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Lone Star GE |
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This 45-ton General Electric loco was built unddr serial number 32121 in December 1953. It had spent its entire life working for Lone Star at a cement plant along the Industrial Canal in New Orleans. |
| Photo Date: |
12/26/1978 Upload Date: 5/8/2017 12:54:29 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
TODD MINSK photo |
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Roster |
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LONE STAR(45Tonner) |
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604 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Willamette Industries GE |
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This un-numbered General Electric loco belonged to Willamette Industries at Taylor, Louisiana - just west of Gibsland on the Illinois Central Gulf. The unit was built in December 1941 as Louisiana Southern No. 501, and even though this was a 45-ton design the railroad specified that it only weigh 44 tons to insure that it could be operated by just one man. It was subsequently owned by the Pacolet Manufacturing Co. in Pacolet, South Carolina and by Johnson Railway Supply in Georgia before move back to Louisiana. |
| Photo Date: |
10/7/1981 Upload Date: 7/7/2017 9:36:11 PM |
| Location: |
Taylor, LA |
| Author: |
TODD MINSK photo |
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Roster |
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WILL 0(45Tonner) |
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828 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SCC no number GE |
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South Coast Corporation's unnumbered 45-ton General Electric loco was parked at the closed sugar refinery along the SP at Mathews, Louisiana. The loco was GE serial number 18041 and had been built in January 1944 as U.S. Amy 8533 for service in Iran. It was subsequently used at England Air Force Base in Alexandria, Louisiana and ended its career at Mathews. |
| Photo Date: |
8/30/1991 Upload Date: 8/17/2018 5:12:20 PM |
| Location: |
Mathews, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Roster |
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SCC NONO(45Tonner) |
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402 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ITCO 2 |
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Intracoastal Terninal Co. 45-ton GE No. 2 was working along the Intracoastal Waterway (Harvey Canal) in Harvey, Louisiana -- across the Mississippi River from New Orleans. The locomotive was General Ebectric serial No. 15294, built in December 1941 as Weldon Springs Ordnance Works No. 1 near St. Louis. It was subsequently renumbered U.S. Army 7325 and then U.S. Air Force 7325. Last used by the USAF at Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City, Louisiana; it became Avondale Shipyard No. 3 before moving to ITCO. |
| Photo Date: |
12/27/1978 Upload Date: 3/1/2010 6:15:30 PM |
| Location: |
Harvey, LA |
| Author: |
Todd Minsk |
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Roster |
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ITCO 2(45Tonner) |
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1117 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Bayou Railcar 2 |
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Bayou Railcar/Services was located in Holden, Louisiana along the Illinois Central line between Hammond and Baton Rouge. Their 45-ton GE number 2 was General Electric serial number 15294, built i December 1941 as Weldon Springs Ordnance Depot number 1. This plant was about 25 miles west of St. Louis. The loco was subsequently United States Army 7325, then Avondale Shipyard 3 at Avondale,)Louisiana; then Intracoastal Tubular 2 at Harvey, Louisiana and then Bayou Railcar 2. |
| Photo Date: |
5/16/1993 Upload Date: 7/20/2019 12:57:04 PM |
| Location: |
Holden, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL photo |
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Roster |
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BAYOU 2(45Tonner) |
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509 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SLG&W DS3 |
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GE serial number 27597, bult in May 1944 as U.S. Army Transportation Corps 8519; sold to Salt Lake, Garfield & Western in August 1972. |
| Photo Date: |
8/11/1975 Upload Date: 7/13/2009 11:23:19 AM |
| Location: |
Salt Lake City, UT |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Roster |
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SLGW DS3(45Tonner) |
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925 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Louisiana Southern 501 |
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Louisiana Southern 501 was a 44-ton locomotive built by General Electric in December 1941. Most GE locomotives of this design weighed 45 tons, but the railroad specified that the 501 only weigh 44 tons to insure that it could be operated without a fireman. It cost $24,150, was eventually sold to the Pacolet Manufacturing Co. at Pacolet, SC and later went to Willamette Industries at Taylor, LA. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1947 Upload Date: 2/9/2017 2:40:56 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
unknown |
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Roster |
| Locomotives: |
LSO 501(45Tonner) |
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759 Comments: 2 |
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