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Title:
L&N 4-6-2 152
Description:
On New Years Day 1952 Louisville & Nashville K-2A Pacific 152 was parked on the median of Elysian Fields Avenue, next to the French Quarter, where it was providing steam for occupied Pullman cars. Back in the days before New Orleans had an abundance of hotel rooms, sleeping cars were regularly used to accommodate visitors who were here for major events such as the Sugar Bowl and Mardi Gras.By this time in its career, the 152 was usually assigned to the Pensacola Division, and it had been towed in from Mobile because it did not have Automatic Train Stop equipment for use on the line into New Orleans. The locomotive was built by Rogers in 1905 and was the L&N's third Pacific. It was donated to the Kentucky Railway Museum in 1957 and is the only preserved L&N Pacific.
Photo Date:
1/1/1952
Upload Date:
8/14/2016 4:03:54 PM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
William Harry photo
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
LN 152(4-6-2)
Views:
2299
Comments:
0
Title:
L&N 4-6-2 245
Description:
Louisville & Nashville locomotive 245 was about to cross Poydras Street as it rolled along the Mississippi River in New Orleans. The train was on its way from the L&N station at the foot of Canal Street, where the passengers got off, to Julia Street Yard, where the train would be turned and serviced. The 245 was the last of six K-5 class light Pacifics (240-245) assigned to the L&N by the United States Railroad Administration during the First World War. It had been built by the American Locomotive Co.’s Richmond Works in 1919 and was retired on 22 June 1954.
Photo Date:
6/5/1947
Upload Date:
10/26/2021 5:32:47 PM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection
Categories:
Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
LN 245(4-6-2)
Views:
768
Comments:
0
Title:
L&N 4-6-2 245
Description:
Here was a view of Poydras Street from the Louisville & Nashville tracks along the Mississippi River in New Orleans. Locomotive 245 was on its way from the L&N station at the foot of Canal Street, where the passengers got off, to Julia Street Yard, where the train would be turned and serviced. The Pacific Fruit Express refrigerator car peeking out on the left was on a Southern Pacific track.
Photo Date:
6/5/1947
Upload Date:
10/26/2021 5:33:18 PM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection
Categories:
Scenic
Locomotives:
LN 245(4-6-2)
Views:
578
Comments:
0
Title:
L&N Train No. 10
Description:
Coming out of the afternoon sun, Louisville & Nashville 4-6-2 245 powers train No. 10 across the Southern Railway main line at NO&NE Tower (milepost 802.7). Just a few years after this photo was taken, NO&NE Tower was replaced with a new brick structure named N.E. Tower. At about the same time, train No. 10 was discontinued. The 245 was the last of six K-5 class light Pacifics (240-245) assigned to the L&N by the United States Railroad Administration during the First World War. It was built by Alco-Richmond in 1919 and retired on 22 June 1954. (approximate day of photo)
Photo Date:
10/1/1950
Upload Date:
8/22/2016 9:46:30 PM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
William Harry photo
Categories:
Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
LN 245(4-6-2)
Views:
1321
Comments:
0
Title:
L&N Train No. 7
Description:
Louisville & Nashville local Number 7 has just passed through Gentilly Yard (milepost 800.4) and crossed the Industrial Canal drawbridge (milepost 801.4). The train was scheduled into New Orleans at 3:45 P.M., after a 12-hour trip from Montgomery, Alabama. It was established in 1946 and discontinued in September 1953. The switch in the foreground was the connection with the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio, at the north end of the GM&O's Canal Yard.The train was powered by K-5 class 4-6-2 245. This was one of six light Pacifics (240-245) assigned to the L&N by the United States Railroad Administration during the First World War. These were built by Alco-Richmond in 1919, after the end of the War. After the USRA was abolished, the railroad got 20 more K-5's: Baldwin built eight (264-271) in 1923 and Alco-Brooks constructed 12 (272-283) in 1924. The 245 was retired on 22 June 1954. (approximate date of photo)
Photo Date:
5/1/1951
Upload Date:
8/22/2016 9:47:30 PM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
William Harry photo
Categories:
RollingStock,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
LN 245(4-6-2)
Views:
1308
Comments:
0
Title:
L&N Train No. 10
Description:
Louisville & Nashville K-5 class Pacific 273 was accelerating northbound train No. 10 out of the railroad's Canal Street Station in New Orleans. The train consisted of two mail-and-express cars, a railway post office car, two more mail-and-express cars, and three coaches. No. 10 left New Orleans daily – except Saturday and Sunday – at 3:30 PM and arrived in Mobile at 8:20 PM. On Sunday it left at 5:15 PM, and on Saturday it ran as No. 14 and left at 2:00 PM. The 273 was built by Brooks in 1924, and was retired on 24 May 1951, shortly after this photo was taken. The three tracks in the foreground belonged to the New Orleans Public Belt, and an NOPB Baldwin diesel can be seen down near the L&N train shed. (approximate day of photo)
Photo Date:
3/1/1951
Upload Date:
6/20/2017 9:13:28 PM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
WILLIAM HARRY photo
Categories:
Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
LN 273(4-6-2)
Views:
739
Comments:
0
Title:
L&N Pacific 280
Description:
Louisville & Nashville K-5 Pacific 280 was pulling out of the railroad’s Canal Street Station in New Orleans with a short northbound train at. The train was noteworthy because it had a combine in front of its baggage car. The 280 was a USRA design light 4-6-2 and was one of a dozen K-5's (272-283) built by Alco-Brooks in 1924. It was one of the last Pacifics built for the L&N and one of the last to be retired, on 23 April 1954. (approximate date of photo)
Photo Date:
3/1/1951
Upload Date:
2/7/2019 5:25:30 PM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
WILLIAM HARRY photo
Categories:
Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
LN 280(4-6-2)
Views:
649
Comments:
0
Title:
L&N Train No. 34
Description:
Louisville & Nashville 4-6-2 280 was awaiting the departure of train No. 34 – the combined
Piedmont Limited-Gulf Wind
– from Canal Street Station in New Orleans at 5:00 PM. 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 Jacksonville via the
Gulf Wind
. Today's train was unusual because it had a combine ahead of its baggage car, probably a dead-head move. The 280 was a USRA design light 4-6-2 and was one a dozen K-5's (272-283) built by Alco-Brooks in 1924. It was one of the last Pacifics built for the L&N and one of the last to be retired, on 23 April 1954. (approximate day of photo)
Photo Date:
3/1/1951
Upload Date:
6/20/2017 9:56:20 PM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
WILLIAM HARRY photo
Categories:
Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
LN 280(4-6-2)
Views:
1152
Comments:
0
Title:
L&N Train No. 7
Description:
In 1951-52 the Louisville & Nashville constructed a shoo-fly at Franklin Avenue in New Orleans, about midway between NO&NE Tower (milepost 802.7) and N.O.T. Tower (milepost 803.7), so that an underpass could be built there. Southbound local No. 7 had just crossed the main line of the Southern Railway at NO&NE Tower, which can be seen in the left background, and was at the north end of the temporary trackage, passing a temporary approach signal for the New Orleans Terminal Co. crossing at N.O.T. Tower. This train was powered by K-5 class Pacific 280, built by Alco’s Brooks Works in 1924; and included a sleeping car on the rear, an unusual occurrence. New FP7 diesels officially replaced steam power on No. 7, as well as 9, 10 and 12, on 27 July 1951, the underpass was dedicated on 16 April 1952, No. 7 was discontinued in 1953 and the 280 was retired on 23 April 1954. (approximate day of photo)
Photo Date:
5/1/1951
Upload Date:
6/3/2020 11:03:33 AM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection
Categories:
Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
LN 280(4-6-2)
Views:
849
Comments:
0
Title:
L&N Train No. 7
Description:
Louisville & Nashville K-5 class Pacific 282 was leading Number 7 along the Mississippi River at New Orleans, just a block away from the train's destination at the Canal Street Station. The tracks on the left of the train belonged to the Southern Pacific, while most of those on the other side were owned by the New Orleans Public Belt. The grade crossing under the fourth car was Conti Street and the transit shed in the center of the image was on the Bienville Street Wharf. The tall buildings in the left background, including the new construction, were the Jax Brewery. (approximate month and day)
Photo Date:
6/1/1948
Upload Date:
6/20/2017 9:27:39 PM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
WILLIAM HARRY photo
Categories:
Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
LN 282(4-6-2)
Views:
1331
Comments:
0
Title:
SP (T&NO) 4-6-2 615
Description:
Southern Pacific (Texas & New Orleans) P-6 class 4-6-2 615 was smoking it up as it backed into Union Station in New Orleans for the 8:25 A.M. departure of train No. 7, the westbound
ALAMO
. No. 7 was discontinued in December 1952, while the 615 was sold for scrap at Houston in January 1953. (approximate date of photo)
Photo Date:
10/1/1950
Upload Date:
5/20/2020 4:52:44 PM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection
Categories:
Scenic
Locomotives:
SP 615(4-6-2)
TNO 615(4-6-2)
Views:
779
Comments:
0
Title:
SP (T&NO) Train No. 12
Description:
Southern Pacific (Texas & New Orleans) train No. 12 – the
NEW ORLEANS LIMITED
– was boarding the carfloat
MASTODON
at Avondale, Louisiana for a ride across the Mississippi River and a connection with the Illinois Central. The train was about 12 miles from its destination at Union Station in New Orleans. No. 12 was an overnight train from Houston and included sleeping cars from Minneapolis (via Rock Island’s
MID-CONTINENT SPECIAL
), Houston and Lake Charles. This was one of 12 passenger trains which crossed the river here each day, but the ferry was discontinued in December 1935, when the Huey P. Long Bridge opened. The locomotive was P-6 class 4-6-2 built by Alco-Brooks in 1913 as the 926; it was renumbered 616 in 1923 and was sold for scrap at Houston in 1953. (date unknown)
Photo Date:
1/1/1925
Upload Date:
1/7/2022 7:15:24 PM
Location:
Avondale, LA
Author:
unknown
Categories:
Action
Locomotives:
SP 616(4-6-2)
TNO 616(4-6-2)
Views:
467
Comments:
0
Title:
T&P 4-6-2 712
Description:
Texas & Pacific 4-6-2 712 was at the Texas Pacific-Missouri Pacific Terminal Railroad of New Orleans’
RACE STREET YARD
. The loco had been built by Alco’s Brooks Works (61291) in December 1919, was modernized in October 1940 and was retired in February 1953. On the next track was TPMPT Alco S1 number 3, built in November 1940. It was renumbered 6602 in 1963, retired in November 1966 and sold to the Washington & Western in Clifton, Louisiana the following month. The W&W sold it to the Railway Equipment Leasing Co. for parts January 1981. (approximate date of photo)
Photo Date:
4/1/1951
Upload Date:
5/24/2020 1:22:22 PM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
TP 712(4-6-2)
Views:
613
Comments:
0
Title:
T&P 4-6-2 712
Description:
Texas & Pacific P-1-b-r class 4-6-2 712 was being serviced at the Texas Pacific-Missouri Pacific Terminal Railroad of New Orleans’
RACE STREET YARD
. The loco had been built by Baldwin (61291) in December 1919, and was modernized in October 1940. Some evidence of the upgrading was a complete set of disc drivers, a slanted cab front, an extended turret and a big tender from a retired 2-10-2; but the improvements also included roller bearings on the driver axles, lightweight side rods, multiple-bearing crossheads and a valve pilot. It was retired in February 1953. (approximate date of photo)
Photo Date:
4/1/1951
Upload Date:
5/24/2020 12:52:30 PM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
TP 712(4-6-2)
Views:
566
Comments:
0
Title:
T&P Train No. 22
Description:
Just before 7AM Texas & Pacific 4-6-2 712 was leading train 22 - the eastbound
LOUISIANA EAGLE
- over the New Orleans Public Belt near Jackson Avenue in New Orleans, as the train neared the end of its overnight trip from Fort Worth. The 712 had been built by Alco's Brooks Works in 1919 as a class P-1-a loco, and was upgraded with roller bearings, a larger tender and other improvements into a class P-1ar in 1936. The track on this side of the train was the NOPB switching lead, and next to it was a wharf track which served transit sheds along the Mississippi River. On the other side of the train were the NOPB's westbound main and two Illinois Central tracks, along with Tchoupitoulas Street. (approximate month and day)
Photo Date:
6/1/1951
Upload Date:
10/21/2016 5:07:39 PM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
William Harry photo
Categories:
Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
TP 712(4-6-2)
Views:
1717
Comments:
0
Title:
S&A 4-6-2 750
Description:
Former Savannah & Atlanta 4-6-2 750 was crossing 25th Avenue (U.S. Highway 49) as it pulled out of Gulfport, Mississippi on the Louisville & Nashville with an excursion train returning to Mobile.
Photo Date:
5/24/1975
Upload Date:
5/24/2023 5:23:24 PM
Location:
Gulfport, MS
Author:
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. image
Categories:
Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
SA 750(4-6-2)
Views:
576
Comments:
0
Title:
S&A 750
Description:
An Oldsmobile
CUSTOM CRUISER
was heading west on 16th Street in Gulfport, Mississippi while former Savannah & Atlanta 4-6-2 750 was switching its excursion train on the Louisville & Nashville. The special train ran from Mobile to Gulfport and back.
Photo Date:
5/24/1975
Upload Date:
1/28/2023 3:15:48 PM
Location:
Pascagoula, MS
Author:
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. image
Categories:
Steam,Action
Locomotives:
SA 750(4-6-2)
Views:
440
Comments:
0
Title:
S&A 4-6-2 750
Description:
Former Savannah & Atlanta 4-6-2 750 was leaving Gulfport, Mississippi on the Louisville & Nashville with an excursion train returning to Mobile.
Photo Date:
5/24/1975
Upload Date:
5/24/2023 5:24:03 PM
Location:
Gulfport, MS
Author:
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. image
Categories:
Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
SA 750(4-6-2)
Views:
476
Comments:
0
Title:
SOU 1056 and S&A 750
Description:
Former Savannah & Atlanta 4-6-2 750 was turning Southern observation car 1056
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN
on the Louisville & Nashville-Illinois Central Gulf wye at Gulfport, Mississippi. The equipment was on an excursion train from Mobile to Gulfport and back.
Photo Date:
5/24/1975
Upload Date:
1/28/2023 3:16:22 PM
Location:
Pascagoula, MS
Author:
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. image
Categories:
Steam,Action
Locomotives:
SA 750(4-6-2)
Views:
600
Comments:
0
Title:
Deep South Steam Excursion
Description:
A
DEEP SOUTH STEAM EXCURSION
train en route from New Orleans to Hattiesburg was being turned on the unloading loop at the South Mississippi Electric Power Association’s plant at Richburg, Mississippi, about five miles from the train’s destination. The train consisted of former Savannah & Atlanta 4-6-2 750 with water car WT-52, Southern Railway FP7’s 6138 and 6147, former New Yok Central sleeper lounge
LAUREL STREAM
, former Central of Georgia combine 726, lightweight Southern coaches 844, 841, 842, 843 and 845, and heavyweight cars 1070, 4061, 1067, 3659, 1068, 1087, 1086,1081 and 1056. After the train was back on the main line, GP38-2 5033 pulled it backwards into Hattiesburg. This photo as taken from car 3659.
Photo Date:
11/20/1983
Upload Date:
9/5/2018 4:23:16 PM
Location:
Richburg, MS
Author:
Michael Palmieri
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
SA 750(4-6-2)
Views:
664
Comments:
0
Title:
S&A Pacific 750
Description:
Former Savannah & Atlanta Pacific 750 was ringing its bell on a Southern Railway
DEEP SOUTH STEAM EXCURSION
at Hattiesburg, Mississippi. These trips were usually handled by Mikado 4501, but that loco was out of service, so the 750 was being used with water tender W.T. 52 and FP7's 6138 and 6147. The train was preparing to return to New Orleans.
Photo Date:
11/20/1983
Upload Date:
1/9/2018 6:02:36 PM
Location:
Hattiesburg, MS
Author:
Michael Palmieri
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SA 750(4-6-2)
Views:
1107
Comments:
1
Title:
Deep South Steam Excursion
Description:
This
DEEP SOUTH STEAM EXCURSION
train was waiting to leave the Southern Railway station in Hattiesburg for its trip back to New Orleans. The train consisted of former Savannah & Atlanta 4-6-2 750 with water car WT-52, Southern Railway FP7’s 6138 and 6147, and 16 cars: former New Yok Central sleeper lounge LAUREL STREAM, former Central of Georgia combine 726, lightweight Southern coaches 844, 841, 842, 843 and 845, and heavyweight cars 1070, 4061, 1067, 3659, 1068, 1087, 1086,1081 and 1056.
Photo Date:
11/20/1983
Upload Date:
9/6/2018 5:43:22 PM
Location:
Hattiesburg, MS
Author:
Michael Palmieri
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SA 750(4-6-2)
SOU 6138(FP7A)
Views:
1342
Comments:
0
Title:
MP 4-6-2 1153
Description:
With bell ringing, the Missouri Pacific’s westbound ORLEANEAN was pulling out of the Illinois Central’s UNION STATION in New Orleans to begin its all-day trip to Houston. This train and its overnight counterpart, the HOUSTONIAN, operated over the Illinois Central for the 90 miles between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, where they crossed the Mississippi River. An IC express car was right behind the locomotive and would be set out at Baton Rouge, while the last car was a Pullman bound for Oakland, California via the Santa Fe. The 1153 was one of five Pacifies (1151-1155) built for MP subsidiary International-Great Northern in 1926 and transferred to the St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico in 1947. All were scrapped by 1954, the same year Union Station was replaced by the new New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. (approximate month and day)
Photo Date:
6/1/1950
Upload Date:
8/15/2016 6:16:57 PM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
William Harry photo
Categories:
Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
MP 1153(4-6-2)
Views:
1329
Comments:
0
Title:
MP No. 10/IC No. 35
Description:
Missouri Pacific’s HOUSTONIAN, the overnight train between Houston and New Orleans, was arriving at Union Station in New Orleans behind Illinois Central 4-6-2 1194. The MP’s New Orleans-Houston trains operated over the Illinois Central (Yazoo & Mississippi Valley) between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Along here, these trains carried IC as well as MP numbers, so this was IC No. 35 and MP No. 10; and in the steam era they were usually powered by IC locomotives. This train consisted of a baggage car, a baggage-RPO, two coaches, a café-lounge and an 8-section / 5-double-bedroom sleeper. IC 1194 had been built by Alco’s Schenectady Works in October 1920 and it was scrapped in 1953. (approximate date of photo)
Photo Date:
10/1/1950
Upload Date:
4/25/2020 5:44:03 PM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
William T. Harry photo, J.G. Lachaussee collection
Categories:
Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
IC 1194(4-6-2)
Views:
615
Comments:
0
Title:
Southern Ps-4 1401
Description:
Smithsonian Museum
Photo Date:
9/18/1978
Upload Date:
2/22/2015 12:00:01 PM
Location:
Washington, DC
Author:
Andrea Oliver
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SOU 1401(4-6-2)
Views:
646
Comments:
0
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