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L&N 4-6-2 152 |
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On New Years Day 1952 Louisville & Nashville K-2A Pacific 152 was parked on the median of Elysian Fields Avenue, next to the French Quarter, where it was providing steam for occupied Pullman cars. Back in the days before New Orleans had an abundance of hotel rooms, sleeping cars were regularly used to accommodate visitors who were here for major events such as the Sugar Bowl and Mardi Gras.By this time in its career, the 152 was usually assigned to the Pensacola Division, and it had been towed in from Mobile because it did not have Automatic Train Stop equipment for use on the line into New Orleans. The locomotive was built by Rogers in 1905 and was the L&N's third Pacific. It was donated to the Kentucky Railway Museum in 1957 and is the only preserved L&N Pacific. |
Photo Date: |
1/1/1952 Upload Date: 8/14/2016 4:03:54 PM |
Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
Author: |
William Harry photo |
Categories: |
Steam |
Locomotives: |
LN 152(4-6-2) |
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2299 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
L&N 4-6-2 245 |
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Louisville & Nashville locomotive 245 was about to cross Poydras Street as it rolled along the Mississippi River in New Orleans. The train was on its way from the L&N station at the foot of Canal Street, where the passengers got off, to Julia Street Yard, where the train would be turned and serviced. The 245 was the last of six K-5 class light Pacifics (240-245) assigned to the L&N by the United States Railroad Administration during the First World War. It had been built by the American Locomotive Co.’s Richmond Works in 1919 and was retired on 22 June 1954. |
Photo Date: |
6/5/1947 Upload Date: 10/26/2021 5:32:47 PM |
Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
Categories: |
Steam,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
LN 245(4-6-2) |
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768 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
L&N 4-6-2 245 |
Description: |
Here was a view of Poydras Street from the Louisville & Nashville tracks along the Mississippi River in New Orleans. Locomotive 245 was on its way from the L&N station at the foot of Canal Street, where the passengers got off, to Julia Street Yard, where the train would be turned and serviced. The Pacific Fruit Express refrigerator car peeking out on the left was on a Southern Pacific track. |
Photo Date: |
6/5/1947 Upload Date: 10/26/2021 5:33:18 PM |
Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
Categories: |
Scenic |
Locomotives: |
LN 245(4-6-2) |
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578 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
L&N Train No. 10 |
Description: |
Coming out of the afternoon sun, Louisville & Nashville 4-6-2 245 powers train No. 10 across the Southern Railway main line at NO&NE Tower (milepost 802.7). Just a few years after this photo was taken, NO&NE Tower was replaced with a new brick structure named N.E. Tower. At about the same time, train No. 10 was discontinued. The 245 was the last of six K-5 class light Pacifics (240-245) assigned to the L&N by the United States Railroad Administration during the First World War. It was built by Alco-Richmond in 1919 and retired on 22 June 1954. (approximate day of photo) |
Photo Date: |
10/1/1950 Upload Date: 8/22/2016 9:46:30 PM |
Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
Author: |
William Harry photo |
Categories: |
Steam,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
LN 245(4-6-2) |
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1321 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
L&N Train No. 7 |
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Louisville & Nashville local Number 7 has just passed through Gentilly Yard (milepost 800.4) and crossed the Industrial Canal drawbridge (milepost 801.4). The train was scheduled into New Orleans at 3:45 P.M., after a 12-hour trip from Montgomery, Alabama. It was established in 1946 and discontinued in September 1953. The switch in the foreground was the connection with the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio, at the north end of the GM&O's Canal Yard.The train was powered by K-5 class 4-6-2 245. This was one of six light Pacifics (240-245) assigned to the L&N by the United States Railroad Administration during the First World War. These were built by Alco-Richmond in 1919, after the end of the War. After the USRA was abolished, the railroad got 20 more K-5's: Baldwin built eight (264-271) in 1923 and Alco-Brooks constructed 12 (272-283) in 1924. The 245 was retired on 22 June 1954. (approximate date of photo) |
Photo Date: |
5/1/1951 Upload Date: 8/22/2016 9:47:30 PM |
Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
Author: |
William Harry photo |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
LN 245(4-6-2) |
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1308 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
L&N Train No. 10 |
Description: |
Louisville & Nashville K-5 class Pacific 273 was accelerating northbound train No. 10 out of the railroad's Canal Street Station in New Orleans. The train consisted of two mail-and-express cars, a railway post office car, two more mail-and-express cars, and three coaches. No. 10 left New Orleans daily – except Saturday and Sunday – at 3:30 PM and arrived in Mobile at 8:20 PM. On Sunday it left at 5:15 PM, and on Saturday it ran as No. 14 and left at 2:00 PM. The 273 was built by Brooks in 1924, and was retired on 24 May 1951, shortly after this photo was taken. The three tracks in the foreground belonged to the New Orleans Public Belt, and an NOPB Baldwin diesel can be seen down near the L&N train shed. (approximate day of photo) |
Photo Date: |
3/1/1951 Upload Date: 6/20/2017 9:13:28 PM |
Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
Author: |
WILLIAM HARRY photo |
Categories: |
Station,Steam,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
LN 273(4-6-2) |
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739 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
L&N Pacific 280 |
Description: |
Louisville & Nashville K-5 Pacific 280 was pulling out of the railroad’s Canal Street Station in New Orleans with a short northbound train at. The train was noteworthy because it had a combine in front of its baggage car. The 280 was a USRA design light 4-6-2 and was one of a dozen K-5's (272-283) built by Alco-Brooks in 1924. It was one of the last Pacifics built for the L&N and one of the last to be retired, on 23 April 1954. (approximate date of photo) |
Photo Date: |
3/1/1951 Upload Date: 2/7/2019 5:25:30 PM |
Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
Author: |
WILLIAM HARRY photo |
Categories: |
Steam,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
LN 280(4-6-2) |
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649 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
L&N Train No. 34 |
Description: |
Louisville & Nashville 4-6-2 280 was awaiting the departure of train No. 34 – the combined Piedmont Limited-Gulf Wind – from Canal Street Station in New Orleans at 5:00 PM. The Piedmont Limited was bound for New York City via the L&N, West Point Route, Southern Railway, and the Pennsylvania; but between New Orleans and Flomaton, Alabama it included cars for Jacksonville via the Gulf Wind. Today's train was unusual because it had a combine ahead of its baggage car, probably a dead-head move. The 280 was a USRA design light 4-6-2 and was one a dozen K-5's (272-283) built by Alco-Brooks in 1924. It was one of the last Pacifics built for the L&N and one of the last to be retired, on 23 April 1954. (approximate day of photo) |
Photo Date: |
3/1/1951 Upload Date: 6/20/2017 9:56:20 PM |
Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
Author: |
WILLIAM HARRY photo |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
LN 280(4-6-2) |
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1152 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
L&N Train No. 7 |
Description: |
In 1951-52 the Louisville & Nashville constructed a shoo-fly at Franklin Avenue in New Orleans, about midway between NO&NE Tower (milepost 802.7) and N.O.T. Tower (milepost 803.7), so that an underpass could be built there. Southbound local No. 7 had just crossed the main line of the Southern Railway at NO&NE Tower, which can be seen in the left background, and was at the north end of the temporary trackage, passing a temporary approach signal for the New Orleans Terminal Co. crossing at N.O.T. Tower. This train was powered by K-5 class Pacific 280, built by Alco’s Brooks Works in 1924; and included a sleeping car on the rear, an unusual occurrence. New FP7 diesels officially replaced steam power on No. 7, as well as 9, 10 and 12, on 27 July 1951, the underpass was dedicated on 16 April 1952, No. 7 was discontinued in 1953 and the 280 was retired on 23 April 1954. (approximate day of photo) |
Photo Date: |
5/1/1951 Upload Date: 6/3/2020 11:03:33 AM |
Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
Categories: |
Steam,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
LN 280(4-6-2) |
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849 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
L&N Train No. 7 |
Description: |
Louisville & Nashville K-5 class Pacific 282 was leading Number 7 along the Mississippi River at New Orleans, just a block away from the train's destination at the Canal Street Station. The tracks on the left of the train belonged to the Southern Pacific, while most of those on the other side were owned by the New Orleans Public Belt. The grade crossing under the fourth car was Conti Street and the transit shed in the center of the image was on the Bienville Street Wharf. The tall buildings in the left background, including the new construction, were the Jax Brewery. (approximate month and day) |
Photo Date: |
6/1/1948 Upload Date: 6/20/2017 9:27:39 PM |
Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
Author: |
WILLIAM HARRY photo |
Categories: |
Steam,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
LN 282(4-6-2) |
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1331 Comments: 0 |
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