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SBD Y104 (9) |
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This was a view from the cab of Southern Pacific SD45R 7409 on Seaboard System job Y104 as it headed west on the Norfolk Southern's OUTER BELT at Shrewsbury Junction (milepost 0.5). Straight ahead one-half mile was the connection with the Illinois Central Gulf at EAST BRIDGE JUNCTION, and a connection with the New Orleans Public Belt near the east end of the HUEY P. LONG BRIDGE. On the right up ahead were the NS-ICG interchange tracks, and the crossing was the former Kansas City Southern main line, which ended a short distance to the right after the KCS got trackage rights over the ICG into to New Orleans the previous year. The rusty track on the right was the unused connection between the KCS and the NS, and the two tracks on the extreme right had been the KCS-NS interchange tracks. |
| Photo Date: |
4/14/1986 Upload Date: 6/2/2018 12:51:39 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JERRY LACHAUSSEE photo |
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Track |
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| Title: |
ICG GP38-2 9629 |
| Description: |
Illinois Central Gulf GP38-2 9629, the EDWARD T. JEFFERY, was sticking out of the shed at the former Gulf, Mobile & Ohio PORTER SHOPS in Mobile. |
| Photo Date: |
6/29/1975 Upload Date: 6/2/2018 5:59:07 PM |
| Location: |
Mobile, AL |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Roster |
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ICG 9629(GP38-2) |
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| Title: |
Deckbar Avenue Overpass |
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This view was facing west from the Deckbar Avenue overpass in suburban New Orleans, just west of SOUTHPORT JUNCTION. The two tracks on the extreme left belonged to the New Orleans Public Belt, and were built in the early 1930's as a part of the HUEY P. LONG BRIDGE project. The Missouri Pacific train in the distance was waiting to get through EAST BRIDGE JUNCTION and on to the Bridge. The single track on the left belonged to the Illinois Central Gulf. A track was first built on this alignment around 1880 by the New Orleans & Mississippi Valley, a predecessor of the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley, and for many years this had been used by the IC as its inbound main line into New Orleans. It has been inentified as the A2 track. Next was the ICG LONG CROSSOVER, used by trains moving to and from the ICG's line along the Mississippi River in New Orleans. And finally, the track on the left was the ICG's main line out of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. A track was first built on this right-of-way by the New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern around 1853. The switch on the main line across from the LONG CROSSOVER served a 2-track yard associated with the warehouse on the right. Between 1954 and 1969 the inbound and outbound tracks were used by IC, MP, SP and T&P passenger trains, but in 1969 the few trains began using the former outbound track in both directions. |
| Photo Date: |
2/19/1983 Upload Date: 6/2/2018 6:13:15 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Scenic,Track |
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