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MP SD40 779
Title:  MP SD40 779
Description:  Missouri Pacific SD40 779 and SD40-2 791 were parked at the railroad's Race Street Yard, along the Mississippi River in New Orleans. SW1500 1521 - one of only four such switchers on the railroad - can be seen in the right background.
Photo Date:  4/27/1974  Upload Date: 8/14/2016 4:39:56 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MP 779(SD40) MP 791(SD40-2)
Views:  1098   Comments: 1
MP YNL
Title:  MP YNL
Description:  Missouri Pacific train YNL heads east over the New Orleans Public Belt towards its destination at the Louisville & Nashville's Gentilly Yard. YNL was a "designated chemical train" and almost all of its cars were either tank cars or covered hoppers. The locomotives are SD40's 3006 and 3045 with GP50 3516. At the location, between the Mississippi River levee on the left and Leake Avenue on the right, there were two NOPB tracks and two ICG tracks. In the distance on the right, a covered hopper is on the NOPB-New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board interchange.
Photo Date:  4/24/1984  Upload Date: 1/26/2010 10:48:44 AM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MP 3006(SD40)
Views:  1694   Comments: 3
Southern Yard
Title:  Southern Yard
Description:  In this very unusual scene, Missouri Pacific SD40 3015 and Southern Pacific SD40T-2 8300 were parked together on the East Tie-Up Track at the Southern Railway’s OLIVER YARD in New Orleans.
Photo Date:  6/21/1978  Upload Date: 9/19/2018 4:17:29 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MP 3015(SD40) SP 8300(SD40T-2)
Views:  1018   Comments: 0
MP 3015
Title:  MP 3015
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/10/1982  Upload Date: 2/13/2009 8:21:49 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MP 3015(SD40)
Views:  816   Comments: 2
MP SD40 3015
Title:  MP SD40 3015
Description:  Missouri Pacific SD40 3015 was parked on a ready track at Avondale Yard, just west of New Orleans.
Photo Date:  1/10/1982  Upload Date: 12/8/2017 5:48:30 PM
Location:  Avondale, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MP 3015(SD40)
Views:  579   Comments: 1
MP 3047
Title:  MP 3047
Description:  Willow Glen Yard
Photo Date:  6/9/1983  Upload Date: 2/13/2009 8:16:58 PM
Location:  Alexandria, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MP 3047(SD40)
Views:  638   Comments: 1
MP SD40 3047
Title:  MP SD40 3047
Description:  Missouri Pacific SD40's 3047 and 3055 were being used as switch engines at the south end of the yard at Alexandria, Louisiana.
Photo Date:  6/9/1983  Upload Date: 3/8/2017 10:00:59 PM
Location:  Alexandria, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MP 3047(SD40)
Views:  566   Comments: 1
Northbound Local
Title:  Northbound Local
Description:  De-turbocharged Cotton Belt GP35 4201 was leading a northbound Southern Pacific train by the engine terminal at the MP's Alexandria Yard. The train's first ten cars had just been set out here, and the remaining six would be delivered to the KCS.
Photo Date:  6/9/1983  Upload Date: 5/7/2007 5:47:56 PM
Location:  Alexandria, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SSW 4201(GP35R) MP 3087(SD40) MP 2242(GP38-2)
Views:  2286   Comments: 1


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