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5/1/2024
 
 
 
 
 
By:Michael Palmieri
Dates:1/1/1940 - 1/1/1940
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L&N Work Equipment
Title:  L&N Work Equipment
Description:  This Louisville & Nashville work equipment was parked in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi while the railroad was repairing the extensive damage from HURRICANE CAMILLE, which made landfall in this area on 17 August 1969. (approximate date of photo)
Photo Date:  10/1/1969  Upload Date: 6/10/2020 3:57:14 PM
Location:  Bay St. Louis, MS
Author:  ROBERT A. SCORSONE
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  405   Comments: 0
L&N Work Equipment
Title:  L&N Work Equipment
Description:  This Louisville & Nashville work equipment was parked in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi while the railroad was repairing the extensive damage from HURRICANE CAMILLE, which made landfall in this area on 17 August 1969. The green International pickup truck was assigned to the railroad’s 3-man floriculture gang, which was based here. This crew maintained the landscaping around the station here and at Pass Christian, Long Beach, Gulfport, Biloxi, Ocean Springs, Pascagoula and Mobile. A coast tradition since the 1920’s, their jobs were eliminated soon after this photo.(approximate date of photo)
Photo Date:  10/1/1969  Upload Date: 6/10/2020 3:59:56 PM
Location:  Bay St. Louis, MS
Author:  ROBERT A. SCORSONE
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  344   Comments: 0
S&A GP35 2715
Title:  S&A GP35 2715
Description:  Savannah & Atlanta 2715 was on a westbound transfer run at the Wisner Drive overpass in New Orleans. It was the last of 11 GP35’s bought by the Southern Railway with full S&A lettering in December 1964 and January 1965. The S&A had been owned by the Central of Georgia since 1951, so when the Southern obtained control of the CofG in 1963 it also got the S&A. These units were eventually relettered SOUTHERN with S&A sublettering on the cab, and this was later changed to CG. This loco was retired by the Norfolk Southern in October 1992 and donated to the Coastal Heritage Society in Savannah, where it has been restored as S&A 2715.
Photo Date:  11/26/1969  Upload Date: 6/14/2020 5:10:29 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  ROBERT A. SCORSONE
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SA 2715(GP35) SOU 2715(GP35)
Views:  792   Comments: 0
MDT 13550
Title:  MDT 13550
Description:  Ice-cooled reefer MDT 13550 – with an Illinois Central diamond emblem – was photographed on a westbound Southern Railway transfer run in New Orleans on 26 November 1969. The car had been built for Merchants Despatch Transportation Co. by Pacific Car & Foundry between August and November 1956 as one of 750 cars in Lot 561.
Photo Date:  11/26/1969  Upload Date: 6/14/2020 5:13:50 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  ROBERT A. SCORSONE
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  320   Comments: 0
L&N E6A 772
Title:  L&N E6A 772
Description:  Around 1 P.M. on the day before Thanksgiving 1969, Louisville & Nashville E6A 772 was on train 9 – the southbound PAN-AMERICAN – on its way into New Orleans. No. 9 was operating over the Southern Railway’s New Orleans Terminal Co. subsidiary on its way from L&N track to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. The 772 had just crossed Bayou St. John and was about to pass under Marconi Drive. The 8-car train also included E7A units 790 and 780, four head-end cars, a 1955 ACF coach, sleeper PEARL RIVER, another 1955 ACF coach and a counter-lounge car (either 2800 or 2801).
Photo Date:  11/26/1969  Upload Date: 3/7/2020 6:52:02 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  ROBERT A. SCORSONE
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LN 772(E6A)
Views:  373   Comments: 0
L&N Train No. 8
Title:  L&N Train No. 8
Description:  Late in the day, and late in its career, Louisville & Nashville train No. 8, the northbound PAN-AMERICAN, was heading out of New Orleans behind E8A 787 and another E8A. At this location, the train was operating over the Southern Railway and passing through CITY PARK. The train was discontinued with the start-up of Amtrak on 1 May 1971. The 787 was originally Frisco 2007 WHIRLAWAY, was purchased by the L&N in October 1965, was retired in April 1972 and went on to become Amtrak 226. (approximate date of photo)
Photo Date:  2/1/1970  Upload Date: 6/10/2020 3:53:51 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  ROBERT A. SCORSONE
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  LN 787(E8A)
Views:  529   Comments: 0
L&N Train No. 8
Title:  L&N Train No. 8
Description:  Louisville & Nashville train No. 8 – the northbound PAN-AMERICAN – was leaving New Orleans shortly before it was discontinued on 1 May 1971. The train was operating over the Southern Railway’s New Orleans Terminal Co. subsidiary through City Park, on its way from the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal’s EASTERN CONNECTION at EAST CITY JUNCTION (milepost NOT-3.4) to the L&N connection at L&N JUNCTION (M.P. NOT-6.9). The operator at EAST CITY JUNCTION TOWER had put No. 8 on the “wrong” (i.e., southbound) track because an eastbound Southern Pacific transfer run had just passed him and was occupying the northbound track. The Southern identified these tracks as north- and southbound, even though they ran from west to east! (approximate date of photo)
Photo Date:  4/1/1971  Upload Date: 4/11/2021 7:26:52 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  ROBERT SCORSONE image
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LN 793(E7A)
Views:  333   Comments: 0
SOU 2-8-0 722
Title:  SOU 2-8-0 722
Description:  This was a view from the cab of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal SW8 number 1 as it was pushing Southern Railway 2-8-0 722 into the station. The 722 had been in New Orleans for a pair of excursions the previous weekend and would be leaving the next morning on a ferry trip back to its home base in Birmingham.
Photo Date:  4/9/1971  Upload Date: 4/6/2021 4:02:21 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  ROBERT SCORSONE image
Categories:  InCab,Station
Locomotives:  SOU 722(2-8-0)
Views:  310   Comments: 0
SOU 2-8-0 722
Title:  SOU 2-8-0 722
Description:  Several railfans had gathered at the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal engine zone to help Bill Purdie, the Southern Railway’s MASTER MECHANIC-STEAM, prepare 2-8-0 722 for its ferry trip back to Birmingham over the next two days. The 722 had been in New Orleans for the very first DEEP SOUTH STEAM EXCURSIONS, which ran to Hattiesburg and back the previous weekend.
Photo Date:  4/9/1971  Upload Date: 4/6/2021 3:59:21 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  ROBERT SCORSONE image
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SOU 722(2-8-0)
Views:  494   Comments: 0
SOU 2-8-0 722
Title:  SOU 2-8-0 722
Description:  This view was from the tender of Southern Railway 2-8-0 722 looking toward the engine house at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. The Motorola FIRECRACKER antenna had just been installed on the 722’s cab roof at the NOUPT shop, and the roof would be repainted red later that year. Southern Pacific GP9 3009 was sticking out of the diesel shop in the distance. It would depart at 12:01PM on the SUNSET LIMITED, along with FP7’s 6451, 6450 and 6454.
Photo Date:  4/9/1971  Upload Date: 4/6/2021 3:59:44 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  ROBERT SCORSONE image
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SOU 722(2-8-0)
Views:  314   Comments: 0
SP GP9 3009
Title:  SP GP9 3009
Description:  New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal SW8 number 1 was moving Southern Pacific FP7’s 6451, 6450 and 6454, along with GP9 3009, from the diesel shop to the ready track where the SP crew would get on board and back the engines into the station. This set of power had come in the previous evening on the SUNSET LIMITED, and would be returning west at 12:01PM.
Photo Date:  4/9/1971  Upload Date: 4/6/2021 4:00:02 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  ROBERT SCORSONE image
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SP 3009(GP9)
Views:  230   Comments: 0
L&N Train No. 8
Title:  L&N Train No. 8
Description:  Louisville & Nashville train No. 8 – the northbound PAN-AMERICAN – was pulling out of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal behind E8A units 795 and 785. With the beginning of Amtrak on 1 May, the train was discontinued, so it left for the very last time exactly three weeks after this photo was taken.
Photo Date:  4/9/1971  Upload Date: 4/11/2021 7:25:38 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  ROBERT SCORSONE image
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LN 795(E8A)
Views:  325   Comments: 0
L&N E8A 785
Title:  L&N E8A 785
Description:  New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal SW8 number 1 was moving Louisville & Nashville E8A units 785 and 795, which had come in earlier that morning on the PAN-AMERICAN, and these would be heading back north at 5:15PM. With the beginning of Amtrak on 1 May, this train was discontinued and left for the very last time exactly three weeks after this photo was taken. The 785 had been built in February 1950 as St. Louis-San Francisco (Frisco) 2009, named JET PILOT, and was purchased by the L&N in 1965. It was retired about one year after this photo was taken and was used as a trade-in to EMD.
Photo Date:  4/9/1971  Upload Date: 4/6/2021 4:00:16 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  ROBERT SCORSONE image
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  LN 785(E8A)
Views:  243   Comments: 0
L&N E8A 795
Title:  L&N E8A 795
Description:  Louisville & Nashville E8A units 795 and 785 were being moved by New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal SW8 number 1. The E-units had come in earlier that morning on the PAN-AMERICAN and they would be heading back north at 5:15PM. With the beginning of Amtrak on 1 May, this train was discontinued and left for the very last time exactly three weeks after this photo was taken. Later in 1971 the 795 was sold to Amtrak, renumbered 225, subsequently renumbered 442 and retired in 1981. This photo was taken from the tender of Southern Railway 2-8-0 722.
Photo Date:  4/9/1971  Upload Date: 4/6/2021 4:00:40 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  ROBERT SCORSONE image
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  LN 795(E8A)
Views:  234   Comments: 0
IC E9A 2021
Title:  IC E9A 2021
Description:  Illinois Central E9A 2021 was on the service track at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal with E9B 2100. The locomotives had come in that morning on the PANAMA LIMITED and would head back north at 4:15PM. With the beginning of Amtrak on 1 May, this train was discontinued and left for the very last time exactly three weeks after this photo was taken. The 2021 had been built as IC E8 4029 in May 1952 and was upgraded into an E9 in February 1969. It would be sold to Amtrak as the 436 in February 1973, and it was the only IC E-unit purchased by Amtrak. It was retired in 1981, sold to Precision National Corp. in May 1982 and subsequently scrapped.
Photo Date:  4/9/1971  Upload Date: 4/6/2021 4:01:00 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  ROBERT SCORSONE image
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  IC 2021(E8A)
Views:  267   Comments: 0
IC E9B 2100
Title:  IC E9B 2100
Description:  Illinois Central E9B 2100, along with E9A 2021, were being moved by New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal SW8 number 1. The E-units had come in earlier on the PANAMA LIMITED and would head back north at 4:15PM. The 2100 had been built in May 1952 as E8B 4104, was upgraded into E9B 2100 in February 1968 and was retired in June 1974.
Photo Date:  4/9/1971  Upload Date: 4/6/2021 4:01:28 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  ROBERT SCORSONE image
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  IC 2100(E8B)
Views:  272   Comments: 0
L&N and IC E-Units
Title:  L&N and IC E-Units
Description:  Louisville & Nashville E8A’s 795 and 785 were parked next to Illinois Central E9A 2021 and E9B 2100 at the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal engine zone. All of the locomotives had come in that morning, on the L&N’s PAN-AMERICAN and the IC’s PANAMA LIMITED, and they would be going back out later that afternoon. With the advent of Amtrak on 1 May, these trains left for the very last time exactly three weeks after this photo was taken.
Photo Date:  4/9/1971  Upload Date: 4/6/2021 4:01:44 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  ROBERT SCORSONE image
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  LN 795(E8A) IC 2021(E8A)
Views:  289   Comments: 0
L&N E9A 785
Title:  L&N E9A 785
Description:  New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal SW 8 number 1 was on the NOUPT service track coupled to Illinois Central E9A 2021 and E9B 2100, while Louisville & Nashville E8A’s 785 and 795 were on the ready track. The E-units had come in that morning, on the IC’s PANAMA LIMITED and the L&N’s PAN-AMERICAN, and they would be going back out later that afternoon. With the advent of Amtrak on 1 May, these trains left for the very last time exactly three weeks after this photo was taken.
Photo Date:  4/9/1971  Upload Date: 4/6/2021 4:01:59 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  ROBERT SCORSONE image
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  LN 785(E8A)
Views:  283   Comments: 0
SOU 2-8-0 722
Title:  SOU 2-8-0 722
Description:  Passengers and onlookers were gathered around Southern Railway 2-8-0 722 at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal on Saturday 10 April 1971. The locomotive had arrived in New Orleans on 28 March for the city’s very first Southern steam excursions, which ran to Hattiesburg, Mississippi and back on 3 and 4 April. Here, the steam engine and some cars were about to depart on its ferry trip back to the Southern’s steam shop in Birmingham, although the train only ran as far as Meridian, Mississippi on this day. The Southern allowed passengers to ride on its ferry trips, when equipment was being moved from one location to another.
Photo Date:  4/10/1971  Upload Date: 4/7/2021 8:40:49 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  ROBERT SCORSONE image
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SOU 722(2-8-0)
Views:  503   Comments: 0
SOU 2-8-0 722
Title:  SOU 2-8-0 722
Description:  Here was a view from the train as Southern Railway 2-8-0 722 pulled out of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, on the beginning of its ferry trip back to the railroad’s steam shop in Birmingham. The locomotive had arrived in New Orleans on 28 March for the city’s very first Southern steam excursions, which ran to Hattiesburg, Mississippi and back on 3 and 4 April.
Photo Date:  4/10/1971  Upload Date: 4/7/2021 8:42:44 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  ROBERT SCORSONE image
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 722(2-8-0)
Views:  302   Comments: 0
SOU 2-8-0 722
Title:  SOU 2-8-0 722
Description:  Here was a view from the train as Southern Railway 2-8-0 722 pulled out of New Orleans, on the beginning of its ferry trip back to the railroad’s steam shop in Birmingham. The locomotive had arrived in New Orleans on 28 March for the city’s very first Southern steam excursions, which ran to Hattiesburg, Mississippi and back on 3 and 4 April.
Photo Date:  4/10/1971  Upload Date: 4/7/2021 8:43:56 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  ROBERT SCORSONE image
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 722(2-8-0)
Views:  316   Comments: 0
SOU 2-8-0 722
Title:  SOU 2-8-0 722
Description:  A lucky railfan was “shooting the rods” on Southern Railway 2-8-0 722 at Meridian, Mississippi. The locomotive and its train were on a ferry trip from New Orleans to Birmingham, and they were going to spend the night in Meridian. Lubricating the rods was a regular task at most stops during the Southern’s steam program, and members of the sponsoring organizations were sometimes called upon to help out with this task. Obviously, I wasn't dressed for the occasion!
Photo Date:  4/10/1971  Upload Date: 9/15/2020 4:56:38 PM
Location:  Meridian, MS
Author:  ROBERT A. SCORSONE
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SOU 722(2-8-0)
Views:  445   Comments: 0
Amtrak Cake
Title:  Amtrak Cake
Description:  The writing on this cake pretty much explained it all, WELCOME TO THE FIRST AMTRAK TRAIN OUT OF NEW ORLEANS. This was at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal for the departure of the CITY OF NEW ORLEANS at 7 A.M. and the cake was provided by the New Orleans Railway Museum, Inc. (NORMI), a predecessor of the New Orleans Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society.
Photo Date:  5/1/1971  Upload Date: 4/22/2017 5:10:47 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  ROBERT A. SCORSONE photo
Categories:  Station
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Views:  212   Comments: 0
SP U25B 6736
Title:  SP U25B 6736
Description:  On 11 July 1971 Amtrak’s SUNSET LIMITED left Los Angeles for the first time behind former Union Pacific E-units, but somewhere out in the desert the locos overheated so the train arrived in New Orleans behind a trio of Southern Pacific engines: SP U25B 6736, SP GP35 6547, SP FP7 6454. He is a view of the 6736 in the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal diesel shop, with some railfans inspecting the cab. Southern Railway E8A’s 6908 and 2935 were on the left and NOUPT SW8 number 1 was on the right. The next SUNSET arrived in New Orleans two days later with UP E8A 929, UP E8B 927B, UP E9B 958B, and SP F7B 8109.
Photo Date:  7/13/1971  Upload Date: 9/15/2018 2:49:11 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  ROBERT A. SCORSONE photo
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SP 6736(U25B)
Views:  734   Comments: 0
Amtrak No. 1
Title:  Amtrak No. 1
Description:  At 1PM on New Year's Eve 1971 the westbound SUNSET LIMITED was pulling out of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal as four railfans watched. The train had four locomotives and 15 cars: SP FP7 6455, SP F7B 8290, UP E9B 912B, UP E8A 929; baggage-dormitory car SP 3102, 10-6 sleepers ATSF Pine Ring and Pine Lodge, SP 9015, SOU Dan River and SP 9021, diner-lounge SP 10411, coaches ATSF 2869, 2823 and 2820, automat SP 10609, and coaches ATSF 2819, 2836, 2822 and 2832.
Photo Date:  12/31/1971  Upload Date: 5/21/2018 11:56:06 AM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  ROBERT A. SCORSONE photo
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  SP 6455(FP7A)
Views:  369   Comments: 0
American Freedom Train
Title:  American Freedom Train
Description:  This aerial photo of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal was taken from the PLAZA TOWER building across Loyola Avenue while the AMERICAN FREEDOM TRAIN was on display 3-9 May 1976. At this time NOUPT still looked much as it did it opened in 1954, although one major change was the addition of the PONTCHARTRAIN EXPRESSWAY across the upper portion of the image. Below the EXPRESSWAY, from left to right were Tracks 12 through 2, with the AFT on display on Track 11 and the 4449 and its tool car on Track 8. The tool car can be seen but the 4449 was hidden by the platform shed. Track 1 had been removed many years earlier to provide vehicle parking. The triangular structure in the left foreground is the service and baggage building and the building in the right foreground is the main post office. Just a few years earlier there was a roof covering six tracks in the empty area where mail was handled. The building on the right with the staggered platforms had been the express building. (approximate date of photo)
Photo Date:  5/5/1976  Upload Date: 6/14/2020 5:16:56 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  ROBERT A. SCORSONE
Categories:  Scenic,Station
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Views:  468   Comments: 0
L&N Geeps
Title:  L&N Geeps
Description:  On Sunday afternoon 9 May 1976 Louisville & Nashville GP38-2 units 4114 and 4052 were arriving in New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, and that night they would depart for Mobile with the AMERICAN FREEDOM TRAIN. The AFT had come in to New Orleans a week earlier over the Illinois Central Gulf behind former Southern Pacific 4-8-4 4449; but the L&N would not let the big engine operate over its line along the Gulf Coast, so the train departed behind these geeps while the 4449 headed back north over the ICG, with just its tool car.
Photo Date:  5/9/1976  Upload Date: 3/15/2020 5:06:03 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  ROBERT A. SCORSONE
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  LN 4114(GP38-2)
Views:  564   Comments: 0
L&N Geeps
Title:  L&N Geeps
Description:  On Sunday afternoon 9 May 1976 Louisville & Nashville GP38-2 units 4114 and 4052 were arriving in New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, and that night they would depart for Mobile with the AMERICAN FREEDOM TRAIN. The AFT had come in to New Orleans a week earlier over the Illinois Central Gulf behind former Southern Pacific 4-8-4 4449; but the L&N would not let the big engine operate over its line along the Gulf Coast, so the train departed behind these geeps while the 4449 headed back north over the ICG, with just its tool car.
Photo Date:  5/9/1976  Upload Date: 3/15/2020 9:46:36 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  ROBERT A. SCORSONE
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  LN 4052(GP38-2)
Views:  461   Comments: 0
ICG No. 55
Title:  ICG No. 55
Description:  Illinois Central Gulf piggyback train No. 55 was nearing the end of its trip from the Windy City to the Crescent City as it headed through SOUTHPORT JUNCTION in the New Orleans area. GP30 2278 had been built as Gulf, Mobile & Ohio 529 in September 1963. The ICG sold it to the Paducah & Louisville in August 1986 and VMV rebuilt it into CSX slug 2263 in August 1989.
Photo Date:  10/26/1984  Upload Date: 12/23/2020 10:37:04 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  ROSEMOND SCORSONE image, Robert Scorsone collection
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  ICG 2278(GP30)
Views:  314   Comments: 0
SP (T&NO) 745 and ICG 1453
Title:  SP (T&NO) 745 and ICG 1453
Description:  The day after Southern Pacific (Texas & New Orleans) 2-8-2 745 was removed from Audubon Park in New Orleans, it was being pushed to its new home a few miles away by Illinois Central Gulf SW14 1453. Leake Avenue was in the foreground, while the Mississippi River levee was on the other side of the railroad tracks. The 745 had been on display in Audubon Park since 1956.
Photo Date:  10/26/1984  Upload Date: 10/26/2021 5:41:17 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  ROSEMOND SCORSONE image, Robert Scorsone collection
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SP 745(2-8-2) TNO 745(2-8-2)
Views:  668   Comments: 0
SP (T&NO) 745 and ICG 1453
Title:  SP (T&NO) 745 and ICG 1453
Description:  The day after Southern Pacific (Texas & New Orleans) 2-8-2 745 was removed from Audubon Park in New Orleans, it was being pushed to its new home a few miles away by Illinois Central Gulf SW14 1453. Leake Avenue was in the foreground, while the Mississippi River levee was on the other side of the railroad tracks. The 745 had been on display in Audubon Park since 1956.
Photo Date:  10/26/1984  Upload Date: 10/26/2021 5:42:45 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  ROSEMOND SCORSONE image, Robert Scorsone collection
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SP 745(2-8-2) TNO 745(2-8-2) ICG 1453(SW14)
Views:  406   Comments: 0
NORTA 965
Title:  NORTA 965
Description:  New Orleans Regional Transit Authority streetcar 965 was outbound on the ST. CHARLES line on South Carrollton Avenue as it approached Burthe Street. The 965 had been built by the Perley A. Thomas Car Works in 1924, and has been in continuous service for 97 years.
Photo Date:  8/19/2021  Upload Date: 9/24/2021 11:24:42 AM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  ROBERT SCORSONE image
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  NORTA 965(Trolley)
Views:  235   Comments: 0
UP Big Boy Special
Title:  UP Big Boy Special
Description:  Union Pacific BIG BOY 4014 and its train were heading up the Huey P. Long Bridge above the intersection of River Road (LA 18) and U.S. Highway 90. The 4014 was on its 2021 tour of the railroad, and today’s train was identified as PLINO 20 (passenger train from Livonia to New Orleans). The train consisted of water cars 809 JIM ADAMS and 814 JOE JORDAN, SD70M 4015, tool car 6334 ART LOCKMAN, power car 209 HOWARD FOGG, baggage recreation cars 5714 LYNN NYSTROM and 5817 PONY EXPRESS, dome diner 8004 COLORADO EAGLE, dome coach 7015 CHALLENGER, the UP EXPERIENCE car 5752 PROMONTORY, sleeper 200 OMAHA, power car 2066, dome lounge 9005 WALTER DEAN, diner lounge 5011 CITY OF DENVER and office car 119 KENEFICK.
Photo Date:  8/20/2021  Upload Date: 8/29/2021 4:12:46 PM
Location:  Avondale, LA
Author:  ROBERT SCORSONE image
Categories:  Bridge,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 4015(SD70M)
Views:  143   Comments: 0
UP Big Boy Special
Title:  UP Big Boy Special
Description:  Union Pacific BIG BOY 4014 and its train were heading down the Huey P. Long Bridge on their way into New Orleans. The 4014 was on its 2021 tour of the railroad, and today’s train was identified as PLINO 20 (passenger train from Livonia to New Orleans). The train consisted of water cars 809 JIM ADAMS and 814 JOE JORDAN, SD70M 4015, tool car 6334 ART LOCKMAN, power car 209 HOWARD FOGG, baggage recreation cars 5714 LYNN NYSTROM and 5817 PONY EXPRESS, dome diner 8004 COLORADO EAGLE, dome coach 7015 CHALLENGER, the UP EXPERIENCE car 5752 PROMONTORY, sleeper 200 OMAHA, power car 2066, dome lounge 9005 WALTER DEAN, diner lounge 5011 CITY OF DENVER and office car 119 KENEFICK.
Photo Date:  8/20/2021  Upload Date: 9/29/2021 10:43:38 AM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  ROBERT SCORSONE image
Categories:  Bridge,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 4015(SD70M)
Views:  101   Comments: 0
UP Big Boy Special
Title:  UP Big Boy Special
Description:  Union Pacific BIG BOY 4014 and its train were heading down the Huey P. Long Bridge on their way into New Orleans. The 4014 was on its 2021 tour of the railroad, and today’s train was identified as PLINO 20 (passenger train from Livonia to New Orleans). The train consisted of water cars 809 JIM ADAMS and 814 JOE JORDAN, SD70M 4015, tool car 6334 ART LOCKMAN, power car 209 HOWARD FOGG, baggage recreation cars 5714 LYNN NYSTROM and 5817 PONY EXPRESS, dome diner 8004 COLORADO EAGLE, dome coach 7015 CHALLENGER, the UP EXPERIENCE car 5752 PROMONTORY, sleeper 200 OMAHA, power car 2066, dome lounge 9005 WALTER DEAN, diner lounge 5011 CITY OF DENVER and office car 119 KENEFICK.
Photo Date:  8/20/2021  Upload Date: 9/29/2021 10:44:20 AM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  ROBERT SCORSONE image
Categories:  Bridge,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
Views:  91   Comments: 0
UP Big Boy Special
Title:  UP Big Boy Special
Description:  Union Pacific BIG BOY 4014 and its train were on the eastbound main track of the New Orleans Public Belt behind AUDUBON PARK, in New Orleans. The train had backed up from the east end of the Huey P. Long Bridge to CHILDRENS HOSPITAL, the building in the background, where it gave a whistle salute. After that, the train pulled forward, as seen here, and then it backed onto the track in the foreground, where it was placed on display. The 4014 was on its 2021 tour of the UP.
Photo Date:  8/20/2021  Upload Date: 9/29/2021 10:46:42 AM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  ROBERT SCORSEONE image
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 4015(SD70M)
Views:  132   Comments: 0
UP Big Boy Special
Title:  UP Big Boy Special
Description:  Union Pacific BIG BOY 4014 and its train were on display on a siding along the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad behind AUDUBON PARK in New Orleans. The 4014 was on its 2021 tour.
Photo Date:  8/21/2021  Upload Date: 9/29/2021 10:48:13 AM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  ROBERT SCORSONE image
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 4015(SD70M)
Views:  92   Comments: 0
SOU 2470 <I>GLACIER</I>
Title:  SOU 2470 GLACIER
Description:  Former Southern Railway sleeping car 2470 GLACIER was at its home for many decades, the Louisiana Railway Heritage Trust. GLACIER is a Plan 3410 12-section/1-drawing-room car which had been placed in service by Pullman on 13 May 1924, was air conditioned on 16 March 1936, transferred to the Southern on 31 December 1948 and withdrawn from Pullman lease on 8 March 1965. The car had at least one subsequent owner before moving to the New Orleans area. It was painted dark green for most of its life, but it wore Tennessee Central red from February 1947 until April 1951.
Photo Date:  8/21/2021  Upload Date: 9/24/2021 11:26:29 AM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  ROBERT SCORSONE image
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  404   Comments: 0
UP Big Boy Special
Title:  UP Big Boy Special
Description:  Union Pacific BIG BOY 4014 and its train were heading up the Huey P. Long Bridge on their way out of New Orleans. The 4014 was on its 2021 tour of the railroad, and today’s train was identified as PNOAD 22 (passenger train from New Orleans to Addis). The train consisted of water cars 809 JIM ADAMS and 814 JOE JORDAN, SD70M 4015, tool car 6334 ART LOCKMAN, power car 209 HOWARD FOGG, baggage recreation cars 5714 LYNN NYSTROM and 5817 PONY EXPRESS, dome diner 8004 COLORADO EAGLE, dome coach 7015 CHALLENGER, the UP EXPERIENCE car 5752 PROMONTORY, sleeper 200 OMAHA, power car 2066, dome lounge 9005 WALTER DEAN, diner lounge 5011 CITY OF DENVER and office car 119 KENEFICK.
Photo Date:  8/22/2021  Upload Date: 9/29/2021 10:49:37 AM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  ROBERT SCORSONE image
Categories:  Bridge,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 4015(SD70M)
Views:  194   Comments: 0
UP Big Boy 4014
Title:  UP Big Boy 4014
Description:  Union Pacific BIG BOY 4014 and its train were heading up the Huey P. Long Bridge on their way out of New Orleans. The 4014 was on its 2021 tour of the railroad, and today’s train was identified as PNOAD 22 (passenger train from New Orleans to Addis). The train consisted of water cars 809 JIM ADAMS and 814 JOE JORDAN, SD70M 4015, tool car 6334 ART LOCKMAN, power car 209 HOWARD FOGG, baggage recreation cars 5714 LYNN NYSTROM and 5817 PONY EXPRESS, dome diner 8004 COLORADO EAGLE, dome coach 7015 CHALLENGER, the UP EXPERIENCE car 5752 PROMONTORY, sleeper 200 OMAHA, power car 2066, dome lounge 9005 WALTER DEAN, diner lounge 5011 CITY OF DENVER and office car 119 KENEFICK.
Photo Date:  8/22/2021  Upload Date: 9/29/2021 10:50:12 AM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  ROBERT SCORSEONE image
Categories:  Bridge,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
Views:  171   Comments: 0
UP Big Boy Special
Title:  UP Big Boy Special
Description:  Union Pacific BIG BOY 4014 and its train were heading up the Huey P. Long Bridge on their way out of New Orleans. The 4014 was on its 2021 tour of the railroad, and today’s train was identified as PNOAD 22 (passenger train from New Orleans to Addis). The train consisted of water cars 809 JIM ADAMS and 814 JOE JORDAN, SD70M 4015, tool car 6334 ART LOCKMAN, power car 209 HOWARD FOGG, baggage recreation cars 5714 LYNN NYSTROM and 5817 PONY EXPRESS, dome diner 8004 COLORADO EAGLE, dome coach 7015 CHALLENGER, the UP EXPERIENCE car 5752 PROMONTORY, sleeper 200 OMAHA, power car 2066, dome lounge 9005 WALTER DEAN, diner lounge 5011 CITY OF DENVER and office car 119 KENEFICK.
Photo Date:  8/22/2021  Upload Date: 9/29/2021 10:50:45 AM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  ROBERT SCORSONE image
Categories:  Bridge,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
Views:  176   Comments: 0


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