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| Title: |
KCS TOLMAK |
| Description: |
Kansas City Southern office car TOLMAK was parked on a former auto unloading track at West Yard, just outside of New Orleans. That was an auto unloading ramp at the end of the track and the east end of the diesel shop was on the right. The name TOLMAK was derived from the first letter of the six states then served by the railroad: Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Missouri, Arkansas and Kansas. The car was subsequently renamed the NEW ORLEANS and is still in service. |
| Photo Date: |
8/22/1981 Upload Date: 12/3/2016 12:17:49 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo |
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RollingStock,Passenger |
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| Title: |
KCS GP30 4110 |
| Description: |
Kansas City Southern GP30 4110 was in a set of power parked on the west side (railroad north) of the diesel shop at West Yard, just outside of New Orleans. |
| Photo Date: |
9/5/1981 Upload Date: 1/17/2017 9:53:30 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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KCS 4110(GP30) |
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| Title: |
MP Trains |
| Description: |
This photo is a bit fuzzy because it was made from a small section of a telephoto shot. It shows a pair of eastbound Missouri Pacific trains that were parked just west of the railroad's Avondale Yard, waiting to get in. On the left was Southern run-through train HNS (Houston-New Orleans to the Southern) with SD40-2 3239, SD45 3161 and SD40 3183; while next to it was an unidentified train with GP38-2 2251, U23B 4505 and GP38-2 2292. The next year the MP would merge with the UP and the Southern would merge with the Norfolk & Western, so scenes like this would soon disappear. |
| Photo Date: |
9/6/1981 Upload Date: 11/3/2016 3:51:11 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo |
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MP 2251(GP38-2) SOU 3239(SD40-2) |
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| Title: |
SP Wig-Wag |
| Description: |
This Southern Pacific wig-wag crossing signal was on Fourth Street at Sala Avenue in Westwego, Louisiana. |
| Photo Date: |
10/31/1981 Upload Date: 8/5/2017 9:51:48 PM |
| Location: |
Westwego, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Signal |
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| Title: |
KCS Train No. 53 |
| Description: |
Kansas City Southern train 53 - running as Extra 657 South - was crossing the entrance to the Airline Drive-In Theater about a mile from its destination at New Orleans' WEST YARD. The second unit was F9Am 4053, and when this photo was taken, F-units and older geeps had recently began running with SD's on the line into New Orleans. I was told this was a fuel conservation measure, but it also released SD's for use elsewhere on the railroad. Before long, the usual power became a trio of newer geeps or a GP-slug-GP set. |
| Photo Date: |
11/8/1981 Upload Date: 10/17/2020 5:00:14 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4053(F9AM) KCS 657(SD40-2) |
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| Title: |
KCS No. 53 |
| Description: |
Kansas City Southern train 53 - running as Extra 657 South - was crossing the entrance to the Airline Drive-In Theater about a mile from its destination at New Orleans' West Yard. The second unit was F9Am 4053, and when this photo was taken, F-units and older geeps had recently began running with SD's on the line into New Orleans. I was told this was a fuel conservation measure, but it also released SD's for use elsewhere on the railroad. Before long, the usual power became a trio of newer geeps or a GP-slug-GP set. |
| Photo Date: |
11/8/1981 Upload Date: 3/11/2017 12:33:44 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 657(SD40-2) KCS 4053(F9AM) |
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| Title: |
SP car 117 |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific office car 117, the TUCSON, was bringing up the rear of Amtrak's westbound SUNSET as the train made its way out of New Orleans. Train No. 1 was powered by P30CH units 702 and 714, and was passing the former location of Carrollton Avenue Station. |
| Photo Date: |
11/11/1981 Upload Date: 3/11/2017 12:02:09 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo |
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Passenger |
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384 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP Ya}d Slug 1417 |
| Description: |
Going Nothere Fast at Avondale Yard. (date approximate) |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/1981 Upload Date: 6/6/2010 10:45:36 AM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
MP 1417(Yard Slug) |
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724 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SOU GP9 6266 |
| Description: |
Southern Railway GP9 6266 was pulling cars off of the KCS interchange at Labarre Road in Metairie, a suburb of New Orleans. (date approximate) |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/1981 Upload Date: 9/6/2010 5:41:10 PM |
| Location: |
Metairie, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Action |
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SOU 6266(GP9) |
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| Title: |
SP Transfer Run |
| Description: |
A westbound Southern Pacific transfer run was passing the LSU Dental School on the Southern Railway’s New Orleans Terminal Co. subsidiary, en route from the Louisville & Nashville’s GENTILLY YARD to the Espee’s AVONDALE YARD. The transfer run was powered by seven locomotives, which had gone to the L&N on two separate trains. Combining power on transfer runs from the L&N to the SP was not unusual because there was typically an imbalance of traffic, with more eastbound trains. The locomotives were SSW GP20R 4137, SP GP20’s 4085 and 4079, SSW GP20R’s 4143 and 4148, SP GP35 6664 and SSW GP35 6502. |
| Photo Date: |
12/31/1981 Upload Date: 9/6/2020 10:59:46 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER photo |
| Categories: |
Action |
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SSW 4137(GP20E) |
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288 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SSW GP20R 4137 |
| Description: |
Cotton Belt GP20R 4137 was on a westbound Southern Pacific transfer run on the Southern Railway’s New Orleans Terminal Co. subsidiary, on its way from the Louisville & Nashville’s GENTILLY YARD to the Espee’s AVONDALE YARD. |
| Photo Date: |
12/31/1981 Upload Date: 9/6/2020 11:00:11 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER photo |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SSW 4137(GP20E) |
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276 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SP Transfer Run |
| Description: |
A westbound Southern Pacific transfer run was passing the LSU Dental School on the Southern Railway’s New Orleans Terminal Co. subsidiary, en route from the Louisville & Nashville’s GENTILLY YARD to the Espee’s AVONDALE YARD. The transfer run was powered by seven locomotives, which had gone to the L&N on two separate trains. Combining power on transfer runs from the L&N to the SP was not unusual because there was typically an imbalance of traffic, with more eastbound trains. The locomotives were SSW GP20R 4137, SP GP20’s 4085 and 4079, SSW GP20R’s 4143 and 4148, SP GP35 6664 and SSW GP35 6502. |
| Photo Date: |
12/31/1981 Upload Date: 9/6/2020 11:00:34 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER photo |
| Categories: |
Action |
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SSW 6502(GP35) |
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270 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
ICG RDC3 |
| Description: |
Illinois Central Gulf RAIL DETECTOR CAR 3 was parked at the railroad's MAYS YARD just west of New Orleans. Even though it was a truck, with Mississippi license plate P20 3099, the railroad still called it a CAR ! |
| Photo Date: |
1/23/1982 Upload Date: 10/31/2017 6:17:09 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
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Yard |
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705 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
BN GP38-2 2274 |
| Description: |
Burlington Northern GP38-2 2274 had been built as Frisco 419. This engine - along with eight others - was destroyed in a head-on collision at Ledger, Montana on 30 August 1991. |
| Photo Date: |
3/21/1982 Upload Date: 3/9/2018 5:21:20 PM |
| Location: |
Rogers, AR |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Roster |
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BN 2274(GP38-2) SLSF 419(GP38-2) |
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499 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Former MP Depot |
| Description: |
Oak Grove was on a 47-mile long branch of the Missouri Pacific that ran from Eudora, Arkansas to Delhi, Louisiana. The line was completed in 1925 and abandoned in 1976. This is a view of the former depot after it was relocated and turned into the OLE DEPOT restaurant. |
| Photo Date: |
3/27/1982 Upload Date: 5/25/2016 10:23:04 PM |
| Location: |
Oak Grove, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo |
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Station |
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| Title: |
Southbound KCS Train |
| Description: |
A southbound Kansas City Southern train was entering the New Orleans area along U.S. Highway 61. The train's power was GP30 4117, GP38-2 4008 and GP30 4100, with SW1500 4320 in-tow and caboose 332 behind the power. |
| Photo Date: |
4/3/1982 Upload Date: 10/17/2020 4:57:04 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Action |
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KCS 4320(SW1500) |
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297 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
KCS Train |
| Description: |
A southbound KCS train was entering the New Orleans area along U.S. Highway 61. The train's power was GP30 4117, GP38-2 4008 and GP30 4100, with SW1500 4320 in-tow and caboose 332 behind the power. |
| Photo Date: |
4/3/1982 Upload Date: 12/3/2016 12:31:56 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo |
| Categories: |
Action |
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KCS 4117(GP30) |
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511 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
MP U23B 4528 |
| Description: |
Missouri Pacific U23B 4528 was with three geeps in the railroad's Avondale Yard, just west of New Orleans. The 4528 was one of seven MP General Electric units equipped with EMD cabs after their original cabs were damaged beyond easy repair. The railroad had spare EMD cabs available, and as an added benefit, they provided more headroom than GE cabs. |
| Photo Date: |
4/4/1982 Upload Date: 11/3/2016 3:49:58 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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MP 4528(U23B) |
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898 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SP 4748 |
| Description: |
Two-year-old Espee caboose 4748 and four assorted GP20's were parked in the railroad's East Bridge Yard near New Orleans, waiting for their next transfer assignment. The 4748 was one of 75 C-50-9 cars built by Paccar in 1980, and were the last cabs purchased by the Espee. The locomtives were SP 4108 and 4085, SSW 4148 and SP 4116. |
| Photo Date: |
4/9/1982 Upload Date: 9/9/2010 4:03:23 PM |
| Location: |
Jefferson, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SP 4108(GP20E) |
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1385 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Avondale Yard |
| Description: |
Brand new Missouri Pacific GP15-1 1690 cast its reflection in a puddle left by a recent rainfall, as B30-7A units 4830 and 4822 accelerated out of Avondale Yard with a northbound train. |
| Photo Date: |
4/25/1982 Upload Date: 4/22/2017 6:06:10 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
MP 1690(GP15-1) MP 4822(B30-7A) |
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| Title: |
MP B30-7A units |
| Description: |
Four nearly-new Missouri Pacific B30-7A units - 4851, 4848, 4822 and 4830 - were parked at the railroad's Avondale Yard, just west of New Orleans. The railroad received 55 of these locomotives (4800-4854) between November 1981 and February 1982. |
| Photo Date: |
4/25/1982 Upload Date: 4/17/2017 12:09:19 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
MP 4851(B30-7A) MP 4848(B30-7A) |
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| Title: |
ASAB SD40 506 |
| Description: |
After buying three SD9's the Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay sampled one SD40 and then switched back over to geeps. Here is SD40 506 between SD9 505 and GP39 507 at the railroad's Panama City diesel shop. |
| Photo Date: |
9/23/1982 Upload Date: 9/16/2017 10:10:38 PM |
| Location: |
Panama City, FL |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Roster |
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ASAB 506(SD40) |
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| Title: |
ASAB GP38-2 509 |
| Description: |
Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay GP38-2 509 was on a train heading south passed the railroad's diesel shop at Panama City. ASAB geeps 507-509 were built new with single nose-mounted Gyralights. The loco visible on the other side of pulpwood flat ASAB 2717 was RS1 913. |
| Photo Date: |
9/23/1982 Upload Date: 9/16/2017 10:20:33 PM |
| Location: |
Panama City, FL |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Roster,Action |
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ASAB 509(GP38-2) |
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| Title: |
ASAB Yard |
| Description: |
This was the tower and office at the south end of the Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay SHERMAN YARD in Panama City, Florida. |
| Photo Date: |
9/23/1982 Upload Date: 10/31/2017 1:09:16 PM |
| Location: |
Panama City, FL |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
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Yard |
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| Title: |
ASAB SD9 503 |
| Description: |
Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay SD9 503 was damaged in!a wreck at Youngstown, Florida on 26 February 1978. It was subsequently moved to the railroad's shop at Panama City to be cannibalized and scrapped, and this is what was left four and a half years later. |
| Photo Date: |
9/23/1982 Upload Date: 7/28/2017 5:53:58 PM |
| Location: |
Panama City, FL |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
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ASAB 503(SD9) |
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| Title: |
ASAB SHOP |
| Description: |
Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay GP7 501 and RS1 913 were parked outside the railroad's big shop at Panama City. Both of the locos had their short h`ods lowered here. |
| Photo Date: |
9/23/1982 Upload Date: 6/26/2017 6:20:19 PM |
| Location: |
Panama City, FL |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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ASAB 501(GP7) ASAB 913(RS1) |
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| Title: |
ASAB |
| Description: |
Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay caboose 11 was outside the railroad's diesel shop at Panama City, Florida with GP39 507 and SD40 506. |
| Photo Date: |
9/23/1982 Upload Date: 4/9/2017 4:39:40 PM |
| Location: |
Panama City, FL |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
ASAB 507(GP39) ASAB 506(SD40) |
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| Title: |
ASAB SHOP |
| Description: |
Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay equipment, including caboose 12 and SD9 504, was inside the railroad's big engine shop at Panama City, Florida. The ASAB might be gone, but today this is a major service and repair facility for Genesee & Wyoming Industries. |
| Photo Date: |
9/23/1982 Upload Date: 6/15/2017 5:45:45 PM |
| Location: |
Panama City, FL |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo. |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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ASAB 504(SD9) |
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324 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
F&P Southbound Train |
| Description: |
Fordyce & Princeton SW1500 1504 and Ashley Drew & Northern GP10 1810 leave Fordyce bound for Crossett over the F&P's former Rock Island trackage. |
| Photo Date: |
9/25/1982 Upload Date: 6/4/2010 8:08:00 PM |
| Location: |
Fordyce, AR |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
FP 1504(SW1500) ADN 1810(GP10) |
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| Title: |
F&P Depot-1 |
| Description: |
The track side of the Fordyce & Princeton's former Rock Island depot. |
| Photo Date: |
9/25/1982 Upload Date: 3/28/2015 8:29:01 PM |
| Location: |
Fordyce, AR |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
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Station |
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449 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
F&P Depot-2 |
| Description: |
The back side of the Fordyce & Princeton's former Rock Island depot. |
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9/25/1982 Upload Date: 3/28/2015 8:38:56 PM |
| Location: |
Fordyce, AR |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
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Station |
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221 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SSW Depot |
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| Photo Date: |
9/25/1982 Upload Date: 3/28/2015 8:40:08 PM |
| Location: |
Fordyce, AR |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
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Station |
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| Title: |
F&P 4655 |
| Description: |
Fordyce & Princeton 4655 is a former Rock Island pulpwood car which the F&P acquired when it bought the 57-mile line between Fordyce and Crossett from the Rock's estate in 1981. The car is hauling bundles of plywood "cores" from the Georgia Pacific plywood plant at Fordyce to their stud mill at Crossett. Each core is about 4-5/8 inches in diameter, and is what is left over after the veneer is peeled off of a log to make plywood. At the stud mill, each core is made into two 2x4 studs, and whatever is left is made into chips for the paper mill. GP modified these cars with short lengths of rail mounted crosswise to form shallow vees which supported the core bundles. (Information from Russell Tedder, former president of Georgia Pacific railroads.) |
| Photo Date: |
9/25/1982 Upload Date: 3/24/2016 1:16:40 PM |
| Location: |
Fordyce, AR |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo |
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RollingStock |
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| Title: |
Union Depot |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
9/27/1982 Upload Date: 4/11/2015 4:33:27 PM |
| Location: |
Joplin, MO |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
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Station |
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264 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Union Depot |
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| Photo Date: |
9/27/1982 Upload Date: 4/11/2015 4:34:58 PM |
| Location: |
Joplin, MO |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
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Station |
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180 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Union Depot |
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| Photo Date: |
9/27/1982 Upload Date: 4/11/2015 4:36:14 PM |
| Location: |
Joplin, MO |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
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Station |
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152 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP Depot |
| Description: |
This building was subsequently disassembled and rebuilt elsewhere in Joplin, and is now a restaurant. |
| Photo Date: |
9/27/1982 Upload Date: 4/11/2015 4:38:50 PM |
| Location: |
Joplin, MO |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
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Station |
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225 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BN Freight Office |
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9/27/1982 Upload Date: 4/11/2015 4:40:20 PM |
| Location: |
Joplin, MO |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
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Station |
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842 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BN Freight Office |
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| Photo Date: |
9/27/1982 Upload Date: 4/11/2015 4:41:40 PM |
| Location: |
Joplin, MO |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
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Station |
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268 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Espee Depot |
| Description: |
South side of depot at Paradis, Louisiana - Southern Pacific Lafayette Division milepost 27.6. The main line of the SUNSET ROUTE is on the other side of Louisiana Highway 631. |
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1/12/1983 Upload Date: 7/30/2013 1:06:51 PM |
| Location: |
Paradis, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Station |
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419 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Former IC Depot |
| Description: |
The former Illinois Central depot at Amite, Louisiana was occupied by the local police department when this photo was taken, and it was in very nice condition. 843 is the distance to Chicago; and 4355 was probably the town's population, as the distance to New Orleans is about 66 miles! |
| Photo Date: |
4/17/1983 Upload Date: 11/30/2016 9:23:06 PM |
| Location: |
Amite, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Station |
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157 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Westbound Espee |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific SD45R 7405 was on a westbound SP train leaving AVONDALE YARD at 3:00 PM with the 7404"and 7409. These low-numbered rebuilt SD45's were typically used on the run-through trains to and from the Southern and then the NS, as they were maintained to a higher standard than most SP units. The tracks'on the left belonged to the Union Pacific. |
| Photo Date: |
3/25/1984 Upload Date: 4/25/2018 11:04:00 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 7405(SD45R) |
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765 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Westbound SP |
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Southern Pacific SD45R 7405 was on a westbound SP train leaving Avondale Yard at 3:00 PM with the 7404 and 7409. These low-numbered rebuilt SD45's were typically used on the run-through trains to and from the Southern and then the NS. The tracks on the left belonged to the Union Pacific. |
| Photo Date: |
3/25/1984 Upload Date: 4/25/2017 10:26:22 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. photo |
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Action |
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SP 7405(SD45R) |
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287 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Train No. 1 |
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At 5:38 PM on Saturday 31 March 1984 Amtrak train No. 1 – the westbound SUNSET LIMITED – was stopped at the station in Lafayette, Louisiana. The train was powered by F4 326 with P30CH units 710 and 721. This station had been built by the Southern Pacific (Texas & New Orleans) in 1912 but was severely damaged by a fire in 2001. The city restored the building, and it reopened in 2007. It was one of several depots along the Sunset Route in Louisiana which were set back from the platform. |
| Photo Date: |
3/31/1984 Upload Date: 8/17/2022 9:35:42 AM |
| Location: |
Lafayette, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 326(F40PHR) |
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196 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP Cabs |
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A dozen Southern Pacific and Cotton Belt cabs were parked at the Espee car shop at Lafayette Yard. |
| Photo Date: |
3/31/1984 Upload Date: 3/9/2017 5:16:04 PM |
| Location: |
Lafayette, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo |
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RollingStock |
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396 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Great American Rail Roadshow |
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On the weekend of 4-5 May 1984 Amtrak hosted the GREAT AMERICAN RAIL ROADSHOW at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. The event included about 40 pieces of equipment representing almost all of the city's railroads. From left to right, here were Amtrak display car 10092, Union Pacific SD40-2 3753 (coupled to MP SD40-2 3270), Southern Pacific SD45R 7499, Illinois Central Gulf GP11 8727, Superliner sleeper 32041 and Heritage Fleet sleeper 2458. |
| Photo Date: |
5/5/1984 Upload Date: 7/14/2017 9:44:09 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Station |
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ICG 8727(GP11) |
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377 Comments: 0 |
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Union Pacific FNZ |
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Eastbound Union Pacific train FNZ was descending the Huey P. Long Bridge behind Missouri Pacific SD40-2 3295, MP B30-7A 4820, Western Pacific GP40 3519 and MP SD40-2 3164. The train was on its way to the Seaboard System’s GENTILLY YARD. |
| Photo Date: |
6/26/1984 Upload Date: 2/4/2019 10:27:25 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
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743 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
USLX 50094 |
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Evans Leasing all-door box car USLX 50094 was leased to Louisiana -Pacific when it was photographed at Avondale, Louisiana on the Southern Pacific. This car was from the series 50082-50099. |
| Photo Date: |
12/14/1984 Upload Date: 1/29/2017 4:13:18 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo |
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RollingStock |
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477 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Train No. 1 |
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A pair of Amtrak P30CH units, led by the 702, were on the westbound SUNSET as the train made its way from New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal to the Huey P. Long Bridge. The train was on NOUPT’s WESTERN CONNECTION at the Cold Storage Road grade crossing, approaching the Illinois Central Gulf connection at SOUTHPORT JUNCTION. The train operated over NOUPT, ICG and New Orleans Public Belt tracks to get to the Southern Pacific at the west end of the Bridge. |
| Photo Date: |
2/15/1985 Upload Date: 8/13/2020 6:31:52 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER photo |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 702(P30CH) |
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382 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Northbound MP/UP Train |
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A northbound train was preparing to leave the MP/UP Avondale Yard just west of New Orleans with three assorted SD40-2's, while blue MP GP15-2 1672 was switching on an adjacent track. The big engines were yellow MP 3107, yellow UP 3235 and blue MP 3278. |
| Photo Date: |
8/11/1985 Upload Date: 3/31/2017 3:49:09 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
MP 3107(SD40-2) UP 3235(SD40-2) |
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774 Comments: 1 |
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