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L&NW Diesel Shop
Title:  L&NW Diesel Shop
Description:  Louisiana & North West caboose 216 is couples to F7A's 45, 44, and 46. The 46 was in the shop for some work, and the other two units had pulled it out. FP7 49 is parked next to the shop.
Photo Date:  2/7/1977  Upload Date: 8/24/2007 12:40:18 PM
Location:  Gibsland, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Scenic,Track
Locomotives:  LNW 45(F7A) LNW 44(F7A) LNW 46(F7A) LNW 49(FP7A)
Views:  2342   Comments: 2
L&NW 47 and 46
Title:  L&NW 47 and 46
Description:  A southbound Louisiana & North West train with F7A units 47 and 46 was photographed from the South 2nd Street bridge in Homer, Louisiana.
Photo Date:  2/10/1975  Upload Date: 9/20/2022 2:56:33 PM
Location:  Homer, LA
Author:  JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  LNW 46(F7A)
Views:  218   Comments: 0
L&NW 46
Title:  L&NW 46
Description:  Louisiana & North West F7A 46 was the trailing unit on the daily southbound train at Homer.
Photo Date:  2/10/1975  Upload Date: 8/24/2007 12:59:50 PM
Location:  Homer, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LNW 46(F7A)
Views:  1387   Comments: 0
Southbound
Title:  Southbound
Description:  F7A's 47 and 46 power the Louisiana & North West's daily southbound train at Haynesville. The railroad's high-rail International pickup truck is on the adjacent track.
Photo Date:  2/10/1975  Upload Date: 8/22/2007 9:08:33 PM
Location:  Haynesville, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LNW 47(F7A) LNW 46(F7A)
Views:  2053   Comments: 2
L&NW 46
Title:  L&NW 46
Description:  Louisiana & North West F7A 46 sits outside the railroad's diesel shop while undergoing repairs. Notice the the roof hatch above the prime mover is missing.
Photo Date:  2/7/1977  Upload Date: 8/22/2007 8:58:59 PM
Location:  Gibsland, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LNW 46(F7A)
Views:  1152   Comments: 1
L&NW F7A 46
Title:  L&NW F7A 46
Description:  Louisiana & North West F7A 46 was showing off its recent paint job and its new headlight set-up.
Photo Date:  6/12/1983  Upload Date: 12/22/2016 3:53:04 PM
Location:  Gibsland, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  LNW 46(F7A)
Views:  1132   Comments: 0
L&NW
Title:  L&NW
Description:  This was a time of transition outside the Louisiana & North West diesel shop at Gibsland, when geeps were in the process of replacing the F-units which had served the railroad for over 20 years. On the left was F7A 46, along with GP7 50, next was GP9 51 with GP7 53, and then F7A 48, with F7A 45 in the right background.
Photo Date:  9/16/1990  Upload Date: 3/27/2017 9:51:06 PM
Location:  Gibsland, LA
Author:  Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  LNW 51(GP9) LNW 46(F7A) LNW 48(F7A)
Views:  913   Comments: 1
L&NW 47 and 46
Title:  L&NW 47 and 46
Description:  A southbound Louisiana & North West train with F7A units 47 and 46 was photographed from the South 2nd Street bridge in Homer, Louisiana.
Photo Date:  2/10/1975  Upload Date: 9/20/2022 2:56:04 PM
Location:  Homer, LA
Author:  JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  LNW 47(F7A)
Views:  217   Comments: 0
Southbound
Title:  Southbound
Description:  Louisiana & North West F7A 47 and the railroad's high-rail International pickup truck pause at Haynesville.
Photo Date:  2/10/1975  Upload Date: 8/22/2007 9:03:09 PM
Location:  Haynesville, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LNW 47(F7A)
Views:  1531   Comments: 2
Southbound
Title:  Southbound
Description:  F7A's 47 and 46 lead the Louisiana & North West's daily southbound train passed the Haynesville depot.
Photo Date:  2/10/1975  Upload Date: 8/22/2007 9:07:30 PM
Location:  Haynesville, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LNW 47(F7A)
Views:  1140   Comments: 1
Shortline Meet
Title:  Shortline Meet
Description:  A pair of Louisiana & North West F7A's and a trio of North Louisiana & Gulf MP15DC's were executing the daily "Gibsland Shuffle" when the inbound trains of both railroads swapped cars, and then the outbound trains departed.
Photo Date:  2/7/1977  Upload Date: 8/23/2007 11:00:04 PM
Location:  Gibsland, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  LNW 47(F7A) NLG 45(MP15DC)
Views:  1998   Comments: 2
L&NW F7A 47
Title:  L&NW F7A 47
Description:  This F7A was built in November 1949 as Southern Pacific 6309. The Espee retired it in July 1969 and traded-in to General Electric the next month. GE quickly sold it to Wellsville Addison & Galeton in 1969; but it was never used by the WA&G. It was transferred to the Louisiana & North West in 1971 where it was renumbered 47. It was purchased by Entertainment Trains Inc. in May 1990 and renumbered 200 for excursion service between Houston and Galveston. After that operation ended, the locomotive was stored at the Galveston Railroad Museum. It was photographed outside the engine house at Gibsland, in the midst of its career on the L&NW.
Photo Date:  6/12/1983  Upload Date: 2/22/2010 11:34:33 AM
Location:  Gibsland, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  LNW 47(F7A)
Views:  1224   Comments: 2
L&NW
Title:  L&NW
Description:  Louisiana & North West GP7 50, F7a 47, and caboose 215 sit outside the railroad's diesel shop. Yellow GP7 number 52 in on an adjacent track. It still painted in the colors of its former owner, the South Central Arkansas Railroad.
Photo Date:  7/2/1985  Upload Date: 8/22/2007 9:04:15 PM
Location:  Gibsland, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LNW 50(GP7) LNW 47(F7A)
Views:  1666   Comments: 2
KCS Northbound Train
Title:  KCS Northbound Train
Description:  Kansas City Southern F3A 95 and a pair of unidentified B-units were on a northbound train passing the SIGNOR team track just west (timetable north) of New Orleans. The grade crossing under construction in the foreground would become Clearview Parkway. Number 95 may have been unique in that it had red stripes, while most white units had yellow ones. At this location, the train was heading right into the afternoon sun.
Photo Date:  2/18/1972  Upload Date: 10/14/2020 4:12:39 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 95(F7A)
Views:  932   Comments: 0
KCS Train
Title:  KCS Train
Description:  Kansas City Southern F3A 95 and a pair of unidentified B-units were pulling a northbound train out of the railroad's West Yard and across Labarre Road. The 95 may have been unique in that it had red stripes, while most white units had yellow ones. At this location, the train was heading right into the afternoon sun.
Photo Date:  2/18/1972  Upload Date: 12/3/2016 12:59:04 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 95(F7A)
Views:  1128   Comments: 1
ATSF F-Units
Title:  ATSF F-Units
Description:  Santa Fe F-units 206C, 265A, 336A and 218A were being serviced at Amarillo, Texas.
Photo Date:  6/13/1973  Upload Date: 8/7/2020 6:20:12 PM
Location:  Amarillo, TX
Author:  PAUL H. OLIVER photo
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  ATSF 206C(F7A)
Views:  919   Comments: 1
SP Avondale Yard
Title:  SP Avondale Yard
Description:  On 24 April 1955 elderly M-4 class Mogul 438 and T-28 Ten-Wheeler 695 were stored at Avondale Yard, just west of New Orleans, while 2-year-old F7A 373 was backing down onto train 241. The 2-6-0 had been built by Cooke in June 1900 as then 968, was renumbered 428 in 1901, then second 438 in August 1950, and was sold for scrap to Commercial Metals in Houston six months after this photo was taken. The 373 had been built in July 1953, was transferred to the Pacific Lines in November 1960 and was renumbered 6469, then it was retired in May 1968 and sold back to EMD; so the F7 was only on the roster for 15 years, while the Mogul lasted for 55!
Photo Date:  4/24/1955  Upload Date: 12/16/2019 5:54:47 PM
Location:  Avondale, LA
Author:  WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  SP 438(2-6-0) TNO 438(2-6-0) SP 373(F7A) TNO 373(F7A)
Views:  1805   Comments: 1
Former T&P Units
Title:  Former T&P Units
Description:  All of the units in this image - taken on the east side of the MP engine house at Avondale Yard - were built for the Texas & Pacific, Here are at least three of the T&P's eight SW8's, along with a pair of F7A's MP 8000-8007 were built as Texas & Pacific 811-818 in January 1952, for use as light road switchers. Notice that the 8002 still has is original oscillating headlight assembly, while this has been removed from the 8003. F7A's 857 and 908 are former T&P 1558 and 1507, and SW8 8000 is parked behind the 8002. (approximate month and day)
Photo Date:  6/15/1971  Upload Date: 1/8/2015 10:55:07 AM
Location:  Avondale, LA
Author:  Paul H. Oliver, Jr.
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MP 8002(SW8) MP 8003(SW8) MP 857(F7A)
Views:  2089   Comments: 0
MP F7A 857
Title:  MP F7A 857
Description:  Missouri Pacific F7A 857 found itself surrounded by SW8's outside the diesel shop at Avondale Yard. All of the locomotives had been built for the T&P and were in familiar territory. The 857 was briefly renumbered 1857 to make way for a new GP38-2, and it was retired in April 1973. The switchers lasted until 1979-1981, when they were remanufactured into slugs. (approximate date)
Photo Date:  6/15/1971  Upload Date: 2/25/2017 4:29:04 PM
Location:  Avondale, LA
Author:  Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MP 857(F7A)
Views:  1291   Comments: 1
MP F7A 921
Title:  MP F7A 921
Description:  When this picture was taken, Southern Railway geeps had been visiting the Missouri Pacific's Avondale Yard, at th[ west end of the Huey P. Long Bridge, for over a year on a run-through train between Birmingham and Avondale; but for some reason an MP F7 is accompanying the Southern power (GP38 2777, a GP35, a GP30 and another GP38) today. The 921 was originally a Texas & Pacific - the 1571 - as shown by the two headlights, and it would be among the last F-units in service on the MP. It was subsequently renumbered 1921, to make room for a GP38-2, and it was retired just one year after this photo. (approximnte month and day)
Photo Date:  3/15/1973  Upload Date: 1/7/2015 8:33:19 PM
Location:  Jefferson, LA
Author:  Paul H. Oliver, Jr.
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives:  MP 921(F7A)
Views:  1284   Comments: 0
T&P F7A 931
Title:  T&P F7A 931
Description:  Texas & Pacific F7A 931, along with Missouri Pacific GP18 533 and GP7 281 rest outside the Race Street Yard engine house, in the shadow of the Mississippi River Bridge, shortly before the engine house was razed.
Photo Date:  3/17/1967  Upload Date: 9/21/2016 6:17:42 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Jerry Lachaussee photo
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  TP 931(F7A)
Views:  931   Comments: 0
Eastbound T&P
Title:  Eastbound T&P
Description:  Four Texas & Pacific F7’s and a GP9 were on an eastbound train dropping down the HUEY P. LONG BRIDGE on their way to RACE STREET YARD in New Orleans. All five of the units were equipped with dynamic brakes, which were put to good use on the 1.25% grade here. The GP9 was painted blue and grey, and not the swamp holly orange and black that was used on the T&P’s GP7’s. (approximate month and day)
Photo Date:  6/6/1961  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 5:47:43 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  J. PARKER LAMB photo
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  TP 1546(F7A)
Views:  957   Comments: 0
T&P F7A 1582
Title:  T&P F7A 1582
Description:  Texas & Pacific F7A 1582 was at the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal engine zone, along with an E8A. The 1582 had been built on 23 January 1952 and was one of four T&P F7A’s (1500, 1501, 1581, 1582) subsequently equipped for passenger service by the railroad, with 77 MPH (60:17) gearing, boiler controls and the passenger paint scheme. The locomotives had come in on the LOUISIANA EAGLE - the overnight train from Fort Worth - and would return west at 8 P.M.
Photo Date:  1/23/1961  Upload Date: 4/5/2023 3:57:27 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  J.G. LACHAUSSEE image
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  TP 1582(F7A)
Views:  409   Comments: 0
L&N F7A 1819
Title:  L&N F7A 1819
Description:  Built as Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis F7A 819, Louisville & Nashville 1819 still wore its NC&StL blue-and-gray colors over seven years after the NC&StL was merged into the L&N on 30 August 1957. The 1819 was in Gentiily Yard with FA2 200, F7B 719 and FP7A 650. It was the trailing unit of the set, as it was not equipped with Automatic Train Stop for operation between New Orleans and Mobile. It was renumbered back to its original number in 1965 and retired in June 1970.
Photo Date:  12/10/1963  Upload Date: 9/27/2017 12:44:13 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  JERRY LACHAUSSEE photo
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  LN 1819(F7A)
Views:  521   Comments: 0
SOO F7A 2229A
Title:  SOO F7A 2229A
Description:  Soo Line F7A 2229A and SD40 753 were by the turntable at Gladstone, Michigan.
Photo Date:  6/11/1976  Upload Date: 9/9/2010 4:17:26 PM
Location:  Gladstone, MI
Author:  Paul H. Oliver, Jr.
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SOO 2229A(F7A)
Views:  637   Comments: 0
KCS 4057
Title:  KCS 4057
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/10/1981  Upload Date: 6/14/2008 11:29:37 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  KCS 4057(F7A)
Views:  1286   Comments: 3
KCS F7A 4058
Title:  KCS F7A 4058
Description:  Kansas City Souther F7A 4058 was at West Yard near New Orleans, with SD40X 703. The 4058 was the only powered cab unit with the lower part of its body painted black, which made the yellow reflective stripe really stand out. The other cab units painted like this were F7B 73B, F3A slug 4050, and F7A slugs 4055 and 4056.
Photo Date:  12/3/1981  Upload Date: 6/14/2008 11:38:19 PM
Location:  Metairie, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  KCS 4058(F7A)
Views:  1249   Comments: 1
Through the Diesel Shop
Title:  Through the Diesel Shop
Description:  KCS F7A 4058 sits outside of the diesel shop at West Yard, just west of New Orleans.
Photo Date:  3/13/1982  Upload Date: 6/12/2010 7:52:08 PM
Location:  Metairie, LA
Author:  Tom Blackwell
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  KCS 4058(F7A)
Views:  1221   Comments: 2
KCS 4059
Title:  KCS 4059
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/1981  Upload Date: 6/14/2008 11:41:37 PM
Location:  Sulphur Springs, TX
Author:  Todd Minsk
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  KCS 4059(F7A)
Views:  1271   Comments: 1
Three F-Units
Title:  Three F-Units
Description:  By 1985, there weren't many yards on Class I railroads where one could still find active F-units. Here at Deramus Yard are F7A's 4059 (ex-73A and 73), 4054 (59D and 86) and 4064 (76D and 93). Also here were F-unit slugs 4050, 4055 and 4076. The Santa Fe geep barely visible between the 4054 and 4064 came in from Dallas on a run-through train.
Photo Date:  6/20/1985  Upload Date: 1/30/2010 4:41:15 PM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  KCS 4054(F7Au) KCS 4059(F7A) KCS 4064(F7A)
Views:  1527   Comments: 0
Five F-Units
Title:  Five F-Units
Description:  This collection of locomotives at the Kansas City Southern's Deramus Yard included five F-units. From left to right are F7A slug 4055, F7A 4059, the front of GP40 754, the rear of F7A 4054, F7A 4064, F3A slug 4050, and an unidentified GP7.
Photo Date:  6/20/1985  Upload Date: 1/30/2010 5:04:15 PM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  KCS 4050(Road Slug) KCS 4064(F7A) KCS 4059(F7A) KCS 4055(Road Slug)
Views:  2333   Comments: 1
KCS 4061
Title:  KCS 4061
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/1981  Upload Date: 6/15/2008 12:29:27 AM
Location:  Sulphur Springs, TX
Author:  Todd Minsk
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  KCS 4061(F7A)
Views:  836   Comments: 0
KCS 4061
Title:  KCS 4061
Description:  KCS F9Am's 4061 and 4053 sit outs the west side of the West Yard diesel shop, along with SW7 4302. The two F-units were rebuilt by EMD in March 1956 after a head-on collision at Sulphur Springs, Texas; which certainly contributed to their longevity. In late 1982 and early 1983 the KCS kept a pair of F-units at New Orleans as emergency power.
Photo Date:  9/2/1982  Upload Date: 6/15/2008 12:37:55 AM
Location:  Metairie, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  KCS 4061(F7A)
Views:  1428   Comments: 0
KCS Slugs
Title:  KCS Slugs
Description:  Kansas City Southern yard slugs were not typically used at West Yard, just outside of New Orleans; but several of them were regularly kept at the yard in Baton Rouge, and these came to New Orleans for inspections and maintenance. Here were slugs 4257 and 4252 with F7A 4061 outside the diesel shop at West Yard.
Photo Date:  9/18/1982  Upload Date: 10/23/2017 1:30:23 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  KCS 4257(Yard Slug) KCS 4252(Yard Slug) KCS 4061(F7A)
Views:  983   Comments: 1
KCS No. 55
Title:  KCS No. 55
Description:  It's 8 A.M. on a beautiful December morning along the Southern Railway's BACK BELT at Metairie Road, and we are greeted by the rare and wonderful sight of two Kansas City Southern F-units approaching with an eastbound train. The 4051 is a 3-porthole F3 built in 1947 and the 4061 is a 1951 F7 rebuilt with F9 side panels in 1956. This is KCS No. 55 and it will terminate at the Southern's Oliver Yard, on the east side of New Orleans. The train usually passes here in the late afternoon or early evening, so it is running about 12-16 hours late.

In August 1982 the KCS began keeping a pair of F-units at New Orleans for situations just like this. The normal procedure was for the power that arrived on a southbound train to go out on that train's northbound counterpart, so the locomotives that arrived on No. 55 in the afternoon -- usually three geeps or a geep/slug/geep set -- would return north on No. 56 early the next day. Yesterday, No. 55 was running very late; so during the night the two F-units took No. 56 north until they met No. 55 and swapped trains. We dont know where the exchange took place, but the cab units went at least as far as Baton Rouge.

Before the F-units arrived, the railroad would use a pair of locally-assigned SW1500s for this relief work; but this adversely affected the jobs that the switchers worked. Keeping a pair of elderly cab units here didn't tie up newer road power, and it allowed the switchers to handle their regular jobs without complications. The F-units were also used on heavy transfer runs. In March 1983 the schedule of one train -- No. 84 -- was changed so that there would always be a set of road power available in New Orleans, and the cab units were sent elsewhere.
Photo Date:  12/20/1982  Upload Date: 1/18/2010 7:37:22 PM
Location:  Metairie, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4051(F3A) KCS 4061(F7A)
Views:  2503   Comments: 5
KCS Transfer Run
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:  1459   Comments: 0
KCS 647
Title:  KCS 647
Description:  SD40-2 647 and F7A 4062 being serviced at the West Yard engine terminal. Power combinations like this were common at the time.
Photo Date:  7/23/1981  Upload Date: 5/21/2009 2:05:09 PM
Location:  Metairie, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  KCS 647(SD40-2) KCS 4062(F7A)
Views:  1411   Comments: 0
KCS 4063
Title:  KCS 4063
Description:  KCS West Yard.
Photo Date:  11/10/1981  Upload Date: 6/15/2008 12:44:12 AM
Location:  Metairie, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  KCS 4063(F7A)
Views:  1010   Comments: 1
Two F-Units
Title:  Two F-Units
Description:  Amid a veritable sea of geeps and SD's, F7A 4064 and F3A slug 4050 were parked outside the diesel shop at Deramus Yard.
Photo Date:  6/20/1985  Upload Date: 1/30/2010 5:23:55 PM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  KCS 4064(F7A) KCS 4050(Road Slug)
Views:  1425   Comments: 1


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