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| Title: |
Espee Engine Terminal |
| Description: |
This view of the Southern Pacific's engine terminal at San Antonio included SD45T-2 9282, GP35 6553, NW2E 1309, RS11 2926 and GP35 6559. (date approximate) |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1973 Upload Date: 9/17/2010 10:32:02 PM |
| Location: |
San Antonio, TX |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SP 6553(GP35) |
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1603 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP Job 104 |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific Job 104 had just arrived back at AVONDALE YARD, at the west end of the Huey P. Long Bridge, on a westbound train with NINE engines: five transfer units - GP35 6670, GP9R’s 3311, 3885, 3389, and 3410 - and a set of road power from a Louisville & Nashville run-through train - U33C 8751, SD45 8953, SSW GP40-2 7650 and SP GP35 6555. Here they were at the Avondale Garden Road grade crossing, and the west end of the yard. |
| Photo Date: |
3/25/1979 Upload Date: 7/2/2020 7:04:27 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SP 6555(GP35) |
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340 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Central Avenue |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific GP35 6564 is on a set of transfer power parked in that railroad's East Bridge Yard, while Kansas City Southern GP40 776 passes on Train No. 53. KCS No. 53 is exercising trackage rights over the Illinois Central, and is on its way to the CSX Gentilly Yard. |
| Photo Date: |
10/21/1989 Upload Date: 11/24/2009 10:23:52 AM |
| Location: |
Metairie, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
SP 6564(GP35) KCS 776(GP40) |
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1106 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Alexandria Branch |
| Description: |
This was a view facing south along the Southern Pacific's ALEXANDRIA BRANCH at Opelousas, Louisiana. The cars on the left were on the Union Pacific interchange, and the crossing with the UP’s main line from southeast Louisiana to southeast Texas was just past those tank cars parked on the SP main line straight ahead. SP GP35 6566 was switching the Lou-Ana Foods vegetable oil processing plant, which was on both sides of the SP track. The ALEXANDRIA BRANCH between here and Alexandria – which included trackage rights over the T&P/MP/UP between Cheneyville and Alexandria – was abandoned in 1984, while the line between here and Lafayette was abandoned in 1993; but the Acadiana Railway owns some former SP track in here in Opelousas. |
| Photo Date: |
4/11/1990 Upload Date: 7/2/2007 9:00:37 AM |
| Location: |
Opelousas, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 6566(GP35) |
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1025 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Alexandria Branch |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific GP35 6566 - still wearing SPSF colors - was switching the Lou-Ana Foods vegetable oil processing plant in Opelousas, Louisiana. This train had originated in Lafayette, which was just 20 miles south of here via the railroad's ALEXANDRIA BRANCH; but because of a partially-collapsed trestle on that line, it had to make a 61-mile detour. It headed west from Lafayette over the SUNSET ROUTE 19 miles to Crowley, then north on the Union Pacific's CROWLEY SUBDIVISION 22 miles to Eunice, and then east over the UP's BEAUMONT SUBDIVISION main line 20 miles. Espee officially abandoned its line between Lafayette and Opelousas three years after this photo was taken. |
| Photo Date: |
4/11/1990 Upload Date: 7/1/2007 4:49:08 PM |
| Location: |
Opelousas, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 6566(GP35) |
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1169 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SP GP35 6584 |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific GP35 6584 was on an eastbound run-through train passing the Southern Railway’s EAST CITY JUNCTION tower, on its way from Houston to either the Southern or the Louisville & Nashville. The tower closed on 10 August 1972. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1971 Upload Date: 3/29/2022 12:29:47 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 6584(GP35) |
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365 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Power for SP Train No. 2 |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific GP35 6588 had been added to train No. 2, the eastbound SUNSET LIMITED, somewhere between Los Angeles and New Orleans to replace an ailing F-unit, and now it – along with FP7’s 6446 and 6458 – were backing onto train No. 1 at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal as they prepared to head back west. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
11/1/1970 Upload Date: 3/31/2021 10:11:56 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
SP 6458(FP7A) SP 6446(FP7A) SP 6588(GP35) |
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850 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP GP35 6588 |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific GP35 6588 had been added to train No. 2, the eastbound SUNSET LIMITED, somewhere between Los Angeles and New Orleans to replace an ailing F-unit, and now it – along with FP7’s 6446 and 6458 – were backing onto train No. 1 at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal as they prepared to head back west. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
11/1/1970 Upload Date: 3/31/2021 10:14:06 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SP 6588(GP35) |
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528 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP Train No. 1 |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific GP35 6588 was filling in for an F-unit on the westbound SUNSET as the train pulled out of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. The train’s other locomotives were FP7’s 6446 and 6458. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
11/1/1970 Upload Date: 5/20/2020 5:14:38 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
SP 6588(GP35) |
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613 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
L&N crane 40024 |
| Description: |
The L&N's MOBILE WRECKER was attending to the derailment of SP GP35's 6599 and 6669 on an L&N-SP run-though train just west of the Franklin Avenue underpass in New Orleans. The 200-ton crane was L&N 40024, built by Orton in January 1968. It spent its entire life based in Mobile, and was retired by the CSX as SBD 740024 in October 1992. The boom car was the 41915 and the baggage car was the 41032. |
| Photo Date: |
5/4/1975 Upload Date: 6/23/2010 3:35:03 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Wreck |
| Locomotives: |
SP 6599(GP35) |
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3016 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Derailment (1) |
| Description: |
SP GP35's 6599 and 6669 were two of four units on an L&N-SP run-through train which derailed on the L&N just west of the Franklin Avenue underpass in New Orleans. L&N GP30 1013 was just pulling up with the Mobile Wrecker. |
| Photo Date: |
5/4/1975 Upload Date: 6/23/2010 12:35:01 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Wreck |
| Locomotives: |
SP 6599(GP35) |
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2162 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
SCL-L&N-SP Run-Through Train |
| Description: |
This westbound run-through train is on its way from the Louisville & Nashville to the Southern Pacific and it has just met an eastbound Southern Railway transfer run. The red-over-red-over-yellow signal shows that it will now cross over onto the eastbound track to continue its run to the Huey P. Long Bridge and the Espee's Avondale Yard. The train is on the Southern Railway at East City Junction and its engines are SCL GP40 1546, SCL U36B 1813, SP U25B 6753 and GP35 6602. (approximate month and day) |
| Photo Date: |
10/15/1973 Upload Date: 4/16/2015 5:29:22 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 6602(GP35) SP 6753(U25B) |
| Views: |
1024 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Derailment (2) |
| Description: |
SP GP35 6617 (on a siding) and L&N GP40 3000 (on the northbound main track) were two of four units on an L&N-SP run-through train which derailed just west of the Franklin Avenue underpass. L&N GP30 1013 was just pulling up on the southbound main track with the MOBILE WRECKER. |
| Photo Date: |
5/4/1975 Upload Date: 6/23/2010 12:35:26 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Wreck |
| Locomotives: |
SP 6617(GP35) LN 3000(GP40) LN 1013(GP30) |
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2033 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SP Geeps |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific GP35's 6631 and 6577 were tied up across the SUNSET ROUTE main line from the Baldwin depot. The two geeps were assigned to the Cypremort and Bayou Sale branch locals, and this would be the last day those branches would be operated by the Espee. Three days later -- on Monday 16 March -- the Louisiana & Delta acquired ownership of several former Espee branches, including those two. The L&D also got the Baldwin depot, but after a few years it was replaced with a modular building and moved to Patoutville, Louisiana. |
| Photo Date: |
3/13/1987 Upload Date: 2/6/2010 5:26:13 PM |
| Location: |
Baldwin, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Station |
| Locomotives: |
SP 6631(GP35) |
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1094 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
SP GP35 6631 |
| Description: |
SP GP35 6631 was parked at Baldwin, Louisiana assigned to work one of the two branch line locals that were based there. It was a Friday and it would be the last time the SP worked those branches, as the following Monday the Louisiana & Delta took over. The "5 CAB" lettering indicates that the cab has been modified to accomodate the entire crew on cabooseless trains. |
| Photo Date: |
3/13/1987 Upload Date: 2/8/2010 12:16:13 PM |
| Location: |
Baldwin, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SP 6631(GP35) |
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914 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
SP Transfer Run |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific GP35 6640 was leading an eastbound transfer run over the Sowthern Railway's BACK BELT. The train was crossing the 17th Street Outfall Canal on its way from the Espee's AVONDALE YARD to the Louisville & Nashville's GENTILLY YARD and had seven locomowives representing five models from three builders: GP35, SD45T-2, U30C, C630, C628 and two more C630's. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
4/15/1978 Upload Date: 4/25/2018 10:24:23 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Bridge |
| Locomotives: |
SP 6640(GP35) |
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840 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP 6643 |
| Description: |
Two SP GP35's and a Chessie System GP40-2 are stopped on the Southern Railway "Back Belt" at Frenchman Street. The other units are SP 6538 and B&O 4298. The train is on its way from the SP Avondale Yard to the CSX Gentilly Yard. |
| Photo Date: |
7/23/1978 Upload Date: 2/3/2009 1:46:42 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 6643(GP35) |
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649 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southern No. 194 |
| Description: |
The locomotives on Southern Railway No. 194, running today as Extra SP 6665 North, were stopped on the Gentilly Boulevard (U.S. 90) underpass as the train prepared to head out of New Orleans. This was the run-through train from Houston to Birmingham via the SP-SOU, and the train was stopped while crews changing on SP caboose 4402 back at Oliver Junction. The motive power was GP35 6665, U25B's 6735 and 6730, and GP35 6659; and this was the last time I photographed SP U25B's as most of them were withdrawn from service by the end of the year. |
| Photo Date: |
7/7/1974 Upload Date: 7/7/2017 5:59:41 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 6665(GP35) |
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681 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
L&N Crane 40024 |
| Description: |
The L&N's MOBILE WRECKER had just arrived in New Orleans to help rerail SP GP35's 6599 and 6669, along with L&N hopper car 184876. The derailed equipment had been on an L&N-SP run-through train, and the accident took place at the west (railroad south) end of the Franklin Avenue underpass. The crane was L&N 40024, a 200-ton Orton built in January 1968. It spent its entire life based in Mobile, and was retired by the CSX as SBD 740024 in October 1992. The equipment on the other side of the crane was boom car 41915, baggage car 41032, coach 42345, and GP30 1013. |
| Photo Date: |
5/4/1975 Upload Date: 6/25/2010 5:05:51 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Wreck |
| Locomotives: |
SP 6669(GP35) |
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1427 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SP Transfer Run |
| Description: |
A trio of Southern Pacific GP35 units – 6669, 6611 and 6653 – were shoving a transfer run out of the SP/ICG interchange yard at the east end of the Huey P. Long Bridge and onto the New Orleans Public Belt westbound main track. Once the train had backed past East Bridge Tower, which can be seen on the other side of the second and third units, it will reverse direction and head to Espee’s AVONDALE YARD at the other end of the bridge. |
| Photo Date: |
12/27/1986 Upload Date: 3/14/2024 8:18:50 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
SP 6669(GP35) |
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223 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP Job 104 |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific Job 104 had just arrived back at AVONDALE YARD, at the west end of the Huey P. Long Bridge, on a westbound train with NINE engines: five transfer units - GP35 6670, GP9R’s 3311, 3885, 3389, and 3410 - and a set of road power from a Louisville & Nashville run-through train - U33C 8751, SD45 8953, SSW GP40-2 7650 and SP GP35 6555. Here they were at the Avondale Garden Road grade crossing, and the west end of the yard. |
| Photo Date: |
3/25/1979 Upload Date: 7/2/2020 7:03:11 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SP 6670(GP35) |
| Views: |
423 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Twelve-Engine Train |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific Job 104 was descending the HUEY P. LONG BRIDGE with 12 locomotives and Southern Railway run-through train No. 193. The train had Job 104’s own units – GP35 6670 with GP9R’s 3311, 3885, 3389, and 3410, a set of power from a Louisville & Nashville run-through train - U33C 8751, SD45 8953, SSW GP40-2 7650 and SP GP35 6555, and the power that was on No. 193 – Southern SD40-2 3223 and SD45 3130 with SP B30-7 7813. |
| Photo Date: |
3/25/1979 Upload Date: 9/1/2010 4:47:42 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Bridge |
| Locomotives: |
SP 6670(GP35) |
| Views: |
3566 Comments: 14 |
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