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NOPB Baldwin 8DE900/1 32 |
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New Orleans Public Belt 32 was one of three 900-horsepower Baldwin model 8DE900/1 built as NOPB 31-33 in December 1937 at a cost of $89,870 each. (The NOPB's next three diesels, model VO660's bought in 1941-42, only cost $61,771 each.) These were the first Baldwin diesel-electric locomotives built specifically for a customer, and not as test beds or demonstrators. Here the 33 was heading upriver by the Douglas Public Service BLOCK Y WAREHOUSE at Iberville Street. All three of these were retired in 1969 and scrapped by Southern Scrap Materials in New Orleans in 1970. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1954 Upload Date: 2/8/2019 4:13:15 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
J. PARKER LAMB photo |
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Roster |
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NOPB 32(VO-660) |
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530 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NOPB 33 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Belt number 33 was on e of three 900 horsepower switchers built for the railroad in December 1937. NOPB 31-33 were among the very first diesel-electric switchers built by Baldwin specifically for a customer. They cost $89,870 each and the 33 was the last one in operation. All were retired and scrapped in 1970. (approximate month and day) |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1967 Upload Date: 4/17/2017 11:55:05 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
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Roster |
| Locomotives: |
NOPB 33(VO-660) |
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804 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NOPB VO-660 41 |
| Description: |
Shortly before it was traded in to EMD for some new power, New Orleans Public Belt VO-660 number 41 was receiving some attention in the railroad's roundhouse. The unit was built in December 1941 for $61,771 and was retired shortly after this photo was taken. (approximate month and day) |
| Photo Date: |
6/6/1971 Upload Date: 4/17/2017 11:48:30 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
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Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
NOPB 41(VO-660) |
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566 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Washington-Western 477 |
| Description: |
This VO660 was Baldwin 72828, built in December 1945 as La Salle & Bureau County number 6. It was subsequently Washington-Western (Standard Gravel Co.) 6 and 477, and was sold to Relco of Joliet, Illinois in 1981. |
| Photo Date: |
4/24/1976 Upload Date: 3/26/2010 8:19:51 PM |
| Location: |
Clifton, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
WWR 477(VO-660) |
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847 Comments: 0 |
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