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| Title: |
ICG, NOPB and NOS&WB |
| Description: |
This was a view looking north on the Illinois Central Gulf along the Mississippi River in New Orleans. The two tracks on the left belonged to the New Orleans Public Belt, while the track on the right belonged to the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board and could be reached by both the NOPB (in the foreground) and the ICG. At the time of this photo, part of the NOS&WB interchange was being reconstructed. The street on the right was Leake Avenue, while the grade crossing was at Oak Street. |
| Photo Date: |
9/18/1981 Upload Date: 4/17/2018 10:26:40 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Track |
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| Title: |
ASYX 4583 |
| Description: |
It wasn't too hard to figure out the previous identity of Avondale Shipyard Inc. NW2 4583. The NW2 was serial No. 5834, built in November 1948 as Southern Railway 2273. It was later renumbered 1064 -- which was still in the number boards on the headlight casing -- and it was one of two Southern NW2's sold to Avondale in 1980. That's the Huey P. Long Bridge on the right. |
| Photo Date: |
1/10/1982 Upload Date: 2/21/2010 7:23:22 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
ASYX 4583(NW2) |
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811 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Bisso Towboat 2 |
| Description: |
This was the former Texas Pacific-Missouri Pacific Terminal Railroad of New Orleans 0-6-0 number 2 shortly after it had been repainted by the Bisso Towboat Co. Bisso had owned the locomotive for over 30 years, and finally decided to fix it up. The yellow stripe on the stack was a trademark of Bisso tugboats. The locomotive was built by Alco's Richmond Works (serial No. 42929) in June 1907 as Trinity & Brazos Valley 76, and was later TPMPTRRofNO number 2. |
| Photo Date: |
1/11/1982 Upload Date: 3/14/2010 10:28:35 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
BISSO 2(0-6-0) |
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1314 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Yards |
| Description: |
In this northwestward view of the Southern Pacific and Missouri Pacific yards at Avondale, Louisiana the SP's turntable and little roundhouse were in the foreground, with two sets of road power on the right and a quartet of transfer geeps on the left. The MoP's diesel shop was in the upper left, and the Mississippi River flowed from left to right across the top of the image on its way to the Gulf. The roundhouse and diesel shop are long gone, as are the SP and the MoP! |
| Photo Date: |
2/8/1982 Upload Date: 3/9/2018 5:22:56 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Unknown |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SP 7323(SD40R) |
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1557 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Sperry 129 |
| Description: |
Sperry Rail Service car 129 was westbound on the Huey P. Long Bridge and was about to pass over the levee on the west bank of the Mississippi River. The bridge was designed to provide 135 feet of clearance above the average high water level. |
| Photo Date: |
2/8/1982 Upload Date: 4/27/2017 12:19:43 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Bridge |
| Locomotives: |
SRS 129(Doodlebug) |
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356 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP 4641 |
| Description: |
A trio of MoPac GE's -- B23-7 4641, U23B 4534 and B23-7 4644 -- power a westbound transfer run over the New Orleans Public Belt at the Uptown Square Shopping Center. About eight cars back are the two cabooses of ICG intermodal train No. 53, near the end of its trip from Chicago. The paved over crossing in Leake Avenue is a reminder that the shopping center was built on land once occupied by an industry that was served by rail. For over 70 years the U. S. Industrial Alcohol Co. had a plant here which distilled molasses into alcohol. |
| Photo Date: |
4/9/1982 Upload Date: 1/17/2010 5:10:23 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
MP 4641(B23-7) |
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737 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Corps of Engineers |
| Description: |
For many years the New Orleans District of the Army Corps of Engineers has had a base of operations along the Mississippi River near AUDUBON PARK. Prior to the modernization of this installation, which began in 1984, there were some railroad tracks here which connected with the New Orleans Public Belt at GOVERNMENT SWITCH. These tracks were occasionally used to bring in pilings and other supplies, but all of these tracks were removed or paved over when almost all of the old structures were replaced. Photographer unknown. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
7/1/1982 Upload Date: 1/26/2021 1:13:08 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
unknown |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Track |
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128 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
KCS Transfer Run |
| Description: |
In a really unusual move, KCS F3A 4051 and F9Am 4061 were powering an 80-car transfer run along the New Orleans Public Belt near South Carrollton Avenue. The train was on its way from the KCS's West Yard to the NOPB's Cotton Warehouse Yard with 17 box cars, 63 loaded C&NW hopper cars, and caboose 347. The two MP box cars were on their way home (via the NOPB); while the other box cars had drilling mud for Dresser Industries, along the Industrial Canal. These transfer runs typically ran with a switch engine, 10-20 cars, and no caboose. |
| Photo Date: |
12/23/1982 Upload Date: 4/2/2010 4:46:03 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4051(F3A) KCS 4061(F7A) |
| Views: |
1191 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Deckbar Avenue Overpass |
| Description: |
This view was facing west from the Deckbar Avenue overpass in suburban New Orleans, just west of SOUTHPORT JUNCTION. The two tracks on the extreme left belonged to the New Orleans Public Belt, and were built in the early 1930's as a part of the HUEY P. LONG BRIDGE project. The Missouri Pacific train in the distance was waiting to get through EAST BRIDGE JUNCTION and on to the Bridge. The single track on the left belonged to the Illinois Central Gulf. A track was first built on this alignment around 1880 by the New Orleans & Mississippi Valley, a predecessor of the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley, and for many years this had been used by the IC as its inbound main line into New Orleans. It has been inentified as the A2 track. Next was the ICG LONG CROSSOVER, used by trains moving to and from the ICG's line along the Mississippi River in New Orleans. And finally, the track on the left was the ICG's main line out of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. A track was first built on this right-of-way by the New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern around 1853. The switch on the main line across from the LONG CROSSOVER served a 2-track yard associated with the warehouse on the right. Between 1954 and 1969 the inbound and outbound tracks were used by IC, MP, SP and T&P passenger trains, but in 1969 the few trains began using the former outbound track in both directions. |
| Photo Date: |
2/19/1983 Upload Date: 6/2/2018 6:13:15 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Track |
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331 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP MP15AC 2710 |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific MP15AC 2710 -along with the 2704 - and Cotton Belt caboose 60 were in the New Orleans Public Belt's COTTON WAREHOUSE YARD. They had just arrived with a transfer run from the Espee's AVONDALE YARD on the west side of the Mississippi River, and were preparing to return with a westbound train. All of those orange box cars and intermodal cars were unwanted NOPB incentive per diem cars. In this view, the river is just off to the right, and the water tower on the right of SP 2710 was in the Illinois Central Gulf's STUYVESANT DOCKS YARD. The silos on the right were a part of the port's Public Grain Elevator, which was right along the Mississippi. |
| Photo Date: |
6/8/1983 Upload Date: 3/27/2018 12:53:28 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2710(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
584 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NOS&WB L6 |
| Description: |
A central of Georgia covered hopper towers over New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board number L6 at the city's main water treatment plant. The little loco is a 16-ton Plymouth model DDT, serial no. 7176 built in February 1977. |
| Photo Date: |
10/28/1983 Upload Date: 5/7/2010 7:17:38 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
NOSWB L6(15-ton DDT) |
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807 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP FEF-3 8444 |
| Description: |
Young Christopher Palmieri was inspecting the cab of Union Pacific FEF-3 8444 while the loco and its train were stopped on the former Missouri Pacific at Addis, Louisiana. The engine was on its way to New Orleans where it would be placed inside the site of the upcoming LOUISIANA WORLD'S EXPOSITION. After the engine was in place, the UP's RIVERS OF STEEL pavilion and other buildings and displays would be erected around it. |
| Photo Date: |
3/15/1984 Upload Date: 3/27/2018 1:03:06 PM |
| Location: |
Addis, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
UP 8444(4-8-4) |
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551 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
WP GP40 3534 |
| Description: |
A westbound transfer run from the Seaboard System on the east side of New Orleans to the Union Pacific on the west side was parked at Shrewsbury Road in suburban Metairie. The train had been brought here by an SBD crew and was waiting for a UP crew to complete its trip. It was powered by Western Pacific GP40 3534, WP GP40-2 3559 and Missouri Pacific SD40-2 3227, and it had MP caboose 13843. |
| Photo Date: |
4/13/1984 Upload Date: 7/7/2017 9:24:10 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
WP 3534(GP40) |
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390 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Action at Cotton Warehouse Yard |
| Description: |
Union Pacific GP40s 600 (ex-Rock Island 340) and 658 (ex-Western Pacific 3509), along with Missouri Pacific GP38-2 2135, were on a transfer run in the New Orleans Public Belt’s COTTON WAREHOUSE YARD preparing to head west to the UP’s AVONDALE YARD across the Mississippi River. On the left was MP caboose 13046 on UP train FNZ, on its way from Fort Worth to the Seaboard System’s GENTILLY YARD. FNZ was on the NOPB eastbound main track and was crossing the Illinois Central Gulf at the Jefferson Avenue Interlocking. |
| Photo Date: |
4/20/1984 Upload Date: 1/6/2019 12:32:23 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 600(GP40) |
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262 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP Geeps |
| Description: |
Union Pacific GP40 units 663 and 665 were heading west up the Huey P. Long Bridge. They had just brought a special train to the 1984 World Exposition and were on their way to Avondale Yard, at the west end of the bridge. The locomotives were built as Western Pacific 3514 and 3516, and in 1994 they were rebuilt by Morrison-Knudsen into Kansas City Southern GP40-2's 4777 and 4779. |
| Photo Date: |
5/25/1984 Upload Date: 7/28/2017 5:04:40 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 663(GP40) UP 665(GP40) |
| Views: |
405 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Drawbridge |
| Description: |
This Scherzer rolling lift bridge crosses the Harvey Canal section of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. At the time of this photo, one track belong to the SP and the other to the UP. After the UP-SP merger, one of the tracks was removed; and now this line is operated by the New Orleans & Gulf Coast. The west gate of the Harvey Lock can be seen on the right, and the Mississippi River is one the other side of the lock. |
| Photo Date: |
9/12/1984 Upload Date: 8/2/2010 4:14:12 PM |
| Location: |
Harvey, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Bridge |
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664 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
UP Fair Train |
| Description: |
Almost every Friday during the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition the Union Pacific ran a special passenger train from Houston to this siding at the fair site in New Orleans. Here was a typical train, with staff car CABARTON, sleeper OMAHA, lounge car 6203, and office car 102. Yellow MP GP50 3515 and GP40 612 have uncoupled from the cars and are preparing to head back to Avondale Yard, at the west end of the Huey P. Long Bridge. |
| Photo Date: |
9/28/1984 Upload Date: 5/7/2010 7:22:15 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
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1071 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP Fair Train |
| Description: |
Almost every Friday during the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition the Union Pacific ran a special passenger train from Houston to this siding at the fair site in New Orleans. It's 5:00 and one of the Fair Trains has just arrived at its destination. Just a few months earlier, the parking lot on the left had been the former MP Race Street Yard. This was a typical train, with yellow MP GP50 3515 and GP40 612 with staff car CABARTON, sleeper OMAHA, lounge car 6203, and office car 102. |
| Photo Date: |
9/28/1984 Upload Date: 5/7/2010 7:22:36 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
MP 3515(GP50) |
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662 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
T&NO 2-8-2 745 |
| Description: |
12:15 P.M. - SP (T&NO) 2-8-2 745 was sitting on the pad in Audubon Park where it had been since 1956, but the process of removing it was underway. The removal involved a bulldozer, a crane, and several pieces of panel track. |
| Photo Date: |
10/24/1984 Upload Date: 8/9/2010 2:57:30 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
SP 745(2-8-2) |
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1225 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
T&NO 2-8-2 745 |
| Description: |
4:40 P.M. - SP (T&NO) 2-8-2 745 was being removed from Audubon Park in New Orleans, its home since 1956. |
| Photo Date: |
10/24/1984 Upload Date: 8/9/2010 2:57:53 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
SP 745(2-8-2) |
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1461 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
T&NO 2-8-2 745 |
| Description: |
9:00 A.M. - SP (T&NO) 2-8-2 745 was being removed from Audubon Park in New Orleans, its home since 1956. |
| Photo Date: |
10/25/1984 Upload Date: 8/9/2010 2:59:32 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
SP 745(2-8-2) |
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1969 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
T&NO 2-8-2 745 |
| Description: |
2:50 P.M. - A bulldozer was pulling SP (T&NO) 2-8-2 745 out of Audubon Park, where it had been on display since 1956, and onto the track of the Illinois Central Gulf. |
| Photo Date: |
10/25/1984 Upload Date: 8/9/2010 2:59:59 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
SP 745(2-8-2) |
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1090 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
UP Fair Train |
| Description: |
Union Pacific GP40's 643 and 604 -- both former Rock Island units -- prepare to head west from the railroad's siding at the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition with Missouri Pacific office car number 10. The UP had at least one car parked here almost every weekend during the fair's six months run. |
| Photo Date: |
10/25/1984 Upload Date: 5/7/2010 7:23:08 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
UP 643(GP40) |
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762 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP FEF-3 8444 |
| Description: |
Union Pacifc 4-8-4 number 8444 was on display outside the railroad's RIVERS OF STEEL exhibit at the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition. The building to the left of the locomotive, with the UP emblem, was the railroad's RIVERS OF STEEL exhibit. |
| Photo Date: |
10/26/1984 Upload Date: 5/7/2010 7:23:49 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
UP 8444(4-8-4) |
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1178 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
MP 2322 and UP 8444 |
| Description: |
After spending six months on display outside the Union Pacific's RIVERS OF STEEL exhibit at the 1984 LOUISIANA WORLD EXPOSITION, UP 4-8-4 8444 heads west over the New Orleans Public Belt behind MP GP38-2 2322. Behind the steamer are tool car 904304 and boiler-dormitory car 304. The little train is on its way from the fair site to the railroad's Avondale Yard, and had just crossed Jefferson Highway (U.S. 90). This track was subsequently abandoned after the NOPB obtained trackage rights over a parallel IC line. |
| Photo Date: |
11/15/1984 Upload Date: 5/7/2010 7:24:25 PM |
| Location: |
Jefferson, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
MP 2322(GP38-2) UP 8444(4-8-4) |
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1127 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP 8444 |
| Description: |
After spending six months on display outside the Union Pacific's RIVERS OF STEEL exhibit at the 1984 LOUISIANA WORLD EXPOSITION, UP 4-8-4 8444 heads west over the New Orleans Public Belt behind MP GP38-2 2322. Behind the steamer are tool car 904304 and boiler-dormitory car 304. The little train is on its way from the fair site to the railroad's Avondale Yard, and is about to ascend the Huey P. Long Bridge. |
| Photo Date: |
11/15/1984 Upload Date: 5/7/2010 7:24:44 PM |
| Location: |
Jefferson, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 8444(4-8-4) |
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1116 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP 2322 |
| Description: |
After spending six months on display outside the Union Pacific's RIVERS OF STEEL exhibit at the 1984 LOUISIANA WORLD EXPOSITION, UP 4-8-4 8444 heads west over the Huey P. Long Bridge behind MP GP38-2 2322. Behind the steamer are tool car 904304 and boiler-dormitory car 304. The little train is on its way from the fair site to the railroad's Avondale Yard. Instead of using the UP's wye at Westwego, the 8444 was brought to the SP's Avondale Yard where the locomotive and tender were separated and turned individually on the turntable there! A New Orleans Public Belt track gang is working on the eastbound track. |
| Photo Date: |
11/15/1984 Upload Date: 5/7/2010 7:24:58 PM |
| Location: |
Jefferson, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
MP 2322(GP38-2) UP 8444(4-8-4) |
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1038 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Railbus |
| Description: |
BRE-Leyland Railbus RB004 rests between runs at the Kenner Depot. BRE was British Rail Engineering Ltd., formerly the Workshops Division of British Railways; while Leyland was a long-established manufacturer of busses and trucks. They built this Railbus in Workington, England in 1984 and it spent about two years on a demonstration tour in the USA, including a few weeks running between Kenner and New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal over the ICG. To accomodate passengers, the City of Kenner built this attractive shelter next to an existing ICG siding on the west (railroad north) side of Williams Boulevard. |
| Photo Date: |
11/23/1984 Upload Date: 1/31/2010 3:52:47 PM |
| Location: |
Kenner, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
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1011 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Chalmette Slip |
| Description: |
This is a view facing north of the CHALMETTE SLIP, which is located on the east bank of the Mississippi River just a few miles downriver from New Orleans. The slip and its wharves were built around 1905 by the New Orleans Terminal Co. to provide a river port facility for it owners, the Southern Railway and the St. Louis & San Francisco (Frisco). After the Frisco entered bankruptcy in 1913, the Southern became the sole owner of the NOTCo.; and in 1982 the Southern merged with the Norfolk & Western to form the Norfolk Southern. NS sold the slip to the St. Bernard Port, Harbor & Terminal District around 1995. |
| Photo Date: |
7/17/1985 Upload Date: 10/5/2016 1:17:41 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
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307 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Stored Locomotives |
| Description: |
New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal SW8's 3 and 1 and Amtrak P30CH 701 were stored at NOUPT. The switch engines had been replaced by Amtrak SW8 747, which arrived here in 1984. |
| Photo Date: |
10/5/1985 Upload Date: 8/9/2010 2:54:37 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NOUPT 3(SW8) NOUPT 1(SW8) AMTK 701(P30CH) |
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1865 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Seaboard System Meet |
| Description: |
Eastbound (on the left) and westbound run-through trains were having a meet on the Seaboard System just west of the railroad’s Gentilly Yard in New Orleans. On the left was a trio of freshly-painted SBD U-Boats - U33B 5624 with U36B's 5773 and 5752 - on a United States Lines stack train en route from the Missouri Pacific in Houston to Savannah, Georgia. The other train – with Cotton Belt B30-7 7796, SP SD45 9107 and SD40T-2 8232 – was on its way from Gentilly to the Espee’s Avondale Yard, on the other side of the Mississippi River. |
| Photo Date: |
11/16/1985 Upload Date: 2/22/2017 6:08:02 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SBD 5624(U33B) SP 7796(B30-7) |
| Views: |
829 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Westbound UP |
| Description: |
Four yellow SD40-2's - Missouri Pacific 3259 and 3294, Union Pacific 3254, and MP 3113 - were pulling a westbound 66-car train up the HUEY P. LONG BRIDGE. The photo was taken from the Mississippi River levee, as the low afternoon sun reflected off of the train's fourth unit. |
| Photo Date: |
11/23/1985 Upload Date: 5/14/2018 5:53:09 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Bridge |
| Locomotives: |
MP 3259(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
270 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
L&N 6421 |
| Description: |
L&N caboose 6421 was in the middle of a 118-car transfer run from the Seaboard System to the Union Pacific, and 84 of the cars were auto racks. The cab is about to cross Central Avenue, at the east end of the Huey P. Long Bridge. |
| Photo Date: |
12/8/1985 Upload Date: 2/10/2010 12:31:02 PM |
| Location: |
Jefferson, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Action |
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503 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP 13952 |
| Description: |
MP caboose 13952 was on the rear of a 118-car transfer run from the Seaboard System to the Union Pacific, as the train headed up the Huey P. Long Bridge. |
| Photo Date: |
12/8/1985 Upload Date: 2/10/2010 12:31:21 PM |
| Location: |
Jefferson, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Action |
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428 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP SD40-2 3251 |
| Description: |
A 118-car transfer run from the Seaboard System to the Union Pacific has just changed crews at the Central Avenue grade crossing, and is about to begin climbing the Huey P. Long Bridge. The yellow UP Suburban on the left had just delivered the train's new crew. Carryalls from most of the city's railroads were a common sight here in the days before contract crew haulers and new interchange locations. The train had UP SD40-2 3251 and MP SD40 3076 with 118 cars, of which 84 were auto racks; so it was a VERY long train. The red tank car on the left was the New Orleans Public Belt's fire car for the bridge. |
| Photo Date: |
12/8/1985 Upload Date: 2/10/2010 12:29:36 PM |
| Location: |
Jefferson, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Action |
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UP 3251(SD40-2) |
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| Title: |
UP GP40 664 |
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On Sunday 15 December 1985 the Jefferson Historical Society and the Jefferson Parish Historical Commission hosted a ceremony to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the HUEY P. LONG BRIDGE. The event was held at the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad’s bridge administration building, which was located at the bridge’s east traffic circle. The Union Pacific participated in this event by parking GP40 664 on the bridge above the gathering. The locomotive had been built in April 1967 as Western Pacific 3515 and was repainted as UP 664 just a few days before this photo was taken. It was retired when its lease expired in April 1993 and was overhauled by Morrison Knudsen as Kansas City Southern 4778 in January 1994. |
| Photo Date: |
12/15/1985 Upload Date: 2/25/2021 6:04:51 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Bridge |
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UP 664(GP40) |
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| Title: |
SP AXAVT |
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One of the earliest double stack trains was operated between Los Angeles and Atlanta for American President Lines via the Southern Pacific and the Southern Railway. Here was SP train AXAVT's connection heading east over the New Orleans Terminal Co., an SOU/NS subsidiary, at Shrewsbury Road in suburban Metairie. In seven miles these cars would be delivered to the NS and then head north as a part of NS train 222. Standard APLX cars were blue, while the red cars had diesel generators for refrigerated containers. |
| Photo Date: |
12/21/1985 Upload Date: 8/18/2017 6:14:18 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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RollingStock,Action |
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| Title: |
Southern GP50 7024 |
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NS No. 193, the run-through train from Birmingham to Houston via the SP, heads up the Huey P. Long Bridge behind GP50's 7024, 7038 and 7028. SP GP20 4085 is on an intermodal train heading for the Seaboard System's Gentilly Yard, and it is waiting for No. 193 to get through East Bridge Junction so it can head east onto the NS BACK BELT. |
| Photo Date: |
1/12/1986 Upload Date: 2/10/2010 2:45:30 PM |
| Location: |
Jefferson, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Action |
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SOU 7024(GP50) SP 4085(GP20) |
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| Title: |
SP GP20 4085 |
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We're along the approach fill at the east end of the Huey P. Long Bridge as the caboose on NS-SP run-through train No. 193 passes the locomotives on an SP intermodal train going to the Seaboard System. The SP train has GP20 4085 with SD45R's 7404 and 7408. |
| Photo Date: |
1/12/1986 Upload Date: 2/10/2010 10:47:19 PM |
| Location: |
Jefferson, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Action |
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SP 4085(GP20) |
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1805 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SBD 118 |
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Seaboard System FP7 118 was photographed at the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal engine terminal. It and F3A 116 had come in the previous day on a 6-car special for Super Bowl XX, which was taking place when this photo was taken. The locomotive was built in February 1952 as Clinchfield 200. |
| Photo Date: |
1/26/1986 Upload Date: 1/30/2010 8:43:02 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
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SBD 118(FP7A) |
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| Title: |
Super Bowl XX |
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In very fresh SPSF paint, a pair of Southern Pacific SDP45's sit outside the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal engine house, while Super Bowl XX was taking place behind them in the Louisiana Super Dome. The two units had arrived the previous day with a 15-car Super Bowl Special. In the background, F40 391 wears special SUPER BOWL SHUTTLE markings on its nose. It had come in earlier in the day with a nine-car special from Chicago. On the track next to the 391 are an E9A, SDP40F, P30CH and two Seaboard System F-units. The Chicago fans went home happy, as their BEARS beat the New England PATRIOTS 46-10. |
| Photo Date: |
1/26/1986 Upload Date: 2/3/2010 9:12:19 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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SP 3207(SDP45) SP 3201(SDP45) |
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| Title: |
NOS&WB L6 |
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New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board L6 had picked up a covered hopper off of the New Orleans Public Belt interchange, and was about to cross Leake Avenue and then run down Eagle Street to the city's main water treatment plant. The little locomotive was a 16-ton Plymouth model DDT, serial number 7176, built in February 1977. |
| Photo Date: |
10/30/1986 Upload Date: 9/12/2018 5:19:05 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Action |
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NOSWB L6(15-ton DDT) |
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| Title: |
NOS&WB L6 |
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New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board L6 was picking up a covered hopper on the New Orleans Public Belt interchange, and is preparing to head back to the city's main water treatment plant. The little locomotive is a 16-ton Plymouth model DDT, serial number 7176, built in February 1977. |
| Photo Date: |
10/30/1986 Upload Date: 11/26/2009 8:55:25 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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NOSWB L6(15-ton DDT) |
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| Title: |
Mississippi River and Railroads |
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This bird’s-eye view was looking upstream along the east bank of the Mississippi River at river mile 101, next to Audubon Park in New Orleans. The two railroad tracks next to the right (east) side of the levee belonged to the New Orleans Public Belt and the other two were owned by the Illinois Central Gulf. The track running up the levee provided the NOPB access to the NASHVILLE AVENUE WHARF. This view is facing almost directly north, and Lake Pontchartrain can be seen in the far distance, seven miles away. |
| Photo Date: |
12/5/1986 Upload Date: 3/20/2021 12:50:19 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Scenic |
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| Title: |
Public Grain Elevator |
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A pair of unidentified vessels were moored abreast at the unused Public Grain Elevator on the Mississippi River at New Orleans. Built for the Port of New Orleans in 1916, by this time the facility had been made obsolete by about 10 newer privately-operated elevators located between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. The elevator's yellow 80-ton General Electric switch engine was parked at the base of the smoke stack, while the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad's COTTON WAREHOUSE YARD is on the other side of the buildings. The elevator was razed by blowing it up in 1990. |
| Photo Date: |
12/5/1986 Upload Date: 8/14/2017 1:49:12 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Scenic |
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| Title: |
SP and MP Yards |
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This view shows the east end of the SP and MP yards at Avondale, Louisiana. The dividing line between the two railroads is the row of trees across the middle of the image. The quartet of geeps (two GP9E's and two GP20E's) to the left of the turntable is a set of transfer power, while two sets of SD's - including a Southern Railway unit - are parked off to the right. A trio of Southern SD's can bee seen just above the SP caboose tracks in the center of the photo, moving from one end of the yard to the other. The MP yard features a yellow C&NW caboose, and a set of MP power can be seen on the extreme right. This view is facing north. |
| Photo Date: |
12/5/1986 Upload Date: 11/24/2009 9:46:37 AM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Yard |
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| Title: |
CSX Gentilly Yard |
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The former L&N yard in eastern New Orleans is oriented east-west, and this view is looking northwest. The yard was opened in 1926, and most of the buildings in the center of the photo date from that time. The roundhouse originally had seven stalls and was served by a 90-foot turntable, but four of the stalls had been removed when this photo was taken. The four brick buildings are, from left to right, the Storeroom and Shop Foreman's Office, Locker Room, Storeroom, and Car Repair Building. A yellow Trackmobile can be seen on the right working one of the car repair tracks. |
| Photo Date: |
12/5/1986 Upload Date: 11/24/2009 9:44:18 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Yard |
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| Title: |
NOPB Yard |
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This is the New Orleans Public Belt's roundhouse, and a portion of their Cotton Warehouse Yard. An NOPB SW1000 and two SW1500's parked outside, while an Illinois Central Gulf SW14 is pulling some cars out of the NOPB yard. |
| Photo Date: |
12/5/1986 Upload Date: 11/24/2009 9:45:48 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Yard |
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| Title: |
NS Oliver Yard |
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This is the north end of the former Southern Railway Oliver Yard. The yard is oriented north-south, and this view is facing northwest. The building in the middle of the photo was one of the nicest diesel shops in New Orleans, and the first to be razed. It was demolished in 1991 so that the intermodal yard could be enlarged. Removal of the shop began in June 1991 and the expansion of the pigyback yard was completed in November 1992. |
| Photo Date: |
12/5/1986 Upload Date: 11/24/2009 9:44:51 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Yard |
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| Title: |
Seatrain Loader |
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This structure was built by the Overseas Railway Corp. in 1928 to load railroad cars onto a ship -- the S.S. SEATRAIN -- for movement to Havana, Cuba. It was located on the west bank of the Mississippi River downstream from New Orleans; and was served by the New Orleans & Lower Coast Railroad, a subsidiary of the Missouri Pacific. Overseas Railway Corp. became Seatrain Lines, and service was expanded to New Jersey in 1932. Service to Cuba ended around 1960 and to New Jersey in 1964. The central business district of New Orleans is in the upper left of the photo, and the white structure in the trees right behind the loader is part of the Mississippi River levee. The loader was finally scrapped at the beginning of the twenty-first century, although the trestle and concrete foundation remain. |
| Photo Date: |
12/5/1986 Upload Date: 11/25/2009 5:22:09 PM |
| Location: |
Belle Chasse, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Scenic |
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