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| Title: |
CN-IC Transfer Run |
| Description: |
Norfolk Southern C40-9W 9340, SD60 6568 and Canadian National GP9RM 4013 were on a combined CN-IC transfer run/intermodal train Q-192 on the New Orleans Public Belt at Walnut Street. The train was on its way from Mays Yard to Stuyvesant Docks Yard and was made up of 17 cars of mixed freight, 27 gondolas and 88 axles of intermodal cars. At that time, the CN geeps were regularly used on these transfer runs, but the NS units on Q-192 were very uncommon. The bicycle path in the foreground runs along the toe of the Mississippi River levee. |
| Photo Date: |
5/14/2002 Upload Date: 11/24/2018 1:14:16 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
NORTA cars 945 and 2002 |
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The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority’s brand-new home-made streetcar 2002 was stopped at the outer end of the ST. CHARLES car line while undergoing 100 miles of testing. The car had just been built at the RTA’s CARROLLTON STATION, while car 945 had been built by the Perley A. Thomas Car Works in 1924. The 2000-series cars were built for service on the new CANAL STREET car line, and have been used on other new lines. |
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11/21/2002 Upload Date: 1/12/2021 3:46:49 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Transit |
| Locomotives: |
NORTA 945(Trolley) NORTA 2002(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
NORTA streetcar 2002 |
| Description: |
The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority’s brand-new home-made streetcar 2002 was stopped at the outer end of the ST. CHARLES car line while undergoing 100 miles of testing. The car had just been built at the RTA’s CARROLLTON STATION for service on the new CANAL STREET car line. |
| Photo Date: |
11/21/2002 Upload Date: 1/12/2021 3:48:33 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Transit |
| Locomotives: |
NORTA 2002(Trolley) |
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152 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NORTA streetcar 2002 |
| Description: |
The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority’s brand-new home-made streetcar 2002 was inbound at the outer end of the ST. CHARLES car line while undergoing 100 miles of testing. The car had just been built at the RTA’s CARROLLTON STATION for service on the new CANAL STREET car line. |
| Photo Date: |
11/21/2002 Upload Date: 1/12/2021 3:49:48 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Transit |
| Locomotives: |
NORTA 2002(Trolley) |
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339 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CN-IC Track |
| Description: |
In late 2002 the Canadian National removed the last vestiges of the former Illinois Central inbound and outbound main lines just north of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. These two lines had been severed at the New Orleans city limit in early 1954, when the IC began using NOUPT; but remained in place to serve various freight customers. These businesses gradually switched to truck, relocated or closed; and in 2000 the last customer, the Blue Plate Mayonnaise plant at the corner of South Jefferson Davis Parkway and Earhart Boulevard, shut down after production moved to Knoxville. In this view, a pair of ICG gondolas were collecting ties along Earhart Boulevard near South Gayoso Street. |
| Photo Date: |
11/24/2002 Upload Date: 12/15/2020 6:21:35 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Track |
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| Title: |
ICG Gondola 246622 |
| Description: |
In late 2002 the Canadian National removed the last vestiges of the former Illinois Central inbound and outbound main lines just north of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. These two lines had been severed at the New Orleans city limit in early 1954, when the IC began using NOUPT; but remained in place to serve various freight customers. These businesses gradually switched to truck, relocated or closed; and in 2000 the last customer, the Blue Plate Mayonnaise plant at the corner of South Jefferson Davis Parkway and Earhart Boulevard, closed after production moved to Knoxville. In this view, a pair of ICG gondolas were collecting ties along Earhart Boulevard near South Gayoso Street. |
| Photo Date: |
11/24/2002 Upload Date: 12/15/2020 6:22:53 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Track |
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| Title: |
CN-IC Track |
| Description: |
In late 2002 the Canadian National removed the last vestiges of the former Illinois Central inbound and outbound main lines just north of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. These two lines had been severed at the New Orleans city limit in early 1954, when the IC began using NOUPT; but remained in place to serve various freight customers. These businesses gradually switched to truck, relocated or closed; and in 2000 the last customer, the Blue Plate Mayonnaise plant at the corner of South Jefferson Davis Parkway and Earhart Boulevard, closed after production moved to Knoxville. In this view, a pair of ICG gondolas were collecting ties along Earhart Boulevard near South Gayoso Street. |
| Photo Date: |
11/24/2002 Upload Date: 12/15/2020 6:23:59 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Track |
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| Title: |
CN-IC Track |
| Description: |
In late 2002 the Canadian National removed the last vestiges of the former Illinois Central inbound and outbound main lines just north of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. These two lines had been severed at the New Orleans city limit in early 1954, when the IC began using NOUPT; but remained in place to serve various freight customers. These businesses gradually switched to truck, relocated or went out of business, and by the beginning of the 21st century none were left. In this view, a pair of ICG gondolas were collecting ties along Earhart Boulevard near South Dupre Street. |
| Photo Date: |
11/24/2002 Upload Date: 12/15/2020 6:25:17 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Track |
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| Title: |
CN-IC Track |
| Description: |
In late 2002 the Canadian National removed the last vestiges of the former Illinois Central inbound and outbound main lines just north of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. These two lines had been severed at the New Orleans city limit in early 1954, when the IC began using NOUPT; but remained in place to serve various freight customers. These businesses gradually switched to truck, relocated or closed and by the beginning of the 21st century none were left. Here is a view from the end of NOUPT track along Earhart Boulevard near South Dupre Street. The sign of the last customer in this area, the Blue Plate Mayonnaise plant at the corner of South Jefferson Davis Parkway and Earhart Boulevard, could be seen on the left. |
| Photo Date: |
11/24/2002 Upload Date: 12/15/2020 6:30:38 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Track |
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| Title: |
East City Junction Tower |
| Description: |
This brick tower along the Norfolk Southern at EAST CITY JUNCTION in New Orleans opened in 1954 and replaced a block office at this location. It was closed on 10 August 1972, but survived Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and was still standing in 2022. The track on the right is the beginning of the ST. LOUIS STREET LINE, which was once the main line to the Southern Railway’s TERMINAL STATION on Basin Street at Canal Street; while the construction on the left was for the First Baptist Church, which was being built on former railroad property. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/2003 Upload Date: 5/15/2022 12:14:05 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Track |
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143 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP Train I-CIAT |
| Description: |
Eastbound Union Pacific train I-CIAT (Intermodal from City of Industry to Atlanta) was on the Norfolk Southern at EAST CITY JUNCTION in New Orleans. It was powered by SD70M 4728, SD60 2155 and SD40-2 3240, and was on its way from the UP to the CSX. The track on the right is the beginning of the ST. LOUIS STREET LINE, which was once the main line to the Southern Railway’s TERMINAL STATION on Basin Street at Canal Street, while the construction on the left was for the First Baptist Church, which was being built on former railroad property. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/2003 Upload Date: 5/15/2022 12:15:57 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4728(SD70M) |
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210 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Canal Street Car Line Construction |
| Description: |
When the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority built the new CANAL STREET car line, the rails were laid on continuous concrete slabs instead of crossties. This view is looking towards the Mississippi River at Bernadotte Street. A ceremonial ground-breaking had been held on Canal Street at Carrollton Avenue on 20 July 2001 and service began on 18 April 2004. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
11/1/2003 Upload Date: 1/12/2021 3:56:07 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Transit,Track |
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| Title: |
Canal Street Car Line Construction |
| Description: |
When the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority built the new CANAL STREET car line, the rails were laid on continuous concrete slabs instead of crossties. This view is looking towards the Mississippi River at Bernadotte Street. A ceremonial ground-breaking had been held on Canal Street at Carrollton Avenue on 20 July 2001 and service began on 18 April 2004. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
11/1/2003 Upload Date: 1/12/2021 3:58:09 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Transit,Track |
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| Title: |
Stored Power |
| Description: |
By the time this photo was taken Amtrak had retired most of its E and F units, and stored many of its remaining older locomotives. Here are six of the surviving older engines stored at the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal coach yard: E8Am 436, E9A 419, FP7A's 493 and 492, and E8A's 368 and 353. The 436 was built in May 1952 as Illinois Central 4029, and was upgraded by the IC into E10 2021 in February 1969. Amtrak bought it in February 1973, and it was the only IC unit purchased by Amtrak. The 419 was built in December 1963 as Union Pacific 419, and it had the distinction of being the last E-unit ever constructed. Both of these units were scrapped at NOUPT by Precision National Corp. in 1982.The 493 and 492 were two of 14 FP7's acquired from the Southern Pacific, and the last two in existence. Originally SP 6454 and 6453, they became Amtrak 117 and 116 in July 1972, were renumbered 377 and 376 in April 1976, and renumbered to 493 and 492 in July 1977. Both were retired in May 1980 and sold to Precision National Corp. for scrap. E8A 368 was built in August 1950 as UP 929. It was subsequently Amtrak 326, 438, 368 and 469 before being retired in June 1981 and sold to PNC. E8A 353 was built in October 1953 as Baltimore & Ohio 26A and was renumbered B&O 1447 in 1957. It wore Amtrak numbers 203, 353 and 467 before being retired. |
| Photo Date: |
11/11/1977 Upload Date: 2/4/2010 9:37:00 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 419(E9A) |
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1775 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Super Bowl Shuttle |
| Description: |
It's Super Bowl Sunday and at 10:10 this morning Amtrak 391 arrived in New Orleans with nine Superliners full of Chicago BEARS football fans. While the BEARS were beating the New England PATRIOTS, the 391 got to relax in the bright January sun. The train consisted of coaches 34036, 34094, 34060, 34092, 34063, coach-baggage 31007, lounge 33004, and sleepers 32017 and 32006. |
| Photo Date: |
1/26/1986 Upload Date: 1/30/2010 8:42:27 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 391(F40PHR) |
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891 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Super Bowl XX |
| Description: |
It's Super Bowl Sunday 1986 at the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal engine terminal, and special trains have added even more variety to the collection of locomotives here. From right to left are F40 380 (coupled to the 261), NOUPT SW8 No. 1 (coupled to P30CH 701), Seaboard System FP7A 118 and F3A 116, P30 720, SDP40F 631 and E9A 468. The last two locomotives had been stored here for some time. Beyond these are red-and-yellow Southern Pacific SDP45's 3201 and 3207, and even more P30's and F40's. |
| Photo Date: |
1/26/1986 Upload Date: 1/30/2010 7:51:55 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SBD 118(FP7A) |
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| Title: |
Super Bowl XX |
| Description: |
It's the Sunday of Super Bowl XX at the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal engine house, and a couple of visitors are brightening up the landscape! Southern Pacific SDP45's 3201 and 3207 had arrived the previous day on a 15-car Super Bowl Special. On the same track are P30CH 708 and a sibling, next to them are F40's 262 and 264, and two tracks over are P30's 716 and 706 with F40's 328 and 323. Even more units, including an Amtrak E9A, SDP40F and two Seaboard System F-units, were behind the photographer. |
| Photo Date: |
1/26/1986 Upload Date: 1/30/2010 7:52:15 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SP 3201(SDP45) SP 3207(SDP45) |
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2364 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Super Bowl XX |
| Description: |
Surrounded by Amtrak P30CH's and a Goodyear blimp, Seaboard System F3A 116 and FP7 118 enjoy the January sunshine at the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal engine terminal. The two F-units had come in on a special train for Super Bowl XX, which was taking place right behind the locomotives in the Louisiana Superdome. Mike Ditka's Chicago BEARS beat the New England PATRIOTS 46-10. |
| Photo Date: |
1/26/1986 Upload Date: 11/26/2009 11:14:33 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
SBD 118(FP7A) SBD 116(F3A) |
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1854 Comments: 6 |
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| Title: |
L&N E7A 780 |
| Description: |
It's Saturday 1 May 1971, and at midnight Amtrak had taken over or eliminated almost all of the country's long distance passenger trains. Louisville & Nashville E7A's 779 and 780 had just brought the very last L&N passenger train into New Orleans, and were resting at the NOUPT sand tower. In a couple of hours, they would back into the station and then leave with all of the L&N's passenger cars that were still there. |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/1971 Upload Date: 3/3/2010 10:53:53 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
LN 780(E7A) |
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2265 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
USL Stack Train |
| Description: |
A trio of freshly-painted Seaboard System U-Boats - U33B 5624 and U36B's 5773 and 5752 - power an eastbound United States Lines stack train towards the railroad's Gentilly Yard on the east side of New Orleans. The train originated on the Missouri Pacific in Houston as train XHOAV and is bound for Savannah, Georgia. At Gentilly Yard it will become SBD train 202. SBD - and later CSX - power usually ran all the way from Savannah to Houston and then back to New Orleans, where the locomotives would be replaced by freshly-serviced units. The train was discontinued in late 1986 after U.S. Lines entered bankruptcy. |
| Photo Date: |
11/16/1985 Upload Date: 11/25/2009 4:23:47 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SBD 5624(U33B) |
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666 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
SBD-SP Meet |
| Description: |
A trio of Seaboard System U-boats on an eastbound United States Lines container train meet a trio of SP/SSW units on an SBD/SP run-though train. We are on the SBD (former L&N) at the Louisa Street grade crossing, about a mile west of the SBD Gentilly Yard. |
| Photo Date: |
11/16/1985 Upload Date: 12/27/2009 10:13:52 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SBD 5624(U33B) |
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747 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NOPB SW1000 103 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Belt SW1000 103 was on a transfer run to the KCS at Burdette Street. Someone is standing between the locomotive and the first car, so hopefully the train isn't moving! |
| Photo Date: |
9/10/1984 Upload Date: 1/16/2010 5:21:48 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NOPB 103(SW1000) |
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905 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
SOU 7062 |
| Description: |
Here we have a meet on the NS (SOU) Back Belt at the Frenchman Street crossover. On the left is SP train AXAVT, the APL stack train from Long Beach, on its way to Atlanta via the Southern Railway. Meeting it is Southern No. 193, the run-through train from Birmingham to Houston, with GP50 7062 and SP SD45R's 7409 and 7402. |
| Photo Date: |
12/21/1985 Upload Date: 12/23/2009 1:10:12 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 7062(GP50) |
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866 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
SP AXAVT |
| Description: |
We're on the Southern Railway BACK BELT at Frenchman Street where the brakeman on SP train AXAVT had just "pulled the pin" and was signaling for his engineer to pull ahead. The AXAVT was one of the country's earliest dedicated stack trains; and when this photo was taken, it was one of the few then in operation. It ran from the Port of Long Beach to New Orleans, and handled American President Line containers exclusively, mostly on blue APLX cars. In this view, the cars were being delivered to the Southern Railway for delivery to their destination in Atlanta as a part of train No. 222. The locomotives were GP38-2 4802, GP35 6593, GP38-2 4830 and GP35M 4160. |
| Photo Date: |
12/21/1985 Upload Date: 2/8/2010 12:17:01 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 4802(GP38-2) |
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1079 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Oliver Junction |
| Description: |
Casting their reflections upon the water of the Peoples Avenue drainage canal, a pair of Norfolk Southern run-through trains meet at Oliver Junction. Number 393 -- on the left -- is stopped and waiting for No. 314 to clear the single track connection between Terminal Junction, on the BACK BELT, and here, on the NS main line. No. 393 is headed for the Southern Pacific and has Espee SD45T-2's 6841 and 9333 with B40-8's 8065 and 8040. No. 314 is coming from the Union Pacific with NS GP50 7067, C30-7 8052 and SD40-2 6110. Both of these trains run between Houston and Birmingham. |
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6/2/1991 Upload Date: 2/10/2010 10:17:28 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 6841(SD45T-2R) |
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856 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SSW 5002 |
| Description: |
The SP-L&N-SCL run-through train from Houston to Jacksonville is passing through New Orleans on the L&N with locomotives from four different railroads: SSW GP30 5002, SP GP35 6535, SCL U33B 1724 and L&N GP30 1049. The lead unit is crossing the Peoples Avenue Canal, and the train is about to cross the main line of the Southern Railway at N.E. Tower. |
| Photo Date: |
5/9/1977 Upload Date: 11/26/2009 8:42:37 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SSW 5002(GP30) |
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2154 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
West Bridge Junction |
| Description: |
SP caboose 1966 rolls across the MP and past West Bridge Junction Tower on the rear of the run-through train from the Southern Railway, which has just gotten off of the Huey P. Long Bridge. Both the MP and SP Avondale yards are right on the other side of the train. |
| Photo Date: |
9/23/1978 Upload Date: 2/15/2010 4:48:48 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Track |
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1232 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Bump |
| Description: |
On a foggy morning in October low-nose SP GP9 3712 pushes the ICG's New Orleans wreck train into the West High Curve of the Huey P. Long Bridge. Just beyond the wrecker, and on the opposite track, is SP GP9E 3387 and - sticking up in the air - SP caboose 1274. The 1274 was on the rear of a westbound train that was stuck on the bridge behind an MP train. For some reason, the MP could not take their train into their yard; so the SP decided to send some engines over from the east side of the river and pull their train back off of the bridge. Anyhow, it was a dark and foggy night, and SP 3387 coupled into the 1274 just a little too hard, causing it to jack-knief like this; and now the ICG wrecker has come to make things right! |
| Photo Date: |
10/25/1978 Upload Date: 11/25/2009 4:32:18 PM |
| Location: |
Bridge City, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Wreck |
| Locomotives: |
SP 3712(GP9) |
| Views: |
1672 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
Shrewsbury Road |
| Description: |
Two sets of light power wait on the Norfolk Southern BACK BELT for a route through East Bridge Junction. Both sets are probably headed to their respective yards at Avondale, at the west end of the Huey P. Long Bridge. SP MP15AC's 2702 and 2703 are returning from the Norfolk Southern's Oliver Yard, while MP 3291, UP 4277, MP 3125 and UP 3265 -- all SD40-2's -- are on their way back from the CSX's Gentilly Yard. SP 2702 and 2703 were the very first MP15AC units built by EMD, and the first dozen of these began their careers in south Louisiana. Although initially operated in cab-to-cab sets, nose-to-nose operation was later adopted. |
| Photo Date: |
11/14/1987 Upload Date: 1/9/2010 5:51:51 PM |
| Location: |
Metairie, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
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2219 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Katy Geeps |
| Description: |
A trio of UP GP40's - MKT 198, 194 and 170 - power a westbound transfer run over the NS Back Belt at Shrewsbury Road. The 127-car train is on its way from the CSX Gentilly Yard, on the east side of New Orleans; to UP's Avondale Yard, at the west end of the Huey P. Long Bridge. |
| Photo Date: |
7/1/1989 Upload Date: 11/25/2009 10:28:26 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
MKT 198(GP40) |
| Views: |
677 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Fair Train |
| Description: |
Almost every Friday during the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition the Union Pacific ran a special passenger train from Houston to a siding at the fair site in New Orleans. It's 4:35 and one of the Fair Trains nears the end of its trip, operating over the New Orleans Public Belt behind Audubon Park. This is a typical example, with MP GP50 3515 and ex-Rock Island GP40 612, staff car CABARTON, sleeper OMAHA, lounge car 6203, and office car 102. The photo was taken from the Mississippi River levee. |
| Photo Date: |
9/28/1984 Upload Date: 11/25/2009 9:32:46 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
MP 3515(GP50) |
| Views: |
645 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
The New U.P. |
| Description: |
It was a couple of years after the 1982 MP-WP-UP merger before Union Pacific and Western Pacific locomotives became common on the Missouri Pacific around New Orleans, so it was a real treat to find units from all three roads outside the diesel shop at Avondale yard. From left to right are WP GP40 3531 (with UP SD45 No. 21), UP SD40-2 3785, and MP GP38-2's 2166 and 2205. |
| Photo Date: |
12/15/1984 Upload Date: 11/24/2009 4:07:36 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
WP 3531(GP40) UP 3785(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
1225 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
NOPSI 954 |
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This photo was taken at the outer end of New Orleans Public Service's St. Charles Line, on South Carrollton Avenue at South Claiborne. Car 954 was just beginning its trip to the Central Business District. Tulane Route AM General bus 438 would also be going to the CBD, but via a different direction. In the background, car 907 was moving up to take the 954's place at the end of the line. Car 962 was already at the bumper, but the motorman hadn't yet reversed its poles for the inbound trip back to Canal Street. |
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1/24/1980 Upload Date: 2/8/2010 12:18:47 PM |
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New Orleans, LA |
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Michael Palmieri |
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Trackwork |
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A contractor for the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority was replacing the double crossover and other trackwork at the outer end of the St. Charles Line, on South Carrollton Avenue at South Claiborne. |
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10/25/1988 Upload Date: 2/8/2010 12:19:12 PM |
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New Orleans, LA |
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Michael Palmieri |
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Old Rail |
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Some old rail was piled up next the the St. Charles Street Car Line's histoical maker on South Carrollton Avenue, near the intersection with St. Charles. On the other side of the Shell gas station are Leake Avenue, two Illinois Central tracks, two New Orelans Public Belt tracks, and the Mississippi River levee. |
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11/10/1988 Upload Date: 2/8/2010 12:19:38 PM |
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New Orleans, LA |
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Michael Palmieri |
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Track Machine |
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This five-foot-two-and-a-half-inch gauge Tamper track machine and some other maintenance equipment was on the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority's St. Charles Line. The equipment was on the inbound track on South Carrollton Avenue, between Birch and Green streets. |
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1/27/1990 Upload Date: 2/8/2010 12:20:04 PM |
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New Orleans, LA |
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Michael Palmieri |
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Regional Transit Authority |
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We're on the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority's St. Charles Line on South Carrollton Avenue at Birch Street, facing the outer end of the line at South Claiborne Avenue. A five-foot-two-and-a-half-inch gauge track machine and some other equipment were on the inbound track. |
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1/27/1990 Upload Date: 2/8/2010 12:20:21 PM |
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New Orleans, LA |
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Michael Palmieri |
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Streetcar Line Reconstruction |
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We're on the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority's St. Charles Street Car Line, facing out between State and Webster Streets during the reconstruction of the line. The fresh crossties are African azobe. |
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1/27/1990 Upload Date: 2/8/2010 12:20:40 PM |
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New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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