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Southern No. 194
Title:  Southern No. 194
Description:  Southern Railway No. 194, the run-through train from the Southern Pacific at Houston to Birmingham, was raising quite a racket as it rolled across the Seabrook drawbridge on its way out of New Orleans. The bridge spans the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal, which connects the Mississippi River to Lake Pontchartrain, just off to the right. The sign next to the first car showed that the speed limit on the bridge was 45.
Photo Date:  3/12/1978  Upload Date: 12/26/2016 10:07:34 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 223(SD35)
Views:  614   Comments: 0
Meet
Title:  Meet
Description:  It 5:30 on the Fourth of July, and we're on the Southern Railway at the north end of Pearl River siding witnessing a ritual that was repeated thousands of times each day. A trainman off of northbound No. 114 -- the run-through train from the MP running as 222 -- has performed a roll-by inspection of southbound piggyback train 219 and is letting his counterpart know that everything looks OK. No. 219 had GP38 2778 with 23 cars and caboose X411. No. 114 has SD35 3042, SD40 3174 and SD35 3019 with 98 cars and MP caboose 13430. It has been here for 30 minutes, and this is the second train it has met; but the 3042's headlight in back on and 114 is about to resume its journey north. Amtrak's southbound CRESCENT is running three hours late, so 114 won't have any more meets for a while!
Photo Date:  7/4/1979  Upload Date: 6/1/2009 12:35:25 AM
Location:  Pearl River, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SOU 3042(SD35)
Views:  1389   Comments: 0
Meet
Title:  Meet
Description:  On a dreary winter's afternoon, eastbound Espee train 242 -- with SD40 8440 and Southern Railway SD35's 3098 and 3051 -- was waiting in the siding at Cade, 131 miles west of Algiers, Louisiana; as the westbound SUNSET sped by with SDP40F's 572 and 527 and ten cars. The SUNSET's next stop would be Lafayette, 12 miles ahead.
Photo Date:  1/19/1979  Upload Date: 8/21/2007 10:00:47 PM
Location:  Cade, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOU 3051(SD35) AMTK 572(SDP40F)
Views:  1587   Comments: 3
SOU 3072
Title:  SOU 3072
Description:  SD35 3072, SD40 3176 and SD40-2 3234 lead a northbound train -- probably No. 168 -- across Louisiana Highway 41 at Pearl River. The switch under the first cars of the train is the north end of Pearl River siding, while the track on the other side of the 3072 served a chemical plant. (month approximate)
Photo Date:  10/1/1974  Upload Date: 5/19/2009 3:00:51 PM
Location:  Pearl River, LA
Author:  James H. Selzer, Jr.
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SOU 3072(SD35)
Views:  2308   Comments: 0
Southern SD35 3075
Title:  Southern SD35 3075
Description:  Southern 3075, one the railroad’s 110 SD35 units, was on train 114 behind SD40-2’s 3256 and 3326. No. 114 was the run-through train from the Missouri Pacific to Birmingham, and it was stopped on the New Orleans Terminal Co. at the Frenchmen Street signal.
Photo Date:  12/8/1979  Upload Date: 8/29/2018 1:15:44 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SOU 3075(SD35)
Views:  553   Comments: 0


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