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| Title: |
SOU FTA 6103 |
| Description: |
Southern Railway 6103 led an A-B-A set of FT units and a caboose eastbound (timetable north) at the Elysian Fields Avenue grade crossing on the railroad’s New Orleans Terminal Co. subsidiary. The engines and cab were on their way from the roundhouse on North Scott Street, near BERNADOTTE YARD, to pick up a train at PRESS STREET YARD. Up until 1935 the NO&NE crossed the Pontchartrain Railroad – a subsidiary of the Louisville & Nashville – at this location. The Southern built a diesel shop at PRESS STREET YARD about two years after this photo was taken, ending moves like this; and the grade crossing here was replaced by an overpass at about the same time. (approximate month and day) |
| Photo Date: |
6/6/1948 Upload Date: 8/16/2019 4:43:32 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
unknown |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6103(FTA) |
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691 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SOU XC15, XC9 and XC8 |
| Description: |
During the 1960’s the Southern Railway had five transfer cabooses assigned to New Orleans: XC8, XC9, XC15, XC 7872 and XC7874. The use of these cars was discontinued around 1970; but on 2 October 1973, the first three were still parked at the north end of OLIVER YARD. |
| Photo Date: |
10/2/1973 Upload Date: 4/17/2022 10:47:24 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
RollingStock |
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209 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southern Pacific Train No. 194 |
| Description: |
Southern Railway No. 194, the run-through train from Houston to Birmingham via the Southern Pacific, was on the Southern at TERMINAL JUNCTION in New Orleans behind GP35 2715 with Southern Pacific GP20 4084, GP35 6515 and GP35 6606. SP caboose 1847 was on the rear. |
| Photo Date: |
10/28/1973 Upload Date: 4/17/2022 10:41:43 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 2715(GP35) |
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185 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SOU 930022 |
| Description: |
The Southern Railway's New Orleans work train was working on a derailment on the BACK BELT, near L&N Junction. |
| Photo Date: |
1/26/1974 Upload Date: 4/2/2010 4:04:32 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Wreck |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 1055(NW2) |
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1456 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SOU 960410 |
| Description: |
The Southern Railway's New Orleans work train was working on a derailment on the BACK BELT, near L&N Junction. |
| Photo Date: |
1/26/1974 Upload Date: 4/2/2010 4:03:59 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Wreck |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 1055(NW2) |
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1652 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Oliver Yard |
| Description: |
This was the tower and yard office at the Southern Railway's OLIVER YARD in New Orleans. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
6/6/1974 Upload Date: 9/7/2017 10:17:46 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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623 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southern No. 193 |
| Description: |
Southern Railway No. 193 – the run-though train with the Southern Pacific between Birmingham and Houston – was cresting the 5-mile-long grade at Richburg Hill, south of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Today’s train was a bit unusual because it had three big Espee General Electric units – U30C 7903 with U33C’s 8669 and 8729 – and they were all running backwards. The Southern was well-known for running its own locomotives long-hood forward, but this was a really rare sight. The sound of those big U-boats working uphill was 120 cars, long before they showed up, was amazing! |
| Photo Date: |
10/12/1974 Upload Date: 11/19/2016 9:30:27 PM |
| Location: |
Richburg, MS |
| Author: |
Robert A. Scorsone photo |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 7903(U30C) |
| Views: |
636 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southern SD Units on Huey P. Long Bridge |
| Description: |
An eastbound train was descending the Huey P. Long Bridge behind a trio of Southern Railway 6-axle units: SD40 3188, SD40-2 3243 and SD45 3168. The train originated at the Missouri Pacific’s AVONDALE YARD, at the west end of the bridge, and would become Southern Railway train 114 when a Southern crew took over at the east end of the bridge. |
| Photo Date: |
11/23/1974 Upload Date: 2/4/2019 10:32:49 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 3168(SD45) |
| Views: |
410 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Southern Railway OLIVER YARD |
| Description: |
Looking south across the Southern Railway's OLIVER YARD in New Orleans, from the Galvez Street overpass. The central business district is visible on the right, while the Mississippi River bridge is in the background. The switch engine is NW2 1073, and the Schnabel car belongs to Combustion Engineering. |
| Photo Date: |
6/6/1975 Upload Date: 6/6/2009 6:39:53 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Track |
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1223 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southern 991110 |
| Description: |
Southern Railway panel track transport car 991110 had suffered a mishap on a broken rail. |
| Photo Date: |
10/5/1975 Upload Date: 5/7/2010 7:21:13 PM |
| Location: |
Chalmette, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Track |
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788 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southern Railway Train No. 2 |
| Description: |
Southern Railway Train No. 2 – the northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT – was heading into the morning sun as it made its way out of New Orleans at the Canal Boulevard Underpass. The 12-car train consisted of E8A units 6905, 6902 and 6914, baggage-dormitory car 711, coaches 840, 844, 835, 834 and 3789, 10-roomette/6-double-bedroom sleeping cars 2016 ST. JOHNS RIVER and 2006 OCMULGEE RIVER, diner 3311, dome coach 1613, coach 837 and 11-bedroom sleeper 2301 ROYAL COURT. |
| Photo Date: |
6/3/1977 Upload Date: 10/18/2021 9:38:01 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6905(E8A) |
| Views: |
454 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southern Railway Train No. 2 |
| Description: |
Southern Railway Train No. 2 – the northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT – was rolling under the cantilever signals at the Frenchmen Street Crossover as it made its way out of New Orleans. The train was powered by E8A units 6901, 6913, 6910 and 6905, and was about to pass under Elysian Fields Ave. |
| Photo Date: |
6/8/1977 Upload Date: 5/10/2022 10:37:21 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6901(E8A) |
| Views: |
200 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southern No. 222 |
| Description: |
Southern Railway piggyback train No. 222 is pulling out of the railroad's Oliver Yard, and about to get its train orders at N.E. Tower. The big block of gas cars -- behind the five cover cars -- were a regular part of this train throughout the 1970's. They originated at Toca, on the Southern's Louisiana Southern subsidiary. The locomotives are SD35 3003, SD45 3160 and SD35 3079. |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1977 Upload Date: 2/10/2010 12:25:16 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Action |
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483 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southern Railway Train No. 2 |
| Description: |
Southern Railway Train No. 2 – the northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT – was heading into the morning sun as it made its way out of New Orleans at the London Avenue Canal bridge. The train was powered by E8A units 6905, 6914, 6915 and 6909. |
| Photo Date: |
10/12/1977 Upload Date: 10/26/2021 5:38:26 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6905(E8A) |
| Views: |
329 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Southern Railway FP7's |
| Description: |
Seventeen of the Southern Railway's 20 FP7 units (6130-6149) were parked in Atlanta's SOUTH YARD, across the Atlanta-Macon-Jacksonville main line from the railroad's PEGRAM SHOPS. Two more units, in green, were outside of the shop to the right of this image, and the 20th unit was parked at INMAN YARD. Most of these units were retired in 1979 and traded-in to EMD. |
| Photo Date: |
12/10/1977 Upload Date: 9/3/2017 3:39:41 PM |
| Location: |
Atlanta, GA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6130(FP7A) |
| Views: |
729 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SOU 3807 |
| Description: |
The Southern Railway only owned ten U33C's (3805-3814) and they spent much of their careers in maintenance-of-way service. On a dreary morning, 3807 and 3812 are on a welded rail train at New Orleans. The train is parked on the spur that served the American Standard plumbing fixture plant, just west of the Seabrook drawbridge. The northbound track here already has welded rail, while the southbound track still has jointed rail. |
| Photo Date: |
1/16/1978 Upload Date: 11/25/2009 9:52:33 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 3807(U33C) |
| Views: |
965 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SOU U23B 3917 |
| Description: |
Southern Railway U23B 3917 is about to enter Oliver Yard in New Orleans with a special train of oversize steel girders. Although it is an extra train, it was flying green flags, which show that it was running as a section of a regularly-scheduled train… in this case; it was operating as First No. 169. |
| Photo Date: |
2/25/1978 Upload Date: 2/4/2019 6:06:00 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 3917(U23B) |
| Views: |
490 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southern SD45 3139 |
| Description: |
The Southern Railway’s 70 SD45’s were among my all-time favorite diesel locomotives, and none of my images illustrate them better than this one. The engineer on Southern 3139 was biding his time as he waited for a clear route on the New Orleans Terminal Co. at the Frenchmen Street signal. No. 3139 was on No. 194, the run-through train from the Southern Pacific to Birmingham, along with SD35 3090 and SD45 3100. |
| Photo Date: |
3/5/1978 Upload Date: 8/28/2018 11:47:25 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 3139(SD45) |
| Views: |
2140 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Southern Railway Train No. 2 |
| Description: |
Just after sunup, Southern Railway Train No. 2 – the northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT – was preparing to leave New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal behind E8A 6904 and three other units. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1978 Upload Date: 9/24/2021 11:22:25 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6904(E8A) |
| Views: |
217 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Southern Yard |
| Description: |
In this very unusual scene, Missouri Pacific SD40 3015 and Southern Pacific SD40T-2 8300 were parked together on the East Tie-Up Track at the Southern Railway’s OLIVER YARD in New Orleans. |
| Photo Date: |
6/21/1978 Upload Date: 9/19/2018 4:17:29 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
MP 3015(SD40) SP 8300(SD40T-2) |
| Views: |
590 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SOU GP30 2621 |
| Description: |
Southern Railway train No. 168 passes over Press Drive on its way out of New Orleans. The motive power is GP30 2621 with GP35's 2680 and 2699. |
| Photo Date: |
10/7/1978 Upload Date: 2/5/2010 6:20:09 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 2621(GP30) |
| Views: |
739 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Southern SD45 3154 |
| Description: |
For many years, the locomotives that arrived in New Orleans on the Southern Railway's southbound piggyback train No. 219 went back out on northbound No. 222. This usually worked well, but if No. 219 was running late, the railroad would take one or two locally-assigned geeps and head out with No. 222. When the two trains met, they would swap locomotives, and everything would return to normal. On this day, the local unit - GP38 2736 - only had to go five miles with No. 222 before it met No. 219 at the Airport crossover. Here, No. 219's power - SD45 3154H and 3169A, and SD35 3061X - has uncoupled from its train and is pulling up next to the 2736. The crews will swap engines, the engines will swap trains, and then both trains will be on their way. The drawbridge in the background crosses the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal at Milepost 190.6. |
| Photo Date: |
12/17/1978 Upload Date: 11/26/2009 11:26:06 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 3154(SD45) |
| Views: |
1033 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak No. 20 |
| Description: |
Just 10 days after Amtrak took over operation of the CRESCENT, train No. 20 cast its reflection in a trackside puddle while making its station stop and being watered at Meridian. The train consisted of E8A's 6909, 6913 and 6905 with nine cars: baggage-dormitory car 1406, coaches 817, 5285 and 844, coach-lounge 3850, diner 8382, and 10-6 sleepers 2002 DAN RIVER, 2860 TYE RIVER and 2862 FRENCH BROAD RIVER. Except for the Amtrak baggage-dormitory car and the ex-Southern coach-lounge, the train looks much as it did when it was the SOUTHERN CRESCENT. Cars 5285, 3850, 8382, 2860 and 2862 were lettered SOUTHERN but wore Amtrak numbers, while car 817, 844 and 2002 still had their Southern lettering and numbers. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/1979 Upload Date: 12/22/2017 12:32:15 PM |
| Location: |
Meridian, MS |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
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931 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
SOU E8A 6905 |
| Description: |
Southern Railway E8A 6905 was being watered on the northbound CRESCENT at Meridian, Mississippi while on a 6-month lease to Amtrak. The locomotive was built in September 1951 as the 2928, and it was modified with dynamic brakes and roof-mounted air tanks in 1958. It was renumbered 6905 in 1972, was leased to Amtrak on 1 February 1979, and was shipped to Precision National Corp. on 3 November 1979. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/1979 Upload Date: 10/23/2017 4:52:12 PM |
| Location: |
Meridian, MS |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6905(E8A) |
| Views: |
738 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
First 219 |
| Description: |
Southern Railway's southbound piggyback train No. 219 was displaying green classification lights as it headed out off Slidell. Geeps 2778 and 2783, which were being used in yard and transfer service at New Orleans, had come north on piggyback train No. 222 and just swapped cars with three SD's. The train had 43 cars and caboose X704. Both of the geeps still had their original 1700-gallon fuel tanks. They would eventually get 3,000-gallon tanks from retired SD35's. |
| Photo Date: |
5/26/1979 Upload Date: 2/5/2010 9:54:36 AM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 2778(GP38) |
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1702 Comments: 5 |
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| Title: |
Southern No. 219 |
| Description: |
On Saturday afternoon 26 May 1979 Southern Railway southbound intermodal train 219 struck a vehicle at the North Boulevard grade crossing in Slidell, Louisiana. After a delay for the police investigation, the train got underway again, and here is caboose X704 as the train headed for New Orleans. The train included SD35’s 3071 and 3046, SD45 3160 and 43 cars. |
| Photo Date: |
5/26/1979 Upload Date: 9/3/2018 6:07:41 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Action |
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564 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SOU GP35 2673 |
| Description: |
Southern Railway GP35 2673 was in New Orleans on run-through train No. 114 from the Missouri Pacific to Birmingham. Its trucks came from an Alco RS2. |
| Photo Date: |
9/3/1979 Upload Date: 10/28/2017 6:15:42 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 2673(GP35) |
| Views: |
569 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Southern SD35 3075 |
| Description: |
Southern 3075, one the railroad’s 110 SD35 units, was on train 114 behind SD40-2’s 3256 and 3326. No. 114 was the run-through train from the Missouri Pacific to Birmingham, and it was stopped on the New Orleans Terminal Co. at the Frenchmen Street signal. |
| Photo Date: |
12/8/1979 Upload Date: 8/29/2018 1:15:44 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 3075(SD35) |
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551 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southern U23B 3907 |
| Description: |
Southern Railway U23B 3907 was on run-through train 114 from the Missouri Pacific, waiting for a clear route off of the Huey P. Long Bridge. |
| Photo Date: |
12/26/1979 Upload Date: 9/3/2017 3:23:25 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 3907(U23B) |
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465 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southern Geeps |
| Description: |
Southern Railway GP7 8252 and GP9 6263 were on the West Tie-Up Track at the railroad's OLIVER YARD in New Orleans. These geeps had replaced NW2's in yard and transfer service around the New Orleans area, and were themselves replaced by new MP15DC units in 1982. The 8252 had been built in 1951 as the 2157 and was sold for scrap in 1981, at which time it was replaced here by a GP9. The empty space between the trucks - on each side of the unit - had been occupied by a pair of 400-gallon water tanks when it had a steam generator, but it still had an 800-gallon fuel tank along the centerline of the unit. GP9 6263 had been built in 1956 as Central of Georgia 164, and it was sold for scrap in 1983. |
| Photo Date: |
9/7/1980 Upload Date: 10/13/2017 10:05:20 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 8252(GP7) SOU 6263(GP9) |
| Views: |
914 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southern No. 168 |
| Description: |
Southern Railway train No. 168 heads north out of Oliver Yard in New Orleans behind GP38's 2726 and 2742, GP38-2 5052 and GP30 2625. The lead unit is crossing the Southern's BACK BELT and the trailing loco is on Florida Boulevard. The train had 89 cars with cabooses X334 and X772. The diesel shop -- which was subsequently razed to enlarge the intermodal yard -- is in the upper center of the photo and the yard office is at the upper right. The photo was taken from the Almonaster Avenue overpass. |
| Photo Date: |
10/9/1981 Upload Date: 2/5/2010 10:15:11 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 2726(GP38) |
| Views: |
1872 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
MP train NHS |
| Description: |
At 4:15 on a November afternoon Missouri Pacific train HNS -- from Houston to New Orleans to the Southeern Railway -- was stopped at Waggaman, awaiting permission to enter the MP's Avondale Yard. The train had three of the Southern's newest locomtives: GP50's 7042, 7046 and 7086. The track in the foreground was the Southern Pacific's SUNSET ROUTE. |
| Photo Date: |
11/22/1981 Upload Date: 2/8/2010 12:17:32 PM |
| Location: |
Waggaman, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 7042(GP50) |
| Views: |
883 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Southern GP38-2 5090 |
| Description: |
Southern Railway GP38-2 5090 was photographed at Hattiesburg, Mississippi. |
| Photo Date: |
11/21/1982 Upload Date: 2/19/2019 4:27:05 PM |
| Location: |
Hattiesburg, MS |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 5090(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
625 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SOU GP35 2684 |
| Description: |
Southern Railway GP35 2684 was on the Birmingham-Houston run-through train and had just been delivered to the Southern Pacific at the Central Avenue grade crossing, near the east end of the HUEY P. LONG BRIDGE. The locomotive was retired by the Norfolk Southern in October 1992 and was sold for scrap to Steel Processing Services at Albertville, Alabama in December 1993. |
| Photo Date: |
12/15/1985 Upload Date: 2/15/2019 9:46:30 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 2684(GP35) |
| Views: |
662 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NS No. 193 |
| Description: |
Norfolk Southern No. 193, the run-through train from Birmingham to Houston via the SP, is changing crews at the east end of the Huey P. Long Bridge. The train has a trio of GP50's: 7024, 7038 and 7028. |
| Photo Date: |
1/12/1986 Upload Date: 3/5/2010 3:52:16 PM |
| Location: |
Jefferson, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 7024(GP50) |
| Views: |
921 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NS GP38-2 5215 |
| Description: |
Norfolk Southern GP38-2 5215 was eastbound on the NS BACK BELT at Paris Avenue with a 28-car transfer run. The tall building in the middle of the photo is the LSU Dental School. |
| Photo Date: |
4/18/1987 Upload Date: 2/7/2010 12:04:33 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 5215(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
948 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NS SD60's |
| Description: |
Norfolk Southern SD60 6550, the railroad's first unit of this model, along with the 6553 were laying over between runs at Oliver Yard in New Orleans. The Kansas City Southern units on the next track had come in on KCS No. 55 and would got back out on No. 56, a daily occurrence here for several years. |
| Photo Date: |
7/20/1987 Upload Date: 12/2/2016 10:13:03 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NS 6550(SD60) |
| Views: |
450 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
N&W C36-7 8511 |
| Description: |
The UP-NS run-through train from Houston to Birmingham sits on the New Orleans Public Belt at the east end of the Huey P. Long Bridge, waiting for a clear signal on to the NS BACK BELT. The locomotives are Norfolk & Western C36-7's 8511 and 8516. When this photo was taken, N&W units were still unusual on this end of the NS. The building in the right background was the corporate headquarters of Popeye's Famous Fried Chicken. |
| Photo Date: |
7/31/1987 Upload Date: 1/26/2010 10:49:23 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Action |
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NW 8511(C36-7) |
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| Title: |
NS No. 193 |
| Description: |
Norfolk Southern SD60 6566 and C39-8 8615 lead westbound train No. 193 through Metairie on the NS BACK BELT. The train originated at Birmingham, and the NS will deliver it to the SP at the east end of the Huey P. Long Bridge, about a mile away. |
| Photo Date: |
11/14/1987 Upload Date: 1/17/2010 2:08:55 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Action |
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NS 6566(SD60) NS 8615(C39-8) |
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682 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
SP-NS Train |
| Description: |
SP Houston-Birmingham run-through train HOSOM waits at the east end of the Huey P. Long Bridge for a route onto the NS Back Belt. In eight miles - at Milepost NOT 7.6 - the train will become NS No. 194. Today's power is NS C39-8 8615, SP SD45T-2 9257 and SP SD45R 7503. The covered hoppers on the front of the train are GWIX salt cars that were picked up from the Louisiana & Delta, and are on their way to Olin Chemical at Cleveland, Tennessee. |
| Photo Date: |
11/21/1987 Upload Date: 11/25/2009 1:39:07 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 8615(C39-8) |
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563 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NS Train No. 394 |
| Description: |
EMD GP60 demonstrator units 7, 5 and 6, were on their way out of New Orleans on Norfolk Southern train No. 394, along with NS SD50 6507. No. 394 was the SP-NS run-through train between Houston and Birmingham and the train was crossing the CSX and heading under Interstate 10 at N.E. TOWER. |
| Photo Date: |
2/27/1988 Upload Date: 3/20/2021 12:52:14 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 6507(SD50) EMDX 6(GP60) EMDX 5(GP60) |
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359 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Westbound |
| Description: |
N&W C36-7 8523 and NS C39-8 8626 arrived in New Orleans as NS train No. 393, but the train now has an Espee crew as it climbs up the Huey P. Long Bridge. This is a run-through train between Birmingham and Houston. |
| Photo Date: |
3/19/1988 Upload Date: 2/10/2010 10:31:02 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Bridge |
| Locomotives: |
NW 8523(C36-7) |
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741 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NS GP30 526 |
| Description: |
Norfolk Southern GP30 526, a former Norfolk & Western unit, was at OLIVER YARD along with GP38AC 4150, another former N&W unit. |
| Photo Date: |
4/7/1990 Upload Date: 9/27/2017 5:52:51 PM |
| Location: |
Mobile, AL |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
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NS 526(GP30) |
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1007 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NS OLIVER YARD |
| Description: |
On Sunday afternoon 8 March 1992, Norfolk Southern GP38 2825 was pulling the rear portion of intermodal train No. 221 into the railroad’s OLIVER YARD in New Orleans, while a passenger train was parked two tracks over. (The forward section of train No. 221 consisted of stack cars, and they were on their way to the Southern Pacific behind three SP SD40T-2’s.) The passenger train consisted of GP60 units 7114 and 7108 with 10 cars: sleeper 13 GEORGIA, lounge 21 WEST VIRGINIA; office cars 6 ATLANTA, 3 CLAYTOR LAKE and 8 TENNESSEE; sleeping cars 9 ALABAMA, 12 INDIANA and 11 ILLINOIS; dining car 18 GENERAL WILLIAM MAHONE and theater car 23 BUENA VISTA. Dining car 18 was renamed NEW ORLEANS in 2015. |
| Photo Date: |
3/8/1992 Upload Date: 10/14/2020 3:56:33 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NS 2825(GP38AC) |
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345 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Marconi Drive Underpass |
| Description: |
The Marconi Drive Underpass (on the left) was one of about two dozen grade separations constructed as a part of the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal project. This one was on the Southern Railway’s NEW ORLEANS TERMINAL CO. subsidiary and was dedicated in June 1953. With the proliferation of run-through trains in the late twentieth century it became a convenient place for westbound trains to wait for clearance through EAST BRIDGE JUNCTION and onto the HUEY P. LONG BRIDGE; but around 2000 it became the official crew change location for trains moving from the CSX and NS to the UP, as this eliminated the need to stop trains at the foot of the bridge which blocked both rail and road traffic. Someone even constructed stairs for easy access to the tracks. The train was NS No. 393 with C40-9W 8918, C40-8 8707 and UP GP60 5842 waiting for a UP crew, and the structure on the right is a pumping station which usually prevents the underpass from flooding. |
| Photo Date: |
3/26/2001 Upload Date: 8/5/2019 12:04:28 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
NS 8918(C40-9W) |
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363 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NS C40-9W 8918 on No. 393 |
| Description: |
This Birmingham-to-Houston run-through train arrived in New Orleans as NS 393 and it would continue on to ENGLEWOOD YARD in Houston as Union Pacific train M-NOEWB. It was parked on the NS OUTER BELT at Marconi Drive with NS C40-9W 8918, NS C40-8 8707 and UP GP60 5842 waiting for a Union Pacific crew. |
| Photo Date: |
3/26/2001 Upload Date: 8/2/2019 10:34:14 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
NS 8918(C40-9W) |
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336 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NS C40-9 8794 on UP I-NOLBX |
| Description: |
This baretable train was parked on the Norfolk Southern OUTER BELT at Marconi Drive in New Orleans awaiting a Union Pacific crew. Its identity on the NS was unknown but it would become UP I-NOLBX, i.e. an extra intermodal train from New Orleans to Long Beach. It was powered by NS C40-9 8794 and C40-9W 9470. |
| Photo Date: |
4/5/2001 Upload Date: 8/2/2019 10:28:07 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
NS 8794(C40-9) |
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349 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NS C40-9 8781 on No. 393 |
| Description: |
Norfolk Southern train 393 was stopped at Marconi Drive in New Orleans, waiting for a Union Pacific crew. This was a run-through train from Birmingham to Houston, and its power was C40-9 units 8781 and 8857. |
| Photo Date: |
9/14/2001 Upload Date: 8/2/2019 10:25:38 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
NS 8781(C40-9) |
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287 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NS SD70M 6780 on No. 393 |
| Description: |
Norfolk Southern Birmingham-Houston run-through train No. 393 was parked on the railroad’s OUTER BELT at Marconi Drive in New Orleans, waiting for a Union Pacific crew. The locomotives were SD60M 6780 (ex-Conrail 5530) and GP38AC 2831. |
| Photo Date: |
10/17/2001 Upload Date: 8/4/2019 12:38:34 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
NS 6780(SD60M) |
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435 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NS No. 130 |
| Description: |
The locomotives for Norfolk Southern train No. 130 had pulled out of the railroad's Oliver Yard in New Orleans, and were seen here at Oliver Junction preparing to back onto their train. The units were - from front to rear - NS C40-8W 9333, SD60 6637, ex-CR SD50 5405 and UP C40-8 9155. |
| Photo Date: |
10/21/2001 Upload Date: 4/7/2017 5:11:57 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
NS 9333(C40-9W) UP 9155(C40-8) |
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492 Comments: 0 |
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