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AMTK SDP40F 569 |
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Amtrak SDP40F units 569 and 559 were on an engine servicing track at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. The locomotives had arrived the previous evening on the SUNSET LIMITED, and would soon back into the station and couple onto their train for the trip back to Los Angeles. (approximate date of photo) |
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12/1/1975 Upload Date: 3/9/2022 12:36:52 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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AMTK 569(SDP40F) |
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| Title: |
AMTK SDP40F 569 |
| Description: |
Amtrak SDP40F units 569 and 559 were backing in to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal where they would couple on to the westbound SUNSET LIMITED. (approximate date of photo) |
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12/1/1975 Upload Date: 3/9/2022 12:39:54 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Station |
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AMTK 569(SDP40F) |
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| Title: |
Southern Train No. 2 |
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Southern Railway E8A 6916 was on the northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT as the train made its station stop at Slidell, Louisiana. The fireman was sticking his head out of the engine-room door on the second unit, talking to someone of the platform. (approximate date of photo) |
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12/1/1975 Upload Date: 7/7/2020 2:57:01 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
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SOU 6916(E8A) |
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| Title: |
Southern Railway Park |
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For many years the Southern Railway maintained a little park in New Orleans. It was just east (timetable north) of the railroad’s TERMINAL STATION and on the median of Basin Street, next to its office building on St. Louis Street. The park included several of these light fixtures; and when the park was removed after the station closed in 1954, the railroad put in two tracks for office cars right behind the office building and relocated several of these fixtures. The office car tracks – and the lamps – survived into the early Norfolk Southern era, but were removed when the tracks here were abandoned. (approximate date of photo) |
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12/1/1975 Upload Date: 7/8/2020 11:57:19 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
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Scenic |
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| Title: |
NOUPT |
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This view of the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal engine house was taken from the cab of an unidentified E-unit. (approximate date of photo) |
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12/1/1975 Upload Date: 2/21/2020 9:46:11 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
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InCab |
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| Title: |
Clara Street Tower |
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This photo illustrates how the New Orleans skyline was changing in the 1970's. Clara Street Tower, at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, was about 25 years old; but almost all of the buildings seen here were much newer. The LOUISIANA SUPERDOME had only been open for about four months. (approximate date) |
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12/15/1975 Upload Date: 7/28/2017 5:29:32 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
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Passenger |
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| Title: |
Southern Railway Park |
| Description: |
Southern Railway steam heater car 960603 was at SOUTHERN RAILWAY PARK in New Orleans, along with executive sleeper 18 GEORGIA, business car 6 and Norfolk & Western business cars 100 and 500. The cars were here for a few days during the 1975-76 Sugar Bowl and New Year festivities. (The game took place at the Louisiana Superdome on 31 December 1975 and the Alabama CRIMSON TIDE beat the Penn State NITTANY LIONS 13–6.) The park was created behind the Southern’s office building, on Saint Louis Street at Basin Street, when the railroad’s TERMINAL STATION was closed in April 1954 and lasted about 40 years, until the line serving it was abandoned. The 960603 had been built in October 1943 as FTB 4100C and renumbered 4308 in March 1945. After being retired in 1958, it was converted into heater car HC-53, was later renumbered 960603 and went to The National Museum of Transportation in St. Louis. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
12/30/1975 Upload Date: 7/9/2022 5:13:26 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
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SOU 960603(FTB) |
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| Title: |
Southern Heater Car 960603 |
| Description: |
Southern Railway steam heater car 960603 was at SOUTHERN RAILWAY PARK in New Orleans, along with executive sleeper 18 GEORGIA, business car 6 and Norfolk & Western business cars 100 and 500. The cars were here for a few days during the 1975-76 Sugar Bowl and New Year festivities. (The game took place at the Louisiana Superdome on 31 December 1975 and the Alabama CRIMSON TIDE beat the Penn State NITTANY LIONS 13–6.) The park was created behind the Southern’s office building, on Saint Louis Street at Basin Street, when the railroad’s TERMINAL STATION was closed in April 1954 and lasted about 40 years, until the line serving it was abandoned. The 960603 had been built in October 1943 as FTB 4100C and renumbered 4308 in March 1945. After being retired in 1958, it was converted into heater car HC-53, was later renumbered 960603 and went to The National Museum of Transportation in St. Louis. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
12/30/1975 Upload Date: 7/9/2022 5:13:47 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
RollingStock |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 960603(FTB) |
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100 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southern Railway Cars 18 and 6 |
| Description: |
Southern Railway executive sleeper 18 GEORGIA and business car 6 were at SOUTHERN RAILWAY PARK in New Orleans, along with steam heater car 960603 and Norfolk & Western business cars 100 and 500. The cars were here for a few days during the 1975-76 Sugar Bowl and New Year festivities. (The game took place at the Louisiana Superdome on 31 December 1975 and the Alabama CRIMSON TIDE beat the Penn State NITTANY LIONS 13–6.) The park was created behind the Southern’s office building, on Saint Louis Street at Basin Street, when the railroad’s TERMINAL STATION was closed in April 1954 and lasted about 40 years, until the line serving it was abandoned. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
12/30/1975 Upload Date: 7/9/2022 5:14:10 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
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Scenic |
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| Title: |
Southern Railway Train No. 2 |
| Description: |
The second floor of the Slidell depot provided this vantage point as the northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT rolled into town, about one hour into its journey from New Orleans to New York. (year OK, date approximate) |
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1/1/1976 Upload Date: 5/19/2009 5:23:51 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Slezer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6904(E8A) |
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1511 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
AFT 4449 |
| Description: |
When the AMERICAN FREEDOM TRAIN was on its way from Jackson, Mississippi to Baton Rouge via the Illinois Central Gulf, it made a brief stop in Hammond, Louisiana to pick up media personnel for the last 45 miles of the trip. Here, the train had just pulled onto the line from Hammond to Baton Rouge and stopped so that folks could get an up-close look at 4-8-4 4449; and then it would make a second stop so that the guests could board the last car. Notice Uncle Sam bending down on the left of the loco. |
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4/27/1976 Upload Date: 4/1/2020 5:44:41 PM |
| Location: |
Hammond, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
AFT 4449(4-8-4) SP 4449(4-8-4) |
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| Title: |
AFT 4449 |
| Description: |
After the AMERICAN FREEDOM TRAIN ran from Jackson, Mississippi to Baton Rouge over the Illinois Central Gulf, it pulled into the ICG’s NORTH BATON ROUGE YARD. In this view, the 4449 (and its tool car) had run around the train and was about to couple on to the last car so it could pull the train backwards to its display site. The Louisiana state capital building is the tall building on the left. |
| Photo Date: |
4/27/1976 Upload Date: 3/31/2020 12:13:24 PM |
| Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
AFT 4449(4-8-4) SP 4449(4-8-4) |
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| Title: |
AFT 4449 |
| Description: |
After the AMERICAN FREEDOM TRAIN ran from Jackson, Mississippi to Baton Rouge over the Illinois Central Gulf, it pulled into the ICG’s NORTH BATON ROUGE YARD. There, the 4449 (and its tool car) ran around the train and coupled on to the last car so it could pull the train backwards to its display site at Louisiana State University. |
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4/27/1976 Upload Date: 4/1/2020 5:50:44 PM |
| Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
AFT 4449(4-8-4) SP 4449(4-8-4) |
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| Title: |
PC Flat Car 766135 |
| Description: |
Penn Central class F42 depressed center flat car 766135 was on the Southern Railway at Slidell, Louisiana carrying a set of three Westinghouse oil circuit breakers (OCB's) for a substation, possibly 138 KV by the size. What is unusual is the large ceramic bushings are attached instead of crated separately. The car rode on 50-ton trucks, so it only had a CAPY of 100,000 pounds and a LD LMT of 101,800 with a LT WT of 75,200 for a gross rail load of 177,000 pounds. This was one of 20 F42 cars built by the Pennsylvania Railroad at its SAMUEL REA CAR SHOPS in 1958 as PRR 470251-470270, and they were renumbered PC 766120-766139. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/1976 Upload Date: 1/26/2021 1:22:34 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
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RollingStock |
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| Title: |
Amtrak No. 58 |
| Description: |
There was nothing quite like the sound of General Electric U-boats working hard AND moving fast, as was the case here along the MAIN LINE of MID-AMERICA. Here on the north side of tiny Tangipahoa, Louisiana P30CH units 713 and 708 were chugging away and sounding great as they accelerated the northbound PANAMA LIMITED up from the community’s 45 MPH municipal speed limit to the track speed of 79. In these coming-and-going views the train was crossing Beaver Creek and the entrance to the Camp Moore Confederate Cemetery as it headed off along U.S. Highway 51. The next stop would be McComb, Mississippi. |
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5/14/1976 Upload Date: 1/28/2017 10:56:40 PM |
| Location: |
Tangipahoa, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photos |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 713(P30CH) |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Train No. 10 |
| Description: |
The locomotives on Amtrak train No. 10 – the eastbound NORTH COAST HIAWATHA – were being serviced during the train’s station stop at Missoula, Montana. The units were SDP40F’s 531 and 529, and the train was discontinued in October 1979. |
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5/20/1976 Upload Date: 8/26/2020 10:46:18 AM |
| Location: |
Missoula, MT |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 531(SDP40F) |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Train No. 10 |
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The eastbound NORTH COAST HIAWATHA was sitting in the station at Minneapolis, Minnesota with SDP40F 577. The train had arrived from Seattle behind the 531 and 529, but here some cars were removed and the locomotives replaced for the run to Chicago. |
| Photo Date: |
5/21/1976 Upload Date: 8/26/2020 10:47:10 AM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 577(SDP40F) |
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| Title: |
AMTK dome car 9400 SILVER CASTLE |
| Description: |
Amtrak dome coach 9400 SILVER CASTLE was parked in the station at Minneapolis with some Burlington Northern office cars. The car had been built by Budd in June 1940 as Burlington flat-top coach 4709 and was rebuilt into a dome car by the CB&Q in 1949. It was briefly renumbered BN 3480 in 1970, before going to Amtrak in 1971. It was retired in 1977 and, as of 2020, it was at the Minnesota Transportation Museum's JACKSON STREET ROUNDHOUSE in St. Paul. Amtrak later had another Budd dome car numbered 9400. This one was a smooth-side ex-Northern Pacific HERITAGE FLEET car. |
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5/21/1976 Upload Date: 9/6/2020 11:10:42 AM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
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RollingStock,Passenger |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Train No. 217 |
| Description: |
Amtrak train No. 217 – the southbound NEW YORK-PHILADELPHIA EXPRESS – was pulling into the station at North Philadelphia behind E60CP 953. The locomotive had been built in November 1975, was renumbered 621 in April 1988 and retired in February 2003. |
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5/28/1976 Upload Date: 8/26/2020 10:48:03 AM |
| Location: |
North Philadelphia, PA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 953(E60) |
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189 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Monon Box Car 924 |
| Description: |
Monon 40-foot box car 924 was on the Illinois Central Gulf at Jackson, Mississippi. |
| Photo Date: |
5/31/1976 Upload Date: 7/4/2020 10:34:17 AM |
| Location: |
Jackson, MS |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
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RollingStock |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Train No. 58 |
| Description: |
Amtrak P30CH 704 and an unidentified mate were on train No. 58 – the northbound PANAMA LIMITED - at Amite, Louisiana; and according to the sign on the former Illinois Central station, it is 843 miles to Chicago. The station belonged to city, but it looked much like it did when it served the railroad. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
7/1/1976 Upload Date: 6/28/2020 11:56:10 AM |
| Location: |
Amite, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 704(P30CH) |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Train No. 58 |
| Description: |
Illinois Central Gulf office car 6 was on the rear of Amtrak train No. 58 – the northbound PANAMA LIMITED - at Amite, Louisiana; behind a former Seaboard Coast Line round-end observation car. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
7/1/1976 Upload Date: 6/28/2020 11:59:30 AM |
| Location: |
Amite, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
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Passenger,Action |
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| Title: |
Northbound ICG Freight |
| Description: |
Illinois Central GP40 3059 was rolling under a canopy of trees with a northbound ICG train at Hammond, Louisiana. The train was actually heading east on the line from Baton Rouge (the Hammond District) but was entering the connection with the main line to Chicago (the McComb District). (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
7/1/1976 Upload Date: 6/28/2020 12:04:35 PM |
| Location: |
Hammond, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
IC 3059(GP40) |
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327 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK SDP40F 594 and E8A 445 |
| Description: |
Power for the PANAMA LIMITED was photographed at the throat to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. SDP40F 594 had been built in May 1974 and was retired in late 1977 for use as trade-in credit on F40PHR 256. E8A 445 had been built in January 1950 as Atlantic Coast Line 546 and was among the last batch of E-units which were sold in 1981 (approximate date of image) |
| Photo Date: |
8/1/1976 Upload Date: 11/14/2022 11:09:26 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Station |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 594(SDP40F) |
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146 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southern No. 193 |
| Description: |
Southbound Southern Railway run-through train No. 193 was rolling by the railroad's station in Slidell, Louisiana behind SD40 3171, SD45 3160 and Southern Pacific U33C 8631. The train would be delivered to the SP at New Orleans. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
8/1/1976 Upload Date: 1/7/2019 6:23:54 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 3171(SD40) SOU 3171(SD40) |
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390 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southern Depot |
| Description: |
This was the Southern Railway depot at Pearl River, Louisiana; with an Ozone Water tank car on the team track. (date approximate) |
| Photo Date: |
8/1/1976 Upload Date: 5/18/2010 3:31:56 PM |
| Location: |
Pearl River, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Station |
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| Title: |
Southern Dome Car 1613 |
| Description: |
Dome car 1613 was bringing up the rear of the southbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT as the train sped past the little depot at Pearl River, 47 miles from the train's destination at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. It had been many years since a passenger train last stopped here! (approximate day) |
| Photo Date: |
8/1/1976 Upload Date: 11/30/2016 9:18:50 PM |
| Location: |
Pearl River, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
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Passenger,Action |
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| Title: |
Southern Inspection Train |
| Description: |
Southern Railway theater car 19 BUENA VISTA and sleeping car 18 GEORGIA were on the rear of a southbound 8-car inspection train at Slidell, Louisiana. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
8/25/1976 Upload Date: 9/22/2017 5:13:06 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
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Passenger |
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| Title: |
NL&G Structure |
| Description: |
This North Louisiana & Gulf structure within the paper mill at Hodge, Louisiana had been painted to match the railroad’s locomotives. |
| Photo Date: |
2/21/1977 Upload Date: 2/11/2020 8:41:59 PM |
| Location: |
Hodge, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
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Yard |
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| Title: |
NL&G MP15DC 45 |
| Description: |
This was the last of four MP15DC's (42-45) built for the North Louisiana & Gulf in November 1975. They were returned to their owner, Connell Leasing, in 1991; and became Canadian Pacific 1434-1437 for a while. The 45 is now Cedar Rapids & Iowa City 123. |
| Photo Date: |
2/21/1977 Upload Date: 9/25/2020 1:35:26 PM |
| Location: |
North Hodge, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
NLG 45(MP15DC) |
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292 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Northbound NL&G |
| Description: |
North Louisiana & Gulf MP15DC's 44, 42 and 45 power a northbound train en route from North Hodge to Gibsland. |
| Photo Date: |
2/21/1977 Upload Date: 12/20/2009 5:10:56 PM |
| Location: |
Liberty Hill, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NLG 44(MP15DC) |
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659 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Northbound NL&G |
| Description: |
North Louisiana & Gulf MP15DC's 44, 42 and 45 northbound from Hodge to Gibsland. |
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2/21/1977 Upload Date: 5/11/2016 4:31:54 PM |
| Location: |
Liberty Hill, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NLG 45(MP15DC) |
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447 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT |
| Description: |
About 50 minutes after leaving New Orleans the Southern Railway’s northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT had just crossed Bayou Liberty Road in Slidell, Louisiana and was slowing for its station stop. The train was powered by E8A units 6906, 6908, 6903 and 6907. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1977 Upload Date: 7/18/2020 10:46:18 AM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6907(E8A) |
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212 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Train No. 58 |
| Description: |
Amtrak train No. 58 – the northbound PANAMA LIMITED – was passing under the U.S. Highway 61 overpass in Kenner, Louisiana as it made its way out of the New Orleans area over the Illinois Central Gulf.. The train had just been converted to head-end power two months earlier and still had a minimal consist of P30CH 721, three Amfleet coaches, an Amfleet food service car and a 1350-series baggage car. (For some reason, today’s cars were in reverse order.) Amtrak would not have enough HEP sleepers for the PANAMA until November. The speed restriction sign on the right and the signals in the distance were for the Kansas City Southern crossing at ORLEANS JUNCTION. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1977 Upload Date: 7/28/2022 11:25:11 AM |
| Location: |
Kenner, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 721(P30CH) |
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156 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southern Railway No. 2 |
| Description: |
Southern Railway E8A 6906 was leading the northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT across Bayou Liberty Road in Slidell, Louisiana as the train approached the Slidell station. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1977 Upload Date: 2/11/2020 8:44:13 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6906(E8A) |
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493 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
T&P 2-10-4 610 |
| Description: |
Former Texas & Pacific 2-10-4 610 was in Meridian, Mississippi on its way from Fort Worth, Texas to the Southern Railway’s steam shop in Birmingham, Alabama. The train included Southern water car W.T. 50, MP box car 129493, tank car 55025, Southern coaches 1067 and 1081, and open-air observation car 1056 LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN. The gentleman on the extreme right, with the green hat, was Bill Purdie, the Southern's Master Mechanic-Steam. |
| Photo Date: |
3/5/1977 Upload Date: 5/18/2020 3:37:10 PM |
| Location: |
Meridian, MS |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
TP 610(2-10-4) SOU 610(2-10-4) |
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1374 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southern E8A 6901 |
| Description: |
Southern E8A 6901 had been the trailing unit on train No. 1 - the southbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT - from Washington to Atlanta, and here it was at the Atlanta station as the inbound power was being removed from the train so these could be replaced with freshly-serviced locomotives. The 6901 had been built in September 1951 as the 2924 and was renumbered in 1972. It was retired in 1979 and donated to the Atlanta Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. |
| Photo Date: |
5/17/1977 Upload Date: 6/23/2020 6:10:05 PM |
| Location: |
Atlanta, GA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6901(E8A) |
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334 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The Southbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT |
| Description: |
Southern Railway GP7 8300 was beginning to switch train No. 1 - the southbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT - in the Atlanta station by removing the locomotives which had brought the train in from Washington: E8A units 6910, 6909, 6906 and 6901. In the distance were the units which would power the train to New Orleans - the 6911, 6902 and 6913 - along with freshly-stocked diner 3869 and dome car 1613. After replacing the power, the 8300 would remove the last five cars which had come in from Washington and then add these two cars to the rear of the train. This was a regular procedure on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, when No. 1 ran all the way from Washington to New Orleans. Dome cars did not run north of Atlanta because there wasn't enough clearance in the tunnel leading into Washington Union Station. |
| Photo Date: |
5/17/1977 Upload Date: 6/23/2020 6:03:37 PM |
| Location: |
Atlanta, GA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6909(E8A) |
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357 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southern GP7 8300 |
| Description: |
Southern Railway GP7 8300 was beginning to switch train No. 1 - the southbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT - in the Atlanta station by removing the locomotives which had brought the train in from Washington, E8A units 6910, 6909, 6906 and 6901. Next it would add the units which would power the train to New Orleans, then remove some cars from the rear of the train, and finally add a freshly-stocked diner and a dome car. This was a regular procedure on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, when No. 1 ran all the way from Washington to New Orleans. |
| Photo Date: |
5/17/1977 Upload Date: 6/23/2020 6:06:46 PM |
| Location: |
Atlanta, GA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 8300(GP7) |
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493 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southern E8A 6902 |
| Description: |
Southern E8A 6902 was leading the northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT across the Lake Pontchartrain trestle. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
7/15/1977 Upload Date: 9/20/2019 9:48:05 PM |
| Location: |
North Shore, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6902(E8A) |
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588 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Southern E8A 6908 |
| Description: |
Southern E8A 6908 was leading the northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT over the Lake Pontchartrain trestle at North Shore, Louisiana. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
10/15/1977 Upload Date: 9/20/2019 9:52:55 PM |
| Location: |
North Shore, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6908(E8A) |
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930 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Southern Railway Train No. 2 |
| Description: |
Southern Railway E8A 6901 was leading the northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT over the railroad’s 5.5-mile trestle across Lake Pontchartrain at North Shore, Louisiana. The 8-car train consisted of four E8A locomotives, a baggage-dormitory car, three coaches, two sleepers, a diner and a dome car. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1978 Upload Date: 9/19/2021 6:51:00 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6901(E8A) |
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430 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southern Train No. 2 |
| Description: |
The E8A's on the northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT cast their reflections on the water of Lake Pontchartrain as the train nears the end of the five-and-a half-mile trestle. Unusually calm water allowed photogrpaher Jim Selzer to capture this wonderful scene just a year before Amtrak took over operation of the train. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
3/15/1978 Upload Date: 7/19/2016 5:56:48 PM |
| Location: |
North Shore, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6901(E8A) SOU 6914(E8A) |
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1750 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SOU power car 960605 |
| Description: |
Southern Railway power car 960605 was parked across from the station at Slidell, Louisiana. The car had been built by Pullman in May 1926 as the Plan 3584A 10-section / 2-drawing-room sleeping car POINT RICHARDS and during the Pullman divestiture it became Southern 2433 on 31 December 1948. It was withdrawn from Pullman lease on 21 July 1952 and rebuilt into power car (battery charger) BC-2. The car contained two steam generators, four motor-generator sets, a 1000-gallon fuel tank and two 1000-gallon water tanks. BC-2 was later renumbered 960605, then it became Norfolk Southern first 26, was sold to the New Georgia Railroad as NGRX 1402 in 1990 and became Wyoming & Pacific WPRX 1402 in 1995. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
7/1/1978 Upload Date: 6/30/2020 4:32:37 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger |
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509 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southern No. 193 |
| Description: |
Southern Railway No. 193, the run-through train between Birmingham and Houston via the Southern Pacific, was rolling past the Southern depot in Slidell, Louisiana behind Southern SD40-2 3257, Norfolk & Western SD40-2 6134, SP SD45 8847, and Cotton Belt SD45T-2 9266. At this time, N&W locos were very uncommon on this end of the Southern. |
| Photo Date: |
9/23/1978 Upload Date: 12/27/2018 9:51:54 AM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 3257(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
457 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Southbound Southern Train |
| Description: |
A southbound Southern Railway train was rolling by the Slidell Auto Center on its way to New Orleans. The train had SD40 3189 along with SD35s 3006 and 3048. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
11/15/1978 Upload Date: 1/19/2019 1:22:26 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 3189(SD40) |
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337 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southern Train No. 65 |
| Description: |
Southern Railway caboose X660 was on the rear of southbound local No. 65 as the train began its 5½-mile trip across Lake Pontchartrain. GP38 2820 and the caboose had left OLIVER YARD in New Orleans earlier this morning on local No. 64, worked their way up to Picayune, Mississippi; and were now heading back home. No. 65 consisted of two company-service gondolas, an empty bulkhead flatcar and two Southern roof-hatch boxcars with clay for the American-Standard plumbing fixture plant five miles north of OLIVER YARD. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1979 Upload Date: 9/15/2020 5:24:25 PM |
| Location: |
North Shore, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
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258 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Southern Train No. 65 |
| Description: |
Southen GP38 2820 leads southbound local No. 65 across the Lake Pontchartrain trestle. The locomotive left Oliver Yard in New Orleans early this morning on local No. 64, worked it way up to Picayune, Missisippi; and is now heading back home. The two dirty roof-hatch boxcars handle clay for the American-Standard plumbing fixture plant five miles north of Oliver Yard. (month approximate) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1979 Upload Date: 5/19/2009 5:21:37 PM |
| Location: |
North Shore, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 2820(GP38) |
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2371 Comments: 5 |
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| Title: |
Southern Train No. 169 |
| Description: |
Three GP38-2's and a U23B bring southbound train No. 169 across the Lake Pontchartrain trestle. The 5005 is flying white flags, so today's train is running extra. The gas cars are empty, so there is only one cover car behind the power. The other locomotives are 5138, 3918, and 5111. (month approximate) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1979 Upload Date: 5/20/2009 11:11:23 AM |
| Location: |
North Shore, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 5005(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
1310 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
N.E. Tower |
| Description: |
A southbound Southern Railway train was approaching the Louisville & Nashville crossing at N.E. Tower in New Orleans. The tower was closed in September 1990. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
4/4/1980 Upload Date: 11/28/2017 5:50:09 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Track,Action |
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491 Comments: 1 |
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