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IC Train No. 25 |
| Description: |
At around 10 a.m. Illinois Central mail-and-express train No. 25 – the SOUTHERN EXPRESS – was pulling up to the station at Hammond Louisiana behind 4-8-2 2431. Despite its name, No. 25 was anything but an express, taking 23 hours and 10 minutes to cover the 921 miles between Chicago and New Orleans. Visible above the train’s last cars was the Hammond coal tower, from which Coal Shoot (sic) Road got its name. The wooden caboose on the right was the 9231. |
| Photo Date: |
5/18/1951 Upload Date: 1/21/2020 8:41:40 PM |
| Location: |
Hammond, LA |
| Author: |
William T. Harry photo, J.G. Lachaussee collection |
| Categories: |
Station,Steam,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
IC 2431(4-8-2) |
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| Title: |
SP Train No. 5 |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific train No. 5, the westbound ARGONAUT, was making it early afternoon station stop at Lake Charles, Louisiana. No. 5 was powered by PA1 207 and another Alco; and if the train was on tine, the time would have been around 2:30. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1951 Upload Date: 1/21/2020 8:46:40 PM |
| Location: |
Lake Charles, LA |
| Author: |
William T. Harry photo, J.G. Lachaussee collection |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
SP 207(PA1) TNO 207(PA1) |
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1098 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
L&N Station |
| Description: |
For about 90 years the residents of Rabbit Island, Louisiana - 30 miles east of downtown New Orleans - had their own stop along the Louisville & Nashville Railroad. It was named RIGOLETS, after the nearby pass connecting Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Borgne. The structure shown here was built after the previous building burned in 1934, and it remained in use until August 1962. During its final years the only service here were commuter trains 9 and 12, which ran between New Orleans and Pass Christian, Mississippi. After this building closed, trains 9 and 12 continued to stop here until they made their last runs on 6 May 1964. |
| Photo Date: |
11/12/1959 Upload Date: 1/21/2020 8:56:19 PM |
| Location: |
Rigolets, LA |
| Author: |
J.G. LACHAUSSEE |
| Categories: |
Station |
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| Title: |
Southern 2-8-0 6903 |
| Description: |
Out-of-service Southern Railway System (New Orleans & Northeastern) Ks class Consolidation 6903 was parked near the railroad’s SCOTT STREET ROUNDHOUSE in New Orleans, three months before it was officially retired. The locomotive had been built by Baldwin (31724) in 1907 as Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific 723, was renumbered Southern Railway System 6203 in 1917 and was “sold” to the NO&NE as the 6903 in 1923. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1950 Upload Date: 1/21/2020 8:58:51 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
William T. Harry photo, J.G. Lachaussee collection |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6903(2-8-0) |
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693 Comments: 0 |
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