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| Title: |
L&N No. 6 |
| Description: |
With a pair of E-units and a combination of lightweight and heavyweight cars, Louisville & Nashville train No. 6 - the northbound HUMMING BIRD - was negotiating one of the temporary tracks around the construction site of the Franklin Avenue underpass on its way out of New Orleans. This was one of several grade separation projects built around the city as a part of the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal project. (approximate day) |
| Photo Date: |
9/1/1951 Upload Date: 9/8/2016 6:08:08 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
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Passenger |
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| Title: |
L&N S2 2224 |
| Description: |
Five-year-old Louisville & Nashville Alco S2 number 2224 was switching a box car near the Southern Railway (New Orleans Terminal Co.) connection at L&N Junction in New Orleans. The locomotive was renumbered 2324 in 1965 and retired in 1970. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1954 Upload Date: 3/11/2018 4:25:38 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
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Action |
| Locomotives: |
LN 2224(S2) |
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| Title: |
Shore Line Branch Local |
| Description: |
What this image lacks in sharpness it more than makes up for in its subject matter! Gulf Mobile & Ohio FA1 units 735 and 748 were pulling up to the Slidell, Louisiana depot on the "back track" with the southbound Shore Line Branch local. After exchanging paperwork with the operator, the train would back up to North Slidell and then continue on its journey from Bogalusa to Covington and back. Notice the footboards on the 735's pilot to make the unit more suitable for local service. |
| Photo Date: |
5/23/1956 Upload Date: 11/14/2016 1:15:28 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
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GMO 735(FA1) |
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| Title: |
NOPB 33 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Belt number 33 was on e of three 900 horsepower switchers built for the railroad in December 1937. NOPB 31-33 were among the very first diesel-electric switchers built by Baldwin specifically for a customer. They cost $89,870 each and the 33 was the last one in operation. All were retired and scrapped in 1970. (approximate month and day) |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1967 Upload Date: 4/17/2017 11:55:05 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Roster |
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NOPB 33(VO-660) |
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906 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
GM&O S1 664 |
| Description: |
Recently-repainted Gulf Mobile & Ohio S1 664 was one of four such units (661-664) bought by the railroad in 1940. All four were retired in 1972, just before the GM&O-ICG merger, and traded in to EMD on the railroad's last new locomotives, GP38-2's 751-754. The GM&O also inherited 15 newer S1's (10-24) when it acquired the Alton, and these survived into the ICG era; but all were retired within 2-3 years. |
| Photo Date: |
9/8/1968 Upload Date: 6/30/2017 11:59:27 AM |
| Location: |
Meridian, MS |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
GMO 664(S1) |
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841 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
GM&O S2 1005 |
| Description: |
Two and a half years before the Illinois Central-Gulf Mobile & Ohio merger, GM&O 1005 was photographed at Mobile. The locomotive was assigned ICG number 1054, but all of the GM&O's 27 Alco switchers were retired without being renumbered. |
| Photo Date: |
4/26/1969 Upload Date: 3/20/2017 6:08:30 PM |
| Location: |
Mobile, AL |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
GMO 1005(S2) |
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944 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP RSD12 2955 |
| Description: |
A trio of Southern Pacific RSD12/DL702 locomotives were interchanging cars with the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio at the GM&O’s CANAL YARD in New Orleans.(date approximate) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1970 Upload Date: 5/22/2009 10:02:47 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2955(RSD12) |
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| Title: |
SP 2970 |
| Description: |
This pair of Espee RSD12's has just made a delivery to the L&N's Gentilly Yard and is now heading back west to pick up the L&N's interchange cars. They are on the L&N and crossing the Southern Railway's main line at N.E. Tower. (date approximate) |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/1970 Upload Date: 5/23/2009 5:03:33 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2970(RSD12) |
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2526 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
IC Train No. 2 |
| Description: |
On Sunday 10 May 1970 Illinois Central’s CITY OF NEW ORLEANS was preparing to leave New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal on its 16-hour-50-minute journey to Chicago. The train consisted of E6A 4001, E9B 2100, E9A 4042, a baggage car, a coach and a former Missouri Pacific dome car; but more cars would be picked up in Jackson, Mississippi. The SOUTHERN CRESCENT was parked two tracks over for its departure one hours after the CITY. |
| Photo Date: |
5/10/1970 Upload Date: 4/25/2020 5:32:02 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
IC 4001(E6A) |
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| Title: |
GM&O 1517 |
| Description: |
Gulf Mobile & Ohio RS3 number 1517 was working the railroad's Shoreline Braoch local from Bogalusa to Covington, Louisiana and had just paid a visit to the agent at the Southern Railway's depot in Slidell to exchange paperwork. Now that everyone was back on board, the engine was returning north on the Southern's "back track" to the GM&O connection about a mile away so it could cjntinue on its way to Covington. |
| Photo Date: |
7/3/1970 Upload Date: 2/3/2017 10:06:41 AM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
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Action |
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| Title: |
L&N C420 1313 |
| Description: |
When the Louisville & Nashville and the Southern Pacific began operating run-through trains through New Orleans in 1969, geeps were the most common locomotives, followed by GE units; but the L&N would occasionally provide an Alco. Such was the case this day, when L&N C420 1313 showed up behind L&N GP38 4002 and SP GP35’s 6634 and 6656 on a westbound train near Franklin Avenue. The 4-year-old Alco was still in its original paint scheme, with its road number on its hood and an emblem on its cab. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
9/1/1970 Upload Date: 2/6/2020 7:42:43 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
LN 1313(C420) |
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750 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GM&O Canal Yard |
| Description: |
This was a view looking north from the south end of the Gulf Mobile & Ohio's CANAL YARD in New Orleans. A set of geeps were resting in the REBEL SHED, originally built to house the REBEL streamliner in between runs. Because of the GM&O's track layout in New Orleans, trains entered and left from the yard at this end, while a connection with the Louisville & Nashville was at the other end. The yard was closed on the day of the IC-GM&O merger in 1972. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
9/1/1970 Upload Date: 10/13/2017 5:42:56 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
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Yard |
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| Title: |
SP No. 1 |
| Description: |
Just a few weeks before the SUNSET began running tri-weekly with an expanded consist, westbound train No. 1 was descending the Huey P.Long Bridge with its usual make-up of two FP7's (in this case 6453 and 6450), a baggage car, an Automat buffet car, and two coaches. (approximate day) |
| Photo Date: |
9/1/1970 Upload Date: 4/17/2017 10:52:31 AM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 6453(FP7A) SP 6450(FP7A) |
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| Title: |
L&N No. 9 |
| Description: |
On the afternoon of 18 September 1970 Louisville & Nashville train 9 – the southbound PAN-AMERICAN – was crossing Industrial Parkway in eastern New Orleans with E7A 793 and one coach. The reason for this unusually brief consist isn’t known, but the train was running about six hours late! Sometimes the L&N ran a train like this from Flomaton, Alabama to New Orleans if the GULF WIND from Jacksonville missed its connection with No. 9; but on this day, this was the only L&N passenger train into New Orleans. The 793 went back north a few hours later on No. 8, with five cars. |
| Photo Date: |
9/18/1970 Upload Date: 2/11/2020 9:10:56 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LN 793(E7A) |
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| Title: |
Southern Agent-Operator R.L. Lott |
| Description: |
Southern Railway agent-operator R.L. Lott was at work at his desk in the bay window of the station at Slidell, Louisiana. He was copying orders for Gulf, Mobile & Ohio train No. 33, granting it authority to operate over 28 miles of the Southern on its way to New Orleans. |
| Photo Date: |
9/21/1970 Upload Date: 2/24/2021 4:27:28 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
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Station |
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| Title: |
Southern Agent-Operator R.L. Lott |
| Description: |
Southern Railway agent-operator R.L. Lott was delivering train orders to Gulf, Mobile & Ohio train No. 33 in front of the Slidell, Louisiana station, granting it authority to operate over 28 miles of the Southern on its way to New Orleans. |
| Photo Date: |
9/21/1970 Upload Date: 2/24/2021 4:30:14 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
GMO 633(GP35) |
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| Title: |
SP Engineer A.V. Harper |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific engineer A.V. Harper was standing in front of FP7 6458 at the Lafayette, Louisiana depot. Mr. Harper had just brought the last daily SUNSET LIMITED in from New Orleans. The train was made up of the 6458 and 6457, baggage car 6777, automat 10613, and coaches 2242 and 2369. Beginning the next day, the train would only run three times a week, but it would regain a sleeping car and a diner which had been discontinued in early 1966. |
| Photo Date: |
9/30/1970 Upload Date: 10/4/2020 10:11:27 AM |
| Location: |
Lafayette, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
SP 6458(FP7A) |
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| Title: |
Cotton Belt Units |
| Description: |
This trio of Cotton Belt locomotives was photographed from the westbound SUNSET LIMITED as it passed AVONDALE YARD, at the west end of the Huey P. Long Bridge. These were GP40 7607, which had been built in March 1966; SD45 8966, which had been built in February 1968; and the nose of GP9 3645, which had been built in October 1957 as the 824 and was still in its original paint scheme. |
| Photo Date: |
9/30/1970 Upload Date: 4/30/2021 5:31:35 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SSW 7607(GP40) SSW 8966(SD45) |
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| Title: |
Brakeman Comeaux |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific brakeman Murphy J. Comeaux was on the ground at Morgan City, Louisiana protecting the rear of the westbound SUNSET in accordance with Rule 99 as the train waited for a clear signal at the Berwick Bay bridge. The train consisted of FP7 units 6458 and 6457, baggage car 6777, automat car 10613, and coaches 2242 and 2364; and this was the last day of daily operation. Starting the next day, the SUNSET would only run three times a week. |
| Photo Date: |
9/30/1970 Upload Date: 2/28/2020 10:44:46 PM |
| Location: |
Morgan City, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
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Scenic |
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| Title: |
SP No. 2 |
| Description: |
On the last day of daily operation, the eastbound SUNSET was rolling into the station at Lafayette, Louisiana with its usual 4-car consist and some deadheading cars. From now on, the train would operate tri-weekly; but its consist would include a dining car and a sleeper, amenities which had been absent for a few years. |
| Photo Date: |
9/30/1970 Upload Date: 3/9/2017 10:59:22 AM |
| Location: |
Lafayette, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Station |
| Locomotives: |
SP 6455(FP7A) |
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| Title: |
SP No. 1 |
| Description: |
On its last day of daily operation SP train No. 1, the westbound SUNSET was being serviced during its brief station stop at Lafayette, Louisiana. If the train was on time, it would have been between 3:17 and 3:21 PM. The locomotives were FP7's 6458 and 6457. |
| Photo Date: |
9/30/1970 Upload Date: 4/7/2017 6:05:43 PM |
| Location: |
Lafayette, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
SP 6458(FP7A) |
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1419 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GM&O GP35 606 |
| Description: |
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio GP35 606 was in front of the yard office and scale house at CANAL YARD in New Orleans. The locomotive became Illinois Central Gulf 2505, was sold to the Paducah & Louisville in 1986 and scrapped in 1987. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1970 Upload Date: 2/17/2021 5:10:50 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
GMO 606(GP35) |
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596 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
L&N E8A 785 |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville E8A 785 was at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, in between runs on the PAN-AMERICAN. The locomotive had been built in February 1950 as St. Louis-San Francisco 2009 JET PILOT and was purchased by the L&N in 1965. The L&N installed flat number boards, removed one port hole and painted over the others. The 785 was retired in March 1972 and used as trade-in credit with EMD. |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1970 Upload Date: 5/18/2020 3:30:45 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
LN 785(E8A) |
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639 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
E-Units at NOUPT |
| Description: |
Power for the PANAMA LIMITED and the PAN-AMERICAN. Illinois Central E6A 4001 and Louisville & Nashville E8A 785 were being serviced at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal about six months before the advent of Amtrak. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1970 Upload Date: 2/6/2020 9:46:37 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
IC 4001(E6A) LN 785(E8A) |
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1004 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IC E8A 4018 |
| Description: |
Illinois Central E8A 4018 was receiving fuel and water at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. The 4018 was the railroad’s very first E8. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1970 Upload Date: 2/21/2020 1:10:36 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
IC 4018(E8A) |
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632 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IC E7A 4017 |
| Description: |
Illinois Central E7A 4017 was on its way from the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal engine area into the station to couple on to train No. 6, the northbound PANAMA LIMITED. The 4017 was the last E7 built for the IC, in June 1948, and the last one retired, in March 1971. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1970 Upload Date: 4/25/2020 5:27:05 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
IC 4017(E7A) |
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571 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
L&N E6A 753 |
| Description: |
When this photo was taken at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, the 753 was the last E6A still operating on the Louisville & Nashville. The locomotive had been built in June 1942 as the 453A, was renumbered 753 in 1946, was retired on 10 February 1971 and was used as trade-in credit with EMD. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1970 Upload Date: 2/11/2020 9:15:17 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
LN 753(E6A) |
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821 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NOUPT |
| Description: |
This view of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal was taken from the PLAZA TOWER building across Loyola Avenue. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1970 Upload Date: 2/11/2020 8:31:24 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
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Scenic |
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553 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NOUPT SW8 1 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal SW8 No. 1 was photographed with Louisville & Nashville E7A 790 at the NOUPT engine terminal. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1970 Upload Date: 1/19/2018 5:53:40 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NOUPT 1(SW8) LN 790(E7A) |
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692 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NOPB 44 and 51 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Belt DS-4-4-660 44 was moving S-8 51 at one of the railroad’s yards. This was less than a year before both of the locomotives were replaced by new EMD switchers and were retired. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1970 Upload Date: 1/9/2020 4:21:35 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NOPB 44(DS44-660) |
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678 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
L&N E7A 780 |
| Description: |
Six-months before Amtrak ended L&N passenger service into New Orleans, a pair of E-units have just arrived at Union Passenger Terminal with the PAN-AMERICAN/GULF WIND, the railroad's only remaining passenger service here; and are heading out to the engine terminal where the crew will sign off. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1970 Upload Date: 1/29/2010 4:22:51 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
LN 780(E7A) |
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1451 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SOU E8A 2925 |
| Description: |
On a foggy morning, a pair of black-and-white E-units lead the northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT out of New Orleans. The train is entering the connection between the Southern's New Orleans Terminal Co. subsidiary (at Terminal Junction) and the former New Orleans & Northeastern main line to Meridian and points north (Oliver Junction). The train's name had been changed from the SOUTHERNER nine months earlier. (year OK, date approximate) |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1970 Upload Date: 5/29/2009 11:55:17 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 2925(E8A) |
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1974 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SOU 2925 |
| Description: |
A pair of black E8A's lead the northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT across the Lake Pontchartrain trestle. (month approximate) |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1970 Upload Date: 6/1/2009 9:05:28 PM |
| Location: |
North Shore, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 2925(E8A) |
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2588 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
SOU 3122 |
| Description: |
SD45 3122, SD40-2 3219 and SD35 3051 bring northbound intermodal train No. 222 through Slidell. (month approximate) |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1970 Upload Date: 5/19/2009 2:45:10 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 3122(SD45) |
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1671 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
IC Property |
| Description: |
This photo shows former Illinois Central property which would soon be cleared for the construction of the Louisiana Superdome and other redevelopment. The street in the lower right corner is Loyola Avenue, and the one running from the upper left to the middle right side is Poydras Street. The long building along Poydras Street at Loyola had been IC Warehouse No. 7 and the tall building across Poydras is New Orleans City Hall. There were once eight tracks on this side of of Warehouse No. 7 and then there was an open area for storage and then five teams tracks.The buildings on this side of the team tracks were IC Warehouses No. 3, 2 and 1, and there were tracks between all of these. The tall building in the foreground is a Federal office building with a Weather Service radar on the roof. The low building on the lower left is the Main Post Office; and next to it, out of sight, is New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. The long building to the left of the Federal office building was IC Warehouse No. 9, and out of sight to the left of that was the ICRR hospital.Ground breaking for the Superdome was on 12 August 1971, about a year after this photo was taken, and it opened on 3 August 1975. The stadium is now on the left side of this photo, and much of the land shown here is occupied by an office building and a hotel. (approximate day) |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1970 Upload Date: 5/22/2014 3:29:16 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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1205 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NOPB DS-4-4-660 47 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Belt Railroad number 47 was switching the south end of Claiborne Yard, along the west side of the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal. The smokestacks identified the location of the Lone Star cement plant, and were landmarks in this neighborhood for many years. The 47 was a Baldwin DS-4-4-660 built in January 1949 for $73,950. It was traded-in to EMD the year after this photo was taken and it was scrapped in New Orleans. (approximate day) |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1970 Upload Date: 2/20/2017 11:44:36 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NOPB 47(DS44-660) |
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670 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
L&N 3448 |
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Louisville & Nashville car 3448 was on the PAN AMERICAN-GULF WIND at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal about six months before the beginning of Amtrak, when L&N passenger service into New Orleans would end. The car was one of nine 4-section / 4-roomette / 5-double-bedroom / 1-compartment sleepers built by Pullman-Standard in 1954 for service between the Midwest and Florida. Initially there were two each for the Atlantic Coast Line, Chicago & Eastern Illinois, Florida East Cast and Nashville Chattanooga & St. Louis, with one for the L&N; but the L&N eventually owned the C&EI and NC&StL cars too, and they briefly showed up in New Orleans-Jacksonville service around the time this photo was taken. FLORIDA SURF was originally NC&StL 251 and went into private ownership in 1971. It moved to Mexico in 1980 where it became Servicio de Coches Dormitorios y Conexos (SCD) 705 ZAFIRO. (approximate day) |
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10/10/1970 Upload Date: 2/20/2017 1:02:12 PM |
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New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
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Passenger |
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L&N E-Units |
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Up until the mid-sixties trios of Louisville & Nashville E-units showed up every day at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, on the southbound GULF WIND - PIEDMONT - PAN AMERICAN and the northbound CRESCENT - PAN AMERICAN; but by 13 October 1970 this was VERY unusual. Also, when the L&N regularly ran three E-units together, the last unit almost ALWAYS faced backwards. E7A 793 and E8A 796 were built new for the L&N; while E8A 788 was originally Frisco 2014 named TRUXTON, and had been purchased by the L&N in 1965. An unidentified Illinois Central E-unit was parked by the sand tower, just in off of the PANAMA LIMITED. |
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10/13/1970 Upload Date: 12/30/2016 5:43:11 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
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Yard,Passenger |
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LN 793(E7A) |
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Southern Railway Train No. 2 |
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This northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT was coming off of the Lake Pontchartrain trestle with E8A units 2925 and 2927, FP7 6132, a Seaboard Coast Line baggage car still lettered for the Atlantis Coast Line, six lightweight Southern cars and four unidentified cars. |
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10/15/1970 Upload Date: 6/1/2009 9:10:11 PM |
| Location: |
North Shore, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
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Bridge,Action |
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SOU 2925(E8A) |
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Power for SP Train No. 2 |
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Southern Pacific GP35 6588 had been added to train No. 2, the eastbound SUNSET LIMITED, somewhere between Los Angeles and New Orleans to replace an ailing F-unit, and now it – along with FP7’s 6446 and 6458 – were backing onto train No. 1 at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal as they prepared to head back west. (approximate date of photo) |
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11/1/1970 Upload Date: 3/31/2021 10:11:56 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
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Station,Passenger |
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SP 6458(FP7A) SP 6446(FP7A) SP 6588(GP35) |
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SP GP35 6588 |
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Southern Pacific GP35 6588 had been added to train No. 2, the eastbound SUNSET LIMITED, somewhere between Los Angeles and New Orleans to replace an ailing F-unit, and now it – along with FP7’s 6446 and 6458 – were backing onto train No. 1 at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal as they prepared to head back west. (approximate date of photo) |
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11/1/1970 Upload Date: 3/31/2021 10:14:06 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
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Roster |
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SP 6588(GP35) |
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IC 3500 |
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Illinois Central sleeping car BATON ROUGE was still lettered PULLMAN when it was photographed at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal in November 1970, even though the Pullman Co. had been out of the sleeping car business for almost two years. This was one of six IC B-series 11-double-bedroom cars built by Pullman-Standard in July 1953. After several changes in ownership it became Kansas City Southern de Mexico car SAN LUIS POTOSI. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
11/1/1970 Upload Date: 2/11/2020 8:37:21 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
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RollingStock |
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IC Train No. 6 |
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Illinois Central train No. 6, the northbound PANAMA LIMITED, was leaving New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal with an unusual set of four E-units, instead of the usual two or three. E8A 4027 wore a unique paint scheme, with a wider-than-normal orange band. On all of the IC’s other E-units, the orange band matched that of the railroad’s passenger cars, but on the 4027 the separation line was the batten strip between the upper and lower side sheets. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
11/1/1970 Upload Date: 5/20/2020 4:56:44 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
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Passenger |
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IC 4027(E8A) |
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SP Train No. 1 |
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Southern Pacific GP35 6588 was filling in for an F-unit on the westbound SUNSET as the train pulled out of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. The train’s other locomotives were FP7’s 6446 and 6458. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
11/1/1970 Upload Date: 5/20/2020 5:14:38 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
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SP 6588(GP35) |
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NOUPT |
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The water pouring out of the nose of Louisville & Nashville E7A 791 showed that the boiler water tanks were full as the unit was being serviced from the opposite side at the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal engine facility. L&N E6 and E7 units which had been modified with enlarged boiler water capacity – 2,050 gallons instead on 1,050 – had nose-mounted water filler openings such as this. On the next track, NOUPT SW8 number 1 was moving a set of Illinois Central power which included E6A 4003. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
11/1/1970 Upload Date: 2/11/2020 8:34:43 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
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Scenic |
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LN 791(E7A) IC 4003(E6A) NOUPT 1(SW8) |
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IC E6A 4003 |
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Illinois Central E6A 4003 was the trailing unit on a set of power at the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal sand tower. Earlier in the day, it had been the lead unit on the southbound PANAMA LIMITED, but its pilot fell off somewhere and the power had to be turned. |
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11/1/1970 Upload Date: 4/25/2020 5:29:31 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
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Roster |
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IC 4003(E6A) |
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| Title: |
GM&O No. 33 |
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Something that was not seen very often on the Gulf Mobile & Ohio was a lone Alco heading across the Southern Railway's Lake Pontchartrain trestle on its way to New Orleans. The GM&O would run an extra train on regular train No. 33's schedule if there was an unusually heavy amount of southbound traffic there, or if No. 33 was running late and they wanted to get some Bogalusa cars to connecting roads at New Orleans. We don't know what the situation was here, but it made for an interesting and pleasant sight. (approximate day and month) |
| Photo Date: |
11/15/1970 Upload Date: 11/13/2016 1:26:28 PM |
| Location: |
North Shore, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
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Bridge,Action |
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GMO 1510(RS2) |
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NOPB SW1200 72 |
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New Orleans Public Belt SW1200 number 72 was heading north (railroad east) past the Industrial Service Corp., near the intersection of Poland Avenue and North Tonti Street. The locomotive was being prepared for a new paint job! (approximate month and day) |
| Photo Date: |
11/15/1970 Upload Date: 12/20/2016 6:13:47 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
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Action |
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NOPB 72(SW1200) |
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| Title: |
SP No. 1 |
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Shortly after going to tri-weekly operation - along with the reinstatement of a dining car and a sleeper - the westbound SUNSET was preparing to leave New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. Today's train had SDP45 3207 substituting for two small units. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
11/16/1970 Upload Date: 3/9/2017 11:10:18 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
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SP 6453(FP7A) SP 3207(SDP45) |
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GM&O RS2 1511 |
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Gulf Mobile & Ohio RS2 number 1511 was heading south through Sbidell along the Southern Railway's "back track" towards the Southern depot. The Alco had a few cars off of the Shoreline Branch local and was heading for the depot to exchange some paperwork with the agent; then ht would back up north to the GM&O connection at North Slidell, and continue on its way to Covington. |
| Photo Date: |
11/20/1970 Upload Date: 2/3/2017 9:58:43 AM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
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Action |
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GMO 1511(RS2) |
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