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L&N E8A 785 |
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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 |
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Roster |
| Locomotives: |
LN 785(E8A) |
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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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| Title: |
L&N E8A 785 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal SW8 number 1 was moving Louisville & Nashville E8A units 785 and 795, which had come in earlier that morning on the PAN-AMERICAN, and these would be heading back north at 5:15PM. With the beginning of Amtrak on 1 May, this train was discontinued and left for the very last time exactly three weeks after this photo was taken. The 785 had been built in February 1950 as St. Louis-San Francisco (Frisco) 2009, named JET PILOT, and was purchased by the L&N in 1965. It was retired about one year after this photo was taken and was used as a trade-in to EMD. |
| Photo Date: |
4/9/1971 Upload Date: 4/6/2021 4:00:16 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ROBERT SCORSONE image |
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Yard |
| Locomotives: |
LN 785(E8A) |
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| Title: |
L&N E9A 785 |
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New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal SW 8 number 1 was on the NOUPT service track coupled to Illinois Central E9A 2021 and E9B 2100, while Louisville & Nashville E8A’s 785 and 795 were on the ready track. The E-units had come in that morning, on the IC’s PANAMA LIMITED and the L&N’s PAN-AMERICAN, and they would be going back out later that afternoon. With the advent of Amtrak on 1 May, these trains left for the very last time exactly three weeks after this photo was taken. |
| Photo Date: |
4/9/1971 Upload Date: 4/6/2021 4:01:59 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ROBERT SCORSONE image |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
LN 785(E8A) |
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| Title: |
L&N Last Run |
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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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2363 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
L&N LAST RUN |
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L&N engineer W. Earnest Harper and some friends pose in front of E8A 785 as he prepares to leave New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal on the last run of train No. 8 - the PAN-AMERICAN,. |
| Photo Date: |
4/30/1971 Upload Date: 4/30/2016 2:34:55 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
LN 785(E8A) |
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1527 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
L&N 785 |
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| Photo Date: |
8/6/1972 Upload Date: 6/28/2015 6:25:23 PM |
| Location: |
Lafayette, IN |
| Author: |
Robert Farkas |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
LN 785(E8A) |
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355 Comments: 0 |
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