8A) |
Views: |
720 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
SOU 6904 |
Description: |
SR power awaits Crescent assignments. |
Photo Date: |
4/1/1977 Upload Date: 4/23/2020 10:38:04 PM |
Location: |
Ivy City, DC |
Author: |
Tim Darnell |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
SOU 6904(E8A) SOU 6903(E8A) WATC 62(RS1) |
Views: |
362 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
SOU 6904 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
4/1/1977 Upload Date: 4/23/2020 10:38:06 PM |
Location: |
Ivy City, DC |
Author: |
Tim Darnell |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
SOU 6904(E8A) SOU 6903(E8A) |
Views: |
392 Comments: 2 |
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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: |
1897 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Southern Railway E-8A 6903 |
Description: |
Southern Railway E-8A 6903 in a quartet of E-8's ready to lead the Southern Crescent at Washington Union Station. |
Photo Date: |
4/1/1978 Upload Date: 1/5/2016 5:07:50 PM |
Location: |
Washington Union Sta, DC |
Author: |
Andrew J. Erlichman |
Categories: |
Roster,Station |
Locomotives: |
SOU 6903(E8A) |
Views: |
363 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Train #2 Southern Crescent at speed |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/1/1978 Upload Date: 1/23/2006 6:43:48 PM |
Location: |
Duluth, GA |
Author: |
Frank Greene |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
SOU 6903(E8A) |
Views: |
1986 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Southern E8A 6903 |
Description: |
Taken circa 1980. |
Photo Date: |
1/1/1980 Upload Date: 11/20/2022 3:16:17 PM |
Location: |
Elizabethport, NJ |
Author: |
Tom Gallo |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
SOU 6903(E8A) |
Views: |
164 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
SOU 6903 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
2/10/1980 Upload Date: 5/23/2015 5:52:13 PM |
Location: |
Elizabethport Yard, NJ |
Author: |
andrew koenigsberg |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
SOU 6903(E8A) |
Views: |
304 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
SOU 6903 |
Description: |
NJ Transit locomotive 4333 in it's original Southern paint to star in the movie "Angel Heart". |
Photo Date: |
9/6/1985 Upload Date: 1/27/2008 10:52:48 AM |
Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
Author: |
Tony Krslovic |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
SOU 6903(E8A) |
Views: |
699 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
SOU 6903x Looking real good |
Description: |
Southern E-8 visiting Hoboken to be part of a Robert Denero movie. The coach behind it recieved a Southern sticker by the vestibule. |
Photo Date: |
4/1/2005 Upload Date: 5/29/2005 9:25:51 PM |
Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
Author: |
Tony Krslovic |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
SOU 6903(E8A) |
Views: |
827 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Southern Crescent, April, 1978 |
Description: |
Look how clean those E-8s were - Southern was trying to discontinue the train at the time, too. |
Photo Date: |
12/31/2005 Upload Date: 1/1/2006 12:28:36 AM |
Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
Author: |
John Sita |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
SOU 6903(E8A) |
Views: |
901 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Southern Crescent, southbound, April, 1978 |
Description: |
It was really flying low - at least 80 mph. |
Photo Date: |
12/31/2005 Upload Date: 1/1/2006 12:33:10 AM |
Location: |
Purvis, MS |
Author: |
John Sita |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
SOU 6903(E8A) |
Views: |
776 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
SOU 6904 |
Description: |
SOU 6904 is seen at a station stop |
Photo Date: |
12/28/1972 Upload Date: 12/12/2020 7:01:20 PM |
Location: |
Atlanta, GA |
Author: |
John Beach |
Categories: |
Roster,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
SOU 6904(E8A) |
Views: |
301 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
SOU 6904 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
3/11/1973 Upload Date: 5/10/2009 10:33:20 PM |
Location: |
Meridian, MS |
Author: |
Jack Smith |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
SOU 6904(E8A) |
Views: |
721 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
SOU 6904 (RF) |
Description: |
The Crescent Limited makes a station stop at Alexandria. |
Photo Date: |
10/29/1975 Upload Date: 7/7/2007 5:30:34 AM |
Location: |
Alexandria, VA |
Author: |
Jim Gavin |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
SOU 6904(E8A) |
Views: |
610 Comments: 2 |
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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: |
1619 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Train #2 Southern Crescent |
Description: |
During the Summer of 1976, the Southern Crescent frequently ran in two sections between Atlanta and Washington, D. C. Here we see #2 approaching Peachtree Station from New Orleans with the section that will become 2nd #2. The red banners are Southern's Bicentennial tribute. |
Photo Date: |
7/1/1976 Upload Date: 1/23/2006 6:43:50 PM |
Location: |
Atlanta, GA |
Author: |
Frank Greene |
Categories: |
Passenger |
Locomotives: |
SOU 6904(E8A) |
Views: |
1354 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Southern 6916 AND 6904 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
8/1/1977 Upload Date: 2/17/2023 9:22:33 AM |
Location: |
Arlington, VA |
Author: |
Dick Leonhardt |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
SOU 6916(E8A) SOU 6904(E8A) AMTK 417(E9A) |
Views: |
202 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Southern 6904 |
Description: |
EMD E8s on the Southern Crescent at Birmingham, AL, in February 1978 |
Photo Date: |
2/27/1978 Upload Date: 9/14/2013 11:00:28 AM |
Location: |
Birmingham, AL |
Author: |
John Hepp |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
SOU 6904(E8A) |
Views: |
307 Comments: 0 |
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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: |
335 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Train #1 Southern Crescent |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
4/1/1978 Upload Date: 1/23/2006 6:43:48 PM |
Location: |
Buford, GA |
Author: |
Frank Greene |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
SOU 6904(E8A) |
Views: |
1687 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
SR Tr 1 at Terminal Station |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
4/24/1978 Upload Date: 7/23/2010 12:50:14 AM |
Location: |
Birmingham, AL |
Author: |
James Gillin |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
SOU 6904(E8A) |
Views: |
576 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Northbound Southen Railway Crescent Arrives in Alexandria |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/11/1978 Upload Date: 4/5/2012 10:31:43 AM |
Location: |
Alexandria, VA |
Author: |
Frank A. Phillips Jr. |
Categories: |
Roster,Model,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
SOU 6904(E8A) |
Views: |
392 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
SOU 6904 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
7/28/1978 Upload Date: 5/3/2007 4:03:03 PM |
Location: |
Ivy City, DC |
Author: |
Marty Bernard |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
SOU 6904(E8A) |
Views: |
440 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
SOU 6904 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
7/28/1978 Upload Date: 5/3/2007 4:03:04 PM |
Location: |
Ivy City, DC |
Author: |
Marty Bernard |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
SOU 6904(E8A) |
Views: |
440 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Southern Railway (SOU) EMD E8A No. 6904 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
4/13/1980 Upload Date: 1/31/2009 5:39:40 PM |
Location: |
Elizabethport, NJ |
Author: |
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Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
SOU 6904(E8A) |
Views: |
590 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
SOU 6904 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
9/29/1987 Upload Date: 5/28/2004 4:07:30 PM |
Location: |
Atlanta, GA |
Author: |
Uncle Joe Oates |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
SOU 6904(E8A) |
Views: |
1042 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
SR 6905 |
Description: |
(Date approximate) |
Photo Date: |
7/7/1973 Upload Date: 1/9/2012 12:10:20 PM |
Location: |
Alexandria, VA |
Author: |
Robert Farkas |
Categories: |
Passenger |
Locomotives: |
SOU 6905(E8A) |
Views: |
801 Comments: 3 |
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Title: |
Southern 6905 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
7/7/1973 Upload Date: 4/21/2020 12:44:51 PM |
Location: |
Alexandria, VA |
Author: |
Robert Farkas |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
SOU 6905(E8A) |
Views: |
413 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
SR 6905 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
7/7/1973 Upload Date: 7/1/2013 10:34:42 PM |
Location: |
Alexandria, VA |
Author: |
Robert Farkas |
Categories: |
Passenger |
Locomotives: |
SOU 6905(E8A) |
Views: |
705 Comments: 5 |
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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: |
494 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
SOU 6905 |
Description: |
A colorful assortment of power sits at the Ivy City Engine Terminal in Washington DC on a September day in 1975. Front and center is Southern Railway E8A 6905 (ex-SOU 2928, built 9/51), still in passenger service for the Southern Railway (which did not initially join the Amtrak system when it was formed in 1971). Hiding behind the E-unit is Baltimore & Ohio 6606, a steam-generator equipped GP9 used on Washington to Baltimore commuter trains. And behind that is an assortment of Amtrak SDP40F diesels (582 and, behind that, 609, with others not visible). |
Photo Date: |
9/1/1975 Upload Date: 2/3/2013 9:49:08 PM |
Location: |
Ivy City, DC |
Author: |
Douglas G. Walker |
Categories: |
Yard,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
SOU 6905(E8A) BO 6606(GP9) AMTK 582(SDP40F) AMTK 609(SDP40F) |
Views: |
954 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
SOU 6905 Thomas Nelson, Jr. of Virginia |
Description: |
In 1976, the Southern paid tribute to the American Bicentennial with banners for the signers of the Declaration of Independence from the Southern's territory. |
Photo Date: |
5/1/1976 Upload Date: 1/24/2006 7:14:39 PM |
Location: |
Atlanta, GA |
Author: |
Frank Greene |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
SOU 6905(E8A) |
Views: |
880 Comments: 0 |
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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: |
623 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Southern E8 and SCL GP40-2 |
Description: |
While the northbound Southern Crescent waits at the former sight of Birmingham Terminal Station a few SCL units pass on the way to Atlanta. |
Photo Date: |
9/10/1978 Upload Date: 11/2/2008 3:36:46 PM |
Location: |
Birmingham, AL |
Author: |
Gary Morris |
Categories: |
Signal,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
SOU 6905(E8A) SCL 1646(GP40-2) |
Views: |
984 Comments: 4 |
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Title: |
Southern Crescent power at Ivy City |
Description: |
Southern Railway E8A's lay over during the day at the Ivy City engine terminal |
Photo Date: |
10/22/1978 Upload Date: 1/11/2010 6:08:15 PM |
Location: |
Washington, DC |
Author: |
Bill Wilcox |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
SOU 6907(E8A) SOU 6905(E8A) SOU 6912(E8A) SOU 6914(E8A) |
Views: |
1393 Comments: 2 |
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