| Around 1 P.M. on the day before Thanksgiving 1969, Louisville & Nashville E6A 772 was on train 9 – the southbound PAN-AMERICAN – on its way into New Orleans. No. 9 was operating over the Southern Railway’s New Orleans Terminal Co. subsidiary on its way from L&N track to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. The 772 had just crossed Bayou St. John and was about to pass under Marconi Drive. The 8-car train also included E7A units 790 and 780, four head-end cars, a 1955 ACF coach, sleeper PEARL RIVER, another 1955 ACF coach and a counter-lounge car (either 2800 or 2801). |
| Date:
11/26/1969 |
Location:
New Orleans, LA |
Views:
415 |
Collection Of:
 
Michael Palmieri |
| Locomotives: |
Author: ROBERT A. SCORSONE
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| Picture Categories: Passenger,Action |
This picture is part of album: ROBERT SCORSONE |