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NOPB Baldwins working industry siding |
| Description: |
NOPB 44/51 at Flintkote siding near Industrial Canal in 1970 (no exact date) |
| Photo Date: |
6/15/1970 Upload Date: 8/7/2009 11:41:52 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James Selzer |
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Action |
| Locomotives: |
NOPB 44(DS44-660) NOPB 51(S8) |
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1633 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NOPB 44 and 51 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Belt DS-4-4-660 44 was moving S-8 51 at one of the railroad’s yards. This was less than a year before both of the locomotives were replaced by new EMD switchers and were retired. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1970 Upload Date: 1/9/2020 4:21:35 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NOPB 44(DS44-660) |
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565 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NOPB DS44-660 44 and SW1000 104 |
| Description: |
Shortly after the arrival of New Orleans Public Belt SW1000's 101-106 and SW1500's 151-153 in July and August 1971, several of the Baldwin switchers which had been used as trade-in credit with EMD were parked at the railroad's engine terminal, waiting to be scrapped. On the right were two of the new units along with one of the railroad's SW1200's. (approximate day) |
| Photo Date: |
9/15/1971 Upload Date: 4/17/2017 11:37:58 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NOPB 44(DS44-660) NOPB 104(SW1000) |
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583 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NOPB 45 and 49 |
| Description: |
Three retired New Orleans Public Belt Baldwin DS4-4-660 locomotives were parked at the railroad’s engine terminal, awaiting their demise. The NOPB had just used eight Baldwin locos as trade-in credit on a like number of new EMD switchers, and the old units would soon be scrapped by a contractor at a siding on the railroad. (approximate date, slide processed October 1971) |
| Photo Date: |
10/15/1971 Upload Date: 10/25/2019 10:02:31 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NOPB 45(DS44-660) NOPB 49(DS44-660) |
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348 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NOPB DS-4-4-660 47 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Belt Railroad number 47 was switching the south end of Claiborne Yard, along the west side of the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal. The smokestacks identified the location of the Lone Star cement plant, and were landmarks in this neighborhood for many years. The 47 was a Baldwin DS-4-4-660 built in January 1949 for $73,950. It was traded-in to EMD the year after this photo was taken and it was scrapped in New Orleans. (approximate day) |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1970 Upload Date: 2/20/2017 11:44:36 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NOPB 47(DS44-660) |
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575 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NOPB Baldwins |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Belt Baldwin DS-4-4-660 units 47 and 48 were parked inside of the railroad's roundhouse. The locomotives had been built in January 1949 at a cost of $73,950 each; and were near then end of their careers, as they were traded-in to EMD for new units which arrived in August 1971. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
6/6/1971 Upload Date: 4/29/2019 12:15:54 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NOPB 47(DS44-660) NOPB 48(DS44-660) |
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364 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NOPB Roundhouse October 1971 |
| Description: |
Two of the Belt's Baldwins in for service. NOPB 47 and 48 are DS44-660's. For roughly 50 years the Belts roster was entirely Baldwin built steam and diesel models. |
| Photo Date: |
5/24/1998 Upload Date: 7/17/2009 1:58:59 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Jim Selzer |
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| Locomotives: |
NOPB 47(DS44-660) NOPB 48(DS44-660) |
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1176 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NOPB DS-4-4-660 49 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Belt DS-4-4-660 number 49 was switching a wharf along the Mississippi River near the Louisville & Nashville station. The locomotive had been built as Baldwin serial no. 73897 in January 1949 at a cost of $73,950 and was the third of three units built for the NOPB that month. It was retired in 1971, traded in to EMD and was scrapped by a contractor in New Orleans. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
5/5/1950 Upload Date: 6/12/2019 1:16:49 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
J. PARKER LAMB photo |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NOPB 49(DS44-660) |
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372 Comments: 0 |
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