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| Title: |
Westbound Sunset |
| Description: |
Four Espee passenger cars -- 141 OAKLAND, sleeper 292, 150 SUNSET and 140 STANFORD -- bring up the rear of Amtrak's westbound SUNSET as it climbs the Huey P. Long Bridge. The train was powered by SP SDP45's 3207 and 3201, and Amtrak P30CH's 712 and 716. |
| Photo Date: |
12/13/1986 Upload Date: 2/10/2010 10:47:54 PM |
| Location: |
Jefferson, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger |
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| Title: |
Bridge Meet |
| Description: |
An eastbound Missouri Pacific transfer run meets Amtrak's westbound SUNSET on the east approach to the Huey P. Long Bridge. The MP locomotives are GP38-2's 2079 and 2217 with B23-7 4680, while the SP office cars are 150 SUNSET followed by 140 STANFORD. |
| Photo Date: |
12/13/1986 Upload Date: 2/12/2010 2:51:48 PM |
| Location: |
Jefferson, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Bridge |
| Locomotives: |
MP 4680(B23-7) |
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1516 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
CSX 116 on OLS Special |
| Description: |
CSX F7A 116 (ex-CRR) was on the front of an Operation Lifesaver Special preparing to leave New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal for a trip to Pascagoula and back. The other locomotives were CSX F7B 117 (ex-CRR), NS GP38 2800 (ex-SOU), ICG GP38 9531 (ex-GM&O 712) and Amtrak F40 276. The 10-car train consisted of Amtrak coaches 4616, 4741 SILVER MAPLE, 4722, 4736 and 4603, NS sleeper-lounge 2352 CRESCENT MOON, NS sleeper 17 TUGALO RIVER, NRHS-Florida Gulf Coast Chapter sleeper-lounge 800055 CAPE TORMENTINE (ex-CN), SBD lounge 319 GREENBRIAR (ex-IC) and SBD track observation car 318. |
| Photo Date: |
9/16/1987 Upload Date: 5/17/2010 3:34:47 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
CSX 116(F3A) |
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1049 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
CMNW GP40 3521 |
| Description: |
A really unusual set of power was on this westbound train heading from either the Seaboard System or the Norfolk Southern to the Espee. The locomotives were Chicago, Missouri & Western GP40 3521, still painted in Western Pacific colors, SP slug 1608, and SP GP40-2's 7940 and 7652. The train was stopped on the NS BACK BELT at Marconi Drive. |
| Photo Date: |
9/20/1987 Upload Date: 2/11/2010 10:33:53 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Action |
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CMNW 3521(GP40) |
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1259 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
CSX Detour |
| Description: |
Because of some problem on the CSX's former L&N line out of New Orleans, CSXT train 572 in sitting on the Norfolk Southern's BACK BELT at Terminal Junction, preparing to nead north on the NS as the second section of NS train 194. The train had backed west out of the CSX Gentilly Yard three and a half miles onto the NS at L&N Junction -- between the second and third overpasses -- and then pulled up to here to change crews. The locomotives were CSXT GP38-2 2598 (ex-L&N 4088), C&O GP40-2 4384, SBD U30B 5323 (ex-SBD 5540, nee L&N 2504) and CSXT GP40-2 6097 (ex-B&O 4198). |
| Photo Date: |
11/7/1987 Upload Date: 2/21/2010 3:09:26 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CSX 2598(GP38-2) |
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871 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
EMDX 817 |
| Description: |
Built as Penn Central 8017, this loco was subsequently Conrail and EMD 8017, and then EMD 817. Here it is on lease to the Union Pacific, parked on the Norfolk Southern BACK BELT over Pontchartrain Boulevard -- and Interstate 10 -- with a transfer run from the CSX to the UP. |
| Photo Date: |
11/21/1987 Upload Date: 2/7/2010 12:11:32 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
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EMDX 817(GP38-2) |
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395 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NS No. 193 |
| Description: |
Norfolk Southern No. 193 (and later 393) was the run-through train from Birmingham to Houston via the SP. Here it was stopped on the NS at the Marconi Drive underpass, waiting for a clear route to the Huey P. Long Bridge about five miles away. When it got to the east end of the bridge, an SP crew would get on and take it cross the Mississippi River to their Avondale Yard. This train had SP SD45T-2 9309, along with former Conrail SDP45's 6688 and 6689 which the SP was leasing from VMV Enterprises. These SDP45's were originally Erie Lackawanna units, and when their lease expired Conrail retired them. Along the way, the 6688 had an accident and its long hood was replaced with one made for an SD45-2. |
| Photo Date: |
3/27/1988 Upload Date: 11/30/2016 10:11:00 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Bridge |
| Locomotives: |
SP 9309(SD45T-2) VMV 6688(SDP45) VMV 6689(SDP45) |
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854 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ICG SW14 1461 |
| Description: |
Illinois Central Gulf SW14 1461 was heading upriver along the Mississippi near the Prytania Street grade crossing with a train of Polish coke. The coke had been unloaded at the Public Bulk Terminal which was served by the New Orleans Public Belt, and the NOPB delivered the train to the ICG at Cotton Warehouse Yard. The manicured green area along the tracks is actually a 20-foot high levee, and the stuff in the foreground belonged to one of the Bisso compainies. |
| Photo Date: |
4/15/1988 Upload Date: 7/7/2017 9:57:52 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
ICG 1461(SW14) |
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313 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ICG 1461 |
| Description: |
ICG SW14 1461 was on a transfer run at the Prytania Street garde crossing. The train was going from Stuyvesant Docks Yard to Mays Yard, and included a large block of hoppers from the New Orelans Public Belt. The cars contained coke imported from Poland. |
| Photo Date: |
4/15/1988 Upload Date: 1/26/2010 9:29:55 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
ICG 1461(SW14) |
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679 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
NORTA 450 |
| Description: |
A pair of big Komatsu forklifts were preparing to remove New Orleans Regional Transit Authority car 450 off of a flatbed semitrailer (and its broad-gauge trucks) and on to the new RIVERFRONT car line. This car - along with the 451 - had just arrived from CARROLLTON STATION where they had been extensively overhauled. The 450 had been built by the Perley A. Thomas Car Co. in 1924 as New Orleans Public Service 924. It went to Atlanta soon after the CANAL car line was discontinued in 1964 and returned to New Orleans in January 1986. Both the forklifts and the truck were owned by the Southern Transfer Co. |
| Photo Date: |
7/31/1988 Upload Date: 4/12/2020 9:53:58 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Transit |
| Locomotives: |
NORTA 450(Trolley) |
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196 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NORTA 450 |
| Description: |
A pair of big Komatsu forklifts were had just removed New Orleans Regional Transit Authority car 450 off of a flatbed semitrailer and were about to lower it onto standard-gauge trucks for service on to the new RIVERFRONT car line. The car had just arrived from CARROLLTON STATION where they had been extensively overhauled. It had been built by the Perley A. Thomas Car Co. in 1924 as New Orleans Public Service 924. It went to Atlanta soon after the CANAL car line was discontinued in 1964 and returned to New Orleans in January 1986. |
| Photo Date: |
7/31/1988 Upload Date: 4/12/2020 9:59:00 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Transit |
| Locomotives: |
NORTA 450(Trolley) |
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156 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NORTA 450 |
| Description: |
A pair of big Komatsu forklifts had just lowered New Orleans Regional Transit Authority car 450 onto standard-gauge trucks for service on the new RIVERFRONT car line. The 450 had just arrived from CARROLLTON STATION on a flatbed semi-trailer. The car had been built by the Perley A. Thomas Car Co. in 1924 as New Orleans Public Service 924 and went to Atlanta soon after the CANAL car line was discontinued in 1964. It returned to New Orleans in January 1986. |
| Photo Date: |
7/31/1988 Upload Date: 4/12/2020 10:00:54 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Transit |
| Locomotives: |
NORTA 450(Trolley) |
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155 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NORTA 450 |
| Description: |
A pair of big Komatsu forklifts were had just removed New Orleans Regional Transit Authority car 450 off of a flatbed semitrailer and were about to lower it onto standard-gauge trucks for service on to the new RIVERFRONT car line. The car had just arrived from CARROLLTON STATION where they had been extensively overhauled. It had been built by the Perley A. Thomas Car Co. in 1924 as New Orleans Public Service 924. It went to Atlanta soon after the CANAL car line was discontinued in 1964 and returned to New Orleans in January 1986. |
| Photo Date: |
7/31/1988 Upload Date: 4/12/2020 9:57:03 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Transit |
| Locomotives: |
NORTA 450(Trolley) |
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147 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NORTA 450 and 451 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Regional Transit Authority cars 450 (ex-New Orleans Public Service 924) and 451 (ex-919) had just been trucked to the new, standard-gauge RIVERFONT LINE and were parked on their storage tracks. This new line utilized a former Southern Pacific track, while the track next to it belonged to the CSX (originally Louisville & Nashville) and the track on the left was owned by the New Orleans Public Belt. RTA subsequently purchased the CSX line and rebuilt both tracks to broad (62½-inch) gauge. Local transit historian and CSX employee Earl Hampton was enjoying a cold drink on the left. |
| Photo Date: |
7/31/1988 Upload Date: 4/25/2020 6:11:37 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Transit |
| Locomotives: |
NORTA 450(Trolley) NORTA 451(Trolley) |
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296 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NOPB-IC at Southport Junction |
| Description: |
At 9:30AM on this bright Sunday morning Illinois Central GP40R 3105, GP38 9534 and GP38-2 9571 had delivered an intermodal train to the railroad's IMX (Intermodal eXchange) along the Mississippi River at STUYVESANT DOCKS YARD and were returning to MAYS YARD where the crew would go off duty and the geeps would be serviced. In the early evening, a crew would go back on duty and deadhead back to the IMX for the northbound run. This long-standing practice was eliminated a few years later by fueling the units on the southbound train a McComb, and then leaving them at the IMX until departure. The geeps had just crossed the New Orleans Public Belt at SOUTHPORT JUNCTION, but about six years later they installed a connection here with the IC and the crossings were eliminated. |
| Photo Date: |
4/16/1989 Upload Date: 3/26/2018 4:34:35 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Track |
| Locomotives: |
IC 3105(GP40R) |
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578 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Two MKT Geeps |
| Description: |
Former MKT GP39-2 370 was parked next to the Union Pacific engine house at Avondale Yard, Louisiana; while GP38-2 318 was inside. MKT 360-379 were the last GP39-2's built. |
| Photo Date: |
8/13/1989 Upload Date: 5/7/2010 12:36:54 AM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
MKT 370(GP39-2) |
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1366 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Central Avenue |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific GP35 6564 is on a set of transfer power parked in that railroad's East Bridge Yard, while Kansas City Southern GP40 776 passes on Train No. 53. KCS No. 53 is exercising trackage rights over the Illinois Central, and is on its way to the CSX Gentilly Yard. |
| Photo Date: |
10/21/1989 Upload Date: 11/24/2009 10:23:52 AM |
| Location: |
Metairie, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
SP 6564(GP35) KCS 776(GP40) |
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827 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NOPB SW1000 103 |
| Description: |
On a beautiful January morning New Orleans Public Belt SW1000 103 was parked dead along the Mississippi River at South Carrollton Avenue with no one around. This was the job that went out most afternoons to switch industries around the east end of the Huey P. Long Bridge, and something must have happened before they got back to Cotton Warehouse Yard which was about two miles away. |
| Photo Date: |
1/23/1990 Upload Date: 3/9/2018 5:25:55 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NOPB 103(SW1000) |
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552 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Southport Tower |
| Description: |
This view is facing west on the north side of the IC's former Southport Tower. The auto is parked on the former right-of-way of what had been the IC's inbound main line into New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal until it was removed around 1969. The tower was built in 1912 by the Louisiana Railway & Navigation Co., a predecessor of the KCS, to control several crossings with the IC. It closed on 27 October 1996, after being condemned by the Federal Railroad Administration; and was razed on 13-14 August 1997. |
| Photo Date: |
2/27/1990 Upload Date: 2/15/2010 12:25:55 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Station |
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| Title: |
Southport Tower |
| Description: |
This view of the west side of the IC's Southport Junction Tower shows its professionally-lettered sign and the fine condition of the building! The tower was built in 1912 by the Louisiana Railway & Navigation Co., a predecessor of the KCS, to control several crossings with the IC. It closed on 27 October 1996, after being condemned by the Federal Railroad Administration; and was razed on 13-14 August 1997. |
| Photo Date: |
2/27/1990 Upload Date: 2/15/2010 12:26:19 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Station |
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| Title: |
Eastbound BNSF |
| Description: |
An eastbound BNSF intermodal train was parked on the New Orleans Public Belt near Carrollton Avenue waiting for an NOPB crew to continue its trip to the CSX GENTILLY YARD. The train was powered by C44-9W 4456 and SD75M 8249, with NOPB MP1500D 1501 BLACK MAGIC along for the ride. The empty area to the right of the train once contained a pair of Illinois Central tracks. |
| Photo Date: |
3/13/2001 Upload Date: 7/26/2019 3:05:05 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 4456(C44-9W) |
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406 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
BNSF H-NWOBEL |
| Description: |
Badly-discolored BNSF C44-9W 4475, along with the 4428, was on westbound train H-NWOBEL at New Orleans. The train was on the New Orleans Public Belt at the Prytania Street grade crossing. It had just originated at the NOPB’s COTTON WAREHOUSE YARD and was on its way to Belen, New Mexico. Both of these locomotives had been built in mid-1999 and a number of BNSF units built at this time received defective paint which quickly discolored. |
| Photo Date: |
4/19/2001 Upload Date: 7/27/2019 1:08:49 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 4475(C44-9W) |
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476 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Eastbound BNSF |
| Description: |
When LMX B39-8E units 8550 and 8596 showed up in New Orleans on this eastbound BNSF stack train, they were two of the last LMX units still in operation on that railroad. The train was parked on the New Orleans Public Belt's westbound main track near Walnut Street, with the Mississippi River levee on the left. The little rusty object on the left, between the tracks and the bicycle path, was a derelict log skidder. It was left over from when the Bisso company, on the other side of the levee, occasionally dealt in used railroad equipment. It had been here for well over 60 years and was scrapped by the NOPB soon after this photo was taken. There had once been a 2-track yard here, when the NOPB delivered coal to Bisso for use in its tugboats and ferries. |
| Photo Date: |
7/25/2001 Upload Date: 1/9/2017 10:24:19 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LMX 8550(B39-8E) |
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367 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
GCFX SD40M-2 3053 |
| Description: |
GCFX SD40M-2 3053 was parked on the CSX at the Louisa Street grade crossing in New Orleans with Kansas City Southern train No. 53. A Norflk Southern crew had brought the train here from their KCS connection at Shrewsbury, and the CSX would send a crew out from their Gentilly Yard to bring the train in when they were ready for it. |
| Photo Date: |
7/29/2001 Upload Date: 2/17/2017 5:43:43 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
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GCFX 3053(SD40-2) |
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317 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Derelict Skidder |
| Description: |
This derelict log skidder was parked along the New Orleans Public Belt near Walnut Street for over 60 years, but it was finally scrapped by the railroad shortly after this photo was taken. The NOPB felt that it had become an eyesore and a liability once the bicycle path in the foreground was completed. Before the bike path was created, the skidder was usually covered in thick vegetation, and most people didn't even know it was there!According to a long-time New Orleans railfan, the late Ed Gebhardt, the skidder was probably brought here by the Bisso Towboat Co., which was located right behind the photographer, on the riverside of the Mississippi River levee. Mr. Gebhardt recalled that Bisso dealt in used railroad equipment as late as the 1930's, and that the skidder had been parked in a 2-track yard right here for as long as he could remember. The yard was long-gone when this photo was taken, and soon the skidder disappeared too. The fire extinguisher must have been someone's idea of a joke! |
| Photo Date: |
9/10/2001 Upload Date: 1/12/2017 1:40:26 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
RollingStock |
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247 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NO&GC Track (2) |
| Description: |
This track along Brooklyn Avenue in Algiers, Louisiana was first laid in 1889 by the New Orleans, Fort Jackson & Grand Isle Railroad, which was building south along the west bank of the Mississippi River. At one time the railroad’s depot and station were just beyond the vegetation in the distance. After several reorganizations and mergers this track was owned by the New Orleans & Gulf Coast when this photo was taken. These two homes at 709-711 (brown) and 705-707 were typical double-shotgun designs, with an addition on the rear for indoor bathrooms. |
| Photo Date: |
9/29/2001 Upload Date: 10/16/2018 3:46:58 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
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| Title: |
NO&GC Track (1) |
| Description: |
This track along Brooklyn Avenue in the New Orleans suburb of Algiers was first laid in 1889 by the New Orleans, Fort Jackson & Grand Isle Railroad, which was building south along the west bank of the Mississippi River from here. At one time there were houses all along the street, and their front steps descended onto these tracks. By the time this photo was taken, the track belonged to the New Orleans & Gulf Coast, and there were only three houses left. The blue home was at 737 Brooklyn, on the corner with Slidell Street. A depot and roundhouse were once just beyond the vegetation in the distance. |
| Photo Date: |
9/29/2001 Upload Date: 10/16/2018 3:36:10 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
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| Title: |
A Little Too Close for Comfort |
| Description: |
At 4:30 on the morning of 15 December 2001, Union Pacific train Q-LIWX (Livonia-Waycross) was coming off of the HUEY P. LONG BRIDGE at EAST BRIDGE JUNCTION and heading for the CSX via the Norfolk Southern BACK BELT. The train had UP SD40-2 3334, C40-8 9262, SD40-2 3533 and CSX SD40-2 8254 with 119 cars. At the same time, the connecting train between CSX No. 145 and UP I-ATLB (Atlanta-Long Beach) was approaching EAST BRIDGE on the New Orleans Public Belt with an NOPB crew, behind UP SD70M 4662 and C44-9W 9764. Unfortunately, the NOPB crew was asleep, as their train ran a red signal and struck the Q-LIWX about 70 cars back, derailing about a dozen cars on the eastbound train as well as the two units and one car on their own train. When this photo was taken about 12 hours later, a crew from Hulcher was cleaning up the mess. Westlake Polymers car WLPX 44124 was leaning over next to EAST BRIDGE JCT. tower. |
| Photo Date: |
12/15/2001 Upload Date: 3/18/2022 11:50:02 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Wreck |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4662(SD70M) |
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262 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CN-IC Transfer Run |
| Description: |
Norfolk Southern C40-9W 9340, SD60 6568 and Canadian National GP9RM 4013 were on a combined CN-IC transfer run/intermodal train Q-192 on the New Orleans Public Belt at Walnut Street. The train was on its way from Mays Yard to Stuyvesant Docks Yard and was made up of 17 cars of mixed freight, 27 gondolas and 88 axles of intermodal cars. At that time, the CN geeps were regularly used on these transfer runs, but the NS units on Q-192 were very uncommon. The bicycle path in the foreground runs along the toe of the Mississippi River levee. |
| Photo Date: |
5/14/2002 Upload Date: 11/24/2018 1:14:16 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 9340(C40-9W) |
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314 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NORTA cars 945 and 2002 |
| Description: |
The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority’s brand-new home-made streetcar 2002 was stopped at the outer end of the ST. CHARLES car line while undergoing 100 miles of testing. The car had just been built at the RTA’s CARROLLTON STATION, while car 945 had been built by the Perley A. Thomas Car Works in 1924. The 2000-series cars were built for service on the new CANAL STREET car line, and have been used on other new lines. |
| Photo Date: |
11/21/2002 Upload Date: 1/12/2021 3:46:49 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Transit |
| Locomotives: |
NORTA 945(Trolley) NORTA 2002(Trolley) |
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126 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NORTA streetcar 2002 |
| Description: |
The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority’s brand-new home-made streetcar 2002 was stopped at the outer end of the ST. CHARLES car line while undergoing 100 miles of testing. The car had just been built at the RTA’s CARROLLTON STATION for service on the new CANAL STREET car line. |
| Photo Date: |
11/21/2002 Upload Date: 1/12/2021 3:48:33 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Transit |
| Locomotives: |
NORTA 2002(Trolley) |
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127 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NORTA streetcar 2002 |
| Description: |
The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority’s brand-new home-made streetcar 2002 was inbound at the outer end of the ST. CHARLES car line while undergoing 100 miles of testing. The car had just been built at the RTA’s CARROLLTON STATION for service on the new CANAL STREET car line. |
| Photo Date: |
11/21/2002 Upload Date: 1/12/2021 3:49:48 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Transit |
| Locomotives: |
NORTA 2002(Trolley) |
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308 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CN-IC Track |
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In late 2002 the Canadian National removed the last vestiges of the former Illinois Central inbound and outbound main lines just north of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. These two lines had been severed at the New Orleans city limit in early 1954, when the IC began using NOUPT; but remained in place to serve various freight customers. These businesses gradually switched to truck, relocated or closed; and in 2000 the last customer, the Blue Plate Mayonnaise plant at the corner of South Jefferson Davis Parkway and Earhart Boulevard, shut down after production moved to Knoxville. In this view, a pair of ICG gondolas were collecting ties along Earhart Boulevard near South Gayoso Street. |
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11/24/2002 Upload Date: 12/15/2020 6:21:35 PM |
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New Orleans, LA |
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Michael Palmieri |
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ICG Gondola 246622 |
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In late 2002 the Canadian National removed the last vestiges of the former Illinois Central inbound and outbound main lines just north of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. These two lines had been severed at the New Orleans city limit in early 1954, when the IC began using NOUPT; but remained in place to serve various freight customers. These businesses gradually switched to truck, relocated or closed; and in 2000 the last customer, the Blue Plate Mayonnaise plant at the corner of South Jefferson Davis Parkway and Earhart Boulevard, closed after production moved to Knoxville. In this view, a pair of ICG gondolas were collecting ties along Earhart Boulevard near South Gayoso Street. |
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11/24/2002 Upload Date: 12/15/2020 6:22:53 PM |
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New Orleans, LA |
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Michael Palmieri |
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CN-IC Track |
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In late 2002 the Canadian National removed the last vestiges of the former Illinois Central inbound and outbound main lines just north of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. These two lines had been severed at the New Orleans city limit in early 1954, when the IC began using NOUPT; but remained in place to serve various freight customers. These businesses gradually switched to truck, relocated or closed; and in 2000 the last customer, the Blue Plate Mayonnaise plant at the corner of South Jefferson Davis Parkway and Earhart Boulevard, closed after production moved to Knoxville. In this view, a pair of ICG gondolas were collecting ties along Earhart Boulevard near South Gayoso Street. |
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11/24/2002 Upload Date: 12/15/2020 6:23:59 PM |
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New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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CN-IC Track |
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In late 2002 the Canadian National removed the last vestiges of the former Illinois Central inbound and outbound main lines just north of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. These two lines had been severed at the New Orleans city limit in early 1954, when the IC began using NOUPT; but remained in place to serve various freight customers. These businesses gradually switched to truck, relocated or went out of business, and by the beginning of the 21st century none were left. In this view, a pair of ICG gondolas were collecting ties along Earhart Boulevard near South Dupre Street. |
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11/24/2002 Upload Date: 12/15/2020 6:25:17 PM |
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New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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CN-IC Track |
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In late 2002 the Canadian National removed the last vestiges of the former Illinois Central inbound and outbound main lines just north of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. These two lines had been severed at the New Orleans city limit in early 1954, when the IC began using NOUPT; but remained in place to serve various freight customers. These businesses gradually switched to truck, relocated or closed and by the beginning of the 21st century none were left. Here is a view from the end of NOUPT track along Earhart Boulevard near South Dupre Street. The sign of the last customer in this area, the Blue Plate Mayonnaise plant at the corner of South Jefferson Davis Parkway and Earhart Boulevard, could be seen on the left. |
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11/24/2002 Upload Date: 12/15/2020 6:30:38 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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East City Junction Tower |
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This brick tower along the Norfolk Southern at EAST CITY JUNCTION in New Orleans opened in 1954 and replaced a block office at this location. It was closed on 10 August 1972, but survived Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and was still standing in 2022. The track on the right is the beginning of the ST. LOUIS STREET LINE, which was once the main line to the Southern Railway’s TERMINAL STATION on Basin Street at Canal Street; while the construction on the left was for the First Baptist Church, which was being built on former railroad property. (approximate date of photo) |
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2/1/2003 Upload Date: 5/15/2022 12:14:05 PM |
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New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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UP Train I-CIAT |
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Eastbound Union Pacific train I-CIAT (Intermodal from City of Industry to Atlanta) was on the Norfolk Southern at EAST CITY JUNCTION in New Orleans. It was powered by SD70M 4728, SD60 2155 and SD40-2 3240, and was on its way from the UP to the CSX. The track on the right is the beginning of the ST. LOUIS STREET LINE, which was once the main line to the Southern Railway’s TERMINAL STATION on Basin Street at Canal Street, while the construction on the left was for the First Baptist Church, which was being built on former railroad property. (approximate date of photo) |
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2/1/2003 Upload Date: 5/15/2022 12:15:57 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
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Michael Palmieri |
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Track,Action |
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UP 4728(SD70M) |
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| Title: |
Canal Street Car Line Construction |
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When the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority built the new CANAL STREET car line, the rails were laid on continuous concrete slabs instead of crossties. This view is looking towards the Mississippi River at Bernadotte Street. A ceremonial ground-breaking had been held on Canal Street at Carrollton Avenue on 20 July 2001 and service began on 18 April 2004. (approximate date of photo) |
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11/1/2003 Upload Date: 1/12/2021 3:56:07 PM |
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New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Canal Street Car Line Construction |
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When the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority built the new CANAL STREET car line, the rails were laid on continuous concrete slabs instead of crossties. This view is looking towards the Mississippi River at Bernadotte Street. A ceremonial ground-breaking had been held on Canal Street at Carrollton Avenue on 20 July 2001 and service began on 18 April 2004. (approximate date of photo) |
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11/1/2003 Upload Date: 1/12/2021 3:58:09 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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NOUPT 1 |
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New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal number 1 was one of three SW8's built for NOUPT in December 1953. Number 2 was sold to Jones & Laughlin Steel in around 1960, but 1 and 3 survived long enough to receive Amtrak paint. They were sold to NASA in August 1990 and provided parts to maintain the space agency's fleet of ex-Air Force SW8's at the Kennedy Space Center. |
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12/27/1974 Upload Date: 2/4/2010 1:12:12 PM |
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New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Roster |
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NOUPT 1(SW8) |
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| Title: |
Servicing Power |
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P30CH 709, SDP40F 515 and heater car 1921 were being serviced at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, shortly after their arrival on the PANAMA LIMITED. This was a typical set of power. |
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12/8/1976 Upload Date: 2/5/2010 9:38:33 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Passenger |
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AMTK 709(P30CH) AMTK 515(SDP40F) |
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Stored Power |
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By the time this photo was taken Amtrak had retired most of its E and F units, and stored many of its remaining older locomotives. Here are six of the surviving older engines stored at the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal coach yard: E8Am 436, E9A 419, FP7A's 493 and 492, and E8A's 368 and 353. The 436 was built in May 1952 as Illinois Central 4029, and was upgraded by the IC into E10 2021 in February 1969. Amtrak bought it in February 1973, and it was the only IC unit purchased by Amtrak. The 419 was built in December 1963 as Union Pacific 419, and it had the distinction of being the last E-unit ever constructed. Both of these units were scrapped at NOUPT by Precision National Corp. in 1982.The 493 and 492 were two of 14 FP7's acquired from the Southern Pacific, and the last two in existence. Originally SP 6454 and 6453, they became Amtrak 117 and 116 in July 1972, were renumbered 377 and 376 in April 1976, and renumbered to 493 and 492 in July 1977. Both were retired in May 1980 and sold to Precision National Corp. for scrap. E8A 368 was built in August 1950 as UP 929. It was subsequently Amtrak 326, 438, 368 and 469 before being retired in June 1981 and sold to PNC. E8A 353 was built in October 1953 as Baltimore & Ohio 26A and was renumbered B&O 1447 in 1957. It wore Amtrak numbers 203, 353 and 467 before being retired. |
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11/11/1977 Upload Date: 2/4/2010 9:37:00 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
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Michael Palmieri |
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Passenger |
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AMTK 436(E8A) AMTK 419(E9A) |
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Sunset |
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Amtrak P30CH units 712 and 721 power the westbound SUNSET up the 1.25% grade of the Huey P. Long Bridge. Five cars were the usual consist at this time: baggage car, baggage-dormitory-coach, sleeper, diner and coach. The photo was taken from the Mississippi River levee at 2:38 P.M. |
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1/20/1984 Upload Date: 2/4/2010 5:51:09 PM |
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Jefferson, LA |
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Michael Palmieri |
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Bridge |
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Crescent and Daylight |
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For many years its was Amtrak's practice to add cars to the northbound CRESCENT and removed them from the southbound train at Atlanta, resulting in a much smaller consist at New Orleans. This was a continuation of the Southern Railway's procedure with the SOUTHERN CRESCENT. During the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition, Amtrak ran almost all of the train -- except for the extra mail cars -- all the way into New Orleans to accomodate fair goers. While attendence at the Fair fell well below the projected estimate, and train ridership never met expextations; during this time the CRESCENT was a very impressive train!It's 6:45 P.M. at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal and the early evening sun was reflecting off of the nose of F40 260 as it and the 262 had just backed in on track 5 with a 17-car train. The train's consist was baggage car 1172 SILVER TREASURE, baggage-dormitory car 1624, coaches 4733, 4737, 4637, 4711, 4639, and 4018, Amfleet lounge 28020, diner 8519, 10-6 sleepers 2436 PACIFIC CREST, 2438 PACIFIC CASTLE and un-named 2903, un-named 11-double-bedroom car 2233, lounge 3109, and coaches 4716 and 4702.Across the platform on track 6 is the WORLD'S FAIR DAYLIGHT, which would depart for Oregon the next morning. The DAYLIGHT had GS-4 4-8-4 4449, water car PNWC 4219, combine PNWC 3300 MILN D. GILLESPIE, sleeper-lounge PNWC 600 MT. HOOD, coaches SW 542 SONOMA, SW 544 MENDOCINO, SW 546 HUMBOLDT, SW 507 SHASTA, SW 511 STANISLAUS, PAR 2397, SW 500 SAN JOAQUIN, SW 518 TUOLUMNE, and GW 598 RED RIVER, diner SW 156 LAKE PEPIN and observation-lounge GS 1290 APPEKUNNY MOUNTAIN. (GW was Great Western Tours, GS was Grant Supply, PAR was Pacific Railroad Society, PNWC was Pacific Northwest Chapter-NRHS, and SW was Sierra Western.)The DAYLIGHT had arrived in New Orleans the previous Saturday, and SP 4449 had spent the week parked outside the Fair site. UP 4-8-4 8444 was on display inside the Fair, so for a week there were two big Northern's at the Fair. That's the photographer's Volkswagen RABBIT on the left. |
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6/8/1984 Upload Date: 2/4/2010 11:24:19 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Station,Passenger |
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AMTK 260(F40PHR) SP 4449(4-8-4) |
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Gulf Coast Limited |
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It's 10:20 A.M. and this special edition of the westbound GULF COAST LIMITED (No. 23) is stopped on the Southern Railway BACK BELT at the Elysian Fields Avenue overpass. In addition to No. 23's typical consist of a P30CH and three Amfleet cars, F40 274 is on the front while extra coach 21068 and inspection car 10000 are on the rear. The extra equipment was in the midst of an inspection tour that had begun in Atlanta on the 9th. The little train ran over the former West Point Route to Montgomery, up the former L&N to Birmingham and then down to Mobile; where it was added to No. 23.All of those people standing next to the train are making sure that the last two cars are being successfully uncoupled so the train can continue on to its destination at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. Southern Railway MP15DC 2413, seen here waiting on the Freight Lead, delivered the last two cars to the ICG at East Bridge Junction, where fresh-serviced F40 279 was waiting. From East Bridge Junction, the train ran over the ICG to Baton Rouge; and the next day it continued on to Shreveport over the KCS. |
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11/11/1984 Upload Date: 2/4/2010 11:50:44 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Passenger,Action |
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AMTK 274(F40PH) AMTK 718(P30CH) |
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Super Bowl Shuttle |
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It's Super Bowl Sunday and at 10:10 this morning Amtrak 391 arrived in New Orleans with nine Superliners full of Chicago BEARS football fans. While the BEARS were beating the New England PATRIOTS, the 391 got to relax in the bright January sun. The train consisted of coaches 34036, 34094, 34060, 34092, 34063, coach-baggage 31007, lounge 33004, and sleepers 32017 and 32006. |
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1/26/1986 Upload Date: 1/30/2010 8:42:27 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Scenic |
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AMTK 391(F40PHR) |
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Super Bowl XX |
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It's Super Bowl Sunday 1986 at the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal engine terminal, and special trains have added even more variety to the collection of locomotives here. From right to left are F40 380 (coupled to the 261), NOUPT SW8 No. 1 (coupled to P30CH 701), Seaboard System FP7A 118 and F3A 116, P30 720, SDP40F 631 and E9A 468. The last two locomotives had been stored here for some time. Beyond these are red-and-yellow Southern Pacific SDP45's 3201 and 3207, and even more P30's and F40's. |
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1/26/1986 Upload Date: 1/30/2010 7:51:55 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Yard |
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SBD 118(FP7A) |
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Super Bowl XX |
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It's the Sunday of Super Bowl XX at the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal engine house, and a couple of visitors are brightening up the landscape! Southern Pacific SDP45's 3201 and 3207 had arrived the previous day on a 15-car Super Bowl Special. On the same track are P30CH 708 and a sibling, next to them are F40's 262 and 264, and two tracks over are P30's 716 and 706 with F40's 328 and 323. Even more units, including an Amtrak E9A, SDP40F and two Seaboard System F-units, were behind the photographer. |
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1/26/1986 Upload Date: 1/30/2010 7:52:15 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Yard |
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SP 3201(SDP45) SP 3207(SDP45) |
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