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Owner: Louisville & Nashville
Model:EMD E8ABuilt As:SLSF 2009 (E8A)
Serial Number:10175Order No:2014
Frame Number:2014-A4Built:2/1950
Notes:ex-SLSF 2009
Other locos with this serial:  SLSF 2009(E8A) LN 785(E8A)
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L&N E8A 785
Title:  L&N E8A 785
Description:  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
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  LN 785(E8A)
Views:  639   Comments: 0
E-Units at NOUPT
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)
Views:  1003   Comments: 0
L&N Last Run
Title:  L&N Last Run
Description:  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)
Views:  2532   Comments: 1
L&N 785
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)
Views:  402   Comments: 0


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