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Eastbound BNSF |
| Description: |
When LMX B39-8E units 8550 and 8596 showed up in New Orleans on this eastbound BNSF stack train, they were two of the last LMX units still in operation on that railroad. The train was parked on the New Orleans Public Belt's westbound main track near Walnut Street, with the Mississippi River levee on the left. The little rusty object on the left, between the tracks and the bicycle path, was a derelict log skidder. It was left over from when the Bisso company, on the other side of the levee, occasionally dealt in used railroad equipment. It had been here for well over 60 years and was scrapped by the NOPB soon after this photo was taken. There had once been a 2-track yard here, when the NOPB delivered coal to Bisso for use in its tugboats and ferries. |
| Photo Date: |
7/25/2001 Upload Date: 1/9/2017 10:24:19 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LMX 8550(B39-8E) |
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340 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
BNSF 581 and LMX 8595 |
| Description: |
BNSF B40-8W 581 was parked in the siding at Alvord, Texas (on the former Fort Worth & Denver) while LMX B39-8 8595 was passing on a westbound Z-train. Five days earlier, the 581 was the lead unit on train H-ALTBAR1-03 (Alliance, TX to Barstow, CA) when it ran into the rear of empty coal train E-SLPCAM3-11 here. The accident was caused by an obstruction in the brake line on H-ALTBAR, which had slowed to 20 mph, before the collision. Both crew members jumped prior to impact and received only minor injuries. The 581 was the Santa Fe’s second-to-last B40-8W, having been built in March 1992. It was subsequently repaired, retired in 2010 and sold to the Arkansas-Oklahoma Railroad. LMX 8595 was sold to Relco (RLCX) in June 2001 and was later NREX 8595. |
| Photo Date: |
11/8/1997 Upload Date: 7/3/2022 10:09:05 AM |
| Location: |
Alvord, TX |
| Author: |
WILLIAM LANG collection |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 581(B40-8W) LMX 8595(B39-8E) |
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303 Comments: 0 |
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