Opelousas Turn         
Cotton Belt GP35 6501 heads out of Lafayette with two tank cars for the LouAna Foods vegetable oil processing plant at Opelousas. The train originated at Lafayette Yard, about a mile away, and had just entered the Alexandria Branch at Alex Jct. (milepost 145.3). The main line to New Orleans is on the left of the photo.
Date: 3/13/1987 Location: Lafayette, LA   Map Show Lafayette on a rail map Views: 1184 Collection Of:   Michael Palmieri
Locomotives: SSW 6501(GP35)    Author:  Michael Palmieri
Opelousas Turn
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