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| Title: |
NOUPT SW8 1 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal SW8 No. 1 was photographed with Louisville & Nashville E7A 790 at the NOUPT engine terminal. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1970 Upload Date: 1/19/2018 5:53:40 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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NOUPT 1(SW8) LN 790(E7A) |
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| Title: |
NOUPT |
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The water pouring out of the nose of Louisville & Nashville E7A 791 showed that the boiler water tanks were full as the unit was being serviced from the opposite side at the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal engine facility. L&N E6 and E7 units which had been modified with enlarged boiler water capacity – 2,050 gallons instead on 1,050 – had nose-mounted water filler openings such as this. On the next track, NOUPT SW8 number 1 was moving a set of Illinois Central power which included E6A 4003. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
11/1/1970 Upload Date: 2/11/2020 8:34:43 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
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LN 791(E7A) IC 4003(E6A) NOUPT 1(SW8) |
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| Title: |
Southern 722 |
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The first Southern Railway steam excursion train into New Orleans was the WALTER DOVE HOMECOMING SPECIAL, which arrived at Union Passenger Terminal on Sunday 28 March 1971 behind 2-8-0 722. (Mr. Dove had been the Southern’s General Road Foreman of Engines and was retiring from a 52-year career with the railroad.) The train had pulled straight into the station, so here on 30 March Mr. Bill Purdie – the Southern’s Master Mechanic-Steam – was looking down from the cab of the locomotive as NOUPT SW8 number 1 was preparing to turn it on the wye. The 722 subsequently ran a couple of excursions from New Orleans to Hattiesburg and back before heading for home on 10 April. |
| Photo Date: |
3/30/1971 Upload Date: 10/6/2018 11:11:37 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ROBERT A. SCORSONE photo |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 722(2-8-0) NOUPT 1(SW8) |
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| Title: |
NOUPT 1 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal number 1 was one of three SW8's built for NOUPT in December 1953. Number 2 was sold to Jones & Laughlin Steel in around 1960, but 1 and 3 survived long enough to receive Amtrak paint. They were sold to NASA in August 1990 and provided parts to maintain the space agency's fleet of ex-Air Force SW8's at the Kennedy Space Center. |
| Photo Date: |
12/27/1974 Upload Date: 2/4/2010 1:12:12 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
NOUPT 1(SW8) |
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1120 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NOUPT SW8 No. 1 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal No.1 was one of three SW8's - Nos. 1-3 - built in December 1953 for use at the new terminal. No. 2 was sold around 1960, but Nos. 1 and 3 survived into the Amtrak era. They were repainted into Amtrak colors and sold to NASA in 1990. |
| Photo Date: |
11/25/1975 Upload Date: 7/19/2016 5:10:05 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Roster |
| Locomotives: |
NOUPT 1(SW8) |
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| Title: |
AFT/AMTK 4449 |
| Description: |
Wearing both AMERICAN FREEDOM TRAIN and AMTRAK lettering, former SP 4-8-4 4449 rests at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal between NOUPT SW8 No. 1 and UP water car 907853. The locomotive and water car were en route from Birmingham to Portland on Amtrak's TRANSCONTINENTAL STEAM EXCURSION. |
| Photo Date: |
4/15/1977 Upload Date: 9/26/2010 8:08:50 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Steam |
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AFT 4449(4-8-4) NOUPT 1(SW8) |
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| Title: |
SCL U36B 1799 |
| Description: |
Seaboard Coast Line U36B 1799 and New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal SW8 number 1 were parked outside the engine house at NOUPT. The Louisville & Nashville had sent the GE over for some work which it could not perform at Gentilly Yard. |
| Photo Date: |
5/3/1977 Upload Date: 8/29/2017 6:20:22 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SCL 1799(U36B) NOUPT 1(SW8) |
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| Title: |
NOUPT SW8 No. 1 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal No.1 was one of three SW8's - Nos. 1-3 - built in December 1953 for use at the new terminal. No. 2 was sold around 1960, but Nos. 1 and 3 survived into the Amtrak era. They were repainted into Amtrak colors and sold to NASA in 1990. |
| Photo Date: |
11/7/1980 Upload Date: 7/19/2016 5:10:46 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
NOUPT 1(SW8) |
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470 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Stored Locomotives |
| Description: |
New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal SW8's 3 and 1 and Amtrak P30CH 701 were stored at NOUPT. The switch engines had been replaced by Amtrak SW8 747, which arrived here in 1984. |
| Photo Date: |
10/5/1985 Upload Date: 8/9/2010 2:54:37 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NOUPT 3(SW8) NOUPT 1(SW8) AMTK 701(P30CH) |
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| Title: |
NOUPT SW8 2 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal SW8 units 1-3 were built at EMD’s Cleveland Plant in December 1953 and were used by the Southern Pacific until the new station was placed in full operation in April 1954. Here is NOUPT 2 at the Espee’s AVONDALE YARD, just west of New Orleans, with T&NO caboose 517. Notice the orange wing design on the unit’s nose. These disappeared as the locos were repainted. NOUPT 1 and 3 remained at the terminal until 1990, but number 2 was sold to Jones & Laughlin Steel around 1960. |
| Photo Date: |
2/21/1954 Upload Date: 12/19/2019 9:59:34 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
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Roster |
| Locomotives: |
NOUPT 2(SW8) |
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| Title: |
NOUPT SW8 3 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal SW8 number 3 was pushing the PANAMA LIMITED through the train washer. This unit was one of three SW8’s built for NOUPT at EMD’s Cleveland Plant in December 1953. |
| Photo Date: |
1/23/1961 Upload Date: 4/5/2023 3:59:20 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
J.G. LACHAUSSEE image |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
NOUPT 3(SW8) |
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| Title: |
IC E8A 4033 and NOUPT SW8 3 |
| Description: |
Illinois Central E8A 4033 and New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal SW8 3 were parked alongside the sand tower at NOUPT. The yellow sticker on the nose of the 4033 read SCL… IT’S MY RAILROAD… MAKE IT YOURS. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/1971 Upload Date: 7/26/2020 11:21:38 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
IC 4033(E8A) NOUPT 3(SW8) |
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| Title: |
NOUPT 3 |
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On a rainy summer afternoon New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal SW8 number 3 had just removed the mail car off of the southbound PANAMA LIMITED, placed it in the post office annex next to the station and was now returning to its other chores. At that time there were six post office tracks, covered by the arches seen on the right; but soon after this they were all gone. I had just purchased a used 35mm camera and this was my second railroad slide :) |
| Photo Date: |
7/27/1973 Upload Date: 3/19/2020 1:11:29 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NOUPT 3(SW8) |
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| Title: |
NOUPT |
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This view of New Orleans Passenger Terminal SW8 number 3 in 1974 was an image of contrasts. To the left of the engine, covered by arches, was the terminal's unused 8-track post office annex; while on the left was Railway Express Agency, no longer served by rail and occupied by a few REA trucks. Elsewhere, the image illustrated the buildings which began altering the city's skyline over the previous 10 years. The tall building just to the left of the switcher is the 14-story office tower which had been completed in 1964 as a part of the city's new main post office. To left left of this, in the background, is the building at number 2 Canal Street, next to the Mississippi River. This 33-story structure was completed in 1967 as the city's first skyscraper. On the very left is the 45-story Plaza Tower, completed in 1969 as the city's second skyscraper and located right across the street for the railroad station. On the left is the 51-story One Shell Square, opened in 1972 and still the tallest building in the city. In the 40-plus years since this photo was taken, the skyline has been filled with an assortment of other tall structures. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
2/15/1974 Upload Date: 7/19/2016 5:11:48 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Station |
| Locomotives: |
NOUPT 3(SW8) |
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| Title: |
NOUPT SW8 3 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal SW8 No. 3 was at the terminal's car shop, having just been repainted from blue-and-orange into Amtrak colors, but not yet lettered. This was one of three SW8's - Nos. 1-3 - built in December 1953 for use at the new terminal. No. 2 was sold around 1960, but Nos. 1 and 3 survived into the Amtrak era. Both were repainted into Amtrak colors, and were sold to NASA in 1990. |
| Photo Date: |
10/21/1978 Upload Date: 3/11/2017 1:09:13 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NOUPT 3(SW8) |
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| Title: |
NL&G SW8 37 |
| Description: |
North Louisiana & Gulf SW8 number 37 was photographed inside the railroad's engine house at North Hodge, Louisiana. NL&G 37 and 38 were built at EMD's Cleveland Plant in December 1953 to replace a pair of 70-ton GE's which had been wrecked the previous month. |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1969 Upload Date: 8/17/2018 5:02:52 PM |
| Location: |
Hodge, LA |
| Author: |
KEN M. ARDINGER photo |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
NLG 37(SW8) |
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| Title: |
NL&G 38 |
| Description: |
This was one of two SW8's built new for the North Louisiana & Gulf in December 1953 to replace a pair of 70-ton GE's which had been wrecked. It was sold to Tyson Feeds at Craig, Oklahoma and has had several subsequent owners. |
| Photo Date: |
2/21/1977 Upload Date: 2/11/2010 7:52:28 PM |
| Location: |
North Hodge, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
NLG 38(SW8) |
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| Title: |
Cargill SW8 601 |
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This EMD SW8 was built in June 1952 for the Bamberger Railroad, a former interurban line in Utah, some of which was acquired by the UP. Still wearing its original number 601, it was now owned by Cargill and assigned to the grain elevator at Port Allen. |
| Photo Date: |
8/18/1978 Upload Date: 2/21/2010 7:28:49 PM |
| Location: |
Port Allen, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
CRGX 601(SW8) |
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897 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak SW8 747 |
| Description: |
Amtrak SW8 747 was built at EMD’s Plant No. 3 in Cleveland, Ohio in February 1953 as New York Central 9623. It was subsequently Penn Central 8623 in 1968, and Conrail 8623 in 1976, and in May 1983 it was one of four SW8’s Conrail traded to Amtrak for a pair of E8A’s. It arrived in New Orleans in Nov 1984 where it received the new paint job shown here. It was last used on 3 February 1994, was sold that September and left NOUPT in December. New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal's three SW8’s 1-3 were also made in Cleveland. |
| Photo Date: |
10/5/1985 Upload Date: 5/24/2018 1:06:15 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 747(SW8) |
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523 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
ICG SW8 800 |
| Description: |
This SW8 was built in November 1952 as Tremont & Gulf 75, and became Illinois Central 800 after the IC bought the T&G in August 1959. It wore its IC black paint scheme well into the ICG era, and was repainted into the unusual -- and perhaps unique -- black ICG scheme in mid-1981. It also received full-length handrails at the same time. The unit was sold c. 1986. |
| Photo Date: |
6/12/1983 Upload Date: 2/2/2010 2:12:26 PM |
| Location: |
McComb, MS |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
ICG 800(SW8) |
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| Title: |
T&P SW8 812 |
| Description: |
Texas & Pacific SW8 812 leads UTLX tank car 86321 and T&P caboose 2544 down the east side of the Huey P. Long Bridge. The little train is headed for the TP-MP Terminal Railroad's RACE STREET YARD in New Orleans. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
12/15/1957 Upload Date: 6/25/2016 1:19:33 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
J. Parker Lamb photo |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
TP 812(SW8) |
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| Title: |
T&P SW8 815 |
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Texas & Pacific SW8 815 pulls passed the depot at Addis, Louisiana and into the yard with a westbound local, while an eastbound train waits in the yard. The T&P's eight SW8's were its only switch engines fitted with oscillating headlights, indicating their status as road power. |
| Photo Date: |
6/15/1960 Upload Date: 6/26/2016 5:27:49 PM |
| Location: |
Addis, LA |
| Author: |
J. Parker Lamb photo |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
TP 815(SW8) |
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| Title: |
MP Race Street Yard |
| Description: |
Ten years before the Missouri Pacific's RACE STREET YARD in New Orleans was closed and removed, it was still busy enough for two switch engines. Here were 18-month-old SW1500 1520 and 22-year-old SW8 8000 awaiting their next assignments. |
| Photo Date: |
3/31/1974 Upload Date: 5/5/2017 10:34:23 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
MP 1520(SW1500) MP 8000(SW8) |
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786 Comments: 0 |
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| 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) |
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| Title: |
MP 8003 |
| Description: |
The Missouri Pacific only owned eight SW8's. They were built in 1952 as Texas & Pacific 811-818 and spent much of their lives in south Louisiana, where they were used in yard and branch line service. The units once wore oscillating headlights and were originally considered light road switchers. Between March 1979 and May 1981 the MP rebuilt all of them into SL1 slugs. The 8003 and 8000 were resting next to the former TPMPT (Texas Pacific-Missouiri Pacific Terminal Railroad of New Orleans) engine house at Avondale Yard. |
| Photo Date: |
1/10/1976 Upload Date: 1/17/2010 3:42:02 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
MP 8003(SW8) |
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876 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
MP SW8 8006 |
| Description: |
Missouri Pacific SW8 8006 was photographed at Race Street Yard in New Orleans, under the Greater New Orleans Mississippi River Bridge. The locomotive had been built in August 1952 as Texas & Pacific 817. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1971 Upload Date: 2/21/2020 1:14:00 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
MP 8006(SW8) |
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594 Comments: 0 |
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 MP SW 2400dpi copy.jpg)
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| Title: |
MP SW8 8006 |
| Description: |
Missouri Pacific SW8 8006 was westbound along 4th Street in Harvey, Louisiana; just across the Mississippi River from New Orleans. The tracks in the foreground belonged to the Southern Pacific, while the industries in the background were along the river. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
9/1/1971 Upload Date: 9/25/2020 6:00:38 PM |
| Location: |
Harvey, LA |
| Author: |
JOHN KIRKPATRICK photo |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
MP 8006(SW8) |
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533 Comments: 0 |
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