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Owner: Louisville & Nashville
Model:EMD E8ABuilt As:LN 795 (E8A)
Serial Number:13831Order No:2036
Frame Number:2036-A2Built:5/1951
Other locos with this serial:  AMTK 225(E8A) AMTK 442(E8A) LN 795(E8A)
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L&N Train No. 8
Title:  L&N Train No. 8
Description:  Louisville & Nashville train No. 8 – the northbound PAN-AMERICAN – was pulling out of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal behind E8A units 795 and 785. With the beginning of Amtrak on 1 May, the train was discontinued, so it left for the very last time exactly three weeks after this photo was taken.
Photo Date:  4/9/1971  Upload Date: 4/11/2021 7:25:38 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  ROBERT SCORSONE image
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LN 795(E8A)
Views:  360   Comments: 0
L&N E8A 795
Title:  L&N E8A 795
Description:  Louisville & Nashville E8A units 795 and 785 were being moved by New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal SW8 number 1. The E-units had come in earlier that morning on the PAN-AMERICAN and they 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. Later in 1971 the 795 was sold to Amtrak, renumbered 225, subsequently renumbered 442 and retired in 1981. This photo was taken from the tender of Southern Railway 2-8-0 722.
Photo Date:  4/9/1971  Upload Date: 4/6/2021 4:00:40 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  ROBERT SCORSONE image
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  LN 795(E8A)
Views:  269   Comments: 0
L&N and IC E-Units
Title:  L&N and IC E-Units
Description:  Louisville & Nashville E8A’s 795 and 785 were parked next to Illinois Central E9A 2021 and E9B 2100 at the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal engine zone. All of the locomotives had come in that morning, on the L&N’s PAN-AMERICAN and the IC’s PANAMA LIMITED, 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 4:01:44 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  ROBERT SCORSONE image
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  LN 795(E8A) IC 2021(E8A)
Views:  339   Comments: 0
L&N 795 with Amtrak Floridian
Title:  L&N 795 with Amtrak Floridian
Description:  12:36PM, Northbound Amtrak Floridian departs Union Station with 6 cars after refueling.
Photo Date:  9/14/1972  Upload Date: 5/4/2019 2:18:37 PM
Location:  Louisville, KY
Author:  Dennis Mize
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LN 795(E8A)
Views:  197   Comments: 0
L&N E8A 795
Title:  L&N E8A 795
Description:  Northbound Amtrak Floridian departs Union Station at 12:36PM with 6 cars after refueling.
Photo Date:  9/14/1972  Upload Date: 5/4/2019 2:19:00 PM
Location:  Louisville, KY
Author:  Dennis Mize
Categories:  Roster,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LN 795(E8A)
Views:  236   Comments: 0


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