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| Title: |
GM&O GP35 635 |
| Description: |
Gulf Mobile & Ohio GP35 635 was in the railroad’s CANAL YARD in New Orleans. The locomotive, along with GP30 522, had come in on train No. 33 and would go back out that evening on No. 32. It was assigned Illinois Central Gulf number 2533 in 1972, but was sold to the Paducah & Louisville in August 1986, before ever receiving its ICG number. The PAL subsequently transferred the unit to its subsidiary VMV Enterprises. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1971 Upload Date: 10/4/2020 9:34:02 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
GMO 635(GP35) |
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550 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SP RSD12/DL702 2952 |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific RSD12/DL702 locomotives 2951 and 2962 were on an eastbound transfer run operating over the Southern Railway at the Metairie Road grade crossing in Metairie, a suburb of New Orleans. Twenty-one of these units were built by Alco in 1961 for mainline work in California, using components from retired RSD5’s; but all were reassigned to less-demanding yard and transfer service at Houston and New Orleans in 1967, and they remained there until the last were retired in 1977. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1971 Upload Date: 2/26/2021 5:20:08 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2952(RSD12) |
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219 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP 2951 and 2962 |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific RSD12/DL702 locomotives 2951 and 2962 were on an eastbound transfer run operating over the Southern Railway at the Metairie Road grade crossing in Metairie, a suburb of New Orleans. Twenty-one of these units were built by Alco in 1961 for mainline work in California, using components from retired RSD5’s; but all were reassigned to less-demanding yard and transfer service at Houston and New Orleans in 1967, and they remained there until the last were retired in 1977. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1971 Upload Date: 2/26/2021 5:21:39 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2951(RSD12) SP 2962(RSD12) |
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232 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
L&N and IC E-Units |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville E7A 781 and Illinois Central E8A 4021 were coupled together at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal while the locomotives were being serviced. Coupling the units together made it more convenient for the person who was servicing them to move them around. The engines had come in earlier in the day on the PAN-AMERICAN and the PANAMA LIMITED and would depart on the same trains that afternoon. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1971 Upload Date: 6/18/2020 10:40:21 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
LN 781(E7A) IC 4021(E8A) |
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511 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
L&N and IC Units |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville E7A units 779 and 781 were coupled to a trio of Illinois Central locomotives at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. Coupling the units together made it more convenient for the person who was servicing them as he moved them around for sand, fuel and water. The power had come in earlier on the PAN-AMERICAN and the PANAMA LIMITED and would depart on the same trains that afternoon. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1971 Upload Date: 6/18/2020 3:10:15 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
LN 779(E7A) |
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358 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GM&O Train No. 33 |
| Description: |
Southbound Gulf Mobile & Ohio train No. 33 was leaving the main line of the Southern Railway and entering GM&O track at OLIVER JUNCTION in New Orleans. The GM&O had trackage rights over 28 miles of the Southern, between Slidell and this location. The power for this train was GP35’s 610, 612 and 607. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1971 Upload Date: 10/17/2020 4:50:59 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
GMO 610(GP35) |
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226 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
GM&O Train No. 33 |
| Description: |
Southbound Gulf Mobile & Ohio train No. 33 was leaving the main line of the Southern Railway and entering GM&O track at OLIVER JUNCTION in New Orleans. The GM&O had trackage rights over 28 miles of the Southern, between Slidell and this location. The power for this train was GP35’s 610, 612 and 607. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1971 Upload Date: 10/17/2020 4:52:42 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
GMO 612(GP35) |
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224 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GM&O Train No. 33 |
| Description: |
Southbound Gulf Mobile & Ohio train No. 33 was leaving the main line of the Southern Railway and entering GM&O track at OLIVER JUNCTION in New Orleans. The GM&O had trackage rights over 28 miles of the Southern, between Slidell and this location. The power for this train was GP35’s 610, 612 and 607. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1971 Upload Date: 10/17/2020 4:53:23 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
GMO 607(GP35) |
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193 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Eastbound Run-Through Train |
| Description: |
Six engines representing five models and three railroads were on this eastbound train operating over the Southern Railway’s New Orleans Terminal Co. subsidiary at Elysian Fields Avenue. This was a run-through train from the Southern Pacific at Houston to the Louisville & Nashville’s GENTILLY YARD in New Orleans. There, a part of the train would continue on to Birmingham while the rest would head for Jacksonville via the Seaboard Coast Line. The locomotives were SP GP35 6631, SSW GP20 4035, SSW GP30 5009, SP U25B 6717, L&N GP40 3002 and L&N GP40 3022. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1971 Upload Date: 4/2/2020 10:23:51 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 6631(GP35) |
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213 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
L&N Transfer Run |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville GP7 401 was on a transfer run from the railroad’s GENTILLY YARD in New Orleans to either the Southern or the Southern Pacific. The train was passing N.E. Tower and crossing the Southern’s main line. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1971 Upload Date: 3/19/2020 1:06:51 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
LN 401(GP7) |
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427 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Office Car 12 |
| Description: |
Truss-rod-equipped office car 12 HOUR OF FANTASY was 89 years old when it was photographed at Mobile, Alabama in early 1971. The car had been built by Harlan & Hollingsworth in March 1882 as St. Louis & San Francisco 1400. It was renumbered 9 on 28 April 1947, then 12 on 24 March 1948 and was used as a medical examining car beginning in July 1948. The car was retired in 1950 and sold into private ownership in May 1952, and was reportedly still around in 2020. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1971 Upload Date: 4/6/2020 5:52:24 PM |
| Location: |
Mobile, AL |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
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478 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP GP9 3007 |
| Description: |
Recently-repainted Southern Pacific GP9 3007 was on the ready track at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, and was going to be the trailing unit on the westbound SUNSET. It was built in 1955 as the 5625 and was renumbered to the 3007 in the 1965 renumbering. At this time the unit still had dual cab controls, as shown by the wings on the long hood; but it lost its bi-directional controls when it was upgraded into GP9R 3190 in 1977. (approximate month and day) |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1971 Upload Date: 5/23/2009 5:03:54 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SP 3007(GP9) |
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2093 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP F7B 8296 |
| Description: |
date approximate |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1971 Upload Date: 5/23/2009 5:05:18 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SP 8296(F7B) |
| Views: |
993 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP RSD12 2951 |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific RSD12/DL702 locomotives 2951 and 2962 were on an eastbound transfer run operating over the Southern Railway at the Metairie Road grade crossing in Metairie, a suburb of New Orleans.(approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1971 Upload Date: 5/22/2009 10:01:48 PM |
| Location: |
Metairie, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2951(RSD12) |
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2285 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
MP RACE STREET YARD |
| Description: |
Missouri Pacific GP35’s 613 and 642 were with GP7 323 at the Texas Pacific-Missouri Pacific Terminal Railroad of New Orleans’ RACE STREET YARD, underneath the Greater New Orleans Mississippi River Bridge. Just a few years earlier, there was an engine house where the units were parked. The yard was closed in 1983 and quickly removed. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1971 Upload Date: 6/26/2021 6:33:48 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
MP 613(GP35) |
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399 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP GP35 6584 |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific GP35 6584 was on an eastbound run-through train passing the Southern Railway’s EAST CITY JUNCTION tower, on its way from Houston to either the Southern or the Louisville & Nashville. The tower closed on 10 August 1972. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1971 Upload Date: 3/29/2022 12:29:47 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 6584(GP35) |
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151 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
L&N-SP Run-Through Train |
| Description: |
A run-through train from the Louisville & Nashville to the Southern Pacific was on the L&N in New Orleans on the Franklin Avenue underpass. The train was powered by SP GP35’s 6647 and 6530, L&N U25B 1605 and L&N GP40 3009. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1971 Upload Date: 6/2/2020 6:57:54 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
LN 3009(GP40) |
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285 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
L&N-SP Run-Through Train |
| Description: |
A run-through train from the Louisville & Nashville to the Southern Pacific was on the L&N in New Orleans, passing over a 1964 Oldsmobile 98 sedan on Franklin Avenue. The train was powered by SP GP35’s 6647 and 6530, L&N U25B 1605 and L&N GP40 3009. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1971 Upload Date: 5/31/2020 12:41:53 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 6647(GP35) SP 6530(GP35) |
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376 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GWT 202 GOLDEN GATE |
| Description: |
Great Western Tours car GWT 202 GOLDEN GATE was parked in New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. The car was originally Gulf Mobile & Ohio SAMUEL KING TIGRETT, a Plan 9012 4-section / 8-roomette / 3-double bedroom /1-compartment sleeper that had been built by American Car & Foundry and was placed in service on 20 July 1950. It was withdrawn from Pullman lease on 21 February 1969 and sold to GWT, then went to Mexico in 1979 as Servicio de Coches Dormitorio 704 ESTRECHO DE GIBRALTAR (STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR) and is probably long gone. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1971 Upload Date: 5/27/2020 8:57:55 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
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195 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
L&N E8A 796 |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville E8A 796 was at the engine service area in New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. While all of the railroad’s new and used E8A’s had been built with curved number boards, all of them EXCEPT the 796 received number boxes. The locomotive had been built in May 1951, was retired May 1972 and used as trade-in credit with EMD. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1971 Upload Date: 6/18/2020 3:13:37 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
LN 796(E8A) |
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411 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GWT 202 GOLDEN GATE |
| Description: |
This was the nameplate on the door of Great Western Tours car GWT 202 GOLDEN GATE. The car was originally Gulf Mobile & Ohio SAMUEL KING TIGRETT, a Plan 9012 4-section / 8-roomette / 3-double bedroom /1-compartment sleeper that had been built by American Car & Foundry and was placed in service on 20 July 1950. It was withdrawn from Pullman lease on 21 February 1969 and sold to GWT, then went to Mexico in 1979 as Servicio de Coches Dormitorio 704 ESTRECHO DE GIBRALTAR (STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR) and is probably long gone. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1971 Upload Date: 5/27/2020 8:59:39 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
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192 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP GP7 323 |
| Description: |
Missouri Pacific GP7 323 was built as the 4257 in March 1953. It was originally a freight unit with a 1600-gallon fuel tank, but in the early 1960’s it was one of 15 freight geeps modified with a steam generator, a 2500-gallon fuel and water tank, and hood-mounted air tanks. By the time this photo was taken at Race Street Yard in New Orleans, under the Greater New Orleans Mississippi River Bridge, there weren’t very many MP passenger trains left. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1971 Upload Date: 2/21/2020 1:04:38 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
MP 323(GP7) |
| Views: |
535 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP SW8 8006 |
| Description: |
Missouri Pacific SW8 8006 was photographed at Race Street Yard in New Orleans, under the Greater New Orleans Mississippi River Bridge. The locomotive had been built in August 1952 as Texas & Pacific 817. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1971 Upload Date: 2/21/2020 1:14:00 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
MP 8006(SW8) |
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593 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
L&N U25B 1605 |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville U25B 1605 was in New Orleans on a run-through train from the L&N to the Southern Pacific. The train was on the L&N at Franklin Avenue. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1971 Upload Date: 7/5/2020 6:12:11 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
LN 1605(U25B) |
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185 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP Train No. 1 |
| Description: |
The Southern Pacific’s westbound SUNSET was crossing Central Avenue in suburban New Orleans as it approached the east end of the Huey P. Long Bridge. The train was powered by FP7’s 6449 and 6448 with an unidentified SDP45, probably the 3207. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1971 Upload Date: 5/31/2020 1:36:50 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
SP 6449(FP7A) |
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305 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
L&N-SP Run-Through Train |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville U25B 1604 was in New Orleans on a run-through train to the Southern Pacific with GP35 6571, GP20 4053 and GP35 6615. The train was on its way from Birmingham to Houston. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1971 Upload Date: 5/31/2020 1:40:39 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
LN 1604(U25B) |
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270 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
L&N U25B 1613 |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville U25B 1613 was in New Orleans on a run-through train from the L&N to the Southern Pacific via the Southern Railway. It was photographed on the Southern at Elysian Fields Avenue. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1971 Upload Date: 7/5/2020 6:14:45 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
LN 1613(U25B) |
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271 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
L&N E8A 797 |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville E8A 797 and an E7A were parked at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal engine terminal, awaiting their 5:15PM departure on the northbound PAN-AMERICAN. About three months earlier, on 4 December 1970, the 797 had been damaged when it struck a loaded dump truck in eastern New Orleans; but as can be seen here, its nose was nicely repaired and repainted. It was retired in May 1972 and used as a trade-in with EMD. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1971 Upload Date: 4/21/2020 12:50:49 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
LN 797(E8A) |
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446 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP 127 ALAMO |
| Description: |
A month before Amtrak began operating the SUNSET LIMITED, Southern Pacific car 127 ALAMO and three other SP business cars were on the rear of the westbound train at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. The loading area for Greyhound busses had been completed in October 1969, and took up about 500 feet formerly occupied by the ends of tracks 7-12. (date approximate) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1971 Upload Date: 5/22/2009 2:38:20 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
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1623 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southern Train No 222 |
| Description: |
Southern 3169 was the railroad's highest-numbered SD45. It and two siblings were powering northbound intermodal train No. 222 across the Louisville & Nashville at N.E. Tower, just north of the Southern's Oliver Yard. (month approximate) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1971 Upload Date: 5/19/2009 5:22:31 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 3169(SD45) |
| Views: |
2002 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GM&O 605 |
| Description: |
A trio of GM&O GP35's switch a gondola into an steel yard at the south end of Canal Yard. This was the only customer served by the railroad in New Orleans. The smoke stacks on the right are at the Lone Star Cement plant on the Industrial Canal. (month OK, approximate day) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1971 Upload Date: 2/11/2010 12:08:59 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
GMO 605(GP35) |
| Views: |
1528 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southern Railway Special Power |
| Description: |
Southern Railway FP7’s 6144 and 6143 were parked outside the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal engine house with E8A’s 6912 and 6908. The four units had arrived the previous evening with a 20-car special which had come to the CRESCENT CITY for a convention of railway surgeons. |
| Photo Date: |
3/29/1971 Upload Date: 2/28/2019 10:44:47 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6144(FP7A) |
| Views: |
522 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
GM&O Train No. 33 |
| Description: |
Gulf Mobile & Ohio train No. 33 was flying extra flags as it was about to enter the main line of the Southern Railway at Slidell, Louisiana. GM&O trains heading in to or out of New Orleans operated over 28 miles of the Southern, between Slidell and Oliver Junction in New Orleans. This train was powered by a typical set of second-generation power: GP35’s 603, 633 and 602. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1971 Upload Date: 1/26/2021 1:21:20 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
GMO 603(GP35) |
| Views: |
300 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP F7B 8294 |
| Description: |
date approximate |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1971 Upload Date: 5/23/2009 5:04:51 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SP 8294(F7B) |
| Views: |
1086 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP RSD12 2957 |
| Description: |
GM&O Canal Yard (date approximate) |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1971 Upload Date: 5/22/2009 10:03:50 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2957(RSD12) |
| Views: |
1815 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
L&N E7A 799 |
| Description: |
The Louisville & Nashville's highest numbered E-unit and the Illinois Central's first E8 were at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal shortly before the start-up of Amtrak. L&N E7A 799 was originally Chicago & Eastern Illinois 1101, then Missouri Pacific 28, and had only been an L&N unit since June 1969. (approximate day) |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1971 Upload Date: 12/10/2016 10:01:17 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
LN 799(E7A) IC 4018(E8A) |
| Views: |
966 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
North Villere Street |
| Description: |
This view facing east on North Villere Street at Mandeville Street showed that former streetcar tracks were still in the intersection 45 years after streetcar service ended here. The tracks were last used by the New Orleans Public Service VILLERE car line on 21 February 1926, after which the line was rerouted and renamed GENTILLY. These tracks were still here in 2020. |
| Photo Date: |
4/2/1971 Upload Date: 8/11/2020 5:32:45 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Transit |
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NOPSI 0000(UNKNOWN) |
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| Title: |
GM&O Train No. 33 |
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Gulf, Mobile & Ohio train No. 33 was displaying white flags and white classification lights as it heading across Bayou Liberty Road in Slidell, Louisiana. The train had just entered the main line of the Southern Railway for the last leg of its journey into New Orleans, behind GP35 606, GP38AC 728 and GP35 631. |
| Photo Date: |
4/18/1971 Upload Date: 2/14/2021 5:26:41 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
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Action |
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GMO 606(GP35) |
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| Title: |
GM&O Train No. 33 |
| Description: |
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio train No. 33 had just crossed Bayou Liberty Road in Slidell, Louisiana. The train was on the main line of the Southern Railway for the last leg of its journey into New Orleans, behind GP35 606, GP38AC 728 and GP35 631. This was at the north end of WOODS siding, and the tracks on the right served a brickyard next to the main line and a couple of shipyards along Bayou Bonfouca. |
| Photo Date: |
4/18/1971 Upload Date: 2/14/2021 5:28:11 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
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Action |
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GMO 728(GP38AC) |
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| Title: |
L&N LAST RUN |
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L&N engineer W. Earnest Harper and some friends pose in front of E8A 785 as he prepares to leave New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal on the last run of train No. 8 - the PAN-AMERICAN,. |
| Photo Date: |
4/30/1971 Upload Date: 4/30/2016 2:34:55 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
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LN 785(E8A) |
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1527 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SOU SD40 3179 |
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Almost-new Southern Railway SD40 3179 was the second of three locomotives on southbound intermodal train No. 219 at Slidell, Louisiana. This unit was built in April 1971 and was one of 31 SD40's on the Southern (3170-3200). It became Norfolk Southern 3179 and then Watco 4114. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/1971 Upload Date: 7/2/2020 6:22:48 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
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Roster |
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SOU 3179(SD40) |
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| Title: |
IC E8A 4033 and NOUPT SW8 3 |
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Illinois Central E8A 4033 and New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal SW8 3 were parked alongside the sand tower at NOUPT. The yellow sticker on the nose of the 4033 read SCL… IT’S MY RAILROAD… MAKE IT YOURS. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/1971 Upload Date: 7/26/2020 11:21:38 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
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Passenger |
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IC 4033(E8A) NOUPT 3(SW8) |
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391 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SP F7B 8109 |
| Description: |
date approximate |
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5/1/1971 Upload Date: 5/23/2009 5:04:31 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
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Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SP 8109(F7B) |
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1062 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP RSD12 2962 |
| Description: |
GM&O Canal Yard (date approximate) |
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5/1/1971 Upload Date: 5/22/2009 10:05:31 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
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Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2962(RSD12) |
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1758 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
GM&O 603 |
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GP35 602 was photographed next to the yard office/scale house at the railroad's Canal Yard. (date approximate) |
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5/5/1971 Upload Date: 1/28/2010 5:45:02 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
GMO 603(GP35) |
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1780 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SP F7B 8303 |
| Description: |
date approximate |
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5/15/1971 Upload Date: 5/23/2009 5:05:44 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
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Roster |
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SP 8303(F7B) |
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| Title: |
L&N S1 72 |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville number 72 was constructed in April 1950 and was one of the last Alco S1 units built for the railroad. Here it was photographed from the Southern Railway crossing at N.E. Tower, on its way from the railroad's Gentilly Yard in eastern New Orleans to Julia Street Yard along the Mississippi River. The auto-rack cars were parked on a Southern spur, and that large open area was eventually developed as the railroad's auto lot. This L&N track was built in the early 1950's and abandoned about 35 years later. Even though the L&N adopted a gray-and-yellow paint scheme in 1963, it continue to repaint some switch engines in this plain black scheme. The 72 was retired a year after this photo was taken. (approximate day) |
| Photo Date: |
5/15/1971 Upload Date: 9/1/2016 3:52:23 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
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Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
LN 72(S1) |
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1076 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Excursion |
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Charles Harrington (left), Dan Watson and Louis Saillard were among the 23 passengers on an excursion over the Bonhomie & Hattiesburg Southern, sponsored by the Mississippi Great Southern Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. Here they are enjoying the fresh air in Southern Railway drop-end gondola 318066, somewhere between Hattiesburg and Beaumont. Today, this track is a part of the Canadian National main line between Jackson, Mississippi and Mobile, Alabama; and railfans are no longer given rides in gondolas! |
| Photo Date: |
6/5/1971 Upload Date: 3/8/2010 7:44:21 PM |
| Location: |
Hattiesburg, MS |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
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Passenger |
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| Title: |
L&N S1 No. 54 |
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Louisville & Nashville S1 No. 54 was switching the railroad's Julia Street Yard at Girod Street in New Orleans. The building on the left was the transit shed on the Poydras Street Wharf along the Mississippi River. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
6/6/1971 Upload Date: 9/8/2017 5:44:31 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
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Action |
| Locomotives: |
LN 54(S1) |
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733 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NOPB Baldwins |
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New Orleans Public Belt Baldwin DS-4-4-660 units 47 and 48 were parked inside of the railroad's roundhouse. The locomotives had been built in January 1949 at a cost of $73,950 each; and were near then end of their careers, as they were traded-in to EMD for new units which arrived in August 1971. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
6/6/1971 Upload Date: 4/29/2019 12:15:54 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NOPB 47(DS44-660) NOPB 48(DS44-660) |
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