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Owner: Amtrak
Model:EMD E8ABuilt As:PRR 5886 (E8A)
Serial Number:10423Order No:6079
Frame Number:6079-A3Built:4/1950
Notes:ex-PRR
Other locos with this serial:  PC 4286(E8A) PC 293(E8A) PRR 4286(E8A) PRR 5886(E8A) AMTK 293(E8A)
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Amtak E8A 293
Title:  Amtak E8A 293
Description:  Amtrak E8A 293 was photographed outside the diesel shop at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, still displaying the identity of its previous owner. The locomotive was built in April 1950 as Pennsylvania Railroad 5886A, and was renumbered PRR 4286 in preperation for the Penn Central merger.
Photo Date:  6/10/1977  Upload Date: 2/4/2010 12:19:29 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  AMTK 293(E8A)
Views:  756   Comments: 2
E-Unit Trucks
Title:  E-Unit Trucks
Description:  A pair of E-units trucks were sitting outside the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal diesel shop. They didn't have any traction motors, and were left over after E8A 293 had been cannibalized and scrapped here. The cement plant was on NOUPT property and has been gone for a while now.
Photo Date:  7/2/1978  Upload Date: 3/9/2017 5:36:03 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 293(E8A)
Views:  426   Comments: 1


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