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| Title: |
L&N S1 44 |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville S1 number 44 was on a transfer run from the Southern-Southern Pacific interchange to the railroad's GENTIILY YARD in eastern New Orleans. The Southern handled interchange between the ICG and the L&N, which would explain the ICG cars on the train. The bridge in the background is Interstate 10. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
6/6/1971 Upload Date: 10/1/2017 3:27:53 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
LN 44(S1) |
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851 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NOPB VO-660 41 |
| Description: |
Shortly before it was traded in to EMD for some new power, New Orleans Public Belt VO-660 number 41 was receiving some attention in the railroad's roundhouse. The unit was built in December 1941 for $61,771 and was retired shortly after this photo was taken. (approximate month and day) |
| Photo Date: |
6/6/1971 Upload Date: 4/17/2017 11:48:30 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
NOPB 41(VO-660) |
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563 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NOPB S8 50 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Belt Baldwin S8 number 50 was running light and heading south along the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal, also known locally as the Industrial Canal. The 20-year-old locomotive had just crossed the Southern Railway's New Orleans Terminal Co. and was on the bridge over the Florida Avenue Canal, about to cross Florida Avenue. The smokestacks in the background were at the Lone Star Cement plant, a long-time landmark in this area. The 50 would be traded-in to EMD for new power and was scrapped in New Orleans later in 1971. (approximate month and day) |
| Photo Date: |
6/6/1971 Upload Date: 2/20/2017 11:32:23 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NOPB 50(S8) |
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514 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
B&HS Mixed Train |
| Description: |
Bonhommie & Hattiesburg Southern SW1's 1 and 2, along with caboose 12, were parked at the railroad's freight house in Hattiesburg, waiting to depart on a mixed train from Beaumont, Mississippi. This was one of at least two such excursions operated for Chapters of the National Railway Historical Society in 1971-1972, before the little railroad disappeared into the Illinois Central Gulf. (Notice the people in the drop-end gondola on the other end of the caboose!) The two locomotives were originally Wabash 103 and 102, and had been purchased by the B&HS in October 1961 to replace the railroad's last two steam engines. (approximate day) |
| Photo Date: |
6/12/1971 Upload Date: 4/13/2017 3:54:38 PM |
| Location: |
Hattiesburg, MS |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
BHS 1(SW1) BHS 2(SW1) |
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865 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
B&HS SW1 No. 2 |
| Description: |
Bonhommie & Hattiesburg Southern SW1 No. 2 was on a mixed train at Hattiesburg, along with No. 1. This locomotive was Electro-Motive Corp. serial No. 881, completed on 16 June 1939 as Wabash 102, and was bought by the B&&HS on 21 October 1961. The B&HS was merged into the Illinois Central Gulf in August 1972 and this unit was assigned ICG number 621, but it became Columbus & Greenville (CAGY) 521 instead. (approximate day) |
| Photo Date: |
6/12/1971 Upload Date: 4/13/2017 4:22:41 PM |
| Location: |
Hattiesburg, MS |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
BHS 2(SW1) |
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763 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
B&HS caboose 12 |
| Description: |
Bonhommie & Hattiesburg Southern caboose 12 was running on a fan trip for the Mississippi Great Southern Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, thus the drop-end gondola next to it for human occupancy! Beaumont was the south end of the railroad and its connection with the Gulf Mobile & Ohio. The next year the B&HS would become a part of the new Illinois Central Gulf, and its route would become a part of the ICG main line between Jackson, Mississippi and Mobile, Alabama. (approximate day) |
| Photo Date: |
6/12/1971 Upload Date: 2/8/2017 6:12:28 PM |
| Location: |
Beaumont, MS |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
RollingStock |
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1188 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP SDP45 3209 |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific SDP45 number 3209 was making an unusual appearance on the ready track at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, as these units were never very common here. It would head west that evening with an Icecapades special, after those cars came in on the Southern Crescent. The consist of Extra 3209 West was ICAP baggage cars 108-111 and SP coach 2488. |
| Photo Date: |
7/7/1971 Upload Date: 9/7/2017 4:48:40 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SP 3209(SDP45) |
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498 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak SUNSET |
| Description: |
Amtrak's westbound SUNSET was preparing to leave New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal behind an eclectic set of power: Southern Pacific dual-control passenger geeps 3008 and 3009, Union Pacific E9B 958B (later AMTK 469) and UP E9A 958 (AMTK 430). To the left of the 13-car train, at the former Railway Express building, were privately-owned ex-Illinois Central observation cars 3305 and 3300. |
| Photo Date: |
7/21/1971 Upload Date: 4/17/2017 11:07:47 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
SP 3008(GP9) SP 3009(GP9) |
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1454 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Southern E8A 6906 |
| Description: |
After the discontinuance of the Southern Railway’s PELICAN in 1968, the railroad's locomotives were seldom seen at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal during daylight; but E8A 6908, along with the 2925, was photographed there during a brief strike in 1971, laying over for the SOUTHERN CRESCENT. The next year, all of the railroad’s E8 units would receive a green and imitation aluminum paint scheme. |
| Photo Date: |
7/23/1971 Upload Date: 10/25/2019 10:01:23 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6906(E8A) |
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685 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Passenger Power |
| Description: |
Because of an impending strike on Saturday 24 July 1971, the westbound SUNSET and the northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT had been annulled at New Orleans the previous day, which resulted in this unusual opportunity to photograph the power from both trains together. Both trains arrived in New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings, but the Southern train left early the next morning while the SUNSET departed at noon; so normally a shot like this would not have been possible. On the right are former Union Pacific E9A 947 (later AMTK 424), UP E88 927B (AMTK 370) and Southern Pacific SDP45 3207; while on the left were Southern E8A units 6908 and 2925. |
| Photo Date: |
7/23/1971 Upload Date: 4/3/2017 11:43:54 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
UP 947(E9A) |
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539 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GM&O Train No. 33 |
| Description: |
The locomotives on southbound Gulf, Mobile & Ohio train No. 33 (GP35’s 601, 645, 622) had uncoupled from their cars and were stopped just south of the Southern Railway depot at Slidell, Louisiana. The track in the grass on the right was the south leg of the Slidell wye, and the person on the ground between the 601 and 645 was standing next to the switch stand; but we don’t know what was going on. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
8/1/1971 Upload Date: 6/26/2021 6:35:46 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
GMO 622(GP35) |
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365 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The SOUTHERN CRESCENT |
| Description: |
Southern Railway train No. 2 - the northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT - was accelerating away from its station stop at Slidell, Louisiana behind E8A's 2928 and 6914. The 2928's oscillating headlight had been removed long ago, and the twin sealed beam light had been relocated into the upper position, but the lower light opening had not very been covered over. Many Southern E-units ran around like this in the 1960's, but by this time most of the few remaining E's had their lower opening covered up or had received nose doors without a light opening. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
8/1/1971 Upload Date: 11/28/2017 6:13:23 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 2928(E8A) |
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1242 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Public Belt Power |
| Description: |
Soon-to-be-retired Baldwin S8 number 51, recently-repainted SW1200 number 71 and newly-delivered SW1000 number 102 share the New Orleans Public Belt's engine terminal. VO660 number 41 is off to the left, behind the weed-burner and on the other side of the turntable. |
| Photo Date: |
8/6/1971 Upload Date: 6/29/2016 4:12:10 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NOPB 51(S8) NOPB 71(SW1200) NOPB 102(SW1000) |
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1056 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NOPB SW1000 101 |
| Description: |
One-month-old New Orleans Public Belt SW1000 number 101 was at the railroad's roundhouse with a cab full of people. The engine had been built in July 1971 and was sold to the Elgin Joliet & Eastern as second 459 in January 1989. (approximate month and day) |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1971 Upload Date: 8/29/2017 6:25:28 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NOPB 101(SW1000) |
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375 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NOPB SW1000 102 |
| Description: |
Brand new New Orleans Public Belt SW1000 number 102 was switching at the Poydras Street Wharf. (approximate day) |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1971 Upload Date: 12/26/2016 5:31:32 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NOPB 102(SW1000) |
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618 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GM&O Train No. 33 |
| Description: |
Southbound Gulf, Mobile & Ohio train No. 33 was on the Southern Railway at the Carr Drive grade crossing in Slidell, Louisiana approaching the 5.5-mile trestle across Lake Pontchartrain. No. 33 was powered by GP35 643, GP38AC 722 and an unidentified unit. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
9/1/1971 Upload Date: 3/16/2021 6:15:33 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
GMO 722(GP38AC) |
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378 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NOPB SW1200 71 |
| Description: |
Recently-repainted New Orleans Public Belt SW1200 71 was getting ready to go to work at the CLAIBORNE SUBSTATION, while nearly-new SW1000 106 was on the left. This engine terminal was located next to CLAIBORNE YARD and was closed about 10 years later, during the Recession of 1980. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
9/1/1971 Upload Date: 6/27/2020 11:56:00 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NOPB 71(SW1200) |
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199 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NOPB CLAIBORNE SUBSTATION |
| Description: |
Recently-repainted New Orleans Public Belt SW1200 71 was parked at the railroad’s CLAIBORNE SUBSTATION, along with nearly-new SW1000 units 105 (on the right) and 106. This engine terminal was located next to CLAIBORNE YARD and was closed about 10 years later, during the Recession of 1980. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
9/1/1971 Upload Date: 6/27/2020 11:59:05 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NOPB 71(SW1200) NOPB 105(SW1000) |
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203 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The SOUTHERN CRESCENT |
| Description: |
Southern Railway train No. 2 - the northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT - was accelerating away from its station stop at Slidell, Louisiana behind E8A's 2928 and 6914. As built, the 2928 did not have any sublettering; but today it was wearing CNO&TP lettering on the rear of its carbody beneath its radiator grills. The 6914 originally carried NO&NE sublettering and now displayed AGS, reflecting the fact that the NO&NE had been merged into the AGS on 31 January 1969. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
9/1/1971 Upload Date: 6/21/2020 1:01:31 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6914(E8A) |
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480 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NOPB SW1000 104 |
| Description: |
Recently-delivered New Orleans Public Belt SW1000 number 104 was pulling a train south along the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (IHNC). The photo was taken from the St. Claude Avenue bridge, and the lift span in the background is the Judge Seeber Bridge on North Claiborne Avenue. The IHNC connects Lake Pontchartrain with the Mississippi River, and the structure on the right - with the red roof - is the control house for the canal's lock. The canal opened in 1921. (approximate day) |
| Photo Date: |
9/15/1971 Upload Date: 12/29/2016 9:01:23 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NOPB 104(SW1000) |
| Views: |
537 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NOPB DS44-660 44 and SW1000 104 |
| Description: |
Shortly after the arrival of New Orleans Public Belt SW1000's 101-106 and SW1500's 151-153 in July and August 1971, several of the Baldwin switchers which had been used as trade-in credit with EMD were parked at the railroad's engine terminal, waiting to be scrapped. On the right were two of the new units along with one of the railroad's SW1200's. (approximate day) |
| Photo Date: |
9/15/1971 Upload Date: 4/17/2017 11:37:58 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NOPB 44(DS44-660) NOPB 104(SW1000) |
| Views: |
583 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NOPB SW100's |
| Description: |
Three of the New Orleans Public Belt's six new SW1000's - 102, 105 and 106 - were at the railroad's Claiborne Substation, next to Claiborne Yard. The units had been built in July and August. Engines were based here for about 25 years (1955-1980) to serve customers along the Industrial Canal. (approximate day) |
| Photo Date: |
9/15/1971 Upload Date: 2/25/2017 3:06:37 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NOPB 102(SW1000) |
| Views: |
474 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NOPB SW1200 72 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Belt SW1200 72 was on the turntable at the railroad’s engine terminal, shortly before it was repainted into the new red-and-white scheme. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1971 Upload Date: 7/15/2020 4:36:26 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
NOPB 72(SW1200) |
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205 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Southern Train No. 194 |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific GP20 4053 and GP30 5011 were trailing Southern GP30’s 2537 and 2604 on Southern Railway train No. 194, This was the Southern’s portion of a Houston-Birmingham run-through train which was inaugurated in 1969. Today the 2604 was flying green flags, and No. 194 was running as the first section of No. 168. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1971 Upload Date: 6/24/2020 8:24:22 AM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 4053(GP20) |
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349 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP RSD12 2962 |
| Description: |
There was only one place where Southern Pacific Alco’s mingled with Gulf Mobile & Ohio geeps – the GM&O’s CANAL YARD in New Orleans. In this view, SP RSD12/DL702 2962 was with a pair of siblings on a transfer run from their AVONDALE YARD, while GM&O GP35 604 was one of three geeps that had come in on train No. 33 and – after some switching – they would return north on No. 32. Both of these locomotives rode on the trucks of old Alcos, those under the 2962 came from an RSD5 and those under the 604 from an FA1. Scenes like this disappeared the day of the IC-GM&O merger, less than a year away. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1971 Upload Date: 2/11/2020 10:29:32 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2962(RSD12) |
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434 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GM&O Canal Yard |
| Description: |
Just a year before the GM&O disappeared into the ICG, SP RSD12/DL702's 2970 and 2951 pause next to a set of GM&O geeps in the latter railroad's Canal Yard, as the two roads interchange cars. |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1971 Upload Date: 11/24/2009 10:13:09 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
GMO 603(GP35) SP 2970(RSD12) |
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2460 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
NOPB Office |
| Description: |
This old passenger car from the LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE was being used as the car shop office at the New Orleans Public Belt's CLAIBORNE YARD. The structure in the background is the JUDGE SEEBER BRIDGE, which carries South Claiborne Avenue over the Industrial Canal. The car disappeared around 1980, when the railroad scaled back its operations along the canal. (Month and day approximate.) |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1971 Upload Date: 12/8/2013 11:47:34 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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778 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
SOU 2604 |
| Description: |
Southern GP30's 2604 and 2537 team up with Espee GP30 5011 and GP20 4053 on Houston-Birmingham run-though train No. 194. Today the 2604 is flying green flags, and the train is running as the first section of No. 168. (date approximate) |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1971 Upload Date: 5/19/2009 5:20:25 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 2604(GP30) |
| Views: |
1237 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
John Batiste Nepveux |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific engineer John Batiste Nepveux was born in Saint Martinville, Louisiana on 21 June 1903 and went to work for the SP (Texas & New Orleans) in 1923. By the time Amtrak began in 1971 he was the regular engineer on the SUNSET between New Orleans and Lafayette. (Since the train only ran three times a week, he was the train’s ONLY regular engineer!) Here he was, standing next to former Union Pacific E8A 929 (Amtrak 326) prior to the train’s departure from New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal in October 1971. He retired on 20 June 1973, the day before his 70th birthday, with 50 years of service and passed away on 29 October 1979 at age 76. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1971 Upload Date: 7/4/2020 6:10:31 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Station |
| Locomotives: |
UP 929(E8A) |
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583 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SUNSET Power |
| Description: |
A set of Amtrak power, still wearing the colors of their previous owners, was backing into New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal for the westbound SUNSET. The units were UP E9A 958, SP FP7 6457, F7B 8127, FP7 6455 and UP E8A 929. (exact date unknown) |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1971 Upload Date: 6/29/2016 4:14:03 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
UP 958(E9A) |
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566 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
SOU 2923 |
| Description: |
It's about 4:45 P.M. on a Friday afternoon as New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal SW8 No. 3 pulls Southern E8A's 6912 and 2923 out of the station. The two units had arrived at 3:25 on a 13-car ORANGE BELT TOUCHDOWN CLUB special, en route from Florida to Baton Rouge. The train moved from Florida to Birmingham over the SCL, and then into New Orleans over the Southern. It headed into NOUPT, then a few minutes later Illinois Central E-units 4027 and 2021 backed onto the opposite end of the train, and it left for Baton Rouge at 4:30. This was the last football special to LSU! The train left Baton Rouge the next evening, after LSU beat Florida 48-7, arrived in NOUPT at midnight, and left for Florida at 1:30 Sunday morning.The train was made up entirely of former Seaboard Coast Line cars, all owned by Amtrak: 4-section/4-roomette/1-compartment/5-bedroom 6406 PINEHURST as a dormitory (still lettered SEABOARD), diners 5916 and 5922, 10-roomette/6-bedroom cars 6636 DARLINGTON COUNTY, 6627 WEST PALM BEACH and 6637 DUVAL COUNTY, 11-bedroom car 6108 NATURAL BRIDGE, blunt-end lounge 5831, diner 5905, 11-bedroom car 6111 MOUNT VERNON, and 10-6 sleepers 6628 WINTER HAVEN, 6623 ST. PETERSBURG and 6638 EDGECOMBE COUNTY. |
| Photo Date: |
10/8/1971 Upload Date: 5/20/2009 11:11:03 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 2923(E8A) |
| Views: |
2620 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NOPB 45 and 49 |
| Description: |
Three retired New Orleans Public Belt Baldwin DS4-4-660 locomotives were parked at the railroad’s engine terminal, awaiting their demise. The NOPB had just used eight Baldwin locos as trade-in credit on a like number of new EMD switchers, and the old units would soon be scrapped by a contractor at a siding on the railroad. (approximate date, slide processed October 1971) |
| Photo Date: |
10/15/1971 Upload Date: 10/25/2019 10:02:31 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NOPB 45(DS44-660) NOPB 49(DS44-660) |
| Views: |
348 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
GM&O No. 33 |
| Description: |
Gulf Mobile & Ohio train No. 33 was running unusually late, so it was operating as Extra 612 South. The train was just about to enter the main line of the Southern Railway, just south of the Slidell depot, to complete its trip to New Orleans. (approximate month and day) |
| Photo Date: |
10/15/1971 Upload Date: 2/17/2017 6:24:09 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
GMO 612(GP35) |
| Views: |
525 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
L&N Transfer Run |
| Description: |
A Louisville & Nashville transfer run was crossing Florida Avenue in New Orleans, on its way from the Missouri Pacific's Race Street Yard to the L&N's Gentilly Yard. The locomotives visible here were the MP GP18 1868, L&N GP30 1035 and L&N GP38-2 4054. The image was dated October 1971, but that must be incorrect because the L&N 4054 wasn't built until January 1972. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
10/15/1971 Upload Date: 12/2/2016 5:59:39 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
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Scenic,Action |
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MP 1868(GP18) |
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| Title: |
NOPB S8 No. 50 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Belt S8 number 50 takes a spin on the railroad's turntable, shortly before being retired and scrapped. (exact date unknown) |
| Photo Date: |
10/15/1971 Upload Date: 6/29/2016 4:12:52 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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NOPB 50(S8) |
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820 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NOPB SW1200 72 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Pubic Belt SW1200 number 72 was parked on one of the tracks leading from the railroad's turntable into its roundhouse. (approximate day) |
| Photo Date: |
10/15/1971 Upload Date: 1/17/2017 10:09:30 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Track |
| Locomotives: |
NOPB 72(SW1200) |
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411 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GM&O No. 33 |
| Description: |
GM&O train No. 33 crosses Ben Thomas Road at North Slidell. In less than a mile, the train will be on the Southern Railway for the continuation of its trip to New Orleans. The locomotives are GP35 613, GP30 502 and GP35 611. (month OK, approximate day) |
| Photo Date: |
11/1/1971 Upload Date: 2/11/2010 12:10:52 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
GMO 613(GP35) |
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2541 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Canal Yard |
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Looking north from the scale track, a set of power with the 715 on one end switches the GM&O's Canal Yard in New Orleans. The 6-track yard was opened by the Gulf, Mobile & Northern in 1932 and closed by the Illinois Central Gulf 40 years later. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
11/15/1971 Upload Date: 1/28/2010 8:29:32 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
GMO 715(GP38) |
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1878 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
L&N 2356 |
| Description: |
L&N S4 2356 powers an eastbound transfer run across Franklin Avenue, on its way to the railroad's Gentilly Yard. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
11/15/1971 Upload Date: 1/29/2010 4:44:13 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge |
| Locomotives: |
LN 2356(S4) |
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1920 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
GM&O Train No. 33 |
| Description: |
Southbound Gulf Mobile & Ohio train No. 33 was beginning its trip over the Southern Railway’s 5.5-miles trestle across the eastern end of Lake Pontchartrain. The GM&O had trackage rights over 28 miles of the Southern, between Slidell and OLIVER JUNCTION in New Orleans. The power for this train was GP35 638, GP30 509 and GP35 640. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1972 Upload Date: 10/14/2020 3:59:30 PM |
| Location: |
North Shore, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
GMO 638(GP35) |
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262 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GM&O Train No. 33 |
| Description: |
Southbound Gulf Mobile & Ohio train No. 33 was beginning its trip over the Southern Railway’s 5.5-miles trestle across the eastern end of Lake Pontchartrain. The GM&O had trackage rights over 28 miles of the Southern, between Slidell and OLIVER JUNCTION in New Orleans. The power for this train was GP35 638, GP30 509 and GP35 640. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1972 Upload Date: 10/14/2020 4:02:03 PM |
| Location: |
North Shore, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
GMO 640(GP35) |
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259 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GM&O GP38AC 731 |
| Description: |
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio GP38AC 731 was parked at the yard in Meridian, Mississippi. The locomotive had been built in April 1971, was renumbered Illinois Central Gulf and then IC 9550, became Iowa Interstate 628 in July 1994 and then Grainbelt 628 in January 2009. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1972 Upload Date: 7/28/2022 11:30:51 AM |
| Location: |
Meridian, MS |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
GMO 731(GP38AC) |
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129 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GM&O RS1 1117 |
| Description: |
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio RS1 1117 was at Bogalusa, Louisiana in February 1972, just seven months before the railroad merged with the Illinois Central to form the Illinois Central Gulf. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1972 Upload Date: 5/20/2023 3:34:37 PM |
| Location: |
Bogalusa, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
GMO 1117(RS1) |
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75 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GM&O Canal Yard |
| Description: |
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio GP35 606, GP30 527 and GP35 627 were next to the yard office and scale house at CANAL YARD in New Orleans. The locomotives had come in on train No. 33, switched the yard, and then went out later on No. 32. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1972 Upload Date: 2/28/2021 5:49:13 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
GMO 606(GP35) |
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293 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GM&O Canal Yard |
| Description: |
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio GP35 616, GP30 501 and GP35 617 were next to the yard office and scale house at CANAL YARD in New Orleans. The locomotives had come in on train No. 33, were switching the yard, and then went out later on No. 32. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1972 Upload Date: 3/16/2021 6:11:26 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
GMO 616(GP35) |
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144 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SOU E8A 6914 |
| Description: |
Southern Railway E8A 6914 was on the northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT at the station in Slidell, Louisiana. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1972 Upload Date: 7/15/2020 4:34:56 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6914(E8A) |
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493 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
GM&O GP35 616 |
| Description: |
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio GP35 616 was on train No. 33 as it was on the main line of the Southern Railway at Slidell, Louisiana. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1972 Upload Date: 3/31/2021 10:15:54 AM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
GMO 616(GP35) |
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116 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GM&O GP35 632 and GP30 501 |
| Description: |
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio GP35 632 and GP30 501 were at CANAL YARD in New Orleans. They had come in on train No. 33 and had been turned so they could go out on No. 32. Train Nos. 32/33 almost always ran with three locomotives, but a 2-unit set showed up occasionally. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1972 Upload Date: 3/31/2021 10:17:23 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
GMO 632(GP35) GMO 501(GP30) |
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422 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NOPB SW1000 105 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Belt Railroad SW1000 105 was southbound with a train crossing the Florida Avenue Drainage Canal. The locomotive had been built in August 1971 and the NOPB sold it exactly 49 years later to Fast Track Consulting of North Woodstock, New Hampshire. It left New Orleans on the Norfolk Southern on 13 August 2020 lettered PLLX (Plymouth & Lincoln Railroad) 105. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1972 Upload Date: 8/26/2020 10:43:25 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Bridge |
| Locomotives: |
NOPB 105(SW1000) PLLX 105(SW1000) |
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411 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
GM&O GP38AC 729 |
| Description: |
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio GP38AC 729 was parked at Meridian, Mississippi. This photo was taken about six months after the GM&O merged with the Illinois Central, but this still looked like a GM&O yard! The 729 was eventually repainted as ICG 9548, was sold as Iowa Interstate 627 in September 1994 and became Grainbelt 627 in November 2007. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1972 Upload Date: 2/17/2021 5:03:12 PM |
| Location: |
Meridian, MS |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
GMO 729(GP38AC) |
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262 Comments: 0 |
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