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| Title: |
The REBEL |
| Description: |
I don’t know if this photographer was trying to get the sign in front of the Gentilly Theater or Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Train No. 1 – the southbound REBEL – but he managed to get both. This shot would have been taken at around 7 A.M. in about 1950 at the Southern Railway’s new overpass across Gentilly Blvd. (U.S. 90) in New Orleans. The double feature included IMPACT, which was released in the U.S. on 1 April 1949, and ELEPHANT BOY, which had been released here in April 1937. The REBEL was discontinued between Slidell and New Orleans on 8 March 1954 and the theater burned down in 1978. |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1950 Upload Date: 3/14/2024 8:22:03 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
unknown |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action |
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52 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Train 58 |
| Description: |
P30CH units 711 and 704, along with F40 314, were on the northbound CITY OF NEW ORLEANS at Pass Manchac, Louisiana with seven cars. |
| Photo Date: |
9/23/1979 Upload Date: 8/28/2018 12:12:01 PM |
| Location: |
Pass Manchac, LA |
| Author: |
BILL LANG photo |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 711(P30CH) AMTK 704(P30CH) AMTK 314(F40PHR) |
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573 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP Transfer Run |
| Description: |
A quartet of Union Pacific B-Boats - 178, 111, 239 and 117 - lead a westbound transfer run down the HUEY P. LONG BRIDGE and into the railroad's AVONDALE YARD. All of these were former Missouri Pacific units, and no stranger to this location. |
| Photo Date: |
4/17/1995 Upload Date: 5/11/2018 5:53:14 PM |
| Location: |
Bridge City, LA |
| Author: |
BILL LANG photo |
| Categories: |
Bridge |
| Locomotives: |
UP 178(B23-7) |
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253 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Train No. 1 |
| Description: |
Amtrak train No. 1 – the westbound SUNSET LIMITED – was descending the Huey P. Long Bridge behind B32-8WH units 518 and 514, which were still in their original paint scheme. |
| Photo Date: |
8/21/1995 Upload Date: 9/20/2022 2:52:10 PM |
| Location: |
Bridge City, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM LANG image |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 514(B32-8WH) |
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140 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
KCS Train No. 9 |
| Description: |
Kansas City Southern No. 9, the intermodal train between Kansas City and New Orleans, was coming off of the Bonnet Carre Spillway trestle about 20 miles from its destination at WEST YARD, behind SD40-2 657 and SD40M-2 units 614 and 624. After HURRICANE KATRINA in 2005, the the KCS closed its intermodal ramp at New Orleans. |
| Photo Date: |
8/21/1995 Upload Date: 4/21/2018 5:14:27 PM |
| Location: |
Norco, LA |
| Author: |
BILL LANG photo |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 657(SD40-2) KCS 614(SD40-3) KCS 624(SD40-3) |
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792 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southbound IC Train |
| Description: |
Illinois Central GP38-2 9635 and GP11 8703 were making their way through the refineries along the main line of Baton Rouge District at Good Hope, Louisiana. This former Yazoo & Mississippi Valley line runs from just north of Baton Rouge to just north of New Orleans. |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/1995 Upload Date: 2/22/2024 11:35:24 AM |
| Location: |
Manchac, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM LANG |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
IC 9635(GP38-2) IC 8703(GP11) |
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20 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southbound IC Train |
| Description: |
A pair of one-year-old Illinois Central SD70 units were on a southbound train crossing the trestle over Pass Manchac, Louisiana. The Pass connects Lake Maurepas (behind the photographer) with Lake Pontchartrain and the Gulf of Mexico. |
| Photo Date: |
8/24/1996 Upload Date: 2/22/2024 11:33:54 AM |
| Location: |
Manchac, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM LANG |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
IC 1015(SD70) IC 1017(SD70) |
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163 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Orinoco Units |
| Description: |
CVG (Corporacion Venezolana de Guayana) Ferrominera Orinoco C.A. units 1050, 1049 and 1051 were photographed at the Illinois Central's MAYS YARD near New Orleans. They spent most of January 1997 here waiting for their ship to come in so they could be shipped to their new home in Venezuela. The locomotives were built as Norfolk & Western high-nose SD35's 1557, 1554 and 1569 before being rebuilt into SD38-2TC units by VMV Enterprises. The IC finally delivered them to the New Orleans Public Belt on 23 January for movement to the Seventh Street Wharf. This state-owned operation was originally developed in the early 1950's by the U.S. Steel subsidiary Orinoco Mining Co. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
1/15/1997 Upload Date: 10/13/2017 5:07:25 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Bill Lang |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
ORINOCO 1050(SD38-2) |
| Views: |
710 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
KCS Train No. 53 |
| Description: |
Kansas City Southern train No. 53 was rolling off of the Morganza Floodway bridge and into Morganza, Louisiana behind SD40-2 661 and SD45T-2 4506. The train was bound for the CSX in New Orleans, and the first few cars on the train were solid fuel motor cars for a space shuttle flight, along with an escort car and a few spacer cars, all heading to the Kennedy Space Center. |
| Photo Date: |
1/18/1997 Upload Date: 4/24/2018 6:09:39 PM |
| Location: |
Morganza, LA |
| Author: |
BILL LANG photo |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 661(SD40-2) KCS 4506(SD45-3) |
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894 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IC Business Train |
| Description: |
An Illinois Central business train was parked near the diesel shop (on the far right) at MAYS YARD, just west of New Orleans. The train consisted of E-units 100 and 101, office car 800413 and theater car 800653. |
| Photo Date: |
3/21/1997 Upload Date: 11/23/2020 10:44:30 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM LANG image |
| Categories: |
Yard,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
IC 100(E9A) |
| Views: |
423 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
KCS Meet |
| Description: |
Kansas City Southern train No. 54 - with SD40M-2 610, GP40M-2 4775 and SD40M-2 608 - was meeting a a southbound train - with SD40M-2 618 and SD40-2 650 - near the west end of the Mississippi River bridge at Baton Rouge, Louisiana. |
| Photo Date: |
6/11/1997 Upload Date: 5/21/2018 1:15:36 PM |
| Location: |
Lobdell Station, LA |
| Author: |
BILL LANG photo |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 610(SD40-3) KCS 616(SD40-3) |
| Views: |
604 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Train 58 |
| Description: |
B32-8WH 514, B42’s 45 and 75, and F40 354 were on the northbound CITY OF NEW ORLEANS at Pass Manchac, Louisiana. |
| Photo Date: |
7/4/1997 Upload Date: 8/28/2018 12:05:38 PM |
| Location: |
Pass Manchac, LA |
| Author: |
BILL LANG photo |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 514(B32-8WH) AMTK 45(P42DC) AMTK 75(P42DC) |
| Views: |
1530 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
KCS No. 54 |
| Description: |
Kansas City Southern train No. 54 was crossing the bridge next to the Morganza Floodway Control Structure near Morganza, Louisiana. The train originated at the CSX GENTILLY YARD in New Orleans and was powered by SD40M-2 610, GP40M-2 4775 and SD40M-2 608. |
| Photo Date: |
11/6/1997 Upload Date: 4/21/2018 5:06:35 PM |
| Location: |
Morganza, LA |
| Author: |
BILL LANG photo |
| Categories: |
Bridge |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 610(SD40-3) |
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441 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BNSF 581 and LMX 8595 |
| Description: |
BNSF B40-8W 581 was parked in the siding at Alvord, Texas (on the former Fort Worth & Denver) while LMX B39-8 8595 was passing on a westbound Z-train. Five days earlier, the 581 was the lead unit on train H-ALTBAR1-03 (Alliance, TX to Barstow, CA) when it ran into the rear of empty coal train E-SLPCAM3-11 here. The accident was caused by an obstruction in the brake line on H-ALTBAR, which had slowed to 20 mph, before the collision. Both crew members jumped prior to impact and received only minor injuries. The 581 was the Santa Fe’s second-to-last B40-8W, having been built in March 1992. It was subsequently repaired, retired in 2010 and sold to the Arkansas-Oklahoma Railroad. LMX 8595 was sold to Relco (RLCX) in June 2001 and was later NREX 8595. |
| Photo Date: |
11/8/1997 Upload Date: 7/3/2022 10:09:05 AM |
| Location: |
Alvord, TX |
| Author: |
WILLIAM LANG collection |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 581(B40-8W) LMX 8595(B39-8E) |
| Views: |
296 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Train No. 1 |
| Description: |
Amtrak P42 number 60 and an F40 lead the westbound SUNSET over the Union Pacific, passed the former SP and MP yards at Avondale, Louisiana. |
| Photo Date: |
11/26/1997 Upload Date: 12/3/2018 3:10:50 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
BILL LANG photo |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 60(P42DC) |
| Views: |
506 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
NOPB |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Belt SW1500 153 and SW1000 106 were parked at the railroad's engine terminal. The locomotive behind the 153 was Progress Rail SW900 8708, which was leased from this month through April 2000. It was originally Reading 1508 and then Conrail 8708. |
| Photo Date: |
11/27/1997 Upload Date: 8/28/2018 6:08:57 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
BILL LANG photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NOPB 153(SW1500) NOPB 106(SW1000) |
| Views: |
381 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ATSF GP60M 111 |
| Description: |
Santa Fe GP60M 111 was on a set of BNSF power laying over between runs at the New Orleans Public Belt’s COTTON WAREHOUSE YARD in New Orleans. |
| Photo Date: |
4/4/1998 Upload Date: 9/7/2021 2:38:04 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM LANG image |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
ATSF 111(GP60M) |
| Views: |
275 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NS SD60 6553 Westbound on UP |
| Description: |
Norfolk Southern SD60 6553, GP38-2 5160 and GP38-2 5211 were on a westbound Union Pacific train in the UP yard at Avondale, Louisiana. |
| Photo Date: |
5/15/1998 Upload Date: 2/26/2021 5:34:30 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM LANG image |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NS 6553(SD60) |
| Views: |
244 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK P42DC 100 |
| Description: |
Between 3 February 1998 and 2 May 2000, the United States Postal Service issued 10 sheets of 15 stamps each, with each sheet depicting significant events for one decade of the 20th century. Then, between 11 March 1999 and 19 November 2000, USPS sponsored the CELEBRATE THE CENTURY EXPRESS which toured the country publicizing the stamps and postal history. This train consisted of Amtrak P42 number 100, baggage car 1252, remodeled Amfleet coach 21044, privately-owned former Southern Railway RPO car 36, and a private car which changed as the tour progressed. Here was engine 100 during the train’s visit to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. After the tour ended, the 100 returned to NOUPT to be repainted back into the Amtrak scheme. |
| Photo Date: |
4/20/1999 Upload Date: 8/11/2021 11:12:24 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM LANG image |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 100(P42DC) |
| Views: |
716 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK P42DC 100 |
| Description: |
Between 3 February 1998 and 2 May 2000, the United States Postal Service issued 10 sheets of 15 stamps each, with each sheet depicting significant events for one decade of the 20th century. Then, between 11 March 1999 and 19 November 2000, USPS sponsored the CELEBRATE THE CENTURY EXPRESS which toured the country publicizing the stamps and postal history. This train consisted of Amtrak P42 number 100, baggage car 1252, remodeled Amfleet coach 21044, privately-owned former Southern Railway RPO car 36, and a private car which changed as the tour progressed. Here was engine 100 during the train’s visit to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. After the tour ended, the 100 returned to NOUPT to be repainted back into the Amtrak scheme. |
| Photo Date: |
4/20/1999 Upload Date: 8/11/2021 11:12:57 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM LANG image |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 100(P42DC) |
| Views: |
452 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK P42DC 100 |
| Description: |
Between 3 February 1998 and 2 May 2000, the United States Postal Service issued 10 sheets of 15 stamps each, with each sheet depicting significant events for one decade of the 20th century. Then, between 11 March 1999 and 19 November 2000, USPS sponsored the CELEBRATE THE CENTURY EXPRESS which toured the country publicizing the stamps and postal history. This train consisted of Amtrak P42 number 100, baggage car 1252, remodeled Amfleet coach 21044, privately-owned former Southern Railway RPO car 36, and a private car which changed as the tour progressed. Here was engine 100 during the train’s visit to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. After the tour ended, the 100 returned to NOUPT to be repainted back into the Amtrak scheme. |
| Photo Date: |
4/20/1999 Upload Date: 8/11/2021 11:13:56 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM LANG image |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 100(P42DC) |
| Views: |
296 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SSW GP60 9679 |
| Description: |
Cotton Belt GP60 9679 was on an eastbound (timetable north) CSX train crossing the Pascagoula River. |
| Photo Date: |
5/10/1999 Upload Date: 1/5/2019 11:48:03 AM |
| Location: |
Pascagoula, MS |
| Author: |
BILL LANG photo |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SSW 9679(GP60) |
| Views: |
521 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Northbound CSX |
| Description: |
This northbound CSX train, powered by AC4400CW 320 and C40-8W 7770, was in the siding at St. Elmo, Alabama. At an elevation of about 135 feet, this is the highest point on the CSX between New Orleans and Mobile. Saint Elmo Hill was the only "ruling" grade on the otherwise-flat NO&M Subdivision; its grade is approximately 0.9 percent for about 9 miles in either direction with a few gentle curves. The photo was taken at the Argyle Road grade crossing and the little brick building on the right belonged to AT&T. |
| Photo Date: |
2/4/2000 Upload Date: 11/23/2020 10:41:23 AM |
| Location: |
St. Elmo, AL |
| Author: |
WILLIAM LANG image |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CSX 320(AC44CW) |
| Views: |
381 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Train No. 59 |
| Description: |
Amtrak train No. 59 – the southbound CITY OF NEW ORLEANS – was heading across the Bonnet Carre’ Spillway on its way into New Orleans behind P40 units 813 and 803 with F40 281. |
| Photo Date: |
2/6/2000 Upload Date: 9/19/2021 6:42:10 PM |
| Location: |
La Branche, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM LANG image |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 813(P40DC) |
| Views: |
254 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Train No. 1 |
| Description: |
Amtrak P40 units 820 and 837 were leading train No. 1, the westbound SUNSET LIMITED, across the Pascagoula River on the CSX at Pascagoula, Mississippi. The train was discontinued east of New Orleans a few days before Hurricane Katrina struck this area on 29 August 2005, and service was never reinstated. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/2000 Upload Date: 1/26/2021 1:18:52 PM |
| Location: |
Pascagoula, MS |
| Author: |
WILLIAM LANG image |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 820(P40DC) AMTK 837(P40DC) |
| Views: |
489 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CSX B30-7 5505 |
| Description: |
CSX B30-7 5505 and B40-8 5955 (ex-Conrail 5071) were on a train at Ocean Springs, Mississippi. |
| Photo Date: |
10/19/2000 Upload Date: 9/7/2021 3:01:14 PM |
| Location: |
Ocean Springs, MS |
| Author: |
WILLIAM LANG image |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
CSX 5505(B30-7) |
| Views: |
324 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NS Action |
| Description: |
A northbound Norfolk Southern train with BNSF SD40 6322, SD40-2 7816 and NS C40-8W 8321 was meeting a southbound with Montana Rail Link SD45 329, NS SD40 1605 and UP B23-7 129 in front of the station in Meridian, Mississippi. |
| Photo Date: |
10/21/2000 Upload Date: 3/18/2022 12:46:35 PM |
| Location: |
Meridian, MS |
| Author: |
WILLIAM LANG image |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6333(SD40-2) NS 1605(SD40) |
| Views: |
201 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
AMTK P42DC 100 |
| Description: |
Between 3 February 1998 and 2 May 2000, the United States Postal Service issued 10 sheets of 15 stamps each, with each sheet depicting significant events for one decade of the 20th century. Then, between 11 March 1999 and 19 November 2000, USPS sponsored the CELEBRATE THE CENTURY EXPRESS which toured the country publicizing the stamps and postal history. The train consisted of Amtrak P42 number 100, baggage car 1252, remodeled Amfleet coach 21044, privately-owned former Southern Railway RPO car 36, and a private car which changed as the tour progressed. Here was engine 100 at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal after the tour ended, in the process of being repainted back into the Amtrak scheme. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/2001 Upload Date: 8/11/2021 11:14:41 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM LANG image |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 100(P42DC) |
| Views: |
508 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NORTA 459 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Regional Transit Authority car 459 was heading upriver on the Riverfront Line, having just crossed St. Peter Street and was approaching the Toulouse Street stop. The 459 looks like a traditional New Orleans street car which had been built by the Perley A. Thomas Car Works in the 1920’s, but it was actually built by the RTA at Carrollton Station in 1997 specifically for use on the RIVERFRONT line. |
| Photo Date: |
10/4/2003 Upload Date: 7/9/2022 5:40:37 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM LANG image |
| Categories: |
Transit |
| Locomotives: |
NORTA 459(Trolley) |
| Views: |
96 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NORTA 457 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Regional Transit Authority car 457 was heading upriver on the Riverfront Line between St. Louis and Conti streets. The car had been built by the Perley A. Thomas Car Works in 1924 as New Orleans Public Service 957 and was sold to the Trinity Valley Railfans after the original Canal Car Line closed in 1964. It returned to New Orleans in 1986, where it was rebuilt and made ADA-compatible by the RTA and renumbered for use on the RIVERFRONT line as 457. The large building on the left is the former Jax Brewery. |
| Photo Date: |
10/4/2003 Upload Date: 7/9/2022 5:40:58 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM LANG image |
| Categories: |
Transit |
| Locomotives: |
NORTA 457(Trolley) |
| Views: |
98 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Canadian National Engine House |
| Description: |
Canadian National GP9R 7030 and GP38-2 GTW 5845 were parked at the former Illinois Central engine terminal at Bogalusa, Louisiana. |
| Photo Date: |
9/25/2004 Upload Date: 2/26/2021 5:30:57 PM |
| Location: |
Bogalusa, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM LANG image |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
GTW 5845(GP38-2) CN 7030(GP9RM) |
| Views: |
280 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CSX 9000 |
| Description: |
CSX C44-8W 9000 and SD60M 8771 were on a westbound covered hopper train passing the Avondale station sign at AVONDALE YARD, just west of New Orleans. |
| Photo Date: |
12/22/2004 Upload Date: 5/15/2022 12:03:46 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM LANG image |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CSX 9000(C40-9W) |
| Views: |
164 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP Mk-5 745 |
| Description: |
Former Southern Pacific (Texas & New Orleans) Mikado 745 was heading west across the Huey P. Long Bridge at the beginning of its statewide tour. The locomotive was owned by the Louisiana Railway Heritage Trust and had been restored by the Louisiana Steam Train Association. |
| Photo Date: |
4/2/2005 Upload Date: 2/5/2019 10:01:15 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
BILL LANG photo |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 745(2-8-2) TNO 745(2-8-2) |
| Views: |
632 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Huey P. Long Bridge |
| Description: |
A New Orleans Public Belt bridge gang was working on the Huey P. Long Bridge. Notice the bathroom facility on the left. |
| Photo Date: |
12/22/2005 Upload Date: 5/18/2022 10:20:10 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM LANG image |
| Categories: |
Bridge |
| Locomotives: |
NOPB NONE(UNKNOWN) |
| Views: |
94 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Huey P. Long Bridge |
| Description: |
A New Orleans Public Belt bridge gang was working on the Huey P. Long Bridge. |
| Photo Date: |
12/22/2005 Upload Date: 5/18/2022 10:21:07 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM LANG image |
| Categories: |
Bridge |
| Locomotives: |
NOPB NONE(UNKNOWN) |
| Views: |
85 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Huey P. Long Bridge |
| Description: |
A New Orleans Public Belt bridge gang was working on the Huey P. Long Bridge. |
| Photo Date: |
12/22/2005 Upload Date: 5/18/2022 10:21:32 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM LANG image |
| Categories: |
Bridge |
| Locomotives: |
NOPB NONE(UNKNOWN) |
| Views: |
83 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NOPB 151 and 105 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Belt’s AVONDALE JOB was dropping down the west side of the Huey P. Long Bridge towards the Union Pacific’s AVONDALE YARD behind SW1500 151 and SW1000 105, both of which were named CREOLE BELLE. The locomotives were accidentally given the same name when the railroad named these unit in 1999 and 2000. The locos had been built in 1971, were renumbered 1501 and 1001 in 2008, and were retired in 2020. The 1501 went to S&S Sales & Leasing as SSRX 1501, while the 1001 went to the Plymouth & Lincoln Railroad as PLLX 105. PLLX operates the Hobo Railroad and Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroads in New Hampshire. |
| Photo Date: |
1/4/2006 Upload Date: 5/22/2022 11:11:23 AM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM LANG image |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
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NOPB 151(SW1500) NOPB 105(SW1000) |
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| Title: |
NOPB at WEST BRIDGE JUNCTION |
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New Orleans Public Belt SW1500 151 and SW1000 105 had just come off of the Huey P. Long Bridge with a westbound transfer run and were passing WEST BRIDGE TOWER as they entered the Union Pacific’s former Missouri Pacific AVONDALE YARD. The track in the left foreground was the former Southern Pacific main line. The tower was closed in 2017 and subsequently demolished, while the two NOPB switch engines were sold in 2020. |
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1/4/2006 Upload Date: 1/26/2021 1:15:15 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM LANG image |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Yard |
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NOPB 151(SW1500) |
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| Title: |
CN-IC Grain Train |
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A southbound Canadian National grain train was crossing Pass Manchac behind Illinois Central SD70 units 1009 and 1003. The train was on its way to one of the grain elevators along the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. |
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2/3/2006 Upload Date: 8/17/2022 9:54:52 AM |
| Location: |
Manchac, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM LANG image |
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Bridge,Action |
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IC 1009(SD70) |
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| Title: |
KCS GP40-3 2811 |
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The late-afternoon winter sun was illuminating Kansas City Southern GP40-3 2811 as it was leaving the railroad’s WEST YARD just outside of New Orleans with a transfer run for the New Orleans Public Belt’s COTTON WAREHOUSE YARD. The locomotive had been built in June 1966 as Western Pacific GP40 3507 and was renumbered Union Pacific 656 in May 1984. It was retired in April 1993, was upgraded by Morrison-Knudsen into KCS GP40-3 4770 that November, and was subsequently renumbered 2811. The former New York Central lounge car on the right was privately owned. |
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12/9/2006 Upload Date: 5/15/2022 12:10:05 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM LANG image |
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Action |
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KCS 2811(GP40-3) |
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| Title: |
CSX Train |
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A northbound CSX train was passing through Pass Christian, Mississippi behind Norfolk Southern C44-9W 9540, SD70 2532 and Union Pacific SD40T-2 8802 (ex-SP 8257). |
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12/26/2006 Upload Date: 7/9/2022 5:22:40 PM |
| Location: |
Pass Christian, MS |
| Author: |
WILLIAM LANG image |
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Action |
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| Title: |
KCS GP40-2LW 2919 |
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Kansas City Southern GP40-2LW 2919 was parked at Gulfport, Mississippi. The locomotive had been built in September 1974 as Canadian National 9496. It was upgraded and fitted with dynamic brakes by the Livingston Rebuild Center in 1996 as KCS 4721, and was subsequently renumbered 2919. |
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12/26/2006 Upload Date: 5/15/2022 12:07:41 PM |
| Location: |
Gulfport, MS |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Roster |
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KCS 2911(GP40-3) |
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208 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
KCS GP40-3 2854 |
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Kansas City Southern GP40-3 2854 was parked at Gulfport, Mississippi. The locomotive had been built in August 1971 as B&O GP40 4041 and it was subsequently CSX 6616. It was upgraded by VMV as KCS GP40-3 4750 (2nd) in June 1994, and was later renumbered the 2854. |
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12/26/2006 Upload Date: 5/15/2022 12:05:41 PM |
| Location: |
Gulfport, MS |
| Author: |
WILLIAM LANG image |
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Roster |
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KCS 2854(GP40-3) |
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92 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CN-IC Grain Train |
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A swamp bird was taking flight as a southbound Canadian National grain train disturbed the tranquility of its habitat in the marshes around the west end of Lake Pontchartrain. The train was powered by Illinois Central SD40-2 6128 and CN SD75I 5745. |
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8/7/2007 Upload Date: 5/22/2022 11:15:52 AM |
| Location: |
Ruddock, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM LANG image |
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Action |
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IC 6128(SD40-2) CN 5745(SD75I) |
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