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By:Michael Palmieri
Dates:1/1/1973 - 12/31/1999
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GM&O REBEL
Title:  GM&O REBEL
Description:  Paul Oliver and his little sister Gilda were waiting on the median of Jefferson Davis Parkway in New Orleans to have their picture taken just as the Gulf Mobile & Ohio's northbound REBEL passed behind them, and here was the result. The train was on the Southern Railway about 10 minutes into its trip north. (approximate date)
Photo Date:  6/15/1946  Upload Date: 7/1/2018 12:02:22 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  GILDA OLIVER COLLECTION
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  1991   Comments: 1
L&N LAST RUN
Title:  L&N LAST RUN
Description:  L&N engineer W. Earnest Harper waves from the cab of E8A 785 as he leaves New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal on train No. 8 - the PAN-AMERICAN - for the last time. The 786 was built as Frisco 2009 JET PILOT in February 1950 and purchased by the L&N in 1965.
Photo Date:  4/30/1971  Upload Date: 4/30/2016 2:30:23 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo
Categories:  Station
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Views:  307   Comments: 0
L&N 786
Title:  L&N 786
Description:  L&N E8A's 786 and 785 back into New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal for the last departure on train No. 8 - the PAN-AMERICAN. The 786 and 785 were built as Frisco 2015 TWENTY GRAND and 2009 JET PILOT in 1950 and were purchased by the L&N in 1965.
Photo Date:  4/30/1971  Upload Date: 4/30/2016 2:31:06 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  LN 786(E8A)
Views:  783   Comments: 1
L&N Last Run
Title:  L&N Last Run
Description:  This somewhat-fuzzy Instamatic shot recorded the last departure of a regularly-scheduled L&N train from New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. It was 5PM as the PAN-AMERICAN pulled out behind E8's 785 and 786, both former Frisco units purchased in 1965, with baggage car 1484, heavyweight coach 2555, lightweight coaches 3254 and 3250, lunch-counter/diner/lounge 2801, and 6-6-4 sleeper SHORT LEAF PINE, all for Cincinnati; plus coach 3255 for Jacksonville. L&N was one of few U.S. railroads that ran sleepers with open sections up until the beginning of Amtrak. The commemorative lettering on the nose and side of the 785 was added by railfan Jim Selzer of Slidell, Louisiana. The last southbound PAN-AMERICAN arrived at 11:25 the next morning behind E7A's 779 and 780, and they deadhead out later that day with all of the remaining L&N cars.
Photo Date:  4/30/1971  Upload Date: 3/5/2014 8:15:21 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Paul H. Oliver, Jr.
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  LN 785(E8A) LN 786(E8A)
Views:  2323   Comments: 1
IC LAST RUN
Title:  IC LAST RUN
Description:  Illinois Central train No. 6 - the PANAMA LIMITED - prepares to leave New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal for the last time behind E8A 4023, E10B 2100 and E9A 4041. The special lettering on the nose was done in the diesel shop.
Photo Date:  4/30/1971  Upload Date: 4/30/2016 2:32:41 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  IC 4023(E8A)
Views:  1860   Comments: 2
Last L&N Train No. 9
Title:  Last L&N Train No. 9
Description:  The Louisville & Nashville’s PAN-AMERICAN was arriving in New Orleans for the last time on 1 May 1971. On that day, Amtrak assumed the operation of L&N passenger trains and the PAN-AMERICAN was discontinued.
Photo Date:  5/1/1971  Upload Date: 8/5/2020 6:37:07 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  PAUL H. OLIVER photo
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  285   Comments: 0
L&N E7A 780
Title:  L&N E7A 780
Description:  It's Amtrak Day -- Saturday 1 May 1971 -- and Louisville & Nashville E7A's 779 and 780 rest at the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal sand tower after having brought the very last L&N passenger train into New Orleans. 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: 6/6/2010 11:31:47 AM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Paul H. Oliver, Jr.
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  LN 780(E7A)
Views:  1550   Comments: 0
Former T&P Units
Title:  Former T&P Units
Description:  All of the units in this image - taken on the east side of the MP engine house at Avondale Yard - were built for the Texas & Pacific, Here are at least three of the T&P's eight SW8's, along with a pair of F7A's MP 8000-8007 were built as Texas & Pacific 811-818 in January 1952, for use as light road switchers. Notice that the 8002 still has is original oscillating headlight assembly, while this has been removed from the 8003. F7A's 857 and 908 are former T&P 1558 and 1507, and SW8 8000 is parked behind the 8002. (approximate month and day)
Photo Date:  6/15/1971  Upload Date: 1/8/2015 10:55:07 AM
Location:  Avondale, LA
Author:  Paul H. Oliver, Jr.
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MP 8002(SW8) MP 8003(SW8) MP 857(F7A)
Views:  1768   Comments: 0
MP F7A 857
Title:  MP F7A 857
Description:  Missouri Pacific F7A 857 found itself surrounded by SW8's outside the diesel shop at Avondale Yard. All of the locomotives had been built for the T&P and were in familiar territory. The 857 was briefly renumbered 1857 to make way for a new GP38-2, and it was retired in April 1973. The switchers lasted until 1979-1981, when they were remanufactured into slugs. (approximate date)
Photo Date:  6/15/1971  Upload Date: 2/25/2017 4:29:04 PM
Location:  Avondale, LA
Author:  Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MP 857(F7A)
Views:  1001   Comments: 1
Southbound L&N
Title:  Southbound L&N
Description:  A Louisville & Nashville train was heading west (timetable south) along U.S. Highway 90 at the west end of Orange Grove siding, about five miles east of Pascagoula, Mississippi. The train was powered by GP35 1116 (originally Chicago & Eastern Illinois 260), a pair of GP30’s and an FP7. (approximate date of photo)
Photo Date:  7/1/1971  Upload Date: 8/9/2022 6:55:35 PM
Location:  Orange Grove, MS
Author:  PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. image
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  LN 1116(GP35)
Views:  187   Comments: 0
Southbound L&N
Title:  Southbound L&N
Description:  A Louisville & Nashville train was heading west (timetable south) along U.S. Highway 90 at the west end of Orange Grove siding, about five miles east of Pascagoula, Mississippi. The train was powered by GP35 1116 (originally Chicago & Eastern Illinois 260), a pair of GP30’s and an FP7. (approximate date of photo)
Photo Date:  7/1/1971  Upload Date: 8/9/2022 6:55:58 PM
Location:  Orange Grove, MS
Author:  PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. image
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  LN 1116(GP35)
Views:  179   Comments: 0
Amtrak No. 1
Title:  Amtrak No. 1
Description:  Five Southern Pacific F-units were powering Amtrak train No. 1, the westbound SUNSET, passed the Gibbons Feeds building on their way out of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. The image was taken about two months after the inauguration of Amtrak, but could have been taken in the previous decade. The Gibbons Feeds building was a long-time landmark at this location, and was razed soon after this photo was taken. (approximate date)
Photo Date:  7/14/1971  Upload Date: 7/28/2017 5:15:58 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  SP 6455(FP7A)
Views:  561   Comments: 0
L&N 2321
Title:  L&N 2321
Description:  Louisville & Nashville S2 2321 was running along North Tarragona Street on its way from Goulding Yard to interchange with the Frisco and switch the Port of Pensacola. (approximate month and day)
Photo Date:  7/15/1971  Upload Date: 3/1/2014 6:02:18 PM
Location:  Pensacola, FL
Author:  Paul H. Oliver, Jr.
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  LN 2321(S2)
Views:  1318   Comments: 2
SP SDP45 3207
Title:  SP SDP45 3207
Description:  The United Transportation Union struck the UP and the Southern on 16 July 1971, and then the SP and the N&W on 24 July. Because of the strike threat against the SP, Amtrak’s SUNSET LIMITED which should have left New Orleans on Friday 23 July was annulled, and this provided a rare (at that time) opportunity to photograph a set of SUNSET power at NOUPT over that weekend. On the day the strike began, SP SDP45 3207, UP E8B 927B and UP E9A 947 were photographed on the engine service track. (The E-units were eventually renumbered Amtrak 370 and 424.) The strike was quickly ended and the SUNSET left on schedule on Monday 26 July.
Photo Date:  7/24/1971  Upload Date: 2/17/2023 6:45:53 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. image
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3207(SDP45)
Views:  162   Comments: 0
Amtrak Turbo 50
Title:  Amtrak Turbo 50
Description:  Three months after Amtrak began running trains, it sent United Aircraft TURBOTRAIN set 50/51 on a nationwide tour to show Americans what the future of passenger travel would look like. Things didn't quite work out the way Amtrak showed us, but here was Paul Oliver in font of power car 50 while the train was on display at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. The gold stripes on the train were actually black SCOTCHLITE, and the young woman on the left was wearing a purple SMILE A WHILE ON THE TURBOTRAIN sticker. The train had just arrived on the Southern Railway and left two days later on the Southern Pacific, and several of us got to ride it to Lafayette. Illinois Central coach 2504 had been built in October 1946 as Chicago & Eastern Illinois 463 VERMILLION TRAIL and was purchased by the IC in 1961.
Photo Date:  8/18/1971  Upload Date: 9/21/2017 12:26:03 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  unknown
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 50(Turbotrain)
Views:  730   Comments: 0
KCS Northbound Train
Title:  KCS Northbound Train
Description:  Kansas City Southern F3A 95 and a pair of unidentified B-units were on a northbound train passing the SIGNOR team track just west (timetable north) of New Orleans. The grade crossing under construction in the foreground would become Clearview Parkway. Number 95 may have been unique in that it had red stripes, while most white units had yellow ones. At this location, the train was heading right into the afternoon sun.
Photo Date:  2/18/1972  Upload Date: 10/14/2020 4:12:39 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 95(F7A)
Views:  597   Comments: 0
KCS Train
Title:  KCS Train
Description:  Kansas City Southern F3A 95 and a pair of unidentified B-units were pulling a northbound train out of the railroad's West Yard and across Labarre Road. The 95 may have been unique in that it had red stripes, while most white units had yellow ones. At this location, the train was heading right into the afternoon sun.
Photo Date:  2/18/1972  Upload Date: 12/3/2016 12:59:04 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 95(F7A)
Views:  838   Comments: 1
KCS GP7 150
Title:  KCS GP7 150
Description:  Black Kansas City Southern GP7 150 was parked outside the diesel shop at West Yard with a red F7B and a white GP7. West Yard is just west of New Orleans. (approximate date)
Photo Date:  3/1/1972  Upload Date: 8/16/2017 4:00:45 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  KCS 150(GP7)
Views:  942   Comments: 0
SCL U30B 1707
Title:  SCL U30B 1707
Description:  Seaboard Coast Line U30B 1707 leads a westbound Espee train up the Huey P. Long Bridge, along with a GP35 and two U25B's. The train is on its way from Jaksonville to Houston via the SCL, L&N and SP. SCL 1707 still wears its original Seaboard Air Line green-and-cream paint scheme. (date approximate)
Photo Date:  3/1/1972  Upload Date: 9/1/2010 4:50:08 PM
Location:  Jefferson, LA
Author:  Paul H. Oliver, Jr.
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  SCL 1707(U30B)
Views:  926   Comments: 1
IC car No. 1
Title:  IC car No. 1
Description:  Illinois Central car No. 1 was on the rear of Amtrak's northbound PANAMA LIMITED leaving New Orleans at the former location of Carrollton Avenue Station.
Photo Date:  3/24/1972  Upload Date: 11/26/2016 6:10:04 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  819   Comments: 0
Carrollton Avenue Station
Title:  Carrollton Avenue Station
Description:  This image at the former Carrollton Avenue Station in New Orleans was looking north across the South Carrollton Avenue Underpass towards Carrollton Junction, where New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal’s EASTERN and WESTERN connections diverged to the right and left. The photo was taken as the remaining platform shelter was being dismantled. The station originally had two platforms serving three tracks and was first used when NOUPT opened in 1954. The third track, which had been on the left, was removed about a year earlier, and use of the station ended when Amtrak began on 1 May 1971 or shortly thereafter.
Photo Date:  3/30/1972  Upload Date: 9/6/2020 11:19:45 AM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  PAUL H. OLIVER photo
Categories:  Station
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Views:  348   Comments: 0
L&N FP7 666
Title:  L&N FP7 666
Description:  Louisville & Nasville locomotives stopped visiting the diesel shop at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal on a regular basis with the advent of Amtrak on 1 May 1971; but the railroad continued to send power to NOUPT every now and then. These units usually needed traction motor replacements, something which could not be done at the railroad's Gentilly Yard. Here we see FP7 666 sticking out of the NOUPT shop, one year after the beginning of Amtrak. The unit was retired about a year and a half later, in November 1973. (approximate month and day)
Photo Date:  4/15/1972  Upload Date: 3/4/2014 11:14:45 AM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Paul H. Oliver, Jr.
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  LN 666(FP7A)
Views:  1771   Comments: 0
GM&O Train
Title:  GM&O Train
Description:  Two RS2's and an Alco yard engine were on a northbound Gulf Mobile & Ohio train leaving Frascati Yard in Mobile. (approximate month and day)
Photo Date:  7/15/1972  Upload Date: 9/2/2017 5:41:54 PM
Location:  Mobile, AL
Author:  PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  927   Comments: 0
Extra South
Title:  Extra South
Description:  A trio of Louisville & Nashville GP7's -- 472, 423 and 455 -- prepare to head out from Goulding Yard in Pensacola on an Extra South for Chattahoochee. (approximate month and day)
Photo Date:  7/15/1972  Upload Date: 3/5/2014 5:02:44 PM
Location:  Pensacola, FL
Author:  Paul H. Oliver, Jr.
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  LN 472(GP7)
Views:  1610   Comments: 3
Amtrak Sunset
Title:  Amtrak Sunset
Description:  SDP45s were never very common on the SUNSET; but here is SP 3200 behind FP7s 6455 and 6454 on the westbound train in New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. The 3200 is filling in for a pair of F-units. The 11-car train has baggage car ATSF 3550, three 10-6 sleepers SP 9022, ATSF PALM TOP and SP 9000, diner SP 10211, dorm-lounge ATSF 1340, and five coaches ATSF 2867, 2826, 2856, 2847 and 2889.
Photo Date:  8/9/1972  Upload Date: 6/5/2010 8:07:04 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Paul H. Oliver, Jr.
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  SP 6455(FP7A)
Views:  2674   Comments: 0
L&N-MP Transfer Run (1)
Title:  L&N-MP Transfer Run (1)
Description:  Missouri Pacific GP38-2 869, along with GP35's 603 and 639, lead a transfer run from the Louisville & Nashville's Gentilly Yard to the MP's Race Street Yard at Thalia Street. The building next to the train is the office of the United Fruit Co., and the Mississippi River is just to the right of there. The train has an L&N crew.
Photo Date:  9/10/1972  Upload Date: 1/9/2015 11:47:04 AM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Paul H. Oliver, Jr.
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MP 869(GP38-2)
Views:  1306   Comments: 0
L&N-MP Transfer Run (2)
Title:  L&N-MP Transfer Run (2)
Description:  Missouri Pacific GP38-2 869, along with GP35's 603 and 639, lead a transfer run from the Louisville & Nashville's Gentilly Yard into the MP's Race Street Yard. The structure above the train is the Greater New Orleans Mississippi River Bridge at Thalia Street, and the building at the far end of the yard is a transit shed along the Mississippi River. An L&N crew has brought the train from Gentilly, and will get off here. Race Street Yard closed shortly before the 1984 World's Fair, and the land became the primary parking lot for that event.
Photo Date:  9/10/1972  Upload Date: 1/9/2015 11:47:41 AM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Paul H. Oliver, Jr.
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MP 649(GP35) MP 603(GP35)
Views:  1576   Comments: 0
Amtrak No. 58 (2)
Title:  Amtrak No. 58 (2)
Description:  Amtrak No. 58, the northbound PANAMA LIMITED, was passing an abandoned platform when this was the location of Carrollton Avenue Station. Just ahead were the Carrollton Avenue Underpass and Carrollton Junction, where the Eastern and Western Connections separated. The train consisted of Illinois Central E8A 4028, Amtrak E9B 1456, IC E10B 2100 and six cars: Santa Fe baggage car 3650, Penn Central 10-6 sleeper 4252 NAVAJO VALLEY, ATSF coach 2819, Seaboard Coast Line coach 5259, SCL diner 5916 and SCL coach 5416.
Photo Date:  9/28/1972  Upload Date: 9/8/2017 6:05:43 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  IC 2100(E8B) AMTK 1456(E9B) IC 4028(E8A)
Views:  677   Comments: 0
Amtrak No. 58 (1)
Title:  Amtrak No. 58 (1)
Description:  Amtrak No. 58, the northbound PANAMA LIMITED, was passing an abandoned platform when this was the location of Carrollton Avenue Station. The train consisted of Illinois Central E8A 4028, Amtrak E9B 1456, IC E10B 2100 and six cars: Santa Fe baggage car 3650, Penn Central 10-6 sleeper 4252 NAVAJO VALLEY, ATSF coach 2819, Seaboard Coast Line coach 5259, SCL diner 5916 and SCL coach 5416.
Photo Date:  9/28/1972  Upload Date: 9/8/2017 5:57:56 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  IC 4028(E8A)
Views:  523   Comments: 1
Amtrak No. 58 (3)
Title:  Amtrak No. 58 (3)
Description:  Amtrak No. 58, the northbound PANAMA LIMITED, was passing an abandoned platform when this was the location of Carrollton Avenue Station. The train was crossing the Carrollton Avenue Underpass and taking the Western Connection at Carrollton Junction. The train consisted of Illinois Central E8A 4028, Amtrak E9B 1456, IC E10B 2100 and six cars: Santa Fe baggage car 3650, Penn Central 10-6 sleeper 4252 NAVAJO VALLEY, ATSF coach 2819, Seaboard Coast Line coach 5259, SCL diner 5916 and SCL coach 5416.
Photo Date:  9/28/1972  Upload Date: 9/8/2017 6:12:24 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  587   Comments: 0
IC SW1 615
Title:  IC SW1 615
Description:  With a cab full of people, Illinois Central SW1 615 powers a transfer run along the Mississippi River. In the foreground is the New Orleans Public Belt's engine terminal, while the NOPB's Cotton Warehouse Yard is on the other side of the train and the river is on the other side of the buildings in the background. (date approximate)
Photo Date:  10/1/1972  Upload Date: 9/8/2010 3:55:18 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Paul H. Oliver, Jr.
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  IC 615(SW1)
Views:  1256   Comments: 2
NOPB Engine Terminal
Title:  NOPB Engine Terminal
Description:  Five locomotives were at the New Orleans Public Belt engine terminal along Tchoupitoulas Street. From left to right, these were Baldwin S12 61, EMD SW1000 units 102 and 103, and SW1200’s 71 and 72.
Photo Date:  10/2/1972  Upload Date: 7/16/2020 1:11:38 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  PAUL H. OLIVER photo
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  NOPB 72(SW1200) NOPB 103(SW1000)
Views:  283   Comments: 1
SRS 124
Title:  SRS 124
Description:  A couple of railroaders were looking on as Sperry Rail Service car 124 was being moved onto the New Orleans Public Belt turntable at the railroad’s engine terminal. The 124 had been built by the Electro-Motive Corp. and the St. Louis Car Co. in August 1925 as Milwaukee Road motorcar 141, but that order was cancelled, so it was sold as Lehigh Valley 20 and was purchased by SRS in June 1937.
Photo Date:  10/2/1972  Upload Date: 7/16/2020 1:14:29 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  PAUL H. OLIVER photo
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  SRS 124(Doodlebug)
Views:  404   Comments: 1
SRS 124
Title:  SRS 124
Description:  Sperry Rail Service car 124 was on the New Orleans Public Belt's turntable.
Photo Date:  10/2/1972  Upload Date: 8/18/2017 6:01:44 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SRS 124(Doodlebug)
Views:  580   Comments: 0
L&N GP7 459
Title:  L&N GP7 459
Description:  L&N GP7 459 passes through the railroad's Julia Street Yard, now the site of the New Orleans Convention Center. On the right is one of the railroad's warehouses, while in the left background are some wharves along the Mississippi River. (approximate month and day)
Photo Date:  10/15/1972  Upload Date: 3/1/2014 6:00:10 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Paul H. Oliver, Jr.
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LN 459(GP7)
Views:  2058   Comments: 0
Extra South
Title:  Extra South
Description:  A southbound extra rolls through Pensacola behind GP30 1034, FP7's 615 and 653, and GP30 1017. (approximate month and day)
Photo Date:  10/15/1972  Upload Date: 3/6/2014 10:09:55 PM
Location:  Pensacola, FL
Author:  Paul H. Oliver, Jr.
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  LN 1034(GP30) LN 615(FP7A)
Views:  2071   Comments: 5
Extra South
Title:  Extra South
Description:  A southbound extra rolls through Pensacola behind GP30 1034, FP7's 615 and 653, and GP30 1017. (approximate month and day)
Photo Date:  10/15/1972  Upload Date: 3/6/2014 10:12:30 PM
Location:  Pensacola, FL
Author:  Paul H. Oliver, Jr.
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  LN 653(FP7A) LN 1017(GP30)
Views:  1188   Comments: 1
L&N GE Quartet
Title:  L&N GE Quartet
Description:  Four-axle U-boats became a common sight on the south end of the Louisville & Nashville as soon as its first U25B's arrived in 1963, but a quartet of them was rather unusual. Here U28B 2504 (one of only five on the railroad), U30B 2508 (one of only five on the railroad), a U25B and and an unidentified unit (but either another U28B or U30B) wait at the east end of the Huey P. Long Bridge with an eastbound run-through train from the Southern Pacific. The open hood doors on the first two units were a common sight on early U-boats, as their door latches didn't work very well after a while. Notice that the 2504 still has an emblem on its cab side, while the 2508 has it this replaced with its road number. (approximate month and day)
Photo Date:  10/15/1972  Upload Date: 3/11/2014 8:34:25 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Paul H. Oliver, Jr.
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  LN 2504(U30B)
Views:  1305   Comments: 1
Eastbound Transfer Run
Title:  Eastbound Transfer Run
Description:  Late on a November afternoon, Southern Railway GP38AC 2871 was on an eastbound transfer run from one of the railroad's western connections to Oliver Yard, its main facility in the New Orleans area. The train was on the railroad's New Orleans Terminal Co. subsidiary near the Marconi Drive underpass. (approximate day)
Photo Date:  11/15/1972  Upload Date: 11/26/2016 12:31:17 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SOU 2871(GP38AC)
Views:  672   Comments: 1
Little MKT Train
Title:  Little MKT Train
Description:  This little Missouri-Kansas-Texas train was parked next to the railroad’s freight office in Austin, Texas. It was made up of GP40 173, a Cotton Belt covered hopped and caboose 124. (approximate date of photo)
Photo Date:  1/1/1973  Upload Date: 8/17/2020 12:57:37 PM
Location:  Austin, TX
Author:  PAUL H. OLIVER photo
Categories:  Scenic,Yard
Locomotives:  MKT 173(GP40)
Views:  391   Comments: 1
ATSF café-observation car 1511
Title:  ATSF café-observation car 1511
Description:  Former Santa Fe café-observation car 1511 was parked along 5th Street at Chicon Street in Austin, Texas along with former Central of Georgia lunch counter-diner-lounge car 690. The 1511 was lettered TEXAS TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM and was one of five cars that had been built by the Pullman Car & Manufacturing Co. in 1926 as ATSF 1508-1512. The Santa Fe had donated the 1511 to the TTM and it was subsequently loaned to the Texas State Railroad for continued operation.
Photo Date:  1/1/1973  Upload Date: 4/11/2021 7:23:25 PM
Location:  Austin, TX
Author:  PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. image
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  270   Comments: 0
SSW GP35 6507
Title:  SSW GP35 6507
Description:  Cotton Belt GP35 6507 and four other geeps were on a westbound Southern Pacific train at Austin, Texas. The train was tied down just east of Airport Blvd. waiting for a new crew, since changing crews here prevented it from tying up traffic. The track on the far left was the main line of the MKT. (approximate date of photo)
Photo Date:  1/1/1973  Upload Date: 4/19/2021 11:22:00 AM
Location:  Austin, TX
Author:  PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. image
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 6507(GP35)
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SSW GP35 6507
Title:  SSW GP35 6507
Description:  Cotton Belt GP35 6507 and four other geeps were on a westbound Southern Pacific train at Austin, Texas. The train was tied down just east of Airport Blvd. waiting for a new crew, since changing crews here prevented it from tying up traffic. The track in the foreground was the main line of the MKT. (approximate date of photo)
Photo Date:  1/1/1973  Upload Date: 4/19/2021 11:23:09 AM
Location:  Austin, TX
Author:  PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. image
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 6507(GP35)
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SP GP9R 3735
Title:  SP GP9R 3735
Description:  Southern Pacific GP9R 3735 was next to the agent's building in Austin, Texas; between Chicon Street on the west and Canadian Street (now Robert Martinez Blvd.) on the east. The geep was probably switching the cars that had come in that morning on train No. 237, the GIDDINGS LOCAL. (approximate date of photo)
Photo Date:  1/1/1973  Upload Date: 4/19/2021 11:27:13 AM
Location:  Austin, TX
Author:  PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. image
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3735(GP9R)
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SP GP9R 3735
Title:  SP GP9R 3735
Description:  Southern Pacific GP9R 3735 was crossing Canadian Street (now Robert Martinez Blvd.) in Austin, Texas as it did some switching with caboose 1507. These were probably cars that had come in that morning on train No. 237, the GIDDINGS LOCAL. (approximate date of photo)
Photo Date:  1/1/1973  Upload Date: 4/19/2021 11:28:16 AM
Location:  Austin, TX
Author:  PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. image
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 3735(GP9R)
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MKT caboose 124
Title:  MKT caboose 124
Description:  MKT 124 was photographed in Austin, Texas. It was one of 25 MKT cabooses (100-124) built by the International Car Co. in 1966, and was removed from service by the Union Pacific at RAY YARD in Dennison, Texas on 1 October 1990. (approximate date of photo)
Photo Date:  1/1/1973  Upload Date: 4/3/2021 11:41:51 AM
Location:  Austin, TX
Author:  PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. image
Categories:  RollingStock
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MKT GP40 173
Title:  MKT GP40 173
Description:  MKT GP40 173 was photographed in Austin, Texas. It was the last unit in the railroad’s first order for four GP40’s (170-173), delivered in June 1966; and after it was retired, it became EMD lease unit 173. (approximate date of photo)
Photo Date:  1/1/1973  Upload Date: 4/3/2021 11:40:24 AM
Location:  Austin, TX
Author:  PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. image
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MKT 173(GP40)
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SP GP9R 3353
Title:  SP GP9R 3353
Description:  Southern Pacific GP9R 3353 was parked next to the sand house at Austin, Texas. (approximate date of photo)
Photo Date:  1/1/1973  Upload Date: 4/19/2021 11:29:48 AM
Location:  Austin, TX
Author:  PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. image
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3353(GP9R)
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CofG 690 and ATSF 1511
Title:  CofG 690 and ATSF 1511
Description:  Here were former Central of Georgia lunch counter-diner-lounge car 690 and former Santa Fe café-observation car 1511 parked along 5th Street at Chicon Street in Austin, Texas. The 690 was still lettered for the CofG, while the 1511 was lettered TEXAS TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM. Car 690 had been built by American Car & Foundry in July 1947 for operation on the CofG’s NANCY HANKS II while the 1511 was one of five cars that had been built by the Pullman Car & Manufacturing Co. in 1926 as ATSF 1508-1512. The Santa Fe had donated the 1511 to the TTM and it was subsequently loaned to the Texas State Railroad for continued operation.
Photo Date:  1/1/1973  Upload Date: 4/11/2021 7:20:55 PM
Location:  Austin, TX
Author:  PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. image
Categories:  Passenger
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CofG lunch counter-diner-lounge car 690
Title:  CofG lunch counter-diner-lounge car 690
Description:  Former Central of Georgia lunch counter-diner-lounge car 690 was parked along 5th Street at Chicon Street in Austin, Texas; along with former Santa Fe café-observation 1511. The 690 was still lettered for the CofG and had been built by American Car & Foundry in July 1947 for operation on the CofG’s NANCY HANKS II.
Photo Date:  1/1/1973  Upload Date: 4/11/2021 7:22:23 PM
Location:  Austin, TX
Author:  PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. image
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  218   Comments: 0


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