| 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) |
| Date:
6/1/1954 |
Location:
New Orleans, LA Map  |
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529 |
Collection Of:
 
Michael Palmieri |
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Author: J. PARKER LAMB photo
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| Picture Categories: Roster |
This picture is part of album: J. PARKER LAMB |