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| Title: |
L&N Train No. 10 |
| Description: |
Coming out of the afternoon sun, Louisville & Nashville 4-6-2 245 powers train No. 10 across the Southern Railway main line at NO&NE Tower (milepost 802.7). Just a few years after this photo was taken, NO&NE Tower was replaced with a new brick structure named N.E. Tower. At about the same time, train No. 10 was discontinued. The 245 was the last of six K-5 class light Pacifics (240-245) assigned to the L&N by the United States Railroad Administration during the First World War. It was built by Alco-Richmond in 1919 and retired on 22 June 1954. (approximate day of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1950 Upload Date: 8/22/2016 9:46:30 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
William Harry photo |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LN 245(4-6-2) |
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1044 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
L&N Pacific 269 |
| Description: |
Preceded by a flagman, Louisville & Nashville K-5 class Pacific 269 was rolling out of the railroad's trainshed and across Canal Street in New Orleans. The loco has just uncoupled from a southbound passenger train and was heading to the roundhouse at Julia Street Yard. The automobiles behind the flagman had just gotten off of a ferry boat from the west side of the Mississippi River, and the walkway above the loco provided pedestrian access to the ferry. The railroad closed Canal Street Station and the Julia Street roundhouse when its passenger trains moved to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal in April 1954. (approximate day of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1950 Upload Date: 10/21/2016 5:06:28 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
William Harry photo |
| Categories: |
Station,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
LN 269(4-6-2) |
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829 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NOPB 0-6-0 15 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Belt 0-6-0 number 15 was photographed at the railroad's engine terminal six month's after it had been authorized for retirement on 5 April 1950. It was a Baldwin class C-5577, built as serial number 42353 in September 1915 and purchased by the NOPB for $12,500. (approximate day of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1950 Upload Date: 8/11/2016 5:12:37 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
William Harry photo |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
NOPB 15(0-6-0) |
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732 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP Train No. 5 |
| Description: |
SP train No. 5, the westbound ARGONAUT, was preparing to depart from Union Station in New Orleans behind Alco units 202 and 203. At this time, construction was underway on New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, with the new express building going up on the other side of the 202. The two platforms here were built so that IC, SP and MP (GCL) trains could continue to operate while the old station was removed and the new station was completed. (approximate day of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1950 Upload Date: 9/13/2016 5:18:03 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
William Harry photo |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
SP 202(PA1) TNO 202(PA1) |
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1117 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SP Train No. 6 |
| Description: |
SP train No. 6, the eastbound ARGONAUT, was rolling through the Illinois Central's Government Yard and across South Claiborne Avenue on its way into Union Station. The 211 had been built a year earlier as the 205B, and was the last of the T&NO's 12 PA1's. When these units were renumbered, they also received a number on their noses. IC SW1 9027 is on the left, outside the railroad's Government Yard roundhouse. Most of the IC property here was acquired for the construction New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal and its related facilities. (approximate day of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1950 Upload Date: 9/13/2016 5:15:15 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
William Harry photo |
| Categories: |
Yard,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
SP 211(PA1) TNO 211(PA1) |
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1095 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP No. 10/IC No. 35 |
| Description: |
Missouri Pacific’s HOUSTONIAN, the overnight train between Houston and New Orleans, was arriving at Union Station in New Orleans behind Illinois Central 4-6-2 1194. The MP’s New Orleans-Houston trains operated over the Illinois Central (Yazoo & Mississippi Valley) between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Along here, these trains carried IC as well as MP numbers, so this was IC No. 35 and MP No. 10; and in the steam era they were usually powered by IC locomotives. This train consisted of a baggage car, a baggage-RPO, two coaches, a café-lounge and an 8-section / 5-double-bedroom sleeper. IC 1194 had been built by Alco’s Schenectady Works in October 1920 and it was scrapped in 1953. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1950 Upload Date: 4/25/2020 5:44:03 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
William T. Harry photo, J.G. Lachaussee collection |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
IC 1194(4-6-2) |
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| Title: |
SP (T&NO) 4-6-2 615 |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific (Texas & New Orleans) P-6 class 4-6-2 615 was smoking it up as it backed into Union Station in New Orleans for the 8:25 A.M. departure of train No. 7, the westbound ALAMO. No. 7 was discontinued in December 1952, while the 615 was sold for scrap at Houston in January 1953. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1950 Upload Date: 5/20/2020 4:52:44 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
SP 615(4-6-2) TNO 615(4-6-2) |
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484 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IC 2-8-2 3772 |
| Description: |
Illinois Central 2-8-2 3772 was on a transfer run in New Orleans, on its way from STUYVESANT DOCKS YARD to MAYS YARD. AUDUBON PARK is on the left and the Mississippi River is off to the right. The 3772 was one of 33 light Mikados which the IC rebuilt from Consolidations between 1918 and 1924, and it was sold for scrap in May 1955. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
11/1/1950 Upload Date: 5/1/2020 10:35:21 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
IC 3772(2-8-2) |
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270 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NOPB 0-6-0 17 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Belt 0-6-0 No. 17 was photographed in the Illinois Central's Government Yard, on its way to be scrapped. It had been built by Baldwin in September 1915 and was authorized for retirement on 15 April 1950. (approximate day of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/1950 Upload Date: 9/12/2016 6:07:28 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
NOPB 17(0-6-0) |
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434 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NOPB 0-6-0 19 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Belt 0-6-0 No. 19 was photographed in the Illinois Central's Government Yard, while being moved by IC SW7 9413 on its way to a scrap yard. No. 19 had been built by Baldwin in September 1915 and was authorized for retirement on 15 April 1950. (approximate day of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/1950 Upload Date: 9/12/2016 6:08:52 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
William Harry photo |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
NOPB 19(0-6-0) |
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567 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
T&P Train No. 22 |
| Description: |
Texas & Pacific P-1r class 4-6-2 704 was backing into the New Orleans station with train No. 22, the LOUISIANA EAGLE, having just completed its overnight journey from Fort Worth. The locomotive had been built by Baldwin (51666) in April 1919 as P-1 class 604 but was quickly renumbered 704. In August 1944 it was upgraded with roller bearings and other improvements, and reclassed P-1r, and was retired in March 1952. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1951 Upload Date: 7/7/2020 2:51:21 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
TP 704(4-6-2) |
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376 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
L&N Mikado 1580 |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville J-3 class Mikado 1580 had just crossed the New Orleans Terminal Co. (Southern Railway) tracks at N.O.T. Tower (milepost 803.7) and was crossing the Marigny Canal. The engine had set out its cars at Gentilly Yard (milepost 800.4), and was on its way to Julia Street Yard (milepost 806.4) - along with an auxiliary water car and caboose 683 - where the crew would tie up. The roof of N.O.T. Tower can be seen above the caboose. The 1580 was one of 93 USRA-design light Mikados on the L&N. The 1500-1517 were built by Lima in 1919, while the 1518-1592 were built by Alco between 1920 and 1923. The 1580 was retired on 12 December 1951. (approximate day of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1951 Upload Date: 2/17/2017 10:18:40 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
William Harry photo |
| Categories: |
Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LN 1580(2-8-2) |
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1158 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
SP (T&NO) 0-8-0 858 |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific (Texas & New Orleans) SE-3 class 0-8-0 858 was on the Southern Railway at TERMINAL JUNCTION in New Orleans. It was on a transfer run from the Espee’s AVONDALE YARD to the Southern’s OLIVER YARD and back. The locomotive had been built at the railroad’s HOUSTON SHOPS in May 1931 as the 183, was renumbered second 858 on 16 September 1950 and scrapped on 31 August 1956. The building in the background was built in 1898 as the Drainage Commission of New Orleans (DCNO) CENTRAL POWER STATION. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1951 Upload Date: 7/15/2020 4:11:53 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 858(0-8-0) TNO 858(0-8-0) |
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435 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP Train No. 5 |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific train No. 5, the westbound ARGONAUT, was making it early afternoon station stop at Lake Charles, Louisiana. No. 5 was powered by PA1 207 and another Alco; and if the train was on tine, the time would have been around 2:30. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1951 Upload Date: 1/21/2020 8:46:40 PM |
| Location: |
Lake Charles, LA |
| Author: |
William T. Harry photo, J.G. Lachaussee collection |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
SP 207(PA1) TNO 207(PA1) |
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1094 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
L&N 2-8-0 1279 |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville H-27 class 2-8-0 1279 was pulling a northbound transfer run over the main line in New Orleans, between the Industrial Canal drawbridge and the south end of GENTILLY YARD. At this time, the 1279 did not have Automatic Train Stop equipment, so it could not be used on the main line between Mobile and Gentilly. The locomotive had been built by the L&N at South Louisville Shops as serial number 115 in 1911 and was retired on 7 July 1953. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1951 Upload Date: 6/6/2020 11:30:22 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
LN 1279(2-8-0) |
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403 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
L&N Train No. 10 |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville K-5 class 4-6-2 282 was leading train No. 10 into the curve at the intersection of North Peters Street and Elysian Fields Avenue, just a few minutes after leaving the railroad's Canal Street Station. The tracks in the right foreground belonged to the Southern Pacific, while those on the other side of the train were owned by the New Orleans Public Belt. and that was the JAMES LYKES on the other side of the Esplanade Avenue Wharf. For many years the Lykes Brothers Steamship Company was headquartered in New Orleans and was a major presence in the port here. L&N 282 was a USRA design light Pacific and was one of the last 4-6-2's built for the L&N. It was one of a dozen K-5's (272-283) built by Alco-Brooks in 1924, and was retired on 8 January 1953. The JOSEPH LYKES was a C1-B design vessel launched by Ferderal Shipbuilding in Kearney, NJ in 1940 and it was broken up at Brownsville, Texas in 1972. (approximate day of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1951 Upload Date: 2/20/2017 5:37:12 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
William Harry photo |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
LN 282(4-6-2) |
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644 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
L&N 2-8-0 1279 |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville 2-8-0 1279 was powering a southbound transfer run over the Bay Street grade crossing in New Orleans. The crossing was located between NO&NE Tower (milepost 802.7) and Franklin Avenue, and it was closed after the Franklin Avenue underpass was completed in April 1952. The track on the left was the north lead to Bay Street Yard, while the one on the right was the northbound main line. The 1279 was one of 47 H-27 class Consolidations. The 1234-1258 were built by Baldwin in 1910, while the 1259-1280 were built by the L&N at South Louisville Shops in 1910-1911; however, many of these locomotives were upgraded and reclassified as H-27A or H-27B. At this time, the 1279 did not have Automatic Train Stop equipment, so it could not be used on the main line between Mobile and Gentilly. It was retired on 7 July 1953. (approximate day of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1951 Upload Date: 2/20/2017 6:09:52 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
William Harry photo |
| Categories: |
Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LN 1279(2-8-0) |
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1181 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
L&N Train No. 7 |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville K-5 Pacific 269 was pulling train No. 7 into New Orleans along Elysian Fields Avenue. The engine was crossing Royal Street, and the photo was taken from the crossing tower at Dauphine Street. The 269 was built by Baldwin in 1923, and was retired on 7 July 1953. Train number 7 was discontinued in September 1953. (approximate day of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1951 Upload Date: 2/17/2017 10:12:01 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
William Harry photo |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LN 269(4-6-2) |
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761 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SP (T&NO) 858 |
| Description: |
Home-made Southern Pacific (T&NO) SE-3 0-8-0 858 was on a westbound transfer run on the Southern Railway's New Orleans Terminal Co. subsidiary at Terminal Junction, about 15 miles from the T&NO's Avondale Yard. The substantial building behind the locomotive had been built by the Drainage Commission of New Orleans in 1898 to provide electrical power to its network of new pump stations on the north side of the city. (approximate day of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1951 Upload Date: 6/20/2017 10:18:55 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM HARRY photo |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
SP 858(0-8-0) |
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722 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IC 4-8-2 2419 |
| Description: |
Illinois Central 4-8-2 2419 was preparing to pull out of UNION STATION in New Orleans with train No. 22, the NORTHERN EXPRESS. The locomotive had been built by Lima (6888) in December 1924 and was retired in February 1960, near the very end of steam operations on the IC. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1951 Upload Date: 6/6/2020 11:03:12 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
IC 2419(4-8-2) |
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360 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IC Train No. 22 |
| Description: |
Illinois Central mail-and-express train No. 22 was just getting under way at Union Station in New Orleans behind 4-8-2 2451. The train was leaving from one of two temporary platforms, as work was underway to replace Union Station with New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. Union Station was standing in the background, but it and would be torn down in January 1954 and NOUPT formally opened that April. IC 2451 had been built by Alco in 1926 and was scrapped in 1955. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1951 Upload Date: 5/1/2020 10:39:33 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Station,Steam,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
IC 2451(4-8-2) |
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359 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
L&N Train No. 7 |
| Description: |
Southbound Louisville & Nashville local No. 7 had just crossed the main line of the Southern Railway at N.O.& N.E Tower (milepost 802.7) on its way into New Orleans, and was approaching the Southern’s New Orleans Terminal Co. crossing at N.O.T. Tower (milepost 803.7). The train was powered by K-4 class 4-6-2 234, which had been built at the railroad's South Louisville Shops in 1917. New FP7 diesels officially replaced steam power on No. 7 about four months after this photo was taken, on 27 July 1951; the 234 was retired on 16 October 1951 and the train was discontinued on 23 June 1953. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1951 Upload Date: 7/5/2020 6:24:28 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LN 234(4-6-2) |
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323 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
L&N Train No. 7 |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville train No. 7 was arriving in New Orleans from Montgomery behind 4-6-2 280. No. 7 was a long-distance local and usually ran with just five cars, but today’s train has at least two sleeping cars on the rear. The train was coming off of the median of Elysian Fields Avenue, crossing North Peters Street and would run along the Mississippi River until it got to the railroad’s station about a mile away. The automobile next to the pole on the left was headed for the Third District Ferry landing, and the two wharves on the right occupy the site of a former Southern Pacific train ferry landing which was abandoned when the Huey P. Long Bridge opened in December 1935. An unidentified Lykes Lines vessel is docked on the right. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1951 Upload Date: 4/22/2020 6:09:55 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
William T. Harry photo, J.G. Lachaussee collection |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
LN 280(4-6-2) |
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| Title: |
L&N Pacific 280 |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville K-5 Pacific 280 was pulling out of the railroad’s Canal Street Station in New Orleans with a short northbound train at. The train was noteworthy because it had a combine in front of its baggage car. The 280 was a USRA design light 4-6-2 and was one of a dozen K-5's (272-283) built by Alco-Brooks in 1924. It was one of the last Pacifics built for the L&N and one of the last to be retired, on 23 April 1954. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1951 Upload Date: 2/7/2019 5:25:30 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM HARRY photo |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
LN 280(4-6-2) |
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399 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
L&N Train No. 7 |
| Description: |
Under a magnificent plume of coal smoke, Louisville & Nashville K-5 class Pacific 282 was powering southbound train Number 7 - the local from Mobile - across the New Orleans Terminal Co. crossings at N.O.T. Tower (hidden by the smoke) and over the Marigny Canal. No. 7 was about 2½ miles away from the end of its run at the railroad's Canal Street Station. The 282 had been built by Alco-Brooks in 1924 and was retired on 8 January 1953. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1951 Upload Date: 2/19/2019 4:19:47 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM HARRY photo |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
LN 282(4-6-2) |
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485 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
SP (T&NO) 0-8-0 856 |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific (Texas & New Orleans) SE-3 class 0-8-0 856 was on the rear of an eastbound transfer run at the railroad’s AVONDALE YARD, preparing to help the train up the 1.25% grade on the HUEY P. LONG BRIDGE. The transfer caboose was T&NO 60 and WEST BRIDGE TOWER can be seen in the distance near the front of the train. The 856 had been built by the SP at Houston in March 1931 as the 181, using the boiler from MM-1 class 2-6-6-2 900. It was renumbered in September 1950 and sold for scrap at Houston in October 1954. (approximate date of photo) |
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3/1/1951 Upload Date: 5/7/2020 12:23:55 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
SP 856(0-8-0) TNO 856(0-8-0) |
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312 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP (T&NO) Transfer Run |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific (Texas & New Orleans) home-made SE-3 class 0-8-0’s 858 and 856 were on a westbound transfer run at the east end of the HUEY P. LONG BRIDGE. The 858 had probably just been added to help out on the bridge’s 1.25% grade. Espee’s AVONDALE YARD was at the west end of the bridge. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1951 Upload Date: 5/7/2020 12:28:33 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
SP 858(0-8-0) SP 856(0-8-0) TNO 858(0-8-0) TNO 856(0-8-0) |
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351 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IC 4-8-2 2451 |
| Description: |
Illinois Central 4-8-2 2451 had just passed through Government Yard and was about to cross South Claiborne Avenue in New Orleans. The train was unidentified, but it was probably No. 25 - the SOUTHERN EXPRESS. No. 25 originated in Chicago at 12:20 A.M. and only made five stops util it got to Champaign, then it became an all-stops local and was scheduled into New Orleans at 11:30 A.M., after 35 hours on the road. This train was just a few minutes away from its destination at Union Station. Notice the green diamond emblem on the right side of the water tower. The 2451 had been built by Alco in 1926, was rebuilt by the railroad with a new boiler in 1945 and was scrapped in 1955. (approximate day of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1951 Upload Date: 8/13/2016 6:11:22 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
William Harry photo |
| Categories: |
Station,Steam,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
IC 2451(4-8-2) |
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835 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IC Train No. 22 |
| Description: |
Illinois Central train No. 22, the all-stops overnight local for Memphis, was nearing its 5:30 p.m. departure from Union Station in New Orleans behind 4-8-2 2451. The train could make up to 47 stops before its scheduled arrival in Memphis at 9:05 the next morning. On 26 April 1954 train No. 22 was replaced by New Orleans-Chicago train No. 4, the LOUISIANE, which left at 11:00 a.m. The 2451 had been built by Alco in 1926, was rebuilt by the railroad with a new boiler in 1945 and was scrapped in 1955. The roof of Union Station can be seen in the right background. It was torn down in early 1954 to create a plaza in front of the new New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. (approximate day of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1951 Upload Date: 8/13/2016 6:12:08 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
William Harry photo |
| Categories: |
Station,Steam,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
IC 2451(4-8-2) |
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749 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
L&N Train No. 9 |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville 4-6-2 233 hustles train Number 9 along the main line at the south end of Gentilly Yard (milepost 800.4). The semaphores are the southbound home signal for the Industrial Canal drawbridge (milepost 801.4), and the track on the right is the south yard lead.Number 9 was the daily-except-Sunday Gulf Coast commuter train. It left Ocean Springs, Mississippi at 6:20 A.M. and arrived in New Orleans at 8:40 A.M. The train made scheduled stops at Biloxi, Long Beach, Gulfport, Pass Christian, Bay St. Louis, and Waveland; with flag stops at Edgewater Park, Mississippi City, Henderson's Point, English Lookout, Rigolets, Lake Catherine, and Chef Menteur.The 233 was one of 24 K-4 class Pacifics (216-239) constructed at the railroad's South Louisville Shops between 1914 and 1918. It was built in 1915 and retired on 16 October 1951. Number 9's outer terminal – and that of its northbound counterpart, Number 12 – was changed to Pass Christian on 2 May 1959, and the trains made their last run on 6 May 1964. (approximate day of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1951 Upload Date: 8/14/2016 4:16:25 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
William Harry photo |
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Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LN 233(4-6-2) |
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| Title: |
L&N Train No. 10 |
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in 1951-52 the Louisville & Nashville constructed a temporary shoo-fly at Franklin Avenue, about midway between N.O.T. Tower (milepost 803.7) and NO&NE Tower (milepost 802.7) in New Orleans, so that an underpass could be built. Here local No. 10 was coming off of the north end of the temporary trackage and back onto the permanent alignment. It was passing a temporary approach signal for New Orleans Terminal Co. crossing. This train was powered by 4-6-2 234, one of 24 K-4 class Pacifics (216-239) constructed at the railroad's South Louisville Shops between 1914 and 1918. The 234 was built in 1917. New FP7 diesels officially replaced steam engines on local trains 7, 9, 10, and 12 on Friday 27 July 1951; and the 234 was retired less than three months later, on 16 October 1951. (approximate day of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1951 Upload Date: 8/22/2016 9:45:27 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
William Harry photo |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LN 234(4-6-2) |
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| Title: |
L&N Train No. 10 |
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Louisville & Nashville K-5 class Pacific 273 was accelerating northbound train No. 10 out of the railroad's Canal Street Station in New Orleans. The train consisted of two mail-and-express cars, a railway post office car, two more mail-and-express cars, and three coaches. No. 10 left New Orleans daily – except Saturday and Sunday – at 3:30 PM and arrived in Mobile at 8:20 PM. On Sunday it left at 5:15 PM, and on Saturday it ran as No. 14 and left at 2:00 PM. The 273 was built by Brooks in 1924, and was retired on 24 May 1951, shortly after this photo was taken. The three tracks in the foreground belonged to the New Orleans Public Belt, and an NOPB Baldwin diesel can be seen down near the L&N train shed. (approximate day of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1951 Upload Date: 6/20/2017 9:13:28 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM HARRY photo |
| Categories: |
Station,Steam,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
LN 273(4-6-2) |
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| Title: |
L&N Train No. 34 |
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Louisville & Nashville 4-6-2 280 was awaiting the departure of train No. 34 – the combined Piedmont Limited-Gulf Wind – from Canal Street Station in New Orleans at 5:00 PM. The Piedmont Limited was bound for New York City via the L&N, West Point Route, Southern Railway, and the Pennsylvania; but between New Orleans and Flomaton, Alabama it included cars for Jacksonville via the Gulf Wind. Today's train was unusual because it had a combine ahead of its baggage car, probably a dead-head move. The 280 was a USRA design light 4-6-2 and was one a dozen K-5's (272-283) built by Alco-Brooks in 1924. It was one of the last Pacifics built for the L&N and one of the last to be retired, on 23 April 1954. (approximate day of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1951 Upload Date: 6/20/2017 9:56:20 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM HARRY photo |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
LN 280(4-6-2) |
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| Title: |
Bisso 0-6-0 1 |
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Former Texas Pacific-Missouri Pacific Terminal Railroad of New Orleans (TPMPT) 0-6-0 number 1 was photographed in September 1951 at its new home, the New Orleans Coal & Bisso Towboat Co. The loco – and its sibling No. 2 – had been built by Alco-Richmond in June 1907 (42928-42929) as Trinity & Brazos Valley 75 and 76, for use at Galveston; but following the T&BV’s bankruptcy in 1914, the railroad lost its access to Galveston from Fort Worth over the Santa Fe and the two switchers became redundant. The City of Houston bought the two locomotives via the Barry Equipment Co. in 1917 and they arrived on 31 March lettered Houston Municipal 1 and 2. They were leased to the International & Great Northern from March 1918 until October 1921, and were sold to Grant Locomotive and Car Works [of Houston] in1922. They subsequently moved to the TP-MPT where they retained their previous numbers. In early 1948 the TP-MPT received four Alco S2 diesels, and the 0-6-0’s were sold to Bisso by August 1949. Besides operating coal-burning towboats and ferries, Bisso also provided coal for other vessels and used its locos to move hopper cars from a 2-track yard along the New Orleans Public Belt then up the Mississippi River levee to its coal-handling facility along the river. Bisso’s coaling operation ended around 1955, and with it, the need for any locomotives. No. 1 disappeared, and was probably scrapped; but No. 2 remained on Bisso property until 2010, when it was donated to the Louisiana Railway Heritage Trust. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1951 Upload Date: 6/20/2017 9:47:31 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM HARRY photo |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
BISSO 1(0-6-0) TPMPT 1(0-6-0) |
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NOPB 0-6-0 20 |
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New Orleans Public Belt 0-6-0 No. 20 was pulling a train upriver at Canal Street. The train was passing under the pedestrian walkway to the Mississippi River ferry landing off to the right, while the Louisville & Nashville station is on the left. The 20, along with the 21 and 22, were the railroad's newest steam locomotives, having been built by Baldwin in January 1921. They were all authorized for retirement on 15 May 1957, but saw little service in their final years. Someone was getting an open-air ride up on the tender! (approximate day of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1951 Upload Date: 9/12/2016 6:10:15 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
William Harry photo |
| Categories: |
Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NOPB 20(0-6-0) |
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NOPB 0-6-0 21 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Belt 0-6-0 No. 21 was parked at the railroad's engine terminal between assignments. By this time, 14 Baldwin diesels were handling most of the work and the railroad's three newest steam engines, 0-6-0 Nos. 20-22, were the only ones still around. These had been built by Baldwin in January 1921 and were authorized for retirement on 15 May 1957. (approximate day of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1951 Upload Date: 12/9/2016 5:34:53 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
William Harry photo |
| Categories: |
Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
NOPB 21(0-6-0) |
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626 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
T&P Mikado 808 |
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Texas & Pacific 2-8-2 number 808 - along with water car X25402 - was photographed on an eastbound train in the New Orleans area. The railroad had 11 Mikados, all built by Baldwin in 1919. (approximate day of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1951 Upload Date: 8/24/2016 4:49:21 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
William Harry photo |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
TP 808(2-8-2) |
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MP 4-8-2 5315 |
| Description: |
Missouri Pacific Lines 4 8 2 5315 was parked outside of the Texas Pacific-Missouri Pacific Terminal Railroad of New Orleans engine house at RACE STREET YARD in New Orleans. Texas & Pacific 4 6 2 720 and an unidentified TPMPT Alco switch engine were on the other side, while an unidentified T&P Pacific was inside the house behind the 5315. The 5315 was retired at North Little Rock in January 1955. |
| Photo Date: |
3/7/1951 Upload Date: 5/2/2020 4:22:02 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
MP 5315(4-8-2) |
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TPMPT 0-6-0 2 |
| Description: |
Texas Pacific-Missouri Pacific Terminal Railroad of New Orleans (TPMPT) 0-6-0 No. 2 was at the railroad’s RACE STREET YARD shortly before it was retired and sold to the New Orleans Coal & Bisso Towboat Co. The loco had been built by Alco’s Richmond Works in June 1907 (42929) as Trinity & Brazos Valley 76 for use at Galveston, then it became Houston Municipal 2 in 1917 and moved to the TPMPT sometime after 1921. After being replaced by Alco diesels, it - and its twin No. 1 - was sold to Bisso for moving hopper cars; however, No. 2 was never relettered for its new owner and may have never been used. Bisso’s coaling operation ended around 1955, but No. 2 remained on Bisso property until 2010, when it was donated to the Louisiana Railway Heritage Trust. |
| Photo Date: |
3/7/1951 Upload Date: 6/20/2020 1:29:58 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
TPMPT 2(0-6-0) BISSO 2(0-6-0) |
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| Title: |
NOPB 20 and 22 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Belt 0-6-0's 20 and 22 were parked at the railroad's engine terminal, next to one of their eventual replacements. These two locomotives, along with the 21, were the NOPB newest steam engines, having been built by Baldwin in January 1921. They were authorized for retirement on 15 May 1957, but spent their last years on the roster stored out of service. |
| Photo Date: |
3/7/1951 Upload Date: 12/7/2016 8:35:49 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
William Harry photo |
| Categories: |
Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
NOPB 20(0-6-0) NOPB 22(0-6-0) |
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T&P 4-6-2 704 |
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Texas & Pacific P-1r class 4-6-2 704 was at the Texas Pacific-Missouri Pacific Terminal Railroad of New Orleans’ RACE STREET YARD. The locomotive had been built by Baldwin (51666) in April 1919 as P-1 class 604 but was quickly renumbered 704. It was upgraded with roller bearings and other improvements in August 1944 as a P-1r class, and it was retired in March 1952, about a year after this photo. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1951 Upload Date: 7/18/2020 10:05:57 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
TP 704(4-6-2) |
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L&A 2-8-2 555 |
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Louisiana & Arkansas 555 was one of two Mikados (555, 556) built by Baldwin in January 1927. In this April 1951 photo it was parked next to the new engine house at WEST YARD, just outside of New Orleans. The loco was scrapped by the railroad at Pittsburg, Kansas in July 1953. (approximate day of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1951 Upload Date: 12/15/2019 4:03:04 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
William T. Harry photo, J.G. Lachaussee collection |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
LA 555(2-8-2) |
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L&A 4-6-0 505 |
| Description: |
Louisiana & Arkansas 505 was the last of four Ten-Wheelers (502-505) built by Baldwin in April 1920, and when this photo was taken next to the new engine house at WEST YARD in April 1951 - just outside of New Orleans - it was the only one still on the roster. It was scrapped by the railroad at Pittsburg, Kansas in December 1953. In the background to the left of the tender was a KCS passenger car, because this is where KCS passenger trains were serviced between 1950 and the opening on New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal in 1954. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1951 Upload Date: 12/15/2019 4:09:27 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
William T. Harry photo, J.G. Lachaussee collection |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
LA 505(4-6-0) |
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772 Comments: 0 |
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T&P Train No. 27 |
| Description: |
Texas & Pacific train 27, the westbound LOUISIANA DAYLIGHT, was beginning its all-day journey to Fort Worth as it pulled out of the TP-MP Terminal station on Annunciation Street in New Orleans. The locomotive was modernized Pacific 706, built by Baldwin in 1919 as the 606, renumbered in 1925, upgraded with roller bearings in 1945 and retired in February 1953. (correct month, approximate day) |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1951 Upload Date: 3/29/2020 10:45:03 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
William T. Harry photo, J.G. Lachaussee collection |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
TP 706(4-6-2) |
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| Title: |
T&P Train No. 27 |
| Description: |
Texas & Pacific modernized Pacific 706 was rolling west over the New Orleans Public Belt, near the intersection of St. Charles and South Carrollton avenues, with train 27, the LOUISIANA DAYLIGHT. The 7-car train was made up of an express reefer, two baggage cars, a baggage-RPO car, two coaches and a diner-lounge. The two tracks in the foreground belonged to the Illinois Central, while the Mississippi River levee was on the other side of the train. (correct month, approximate day) |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1951 Upload Date: 12/21/2019 6:13:52 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
TP 706(4-6-2) |
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| Title: |
L&N 2-8-2 1527 |
| Description: |
A northbound Louisville & Nashville train consisting of J-3 class 2-8-2 1527, an auxiliary water car and a caboose was passing the SCHOEN MORTUARY in the 500-block of Elysian Fields Avenue. The crew had gone on duty at JULIA STREET YARD but there were no cars for the train, so they were running as a caboose hop to GENTILLY YARD for their cars before continuing on to Mobile. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1951 Upload Date: 6/15/2020 5:35:30 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LN 1527(2-8-2) |
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| Title: |
L&N Julia Street Yard |
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Louisville & Nashville Mikado 1502 and Pacific 233 were awaiting their next assignments in the railroad’s JULIA STREET YARD, located along the Mississippi River at New Orleans. Notice that the 233 is coupled to an auxiliary water car. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1951 Upload Date: 2/28/2019 1:33:44 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM HARRY photo |
| Categories: |
Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
LN 1502(2-8-2) LN 233(4-6-2) |
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| Title: |
MP 4-8-2 5311 |
| Description: |
Missouri Pacific 4-8-2 5311 was outside the Texas Pacific-Missouri Pacific Terminal Railroad of New Orleans’ RACE STREET YARD engine house. The locomotive had been built by Alco (62984) at Schenectady in April 1921 and was retired in July 1952. A Texas & Pacific 4-6-2 was in the house behind the 5311 and TPMPT S1 number 4 was in the background on the right. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1951 Upload Date: 6/2/2020 7:09:47 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
MP 5311(4-8-2) |
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| Title: |
MP 4-8-2 5313 |
| Description: |
Missouri Pacific 4-8-2 5313 was next to the sand tower at the Texas Pacific-Missouri Pacific Terminal Railroad of New Orleans’ RACE STREET YARD. The locomotive had been built by Alco (63939) at Schenectady in April 1921 and was retired in August 1952. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1951 Upload Date: 6/2/2020 7:03:58 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM T. HARRY photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
MP 5313(4-8-2) |
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| Title: |
Southern NW2 2265 |
| Description: |
Southern Railway NW2 2265 was eastbound (timetable north) on the railroad’s New Orleans Terminal Co. subsidiary, as seen from new the Elysian Fields Avenue Overpass. The train would have been a transfer run from one of the western connections to the Southern’s PRESS STREET YARD. Notice how the layer of ballast under the track gets deeper as you as you look off into the distance. That was because the track had been recently raised to accommodate the new North Broad Street Underpass which was under construction near the end of the train. The Florida Avenue Drainage Canal is on the left of the tracks. (approximate day of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1951 Upload Date: 8/4/2019 5:25:43 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM HARRY photo |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 2265(NW2) |
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