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| Title: |
SP-L&N Transfer Run |
| Description: |
A transfer run from the Southern Pacific’s AVONDALE YARD to the Louisville & Nashville’s GENTILLY YARD was at Louisa Street on the east side of New Orleans as it approached the L&N yard. The train was powered by L&N GP30 1043, SP C630 units 3140, 3146 and 3142, SP GP9R 3341 and L&N GP40 3004. Those big Alcos disappeared from here about a year later and went into storage, then were sold for scrap in 1979. |
| Photo Date: |
10/10/1976 Upload Date: 11/1/2020 10:45:51 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Action |
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LN 3004(GP40) |
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| Title: |
Southern LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN |
| Description: |
Southern Railway observation car 1056 brings up the rear of a northbound ferry trip on the BACK BELT at the Orleans Avenue Canal bridge. The locomotive is Mikado 4501, and we know it's a ferry trip because there's no one on the car! (date approximate) |
| Photo Date: |
11/1/1976 Upload Date: 9/19/2010 4:39:44 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
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| Title: |
SP MP15AC 2706 |
| Description: |
The Southern Pacific loved 1500-horsepower EMD switchers! After buying 240 SW1500's and 12 MP15DC's, the railroad was the first customer for the MP15AC. Between August and October 1975 SP received 58 units, 2702-2759, and the first dozen were assigned to Avondale Yard near New Orleans; although a few of these were used elsewhere across southern Louisiana. Although usually used in pairs and trios, here we see five of the new units -- 2706, 2709, 2708, 2702 and 2703 -- on a westbound transfer run approaching the Huey P. Long Bridge at Central Avenue. The locomotives are literally clean enough to eat off of! These would be the last switch engines purchased by the railroad. |
| Photo Date: |
11/2/1976 Upload Date: 6/5/2010 8:00:27 PM |
| Location: |
Jefferson, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2706(MP15AC) |
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3474 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
IC car 3305 |
| Description: |
Former Illinois Central observation-lounge car 3305 was parked in New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal with some Southern Railway excursion cars. The 3305 was built by the IC in 1947, using the frame of a heavyweight coach, for service on the CITY OF NEW ORLEANS and was initially named MARDI GRAS. When this photo was taken the car was owned by the New Orleans Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, and it had just run on a pair of steam excursions to Hattiesburg and back the previous weekend. |
| Photo Date: |
11/10/1976 Upload Date: 12/15/2017 5:35:27 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
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| Title: |
KCS F9Am 91 |
| Description: |
Kansas City Southern F-unit 91 was receiving some attention in the engine house at West Yard, just outside of New Orleans. The locomotive was built as L&A F7A 74D in February 1951; but after being wrecked at Sulphur Springs, Texas on 12 October 1955, EMD rebuilt it into an F9Am in March 1956. It was assigned unit number 91 in January 1957 (while retaining engine number 74D), renumbered 4061 in April 1978, sold to Mountain Diesel Transportation in 1988, and -- after changing ownership several times -- is still in existence in 2010. |
| Photo Date: |
11/21/1976 Upload Date: 6/5/2010 7:48:30 PM |
| Location: |
Metairie, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 91(F9AM) |
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1266 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Cabooses |
| Description: |
A Missouri Pacific SW8 switches an unidentified L&N caboose, Southern X479 and MP 13040 at the railroad's Avondale Yard, just west of New Orleans. (date approximate) |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/1976 Upload Date: 8/31/2010 12:50:17 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Yard |
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1289 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
KCS SD40-2 643 |
| Description: |
A trio of Kansas City Southern SD40-2's - 643, 658 and 637 - were on a a 111-car train preparing to head north from West Yard in the New Orleans area. The 637 was the first SD40-2 ever completed. |
| Photo Date: |
12/4/1976 Upload Date: 2/10/2017 10:15:52 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 643(SD40-2) |
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332 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak No. 1 |
| Description: |
SDP40F 559 was smoking it up as it and the 555 got Amtrak train No. 1 - the westbound SUNSET - underway at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal on Christmas Eve 1976. The 13-car train consisted of baggage car 1088, coach 5236, four high-level coaches 9927, 9941, 9949 and 9920, dormitory-lounge 3395, diner 8041, four sleepers 2762 PALM VIEW, 2366 REGAL PASS, 2501 BLUE GROVE and 2602 PACIFIC BEAUTY, and dome-sleeper-observation 9250 SILVER HORIZON. Southern Pacific units regularly smoked like this after sitting in New Orleans for 16 hours, but it was very unusual for an SDP40F to do this. |
| Photo Date: |
12/24/1976 Upload Date: 5/21/2018 1:56:34 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 559(SDP40F) |
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559 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Private Car SILVER FOOT |
| Description: |
On Christmas Eve 1976 Chicago Medical Equipment car CME 300 SILVER FOOT was being hand-washed at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. It had been built by Pullman-Standard in April 1956 as Union Pacific 5-double-bedroom / buffet / lounge car OGDEN and in 1967 the UP redesignated it as staff car 126. It was sold to Great Western Enterprises in 1971, where it became the 126 REDWOOD, and was later sold to CME. The car got its name because CME was owned by a group of podiatrists! Subsequent to this photo it was assigned Amtrak number 800279 and was rebuilt into an open-platform car. |
| Photo Date: |
12/24/1976 Upload Date: 3/6/2019 3:09:13 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
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| Title: |
PEANUT SPECIAL |
| Description: |
At 1:00 PM on Tuesday 18 January 1977 a trio of Amtrak SDP40F units - 582, 595 and 588 - was about to pull out of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal with the 18-car PEANUT SPECIAL. All of the train's trucks and underbody had just received a coat of fresh black paint at NOUPT. The train was made up of three coaches, four sleepers, a piano-lounge car, a full diner, a kitchen-dormitory car, a sleeper-lounge and seven more sleepers. It deadheaded to Plains, Georgia via the L&N and SCL so it could bring supporters of Jimmy Carter to his presidential inauguration in Washington on 20 January. After the inauguration it returned to Plains and then deadheaded back to New Orleans behind the 643, 588 and 595. |
| Photo Date: |
1/18/1977 Upload Date: 6/23/2017 5:51:18 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 582(SDP40F) AMTK 582(SDP40F) |
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| Title: |
SP SD9 4451 |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific upgraded SD9's 4450 and 4451 were at the engine house at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, having come in on a special train. The railroad bought 150 of these units between 1954 and 1956, and 76 of them had boilers for passenger service. Between 1970 and 1980 144 of these were upgraded and renumbered, but only the 4450 and 4451 retained their boilers. |
| Photo Date: |
1/24/1977 Upload Date: 9/22/2010 3:57:41 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SP 4451(SD9E) |
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1939 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Steam Generators |
| Description: |
During the unusually cold winter of 1976-77 freshly reconditioned steam generators were lined up in the diesel shop at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, awaiting installation in E-units which had experienced freeze damage up north. The label on the steam generator in the foreground identified it as a Vapor OK-4625 SIMPLIFIED, overhauled by the Durox Equipment Co. of Strongsville, Ohio. |
| Photo Date: |
1/31/1977 Upload Date: 2/21/2017 1:22:11 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo |
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| Title: |
Transfer Run |
| Description: |
Running long hood forward, L&N GP30 1025 and MP GP18 1957 roll past the Orleans Avenue Pumping Station with an eastbound transfer run. The tracks belong to the New Orleans Terminal Co., a subsidiary of the Southern Railway. The operation of an MP-L&N transfer run over the Southern was very unusual. |
| Photo Date: |
2/2/1977 Upload Date: 3/16/2014 4:07:10 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LN 1025(GP30) MP 1957(GP18) |
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736 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southern SD24 6332 |
| Description: |
Southern Railway SD24's 6332 and 6302, along with SD40 3186 and a Missouri Pacific caboose, were parked in the New Orleans Public Belt's little yard at the east end of the Huey P. Long Bridge. The Southern had delivered the units to the MoP on run-through train 115 from Birmingham, and the MoP was using them in transfer service until they had to go back to the Southern later in the day on train 114. The two SD24's were retired the next year, while the SD40 survived well into the Norfolk Southern era. |
| Photo Date: |
2/5/1977 Upload Date: 9/2/2016 1:22:43 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6332(SD24) |
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516 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak No. 58 |
| Description: |
During January 1977 extremely cold weather took quite a few of Amtrak’s steam-heated cars out of service, so the railroad was forced to discontinue several long-distance trains, including the PANAMA LIMITED. After an absence of several weeks, the train was reinstated on 25 January with Amfleet coaches and food service cars, plus a 600-series baby baggage car; but a sleeping car was not added until December. Here is No. 58 on 6 February, approaching CARROLLTON JUNCTION on New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal track with a typical consist, although the baggage car is behind the coaches and ICG office car 6 is on the rear. |
| Photo Date: |
2/6/1977 Upload Date: 7/8/2018 10:17:01 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 228(F40PH) |
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880 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southern Derailment |
| Description: |
This derailment took place on the Southern Railway's New Orleans Terminal Co. subsidiary between the 17th Street Canal and the I-10 underpass. The signal visible on the other side of the red CTI container prevented the derailed cars from falling down the embankment into the Metairie Cemetery.. |
| Photo Date: |
2/6/1977 Upload Date: 1/19/2018 6:04:10 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Wreck |
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| Title: |
ICG car 6 |
| Description: |
Illinois Central Gulf office car No. 6 was bringing up the rear of Amtrak's northbound PANAMA LIMITED at Carrollton Junction in New Orleans. The train had just began operating with Amfleet cars, and today the little 1300-series Ambag was placed behind the coaches instead of at the front of the train so it could act as a buffer with the office car. The old type diaphragm on ICG 6 could damage the lightweight diaphragms on the Amfleet cars; but the little baggage cars didn't have any diaphragms and could be coupled to anything. The office car had been built by American Car & Foundry in 1915 as IC 16. |
| Photo Date: |
2/6/1977 Upload Date: 2/23/2017 2:48:05 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
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793 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
KCS SD40-2 642 |
| Description: |
By the time this photo was taken under the train washer at West Yard, Kansas City Southern SD40-2 642 - one of the railroad's two bicentennial units - was so filthy one could barely tell what colors it wore; but the cab was purple! |
| Photo Date: |
2/20/1977 Upload Date: 1/4/2017 11:21:30 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
KCS 642(SD40-2) |
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1190 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
KCS Accident |
| Description: |
Nothing draws a crowd like an accident, and here was one along the Kansas City Southern about three miles west (railroad north) from this train’s destination at West Yard, just outside of New Orleans. A southbound train with SD40-2 650 and SD40 622 had just hit a Dickies work clothes rental service truck at the intersection of Clearview Parkway and Airline Highway (U.S. 61) and was waiting for the state trooper (next to the coupler) to finish his investigation. Signor had been a team track along the KCS and its predecessors for over 50 years, but it disappeared in 1985 when the KCS began using a nearby ICG line and abandoned this track. The ICG had a grade separation at Clearview Parkway, which eliminated problems like this. |
| Photo Date: |
3/2/1977 Upload Date: 12/10/2016 6:00:52 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 650(SD40-2) |
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527 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
L&N GP40 3025 |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville GP40 units 3025 and 3002 were parked at the Missouri Pacific’s Avondale Yard, just west of New Orleans, along with MP GP35M 2504. At that time, L&N units were frequent visitors to Avondale on transfer runs. |
| Photo Date: |
3/27/1977 Upload Date: 10/6/2018 10:49:49 AM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
LN 3025(GP40) |
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435 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CN GP38-2W 5571 |
| Description: |
In early 1977 the Louisville & Nashville leased an assortment of locomotives from the Canadian National to help out with a motive power shortage. Here CN GP38-2W 5571, L&N GP38-2 4058, CN GP38-2W 5586 and CN GP38-2 5517 were on a westbound (timetable south) extra at the Read Blvd. grade crossing in eastern New Orleans, as the train neared its destination at Gentilly Yard. |
| Photo Date: |
3/27/1977 Upload Date: 6/4/2010 8:05:37 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CN 5571(GP38-2W) |
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3590 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
AMTK dome-obs 9310 |
| Description: |
Amtrak dome-observation car 9310, originally Wabash 1601 and then N&W 1601, was bringing up the rear of a special train moving cars for Amtrak's 1977 TRANSCONTINENTAL STEAM EXCURSION from New Orleans to Birmingham. The train originated at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal and was powered by Louisville & Nashville GP38 4007 and Amtrak E9A 428. It was photographed at 7:15AM passing through New Orleans City Park on the Southern Railway. |
| Photo Date: |
4/12/1977 Upload Date: 3/20/2014 9:15:41 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
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| Title: |
L&N GP38 4007 and AMTK E9A 428 |
| Description: |
It was 7:15AM as L&N GP38 4007 and Amtrak E9A 428 headed into the morning sun with a special passenger move. The train had just left New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal with 11 passengers, and was ferrying 10 cars to Birmingham for use on Amtrak's 1977 TRANSCONTINENTAL STEAM EXCURSION. The EXCURSION began the next day, and was used to get former SP 4-8-4 4449 from Birmingham back home to Portland. The 4449 had been at the Southern Railway's steam shop in Birmingham after its 2-year tour on the AMERICAN FREEDOM TRAIN. At this location, in New Orleans City Park, the train was operating over the Southern Railway, on its way from the NOUPT Eastern Connection at East City Junction to the L&N at L&N Junction - 3.5 miles . |
| Photo Date: |
4/12/1977 Upload Date: 3/1/2014 6:01:16 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LN 4007(GP38) |
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933 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
TRANSCONTINENTAL STEAM EXCURSION |
| Description: |
Amtrak’s first and only TRANSCONTINENTAL STEAM EXCURSION, featuring former AMERICAN FREEDOM TRAIN and originally Southern Pacific 4-8-4 4449, had just arrived in New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal behind Illinois Central GP9 9016 and GP10 8277. The 4449 had developed a boiler problem earlier in the day after running through a crossover at high speed in Hazlehurst, Mississippi; and the IC geeps rescued the train after the 4449 finally failed 20 miles from NOUPT. |
| Photo Date: |
4/14/1977 Upload Date: 7/18/2020 10:11:58 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER photo |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
IC 9018(GP9) AFT 4449(4-8-4) SP 4449(4-8-4) |
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608 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AFT/AMTK 4449 |
| Description: |
Framed by the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal car washer and illuminated by the late afternoon sun, IC geeps 9016 and 8277 back former SP 4-8-4 4449 and Amtrak's TRANSCONTINENTAL STEAM EXCURSION into the station. The geeps were put on the train north of New Orleans because of a problem with the big Northern. |
| Photo Date: |
4/14/1977 Upload Date: 9/26/2010 8:18:43 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
AFT 4449(4-8-4) |
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684 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Steam Excursion |
| Description: |
An impatient motorist watches as Amtrak dome-observation 9310, formerly Wabash and N&W 1601, brings up the rear of the 1977 TRANSCONTINENTAL STEAM EXCURSION as the train passes through Kenner, Louisiana on the Illinois Central Gulf. The train is running about three and a half hours late because of problems with former SP 4449, and is being powered by a pair of ICG GP10's. In a few minutes it will pause at the ICG's Mays Yard so some of its passengers can transfer to the northbound PANAMA LIMITED for their trip home. Mays Yard is about 20 minutes from the train's destination, New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. Two days later the train left New Orleans over the SP for Portland. |
| Photo Date: |
4/14/1977 Upload Date: 3/20/2014 9:16:34 PM |
| Location: |
Kenner, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
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602 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
AFT/AMTK 4449 |
| Description: |
Wearing both AMERICAN FREEDOM TRAIN and AMTRAK lettering, former SP 4-8-4 4449 rests at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal between NOUPT SW8 No. 1 and UP water car 907853. The locomotive and water car were en route from Birmingham to Portland on Amtrak's TRANSCONTINENTAL STEAM EXCURSION. |
| Photo Date: |
4/15/1977 Upload Date: 9/26/2010 8:08:50 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
AFT 4449(4-8-4) NOUPT 1(SW8) |
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3202 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SCL U36B 1799 |
| Description: |
Seaboard Coast Line U36B 1799 and New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal SW8 number 1 were parked outside the engine house at NOUPT. The Louisville & Nashville had sent the GE over for some work which it could not perform at Gentilly Yard. |
| Photo Date: |
5/3/1977 Upload Date: 8/29/2017 6:20:22 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SCL 1799(U36B) NOUPT 1(SW8) |
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792 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SOU FP7A 6133 |
| Description: |
Green Southern Railway FP7A's 6133 and 6141 were at the sand tower at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. |
| Photo Date: |
5/6/1977 Upload Date: 6/6/2010 11:15:47 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6133(FP7A) |
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1523 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
SOU FP7A 6141 |
| Description: |
Southern FP7A's 6141 and 6133 were at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal for school excursions. The Southern operated these to intruduce children to railroads; and for most of these kids, this would be their first train ride. Today's railroads find such activities unnecessary. |
| Photo Date: |
5/7/1977 Upload Date: 6/6/2010 2:59:49 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6141(FP7A) |
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746 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NOUPT |
| Description: |
Southern Railway FP7's 6141 and 6133 were at the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal engine terminal with Amtrak SDP40F 612 and P30CH 723. The Southern units were in town for operation on some school kids specials. |
| Photo Date: |
5/8/1977 Upload Date: 11/4/2016 6:19:24 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo |
| Categories: |
Yard,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6141(FP7A) AMTK 612(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
401 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southern SCHOOL KIDS' SPECIAL |
| Description: |
A Southern Railway SCHOOL KIDS’ SPECIAL was leaving New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal behind FP7's 6141 and 6133. The railroad occasionally ran these trains to introduce students – and frequently their parents and teachers – to train travel and railroading. Passengers got on and off all along the way, and the riders returned to their point of origin on buses. Half of the cars on the 10-car train – the first two and the last three – had been built for the Central of Georgia. |
| Photo Date: |
5/9/1977 Upload Date: 9/6/2020 10:56:33 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER photo |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
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225 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southern Extra 6141 North |
| Description: |
At 9:00 Southern Railway FP7's 6141 and 6133 were pulling out of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal with a 10-car students' excursion. The railroad ran these trips to introduce students - and frequently their parents and teachers - to train travel and railroading. These were short one-way trips, with passengers getting on and off all along the way, and the riders returning to their point of origin on buses. The first two cars were former Central of Georgia 664 FORT OGLETHORPE and 663 FORT McPHERSON. |
| Photo Date: |
5/9/1977 Upload Date: 12/29/2016 8:14:28 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6141(FP7A) SOU 6133(FP7A) |
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985 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
L&N GP38 4005 and SP C630 3146 |
| Description: |
L&N GP38 4005 and SP C630 3146 meet on the Southern Railway at Metairie Road, in the New Orleans suburb of Metairie. The Alco was on a short siding with a pair of GP9's, one of which had a bad traction motor. SP 3140-3146 were assigned to transfer service in the New Orleans area in early 1973; but by the end of 1977 they were all gone, replaced by GP9's. |
| Photo Date: |
5/29/1977 Upload Date: 3/1/2014 10:03:55 PM |
| Location: |
Metairie, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Action |
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LN 4005(GP38) SP 3146(C630) |
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| Title: |
SOU GP7 8211 |
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Southern Railway GP7 8211 crosses North Carrollton Avenue while working on the Bernadotte Branch. This was one of four GP7's (8210-8213) built in May 1950 for the Southern's Georgia Southern & Florida subsidiary. Prior to the opening of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal in 1954, this line was used by Southern and GM&O passenger trains for access to the Southern's Terminal Station on Basin Street at Canal Street. |
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7/5/1977 Upload Date: 9/7/2010 3:50:09 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
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Action |
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SOU 8211(GP7) |
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| Title: |
SOU GP7 8211 |
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Southern Railway GP7 8211 was parked on the St. Louis Street branch line just south of North Carrollton Avenue. (The blue automobile in the background is on Carrollton.) The branch was abandoned between South Carrollton and South Broad Street in 2003 and this is now a part of the Lafitte Greenway pedestrian and bike trail. |
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7/5/1977 Upload Date: 7/27/2015 11:23:52 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Roster,Track |
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SOU 8211(GP7) |
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| Title: |
SOU GP7 8211 |
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This was a view on the Southern Railway's St. Louis Street branch line at the intersection of St. Louis Street and North Scott Street, facing North Carrollton Avenue. At this location, the track occupied the right-of-way of St.Louis Street, and the railroad's former Scott Street roundhouse -- which closed in the early 1950's -- was just off to the left. The branch was abandoned between South Carrollton and South Broad Street in 2003 and the right-of-way is now a part of the Lafitte Greenway pedestrian and bike trail. |
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7/5/1977 Upload Date: 7/27/2015 11:25:27 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Track |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 8211(GP7) |
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399 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
IC 3305 |
| Description: |
Former Illinois Central observation-lounge car 3305 was on the rear of the northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT at Carrollton Junction. This had been the location of Carrollton Avenue Station, and the paved area next to the train was the remnant of one of the two station platforms. The car was built by the IC in 1947 for service on the CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, and had been owned by the NRHS-New Orleans Chapter; but it was on its way to its new owners, the Roanoke Chapter, when this photo was taken. |
| Photo Date: |
7/8/1977 Upload Date: 9/1/2010 4:49:18 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
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Passenger |
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| Title: |
SOU MP15DC 2367 |
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Brand new Southern Railway MP15DC was parked in the New Orleans Public Belt's East Bridge Yard, next the the east end of the Huey P. Long Bridge. This was one of four such units -- 2367-2370 -- built that month and sent to New Orleans to replace three pre-war NW2's and NW5 2100. |
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7/17/1977 Upload Date: 6/6/2010 2:58:47 PM |
| Location: |
Jefferson, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Roster |
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SOU 2367(MP15DC) |
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613 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP GP15-1 1605 |
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A trio of brand-new Missouri Pacific GP15-1 units were parked on a transfer run in the New Orleans Public Belt's East Bridge Yard. The east end of the Huey P. Long Bridge was just off to the left of the photo. |
| Photo Date: |
7/31/1977 Upload Date: 11/3/2016 3:48:46 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
MP 1605(GP15-1) |
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463 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
MP Power |
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Assorted Missouri Pacific locomotives were outside the railroad's diesel shop at Avondale Yard, just west of New Orleans. |
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7/31/1977 Upload Date: 3/4/2017 8:39:11 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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MP 1957(GP18) MP 602(GP7) |
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580 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
L&N U23B 2718 |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville U23B 2718, Alco C430 5601 and U23B 2719 were parked outside the diesel shop at GOULDING YARD in Pensacola. |
| Photo Date: |
8/21/1977 Upload Date: 9/12/2018 5:45:06 PM |
| Location: |
Pensacola, FL |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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LN 2718(U23B) |
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504 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
L&N U23B 2719 |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville U23B 2719, C430 5601 and U23B 2718 were parked outside the diesel shop at GOULDING YARD in Pensacola, Florida. |
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8/21/1977 Upload Date: 1/19/2019 12:17:47 PM |
| Location: |
Pensacola, FL |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
LN 2719(U23B) |
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219 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
L&N C430 5601 |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville Alco C430 5601 rests between runs at Goulding Yard in Pansacola, between U23B's 2718 and 2719. The locomotive had a very interesting history, having been built in March 1967 as one of three Alco C430 demonstrators: 430-1 through 430-3. This unit was originally Alco 430-2 and then Seaboard Coast Line 1276. SCL sold these units to the L&N in 1976, where they were renumbered 5600-5602; but they only wore these numbers for three years. In 1979 the L&N assigned them to yard service and renumbered them 2244, 2247 and 2260; but all three were retired two years later, in October 1981. |
| Photo Date: |
8/21/1977 Upload Date: 3/4/2014 11:29:35 AM |
| Location: |
Pensacola, FL |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Roster |
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LN 5601(C430) |
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1908 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Airtrans 2 and 8 |
| Description: |
The AIRTRANS people mover was designed and built by the Vought Corp., and opened at the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport in 1974. AIRTRANS used 68 cars, and operated at 17 MPH on a 15-miles route serving 33 station. It was replaced by SKYLINK, a 5-mile system usinging Bombardier's INNOVIA APM 200 technology, in 2005. (date approximate) |
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9/1/1977 Upload Date: 9/19/2010 4:51:46 PM |
| Location: |
Dallas, TX |
| Author: |
Paul. H. Oliver, Jr. |
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Passenger |
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| Title: |
Airtrans 82 and 5 |
| Description: |
The AIRTRANS people mover was designed and built by the Vought Corp., and opened at the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport in 1974. AIRTRANS used 68 cars, and operated at 17 MPH on a 15-miles route serving 33 station. In 2005 it was replaced by SKYLINK, a 5-mile system using Bombardier's INNOVIA APM 200 technology. (date approximate) |
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9/1/1977 Upload Date: 9/19/2010 5:01:17 PM |
| Location: |
Dallas, TX |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
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Passenger |
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| Title: |
Rio Grande Zephyr |
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Passengers disembark from the westbound RIO GRANDE ZEPHYR at the Salt Lake City station. (date approximate) |
| Photo Date: |
9/1/1977 Upload Date: 9/17/2010 10:30:48 PM |
| Location: |
Salt Lake City, UT |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
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DRGW 5771(F9A) |
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710 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Kennecott 407 |
| Description: |
Kennecott Copper 125-ton electrics 407 and 402 were on an ore train at Copperton Yard, just outside of the big copper mine at Bingham Canyon. They will haul the train 28 miles to one of the mills near the Great Salt Lake. The 3200-horsepower locomotives were built by General Electric in December 1947 and retired in March 1982. A carman is attaching ground air to the train on the adjacent track. This was the normal practice, so that the locomotives wouldn't have to pump up the air after they coupled on. (date approximate) |
| Photo Date: |
9/1/1977 Upload Date: 6/4/2010 8:10:41 PM |
| Location: |
Copperton, UT |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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KCCX 407(125Tonner) KCCX 402(125Tonner) |
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1797 Comments: 7 |
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| Title: |
UP GP30 807 |
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Union Pacific GP30 807 was on lease to Kennecott Copper Corp. when it was photographed at Bingham Canyon. Between May 1973 and December 1978, KCC leased a dozen GP30's: four from the Rio Grande and eight from the UP. (date approximate) |
| Photo Date: |
9/1/1977 Upload Date: 6/4/2010 8:11:14 PM |
| Location: |
Bingham Canyon, UT |
| Author: |
Andrea Oliver |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 807(GP38-2) |
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452 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP Office Cars 1 and 2 |
| Description: |
Missouri Pacific office cars 1 and two were parked next to the car shop at Avondale Yard, just west of New Orleans. (date approximate) |
| Photo Date: |
9/1/1977 Upload Date: 9/9/2010 3:57:53 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
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1812 Comments: 0 |
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