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| Title: |
GM&O RS1 1114 |
| Description: |
About six months after the merger which formed the Illinois Central Gulf, former Gulf Mobile & Ohio RS1 number 1114 was switching pulpwood cars at Laurel, Mississippi. (approximate day) |
| Photo Date: |
2/15/1973 Upload Date: 2/3/2017 10:31:24 AM |
| Location: |
Laurel, MS |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
GMO 1114(RS1) |
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932 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
ICG No. 41 |
| Description: |
The locomotives for Illinois Central Gulf train No. 41 were parked on former GM&O/GM&N track at Laurel, Mississippi. The units were IC GP8 7904 with GM&O GP38's 712, 718 and 715. A crew would head north from Laurel on No.40 and turned at Union as No. 41. After switching at Laurel, a new crew was called and the train departed for Mobile. That crew would then return to Laurel the next day on No. 40. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
2/17/1973 Upload Date: 8/5/2017 9:32:35 PM |
| Location: |
Laurel, MS |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
IC 7904(GP8) |
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624 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ICG Yard |
| Description: |
Six months after the Illinois Central and the Gulf Mobile & Ohio merged into the ICG, a set of power with units from both predecessor roads was being serviced at the former GM&O yard in Meridian. GM&O GP35 605, IC GP10's 8188 and 8322, and GM&O 631 had come in from Union with train 333, which was the Meridian connection with St. Louis-New Orleans train 33. (approximate day) |
| Photo Date: |
2/17/1973 Upload Date: 3/15/2017 10:11:47 PM |
| Location: |
Meridian, MS |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
GMO 605(GP35) |
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660 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GM&O S2 1006 |
| Description: |
The year after the Illinois Central and the Gulf Mobile & Ohio merged into the ICG, GM&O S2 number 1006 was switching pulpwood flats and woodchip hoppers at Meridian. Although it had been assigned ICG number 1055, none of the GM&O's fifteen S1's or twelve S2's were ever repainted for the ICG, and all were retired by March 1975. (approximate month and day) |
| Photo Date: |
2/17/1973 Upload Date: 3/15/2017 10:25:30 PM |
| Location: |
Meridian, MS |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
GMO 1006(S2) |
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670 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SOU E8A 6900 |
| Description: |
Southern E8A 6900 was on the northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT at Slidell, Louisiana. It had recently been repainted into the new green paint scheme and renumbered from 2923. It was retired in 1979 and donated to the North Carolina Transportation Museum. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1973 Upload Date: 6/28/2020 11:49:33 AM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6900(E8A) |
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614 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GATX tank car 27349 |
| Description: |
GATX 27349 and 27348 being loaded from a local aquifer along the Southern Railway at Pearl River, Louisiana. The water will be bottled by OZONE WATERS in New Orleans, just 35 miles away. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
3/15/1973 Upload Date: 3/19/2016 1:16:52 PM |
| Location: |
Pearl River, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
RollingStock |
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840 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
GM&O (ICG) GP30 510 |
| Description: |
Eight months after the Gulf Mobile & Ohio merged with the Illinois Central, former GM&O GP30 510 was parked by the sand tower at the little service area across from the former GM&O depot in Bogalusa. In the left background was a remnant of the shop buildings built here by the New Orleans-Great Norther Railroad. The ICG would eventually build a new engine house and service area at its yard on the south side of town, and the old shop area would become a shopping center named SHOP YARD SQUARE!. The 510 was never repainted as ICG 2260 and it was sold to the Paducah & Louisville in 1986. VMV rebuilt it into CSX slug 2264 in 1989.(approximate month and day) |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1973 Upload Date: 11/13/2016 1:28:14 PM |
| Location: |
Bogalusa, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
GMO 510(GP30) |
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687 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
GM&O Units |
| Description: |
About six months after the Illinois Central-Gulf Mobile & Ohio merger, a GM&O GP35, a GP38 and a couple of Alco road switchers were parked between the depot and diesel shop at Bogalusa, Louisiana... deep in GM&O territory. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
4/4/1973 Upload Date: 12/18/2017 4:23:34 PM |
| Location: |
Bogalusa, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
GMO 647(GP35) GMO 703(GP38) |
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885 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ICG Alcos |
| Description: |
About six months after the Illinois Central-Gulf Mobile & Ohio merger, former GM&O RS3 1518 and RS2 1513 were parked in familiar territory, across the ex-GM&O main line from the Bogalusa depot. (approximate day) |
| Photo Date: |
4/15/1973 Upload Date: 1/17/2017 9:59:43 PM |
| Location: |
Bogalusa, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
GMO 1518(RS3) GMO 1513(RS2) |
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699 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NOPB SW1500 151 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Belt SW1500 number 151 was heading upriver (westbound) with a train at the foot of Canal street. The Louisville & Nashville's passenger station - which was featured in the opening scene of the movie A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE - had been located where the electrical substation is; but very little here looks the same. For example, the RIVERGATE convention center on the far left was was torn down and replaced with Harrah's Casino; while the monument in front of it, which commemorated the BATTLE OF LIBERTY PLACE, was subsequently removed. (approximate day) |
| Photo Date: |
4/15/1973 Upload Date: 4/13/2017 4:40:32 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NOPB 151(SW1500) |
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1070 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
GM&O GP38-2 743 |
| Description: |
The year after the formation of the Illinois Central Gulf, former Gulf Mobile & Ohio GP38-2 743 was in Bogalusa coupled to ex-IC GP10 8227 and next to ex-GM&O GP35 641. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
6/6/1973 Upload Date: 10/25/2019 10:04:10 PM |
| Location: |
Bogalusa, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
GMO 743(GP38-2) |
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626 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Train No. 58 |
| Description: |
Amtrak train No. 58 – the northbound PANAMA LIMITED – was leaving New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal behind Illinois Central E8A 4027 and new Amtrak SDP40F 514. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
7/1/1973 Upload Date: 9/19/2021 6:48:06 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
IC 4027(E8A) |
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219 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak PANAMA LIMITED |
| Description: |
Illinois Central E8A 4024 and and unidentified E9B were pulling out of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal with Amtrak's northbound PANAMA LIMITED. (exact date unknown) |
| Photo Date: |
7/15/1973 Upload Date: 6/29/2016 4:10:34 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
IC 4024(E8A) |
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880 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
GM&O caboose2632 |
| Description: |
By the time this photo was taken, this car had belonged to the Illinois Central Gulf for about a year. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1973 Upload Date: 3/19/2016 1:36:05 PM |
| Location: |
Jackson, MS |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
RollingStock |
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402 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Train No. 58 |
| Description: |
Amtrak E8A 208 was on train 58 – the northbound PANAMA LIMITED – at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal with a couple of Illinois Central units. The locomotive had been built in October 1953 as Baltimore & Ohio 32 and was renumbered B&O 1452 in 1957. After it became Amtrak 208 in 1971 it spent most of its short Amtrak career on the IC/ICG before being retired. The 208 was one of about 80 E-units retired on 28 May 1975, and it was sold for scrap to Naparano Iron & Metal in New Jersey that October. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
9/1/1973 Upload Date: 6/21/2020 1:03:22 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 208(E8A) |
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410 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Panama Power |
| Description: |
Amtrak E8A 208, Illinois Central E8A 4024 and ICG E8A 4029 in Amtrak colors were backing in to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal to couple onto train No. 58, the northbound PANAMA LIMITED. The 208 was previously Baltimore & Ohio 1452 and was one of the first Amtrak units that was regularly used on the PANAMA. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/1973 Upload Date: 9/7/2021 2:43:09 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Station |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 208(E8A) |
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217 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Panama Power |
| Description: |
Amtrak E8A 208, Illinois Central E8A 4024 and ICG E8A 4029 in Amtrak colors were backing in to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal to couple onto train No. 58, the northbound PANAMA LIMITED. The 208 was previously Baltimore & Ohio 1452 and was one of the first Amtrak units that was regularly used on the PANAMA. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/1973 Upload Date: 9/7/2021 2:43:39 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Station |
| Locomotives: |
IC 4029(E8A) ICG 4029(E8A) |
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279 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ICG Local |
| Description: |
Illinois Central GP10 8167 was on an outbound train on the ICG’s SHORE LINE DISTRICT in Mandeville, Louisiana as it made its way from Covington, to Bogalusa. The loaded pulpwood cars on the front of the train had been picked up at a woodyard about half way between Covington and Abita Springs, and were on their way to the Crown Zellerbach paper mill in Bogalusa. Pulpwood was also loaded at Lacombe, and this would be picked up further along the line. This was a former Gulf Mobile & Ohio branch. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1974 Upload Date: 9/15/2020 10:09:51 AM |
| Location: |
Mandeville, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
IC 8167(GP10) |
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284 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ICG Local |
| Description: |
Illinois Central GP10 8167 was on an outbound train on the ICG’s SHORE LINE DISTRICT in Mandeville, Louisiana as it made its way from Covington, to Bogalusa. The loaded pulpwood cars on the front of the train had been picked up at a woodyard about half way between Covington and Abita Springs, and were on their way to the Crown Zellerbach paper mill in Bogalusa. Pulpwood was also loaded at Lacombe, and this would be picked up further along the line. This was a former Gulf Mobile & Ohio branch. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1974 Upload Date: 9/15/2020 10:11:23 AM |
| Location: |
Mandeville, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
IC 8167(GP10) |
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265 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
L&N "Five Aces" |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville 40-foot box car 11111 was photographed on the Missouri Pacific in New Orleans. It had a CAPY of 110,000 pounds, a LD LMT of 128,600 and a LT WT of 48,400 for a gross rail load of 177,000 pounds. The type XM car had been overhauled at the railroad’s SOUTH LOUISVILLE SHOPS in November 1972, and the little lettering on the upper left corner identified its owner as the FLORIDA NATIONAL BANK AND TRUAST COMPANY AT MIAMI. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1974 Upload Date: 11/16/2013 10:34:53 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
RollingStock |
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1660 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ICG Shore Line Local |
| Description: |
Former Gulf Mobile & Ohio GP35 639 was powering the Illinois Central Gulf's Shore Line Local through Mandeville, Louisiana; on its way from Covington to Bogalusa. The train had just crossed U.S. Highway 190 and was now turning east towards Slidell, where it would turn north again and head up the former GM&O main line to Bogalusa. The whistle post next to those red and black CZCX (Crown Zellerbach Corporation) pulpwood cars was for Carroll Street. After the branch was abandoned in 1991 most of the right of way became the Tammany Trace trail. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
2/15/1974 Upload Date: 10/13/2017 5:57:40 PM |
| Location: |
Mandeville, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
GMO 639(GP35) |
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1416 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IC(G) GP9 9201 |
| Description: |
The Illinois Central bought 26 GP9's equipped for passenger service, and all were built with a 62:15 (65 MPH) gear ratio; but this was one of four units (9200-9203) modified with high-speed 59:18 (85 MPH) gearing for use on the Chicago-Omaha line. By the time the 9201 was photographed deep in Gulf Mobile & Ohio territory - across from the Bogalusa depot - its high-speed days were long over. It was subsequently rebuilt in May 1979 as Ashley Drew & Northern GP10 1811. (approximate day) |
| Photo Date: |
2/15/1974 Upload Date: 2/7/2017 10:24:54 PM |
| Location: |
Bogalusa, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
IC 9201(GP9) |
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858 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
NOUPT |
| Description: |
This view of New Orleans Passenger Terminal SW8 number 3 in 1974 was an image of contrasts. To the left of the engine, covered by arches, was the terminal's unused 8-track post office annex; while on the left was Railway Express Agency, no longer served by rail and occupied by a few REA trucks. Elsewhere, the image illustrated the buildings which began altering the city's skyline over the previous 10 years. The tall building just to the left of the switcher is the 14-story office tower which had been completed in 1964 as a part of the city's new main post office. To left left of this, in the background, is the building at number 2 Canal Street, next to the Mississippi River. This 33-story structure was completed in 1967 as the city's first skyscraper. On the very left is the 45-story Plaza Tower, completed in 1969 as the city's second skyscraper and located right across the street for the railroad station. On the left is the 51-story One Shell Square, opened in 1972 and still the tallest building in the city. In the 40-plus years since this photo was taken, the skyline has been filled with an assortment of other tall structures. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
2/15/1974 Upload Date: 7/19/2016 5:11:48 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Station |
| Locomotives: |
NOUPT 3(SW8) |
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693 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ICG Geeps |
| Description: |
Illinois Central Gulf GP8 7715 and IC GP10 8191 were parked across from the old GM&O depot at Bogalusa, awaiting their call to duty on the Tylertown Local. This train ran south from Bogalusa seven miles to Rio and then worked its way up the Bogue Chitto Branch 42 miles to Tylertown, Mississippi. (approximate day) |
| Photo Date: |
3/15/1974 Upload Date: 2/25/2017 3:16:50 PM |
| Location: |
Bogalusa, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
ICG 7715(GP8) IC 8191(GP10) |
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646 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Southern Railway Train No. 194 |
| Description: |
Southern Railway train No. 194 was heading north through Slidell, Louisiana behind Southern Pacific U33C 8782, SD45T-2 9190 and a third SP unit. This run-through train between Houston and Birmingham was just south of the Slidell station, and the track in the foreground was the south leg of the wye that had served a creosote plant along nearby Bayou Bonfouca. A creosote plant was first built here in 1892 to treat wood for the New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad’s trestle across Lake Pontchartrain. The plant closed in 1970 and the area was subsequently designated as an EPA Superfund site. After the creosote-contaminated soil was incinerated and the wye was removed, a 54-acre area west of the railroad station which once included the wye and the creosote plant was redeveloped by the city as HERITAGE PARK. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1974 Upload Date: 3/29/2022 12:27:11 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
SP 8782(U33C) |
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158 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP U33C 8782 |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific U33C 8782 was heading north passed the Southern Railway station at Slidell, Louisiana with SD45T-2 9190 and another SP unit on run-through train No. 194. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1974 Upload Date: 2/6/2020 7:52:28 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
SP 8782(U33C) |
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617 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Southern FBS 115791 |
| Description: |
Southern Railway bulkhead flat (AAR type FBS) 115791 was the last of 12 cars (115780-115791) rebuilt by Custom Services in Jacksonville from 9800-9999 all-door cars (LU). These were originally built by Pullman-Standard in 1961-62. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1974 Upload Date: 2/6/2020 7:55:31 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
RollingStock |
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468 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Engine and Caboose |
| Description: |
Former Gulf Mobile & Ohio GP38-2 753 was parked in front of the former Illinois Central station at Hammond, Louisiana with ICG caboose 199847. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1974 Upload Date: 2/6/2020 7:47:36 PM |
| Location: |
Hammond, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
GMO 753(GP38-2) |
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1086 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SOU 6137 |
| Description: |
An unusual set or power -- FP7's 6137, 6145 and 6147 -- lead the northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT over Bayou Patttasat in Slidell. During this time, it was common for FP7's to operate on the train, but there was usually one or more E-units too! (date approximate) |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1974 Upload Date: 6/3/2009 1:37:16 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6137(FP7A) |
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2119 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
IC GP9 9054 |
| Description: |
A trio of black Illinois Central units - GP9's 9054 and 9313 along with GP40 3003 - had uncoupled from a southbound ICG train at Hammond, Louisiana and run down to the depot so a crewman could exchange some paperwork with the agent there. The track on the right was the south leg of the wye, and up until 1971 this line ran all the way to Covington. (approximate day) |
| Photo Date: |
4/15/1974 Upload Date: 4/4/2017 4:27:10 PM |
| Location: |
Hammond, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
IC 9054(GP9) |
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739 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
IC Geeps |
| Description: |
Illinois Central geeps 9054, 9313 and 3003 were backing onto their southbound train (on the left) after having run down to the Hammond depot to exchange some paperwork with the agent. The trainman next to the middle unit would throw the switch for the line to Baton Rouge as soon as the engines pass. The passenger cars on the left belonged to the Southeast Louisiana Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, while the geep on the right was the Hammond Switcher. This photo was taken about 20 months after the IC-GM&O merger, but this still looked just like the IC! (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
4/15/1974 Upload Date: 4/19/2017 11:27:55 AM |
| Location: |
Hammond, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
IC 9054(GP9) |
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998 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
ICG GP38-2 9565 |
| Description: |
A year and a half after the Illinois Central-Gulf Mobile & Ohio merger, freshly repainted ICG GP38-2 9565 (ex-GM&O 745) was switching in former IC territory at Hammond, Louisiana. A Cargill RENT-A-TRAIN was passing on the left, while on the extreme right were some passenger cars that belonged to the Southeast Louisiana Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. (approximate day) |
| Photo Date: |
4/15/1974 Upload Date: 4/5/2017 1:00:42 PM |
| Location: |
Hammond, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
ICG 9565(GP38-2) |
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730 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Southern Railway Train No. 2 |
| Description: |
Southern Railway train No. 2 – the northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT – was at the station in Slidell, Louisiana with E8A 6905, FP7A’s 6147, 6145 and 6148, and nine cars: baggage-dormitory 710, coaches 843, 828 and SCL 5467, diner 3306, 10-6 sleeping cars 2012 SALUDA RIVER, 3401 FRENCH BROAD RIVER and un-named Amtrak 2695; and dome parlor 1602. During 1974 FP7’s were often used on Nos. 1 and 2, but not this many! |
| Photo Date: |
4/26/1974 Upload Date: 4/30/2021 5:34:58 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6905(E8A) |
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368 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SOU 903006 |
| Description: |
The Southern Railway's New Orleans work train was on the main line at Slidell, rerailing cars which had derailed on the BACK TRACK just north of the depot. The derailed cars had been on northbound local No. 58. The 903006 was a 150-ton crane built by Bucyrus as Southern D-66 (serial number 251) in March 1919. When photographed here, it had been recently converted to diesel power. Norfolk Southern subsequently donated it to the North Carolina Transportation Museum at Spencer. (date approximate) |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/1974 Upload Date: 4/2/2010 4:03:09 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Wreck |
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1355 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SOU 903006 |
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The Southern Railway's New Orleans work train was on the main line at Slidell, rerailing cars which had derailed on the BACK TRACK just north of the depot. The derailed cars had been on northbound local No. 58. The 903006 was a 150-ton crane built by Bucyrus as Southern D-66 (serial number 251) in March 1919. When photographed here, it had been recently converted to diesel power. Norfolk Southern subsequently donated it to the North Carolina Transportation Museum at Spencer. (date approximate) |
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5/1/1974 Upload Date: 4/2/2010 4:02:49 PM |
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Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
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SOU 903006 |
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The Southern Railway's New Orleans work train was on the main line at Slidell, rerailing cars which had derailed on the BACK TRACK just north of the depot. The derailed cars had been on northbound local No. 58. The 903006 was a 150-ton crane built by Bucyrus as Southern D-66 (serial number 251) in March 1919. When photographed here, it had been recently converted to diesel power. Norfolk Southern subsequently donated it to the North Carolina Transportation Museum at Spencer. (date approximate) |
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5/1/1974 Upload Date: 4/2/2010 4:02:16 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
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Wreck |
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GM&O GP30 520 |
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Two years after the Gulf Mobile & Ohio merged with the Illinois Central, former GM&O GP30 520 was in familiar territory next to the diesel shop in Bogalusa, Louisiana. (approximate date) |
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6/6/1974 Upload Date: 7/8/2018 10:36:11 AM |
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Bogalusa, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
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Roster |
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GMO 520(GP30) |
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IC GP9 9305 |
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In 1957 EMD made a number of internal and external changes to its GP9, and the most noticable alteration in appearance was the use of two 48-inch radiator fans instead of four 36-inch ones. The Illinois Central received 60 of these units in December 1957 and January 1958; and to easily distinguish them from the older GP9's (9000-9257) it put them in a new 9300-series. Here was the 9305 in Bogalusa, with GP18 9416. (approximate date) |
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9/15/1974 Upload Date: 4/26/2018 10:34:04 PM |
| Location: |
Bogalusa, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
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IC 9305(GP9) |
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IC GP18 9416 |
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Illinois Central GP18 9416 was parked outside the diesel shop on the former GULF MOBILE & Ohio line through Bogalusa, Louisiana. This was one of 14 low-nose GP18's built for the IC in 1963, but the 15 units built in 1960 came with high noses. The 9416 was sold to the Chicago Central & Pacific in 1985 and retired in 1992. (approximate date) |
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9/15/1974 Upload Date: 10/10/2017 9:46:21 PM |
| Location: |
Bogalusa, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
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Roster |
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IC 9416(GP18) |
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ICG Power |
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Gulf Mobile & Ohio GP35 628 and Illinois Central GP9 9132 were parked across from the former GM&O Bogalusa depot two years after the IC merger. (approximate date) |
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9/15/1974 Upload Date: 8/28/2017 6:11:24 PM |
| Location: |
Bogalusa, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
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Yard |
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GMO 638(GP35) IC 9132(GP9) |
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SOU 3072 |
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SD35 3072, SD40 3176 and SD40-2 3234 lead a northbound train -- probably No. 168 -- across Louisiana Highway 41 at Pearl River. The switch under the first cars of the train is the north end of Pearl River siding, while the track on the other side of the 3072 served a chemical plant. (month approximate) |
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10/1/1974 Upload Date: 5/19/2009 3:00:51 PM |
| Location: |
Pearl River, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
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Action |
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SOU 3072(SD35) |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Train No. 93 |
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Amtrak SDP40F 602 was on train No. 93, the southbound FLORIDIAN, at tiny Center Hill, Florida. The train was on former Seaboard Air Line track, but Center Hill was also on a former Atlantic Coast Line route. Today, there aren’t any tracks in Center Hill. (approximate date of photo) |
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12/1/1974 Upload Date: 5/7/2020 12:10:38 PM |
| Location: |
Center Hill, FL |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
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Station,Passenger |
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AMTK 603(SDP40F) |
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SCL |
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Amtrak train No. 83, the southbound SILVER METEOR, was approaching the former Seaboard Air Line station at little Center Hill, Florida. For a long time, the SAL and the Atlantic Coast Line crossed at Center Hill; but now there aren’t any tracks here. (approximate date of photo) |
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12/1/1974 Upload Date: 5/7/2020 12:06:25 PM |
| Location: |
Center Hill, FL |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
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Station,Track |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Train No. 83 |
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Amtrak SDP40F 632 and a sibling were on train No. 83 the southbound SILVER METEOR, at tiny Center Hill, Florida – elevation 102 feet. The train was on former Seaboard Air Line track, but Center Hill was also on a former Atlantic Coast Line route. Today, there aren’t any tracks in Center Hill. |
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12/1/1974 Upload Date: 5/1/2020 10:47:28 PM |
| Location: |
Center Hill, FL |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
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Passenger |
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AMTK 632(SDP40F) |
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SCL |
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This was the Seaboard Coast Line’s crossing with Citrus County Road 48 in Floral City, Florida. This was previously an Atlantic Coast Line route between High Springs and Lakeland, but CSX removed the track in 1987 and the right-of-way here became part of the 47-mile WITHLACOOCHEE STATE TRAIL. (approximate date of photo) |
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12/1/1974 Upload Date: 5/7/2020 12:04:03 PM |
| Location: |
Floral City, FL |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
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Track |
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Amtrak PANAMA |
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Amtrak SDP40F 616 and a sibling power the northbound PANAMA LIMITED out of New Orleans over New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal track. The debris along the track are the remnants of the platforms at the former Carrollton Avenue Station. The former inbound main line had been located to the right of the train, but was removed in around 1969. Signs such as the one on the right were placed on several of the communication poles along here so that engineers on inbound trains stopping at the station wouldn't block Carrollton Junction, where the NOUPT Eastern and Western Connections separated. When NOUPT opened in 1954, the common use of train radios was still a decade or more in the future! (date approximate) |
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1/15/1975 Upload Date: 5/20/2010 3:52:10 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
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Passenger |
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AMTK 616(SDP40F) |
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Crown Zellerbach 302 |
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In May 1948 the Gaylord Container Corp. bought a pair of Alco RS1's to power pulpwood trains from Hammond, Louisiana 63 miles to its big paper mill at Bogalusa. The two diesels -- 302 and 303 -- cost $117,000 each, and replaced 4-6-0 No. 72 and 2-8-0 No. 301. The pulpwood train typically ran three times a week, on days when the GM&O's Shore Line Local didn't operate. One RS1 could handle 45 cars and a caboose. In 1955 Gaylord became a division of Crown-Zellerbach, but regular operation to Hammond continued until Hurricane Camille struck the Mississippi Gulf Coast in August 1969. The Bogalusa mill began using damaged Mississippi timber, so the puplwood train ran less and less often; and ended completely at the end of 1970. After that, Crown kept the RS1's to switch the Bogalusa mill. This photo was taken by an unidentified CZ employee using Jim Selzer's camera, since they wouldn't let Jim photograph it himself. (month OK, approximate day) |
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2/1/1975 Upload Date: 2/11/2010 12:06:31 PM |
| Location: |
Bogalusa, LA |
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unknown |
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Roster |
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CZCX 302(RS1) |
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LOAM RS1 1111 |
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Mr. Francis Goynes, vice-president and general manager of the Louisiana Midland Railway, was at the throttle of RS1 number 1111 as he helped switch a westbound train outside the railroad’s headquarters in Jena, Louisiana. Mr. Goynes was a career railroader, having worked for the West Feliciana, the original Louisiana Midland, the Illinois Central, the ICG and finally the new Louisiana Midland. He passed away in Alexandria on 24 August 1993 at the age of 71. |
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2/8/1975 Upload Date: 3/20/2021 12:43:12 PM |
| Location: |
Jena, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
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InCab |
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LOAM 1111(RS1) |
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LOAM RS1 1107 |
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Louisiana Midland RS1 1107 was picking up three loaded pulpwood cars at Rhinehart, Louisiana as it made its way west to the railroad’s headquarters at Jena. |
| Photo Date: |
2/8/1975 Upload Date: 7/8/2020 10:45:06 AM |
| Location: |
Rhinehart, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
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Action |
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LOAM 1107(RS1) |
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| Title: |
Louisiana Midland RS1 1111 |
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Louisiana Midland (LOAM) RS1 1111 was parked at the railroad’s headquarters in Jena, Louisiana. This was one of three former Gulf, Mobile & Ohio RS1 units acquired by the LOAM from the Illinois Central Gulf when it purchased this line in 1974, and it was the only one repainted in these LOAM colors. The 1111 went to the Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad in 1979 and then to Conrad Yelvington at Miami, Florida in 1992. |
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2/8/1975 Upload Date: 4/30/2021 5:23:06 PM |
| Location: |
Jena, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
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Roster |
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LOAM 1111(RS1) |
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