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| Title: |
L&N Train No. 10 |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville train No. 10 had just crossed the New Orleans Terminal Co. (Southern Railway) at N.O.T. Tower on its way out of New Orleans. Here it was negotiating a sharp S-curve on temporary trackage around the construction of an underpass at Franklin Avenue. The 264 was one of 26 K-5 class USRA light Pacifics, and it was the first of eight K-5's (264-271) built by Baldwin in 1923. (approximate day of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/1951 Upload Date: 12/7/2016 8:01:29 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
William Harry photo |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
LN 264(4-6-2) |
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| Title: |
L&N Train No. 10 |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville K-5 class 4-6-2 265 was pulling train No. 10 out of Canal Street Station in New Orleans. The 265 was a USRA design light Pacific, and was the second of eight K-5's built by Baldwin in 1923 (264-271). It was retired on 1 February 1954. The track on the right belonged to the Southern Pacific, while the Illinois Central box car in the background was on a New Orleans Public Belt siding at the Bienville Street Wharf. (approximate month and day) |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1948 Upload Date: 12/7/2016 8:12:28 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
William Harry photo |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
LN 265(4-6-2) |
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725 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
L&N Train No. 34 |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville K-5 class 4-6-2 265 was leading train No. 34 – the combined Piedmont Limited-Gulf Wind – out of Canal Street Station in New Orleans. The Piedmont Limited was bound for New York City via the L&N, West Point Route, Southern Railway, and the Pennsylvania; but between New Orleans and Flomaton, Alabama it included cars for the Gulf Wind. This latter train operated between Flomaton and Chattahochee, Florida as L&N No. 61 and on into Jacksonville as Seaboard Air Line No. 38. The train's third car was a Seaboard coach.No. 34 left New Orleans at 5:00 P.M. and arrived in New York's Pennsylvania Station – 1,357 miles away – at 6:25 on the second morning out, while the Gulf Wind arrived in Jacksonville – 612 miles – at 9:00 on the first morning. The curved track on the extreme right belonged to the New Orleans Public Belt, the next two tracks were owned by the Southern Pacific, and the track next to No. 34 was the L&N's southbound main line. The 265 was built by Baldwin in 1923 and retired on 1 February 1954. (approximate day of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1950 Upload Date: 10/21/2016 5:04:27 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
William Harry photo |
| Categories: |
Station,Steam,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
LN 265(4-6-2) |
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1053 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
L&N 4-6-2 269 |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville K-5 class 4-6-2 269 was facing north along the Mississippi River at the Bienville Street grade crossing in New Orleans. One the left was the Bienville Street Wharf while on the right was the railroad’s trainshed. The 269 had been built by Baldwin (56129) in January 1923 and was retired on 7 July 1953. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1947 Upload Date: 6/21/2020 1:07:50 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
LN 269(4-6-2) |
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523 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
L&N Train No. 10 |
| Description: |
In this photo taken from the shady side of the tracks, Louisville & Nashville 4-6-2 269 was powering northbound train No. 10 on the median of Elysian Fields Avenue at North Robertson Street in New Orleans. These tracks were removed in late 1954, after New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal was placed in full operation.(approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1950 Upload Date: 12/21/2019 6:25:42 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
RAYMOND C. STIEBER, SR. image, J.G. Lachaussee collection |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LN 269(4-6-2) |
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1624 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
L&N Train No. 34 |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville train No. 34, the combined Piedmont for New York and Gulf Wind for Jacksonville, had just gone through the curve from the Mississippi riverfront onto the median of Elysian Fields Avenue and was crossing Decatur Street. The Gulf Wind operated over the Seaboard Air Line west of Chattahochee, Florida and the third car is a Seaboard coach. No. 34 train was being pulled by K-5 class 4-6-2 269. It was one of 26 K-5 class USRA light Pacifics, and one of eight (264-271) built by Baldwin in 1923. It was retired on 7 July 1953. (approximate day of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1950 Upload Date: 10/21/2016 5:04:59 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
William Harry photo |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LN 269(4-6-2) |
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1283 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
L&N Pacific 269 |
| Description: |
Preceded by a flagman, Louisville & Nashville K-5 class Pacific 269 was rolling out of the railroad's trainshed and across Canal Street in New Orleans. The loco has just uncoupled from a southbound passenger train and was heading to the roundhouse at Julia Street Yard. The automobiles behind the flagman had just gotten off of a ferry boat from the west side of the Mississippi River, and the walkway above the loco provided pedestrian access to the ferry. The railroad closed Canal Street Station and the Julia Street roundhouse when its passenger trains moved to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal in April 1954. (approximate day of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1950 Upload Date: 10/21/2016 5:06:28 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
William Harry photo |
| Categories: |
Station,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
LN 269(4-6-2) |
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835 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
L&N Train No. 7 |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville K-5 Pacific 269 was pulling train No. 7 into New Orleans along Elysian Fields Avenue. The engine was crossing Royal Street, and the photo was taken from the crossing tower at Dauphine Street. The 269 was built by Baldwin in 1923, and was retired on 7 July 1953. Train number 7 was discontinued in September 1953. (approximate day of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1951 Upload Date: 2/17/2017 10:12:01 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
William Harry photo |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LN 269(4-6-2) |
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768 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
L&N Julia Street Yard |
| Description: |
This image shows the variety of motive power that could be found at the Louisville & Nashville's Julia Street Yard during the transition from steam to diesel. Pictured here were K-4 Pacific 269 (Baldwin 1923) with commuter train No. 12, J-3 Mikado 1591 (Alco 1923), E7A 792 (EMD 1949), and Alco S1 57 (Alco 1949). The yard was about three blocks south of the railroad’s Canal Street Station, and packed into an area of about four square blocks were a freight yard, coach yard, enginehouse, turntable, freight houses and warehouses. The coach yard was on the extreme right of this photo. (approximate month and day) |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1951 Upload Date: 12/7/2016 8:20:47 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
William Harry photo |
| Categories: |
Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
LN 269(4-6-2) LN 792(E7A) |
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916 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
L&N Train No. 34 |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville train No. 34, the northbound PIEDMONT, was on its way out of New Orleans, running along the median of Elysian Fields Avenue at North Rampart Street. The train was powered by K-5 class Pacific 271, which had been built by Baldwin in 1923 (56131) and was retired on 31 March 1953. |
| Photo Date: |
7/23/1948 Upload Date: 8/13/2020 6:20:24 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LN 271(4-6-2) |
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430 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
L&N 4-6-2 271 |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville K-5 class 4-6-2 271 was running Iight in the 400-block of Elysian Fields Avenue, on its way from GENTILLY YARD to JULIA STREET YARD. The 271 was passing two New Orleans landmarks. On the right was the former Claiborne Power Station, which had been built in 1896 and was closed in 1922; while just behind the tender, at the corner of Decatur Street, was the home of Dickey’s Potato Chips – a long-time New Orleans institution. Notice the Automatic Train Stop equipment box on the 271’s boiler between the sand and steam domes. ATS was needed for operation between Gentilly and Mobile. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1952 Upload Date: 6/15/2020 5:28:36 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LN 271(4-6-2) |
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545 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP (T&NO) 4-6-2 607 |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific (Texas & New Orleans) P-5 class 4-6-2 607 had been built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in June 1912 as the 609 and was renumbered in 1923. The locomotive was parked at the railroad’s ALGIERS SHOPS, across the Mississippi River from New Orleans, and would never run again. It was sold for scrap here eight months later, on 3 June 1952. |
| Photo Date: |
10/3/1951 Upload Date: 7/10/2020 10:39:00 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
SP 607(4-6-2) TNO 607(4-6-2) |
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654 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP (T&NO) 4-6-2 609 |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific (Texas & New Orleans) P-5 class 4-6-2 609 was parked at the railroad’s ALGIERS SHOPS, across the Mississippi River from New Orleans, along with the 607. Neither of them would ever run again. The 609 had been built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works (37984) in June 1912 as the 909 and was renumbered in 1923. It was sold for scrap at Houston on its 40th birthday eight months after this photo, on 3 June 1952. |
| Photo Date: |
10/3/1951 Upload Date: 7/10/2020 10:43:05 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
SP 609(4-6-2) TNO 609(4-6-2) |
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279 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP (T&NO) 4-6-2 628 |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific (Texas & New Orleans) P-9 class 4-6-2 628 was backing across Magnolia Street and into Union Station in New Orleans for the 8:25 A.M. departure of train No. 7, the westbound ALAMO. No. 7 was the all-day local to Houston and was discontinued in December 1952, while the 628 was scrapped at Houston in December 1953. |
| Photo Date: |
4/14/1951 Upload Date: 5/18/2020 3:45:29 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
SP 628(4-6-2) TNO 628(4-6-2) |
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763 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP Train No. 7 |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific P-9 class Pacific 629 was hurrying out of New Orleans with train No. 7 – the westbound ALAMO – in April 1951. Despite its grand name, by this time the train was an all-stops local which left the Crescent City at 8:25 A.M. and arrived in Houston at 7:00 P.M. Between 1902 and 1954 SP trains used the Illinois Central’s UNION STATION, and No. 7 was seen here running over the IC near Southport Junction, on its way to the Huey P. Long Bridge. This train included three express cars, a Railway Post Office and three coaches. The ALAMO was discontinued in December 1952, and the 629 was scrapped in January 1954. (approximate day of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1951 Upload Date: 8/24/2016 4:47:42 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
William Harry photo |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 629(4-6-2) |
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1472 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
T&P Train No. 27 |
| Description: |
Texas & Pacific P-1r class 4-6-2 700 was on westbound train No. 27 – the LOUISIANA DAYLIGHT – as it left New Orleans. The train was operating over the New Orleans Public Belt behind Audubon Park, with the Mississippi River levee on the right. The locomotive had been built by Baldwin (51574) in April 1919 as P-1 class 600 but was quickly renumbered 700. In March 1940 it was upgraded with a nickel-steel boiler, roller bearings and other improvements, and reclassed P-1r. It pulled the last steam-powered T&P passenger train on 9 November 1951, was retired in February 1953, sold to the Louisiana Eastern in October 1953 and scrapped at Shiloh, Louisiana in November 1962. |
| Photo Date: |
4/27/1951 Upload Date: 7/7/2020 10:03:48 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
TP 700(4-6-2) |
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722 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
T&P Train No. 27 |
| Description: |
Texas & Pacific P-1r class 4-6-2 700 was on westbound train No. 27 – the LOUISIANA DAYLIGHT – as it left New Orleans. The train was running along the Mississippi River on the New Orleans Public Belt, having just passed the Walnut Street grade crossing. The locomotive had been built by Baldwin (51574) in April 1919 as P-1 class 600 but was quickly renumbered 700. In March 1940 it was upgraded with a nickel-steel boiler, roller bearings and other improvements, and reclassed P-1r. It pulled the last steam-powered T&P passenger train on 9 November 1951, was retired in February 1953, sold to the Louisiana Eastern in October 1953 and scrapped at Shiloh, Louisiana in November 1962. |
| Photo Date: |
5/14/1951 Upload Date: 7/7/2020 10:06:54 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
TP 700(4-6-2) |
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444 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
T&P 4-6-2 704 |
| Description: |
Texas & Pacific P-1-r class Pacific 704 was outside the Texas Pacific-Missouri Pacific Terminal Railroad of New Orleans' engine house at RACE STREET YARD. The loco had been built by Baldwin (51666) in April 1919 as T&P 604 and then almost immediately renumbered 704. It was modernized with Boxpok main drivers, roller bearings, a larger tender and other improvements in April 1944, and received running board skirts in July 1949. Half of the T&P's 22 Pacifics received blue-and-gray EAGLE paint jobs; but only two, the 704 and 706, were fitted with skirts. The engine was retired in March 1952, the engine house was razed around 1967 and Race Street Yard was removed in 1984. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/1950 Upload Date: 5/28/2020 5:20:05 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
J. PARKER LAMB photo |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
TP 704(4-6-2) |
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574 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
T&P 4-6-2 704 |
| Description: |
Texas & Pacific P-1r class 4-6-2 704 was on a train at the railroad’s station in New Orleans. The locomotive had been built by Baldwin (51666) in April 1919 as P-1 class 604 but was quickly renumbered 704. It was upgraded with roller bearings and other improvements in August 1944 as a P-1r class, and it was retired in March 1952. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1950 Upload Date: 7/18/2020 10:08:34 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
TP 704(4-6-2) |
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213 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
T&P Train No. 22 |
| Description: |
Texas & Pacific P-1r class 4-6-2 704 was backing into the New Orleans station with train No. 22, the LOUISIANA EAGLE, having just completed its overnight journey from Fort Worth. The locomotive had been built by Baldwin (51666) in April 1919 as P-1 class 604 but was quickly renumbered 704. In August 1944 it was upgraded with roller bearings and other improvements, and reclassed P-1r, and was retired in March 1952. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1951 Upload Date: 7/7/2020 2:51:21 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
TP 704(4-6-2) |
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376 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
T&P 4-6-2 704 |
| Description: |
Texas & Pacific P-1r class 4-6-2 704 was at the Texas Pacific-Missouri Pacific Terminal Railroad of New Orleans’ RACE STREET YARD. The locomotive had been built by Baldwin (51666) in April 1919 as P-1 class 604 but was quickly renumbered 704. It was upgraded with roller bearings and other improvements in August 1944 as a P-1r class, and it was retired in March 1952, about a year after this photo. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1951 Upload Date: 7/18/2020 10:05:57 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
TP 704(4-6-2) |
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167 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
T&P Train No. 27 |
| Description: |
Texas & Pacific train 27, the westbound LOUISIANA DAYLIGHT, was beginning its all-day journey to Fort Worth as it pulled out of the TP-MP Terminal station on Annunciation Street in New Orleans. The locomotive was modernized Pacific 706, built by Baldwin in 1919 as the 606, renumbered in 1925, upgraded with roller bearings in 1945 and retired in February 1953. (correct month, approximate day) |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1951 Upload Date: 3/29/2020 10:45:03 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
William T. Harry photo, J.G. Lachaussee collection |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
TP 706(4-6-2) |
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842 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
T&P Train No. 27 |
| Description: |
Texas & Pacific modernized Pacific 706 was rolling west over the New Orleans Public Belt, near the intersection of St. Charles and South Carrollton avenues, with train 27, the LOUISIANA DAYLIGHT. The 7-car train was made up of an express reefer, two baggage cars, a baggage-RPO car, two coaches and a diner-lounge. The two tracks in the foreground belonged to the Illinois Central, while the Mississippi River levee was on the other side of the train. (correct month, approximate day) |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1951 Upload Date: 12/21/2019 6:13:52 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
TP 706(4-6-2) |
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1821 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
T&P 4-6-2 706 |
| Description: |
Texas & Pacific 4-6-2 706 was at the Texas Pacific-Missouri Pacific Terminal Railroad of New Orleans’ RACE STREET YARD. The loco had been built by Baldwin (51745) in April 1919 as the 606, but was quickly renumbered 706, and it had been modernized by the railroad in December 1945 with a complete set of disc drivers and other improvements. It was retired in February 1953. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
9/1/1951 Upload Date: 5/31/2020 12:52:12 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
TP 706(4-6-2) |
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314 Comments: 0 |
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