Southern Passenger Special         
Here was a trainload of Southern Railway attorneys leaving New Orleans for Atlanta – and points in between – on the Sunday morning after a convention in the CRESCENT CITY. The special consisted of E8A’s 6914, 6915 and 6913 with 15 cars: coach 842, office cars 9 and 2, coaches 819, 818 and 3789, coach-lounge 952, dining cars 3309 and 3869, coach-lounge 955, coaches 846, 3788, 816 and 823, and theater car 19 BUENA VISTA. The train had come in the previous Thursday evening, along with a 20-car train from Washington; but the Washington train had left at 11:30 the previous evening so its passengers could be at work on Monday morning. Notice the end door on Southern boxcar 40201. The photo was taken from the former Orleans Ave. grade crossing, near New Orleans Terminal Co. milepost 4.
Date: 3/18/1973 Location: New Orleans, LA   Map Show New Orleans on a rail map Views: 851 Collection Of:   Michael Palmieri
Locomotives: SOU 6914(E8A)   Rolling Stock: SOU 40201 (Autorack) Author:  PAUL H. OLIVER, JR.
Southern Passenger Special
Picture Categories: Passenger,Action This picture is part of album:  PAUL H. OLIVER, JR.
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