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CSXT 5956 with transfer cut crom CN in New Orleans |
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CSX job Y-305 with CSXT 5956 running hammerhead style passes eastbound through New Orleans's City Park on the Norfolk Southern's "Back Belt" line as it brings a transfer cut from Canadian National Railway's ex-IC Mays yard in Metairie, Louisiana. Much of the traffic in this train came from the numerous chemical plants along the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. |
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2/24/2008 Upload Date: 6/13/2008 12:04:13 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
The Rooster |
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CSX 5956(B40-8) |
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CSXT 5956 with transfer cut crom CN in New Orleans |
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CSX job Y-305 with CSXT 5956 running hammerhead style passes eastbound through New Orleans's City Park on the Norfolk Southern's "Back Belt" line as it brings a transfer cut from Canadian National Railway's ex-IC Mays yard in Metairie, Louisiana. Much of the traffic in this train came from the numerous chemical plants along the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. The lanes of Interstate Highway 610 can be seen at right. |
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2/24/2008 Upload Date: 6/13/2008 12:05:22 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
The Rooster |
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CSX 5956(B40-8) |
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CSXT 5956 with transfer cut crom CN in New Orleans |
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A going-away shot of CSX job Y-305 eastbound on the Norfolk Southern's Back Belt line as it brings a transfer cut from Canadian National Railway's ex-IC Mays yard. Much of the traffic in this train came from the numerous chemical plants along the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Note the BCRail boxcar. The parking lot seen at right is for the LSU Dental School, which is just out of the picture across Florida Avenue. |
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2/24/2008 Upload Date: 6/13/2008 12:06:18 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
The Rooster |
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CSX 5956(B40-8) |
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NS to CN transfer returning to NS's Oliver Yard in New Orleans at Frenchman Street |
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Right behind the returning CSX-to-CN transfer job, Norfolk Southern's own transfer to the CN is returning to its base at NS's Olvier Yard on NS trackage. Here, it is stopped at the Frenchman Street signals. This is train AN-41. |
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2/24/2008 Upload Date: 6/13/2008 12:07:27 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
The Rooster |
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NS 6567(SD60) |
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| Title: |
L&N Junction - eastward view |
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This is a view looking eastward on Norfolk Southern's Back Belt line. The long-unused interlocking tower on the left is L&N Junction tower. This is where the CSX mainline (formerly L&N) meets the NS Back Belt. Prior to 1950s, the L&N trackage crossed here and went down Elysian Fields avenue all the way to the Mississippi River. Three parallel tracks can be seen here. The one in the immediate foreground is the "Freight Lead". Behind it can be seen the "North Main" of the NS Back Belt, and the "South Main" can be seen to the left of it past the curve. Switches can be seen where the CSX mainline joins from behind the tower. A yard job working NS's Oliver Yard is seen in the distance, and the train is occupying part of the Freight Lead. Part of an arch span of the Elysian Fields overpass can be sen around the top and left frames of the picture. The next bridge in the distance is I-10. Behind it is the Franklin Avenue overpass. |
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2/24/2008 Upload Date: 6/13/2008 12:07:51 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
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The Rooster |
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| Title: |
NS to CN transfer returning to NS's Oliver Yard in New Orleans at Frenchman Street |
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Norfolk Southern's transfer to the CN is returning to its base at NS's Olvier Yard on NS trackage. Here, it is stopped at the Frenchman Street signals. This is train AN-41. The Florida Avenue Canal is seen in the left foreground. |
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2/24/2008 Upload Date: 6/13/2008 12:08:37 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
The Rooster |
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NS 6567(SD60) |
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| Title: |
NS to CN transfer returning to NS's Oliver Yard in New Orleans at Frenchman Street |
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In case any viewer might think that this image isn't properly rotated, the Southern cantilever signals at Frenchman Street really do cantilever more than they are supposed to do so! The sloping wires just above it also add to the optical illusion. Norfolk Southern's transfer to the CN is returning to its base at NS's Olvier Yard on NS trackage. Here, it is stopped at the Frenchman Street signals. This is train AN-41. The Florida Avenue Canal is seen in the left foreground, and Florida Avenue is seen at the lower right corner. |
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2/24/2008 Upload Date: 6/13/2008 12:09:07 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
The Rooster |
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NS 6567(SD60) |
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| Title: |
CSX train Q-601-21 |
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This view shows the southwestern corner of CSX's vast empire. CSX train Q-601 is leaving CSX trackage at L&N Junction and moving onto the South Main of the Norfolk Southern Railway's "Back Belt" line. The Q-601 is a run-through train to the Union Pacific at Avondale. Most of the traffic on this train will go to Englewood Yard, the UP's ex-SP yard in Houston, Texas. This train originates in Waycross, Georgia. I-10 can be seen in the background. |
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2/24/2008 Upload Date: 6/13/2008 12:09:43 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
The Rooster |
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CSX 7345(C40-8W) |
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| Title: |
NS to CN transfer returning to NS's Oliver Yard in New Orleans at Frenchman Street |
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The AN-41 is now of the move. The NS yard job that was occupying the Freight Lead has now cleared, and the AN-41 will soon pass by CSX's Q-601. |
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2/24/2008 Upload Date: 6/13/2008 12:10:15 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
The Rooster |
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NS 6567(SD60) |
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| Title: |
NS's transfer returning from the CN passes UP-bound CSX train Q-601-21 at Frenchman Street on NS Back Belt |
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NS's transfer returning from the CN passes UP-bound CSX train Q-601-21 at Frenchman Street on NS Back Belt |
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2/24/2008 Upload Date: 6/13/2008 12:10:44 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
The Rooster |
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NS 6567(SD60) |
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| Title: |
NS's transfer returning from the CN passes UP-bound CSX train Q-601-21 at Frenchman Street on NS Back Belt |
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NS's transfer returning from the CN passes UP-bound CSX train Q-601-21 at Frenchman Street on NS Back Belt |
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2/24/2008 Upload Date: 6/13/2008 12:11:11 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
The Rooster |
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NS 6567(SD60) |
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| Title: |
Union Pacifc train ILBNO comes to a stop at Frenchman Street on Norflok Southern's Back Belt trackage |
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Typically, a fleet of eastbound and northbound trains get turned loose on the NS Back Belt after the 07:10 departure of Amtrak's CRESCENT, and this morning was no exception. After waiting on the returning CSX and NS transfer runs, UP train ILBNO grinds to a halt at Frenchman Street as it waits for the AN-41 to get out of the way. The ILBNO (Intermodal - Long Beach, Ca., to New Orleans, La.) is actually a run-trough intermodal train to the CSX, contrary to what its name suggests. (In the past, it carried New Orleans intermodal traffic, but no more.) The ILBNO, which carries international cargo, becomes CSX train Q192 to Atlanta, Georgia. |
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2/24/2008 Upload Date: 6/13/2008 12:11:44 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
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The Rooster |
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UP 3890(SD70M) |
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Union Pacifc train ILBNO comes to a stop at Frenchman Street on Norflok Southern's Back Belt trackage |
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After waiting on the returning CSX and NS transfer runs, UP train ILBNO grinds to a halt at Frenchman Street as it waits for the AN-41 to get out of the way. (It's tail end was just past the Freight Lead switch.) Contrary to what its name suggests, the ILBNO (Intermodal - Long Beach, Ca., to New Orleans, La.) is actually a run-trough intermodal train to the CSX. (In the past, it carried New Orleans intermodal traffic, but no more.) The ILBNO, which carries international cargo, becomes CSX train Q192 to Atlanta, Georgia. About a thousand feet behind the locomotive, the train is stopped over Broad Street. Florida Avenue is seen at the lower left frame. |
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2/24/2008 Upload Date: 6/13/2008 12:12:13 PM |
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New Orleans, LA |
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The Rooster |
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UP 3890(SD70M) |
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UP train QLINSB on NS trackage crosses Bayou St. John in New Orleans |
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A fourth eastbound/northbound train! UP train QLINSB on NS trackage crosses Bayou St. John in New Orleans. The QLINSB is a run-through train originating at the UP's hump yard at Livonia, Louisiana. It terminates on the Norfolk Southern in New Orleans, but a large block of it goes northbound to Birmingham, Alabama, (hence the "B" at the end of the train's name) on a northbound NS train. |
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2/24/2008 Upload Date: 6/13/2008 12:12:43 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
The Rooster |
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NS 6742(SD60I) |
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UP train QLINSB on NS trackage crosses Bayou St. John in New Orleans |
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UP train QLINSB on NS trackage crosses Bayou St. John in New Orleans. The QLINSB is a run-through train originating at the UP's hump yard at Livonia, Louisiana. It terminates on the Norfolk Southern in New Orleans, but a large block of it goes northbound to Birmingham, Alabama, (hence the "B" at the end of the train's name) on a northbound NS train. The Wisner Boulevard overpass is seen in the back. |
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2/24/2008 Upload Date: 6/13/2008 12:13:05 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
The Rooster |
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NS 6742(SD60I) |
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| Title: |
ILBNO parked at Raising Cane's |
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Union Pacific train ILBNO is parked on the Huey P. Long Bridge right by Raising Cane's |
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3/20/2008 Upload Date: 3/20/2008 11:47:23 PM |
| Location: |
Harahan, LA |
| Author: |
The Rooster |
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UP 4928(SD70M) |
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| Title: |
ILBNO on the move at Raising Cane's |
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After train QLINSB ahead of it got permission to move after waiting for a half hour for a welder to finish working on a frog, UP train ILBNO (Intermodal - Long Beach, Ca., to New Orleans) moves down to the foot of the bridge as I watch as I munch on my last chicken finger at Cane's. The ILBNO then had to wait a few hours as at least two trains went up the bridge. |
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3/20/2008 Upload Date: 3/20/2008 11:50:49 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
The Rooster |
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UP 4928(SD70M) |
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| Title: |
BNSF trian M-CSXHOU5-20 at Marconi |
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BNSF trian M-CSXHOU5-20 (CSX Gentilly Yard New Orleans to Houston, Tx.) sits behind NS train 393 which just got a UP crew on it and is starting to move toward the HPL bridge. It's unusual for BNSF trains in New Orleans to have UP power. |
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3/20/2008 Upload Date: 3/20/2008 11:51:16 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
The Rooster |
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UP 7757(ES44AC) |
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BNSF trian M-CSXHOU5-20 on the move at Marconi |
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BNSF trian M-CSXHOU5-20 is on the move behind NS train 393 which just got a UP crew on it and is starting to move toward the HPL bridge. The concrete works on either side of the bridge are part of the Marconi Drive underpass. The trestle in the immediate foreground crosses the Orleans Avenue canal. |
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3/20/2008 Upload Date: 3/20/2008 11:52:08 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
The Rooster |
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UP 7757(ES44AC) |
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BNSF trian M-CSXHOU5-20 |
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Rounding the curve toward East City Junction |
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3/20/2008 Upload Date: 3/20/2008 11:52:26 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
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The Rooster |
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UP 7757(ES44AC) |
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BNSF-to-CSX military train U-BNTNWO1-27 on CSX trackage |
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This BNSF-to-CSX military train on CSX trackage is less than a mile from being delivered to CSX's Gentilly Yard where the BNSF shuttle crew that took it across the Mississippi River will detrain. The train traversed BNSF's ex-SP Lafayette Subdivision to get to New Orleans and passed through the eastern end of the subdivision just before the line was shut down for a few hours due to a train colliding with a truck in Parads, Louisiana. This train originated in Beaumont, Texas, the day before. |
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3/28/2008 Upload Date: 3/28/2008 9:15:16 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
The Rooster |
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BNSF 4748(C44-9W) |
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CN yard job relieves dead NOPB train at East Bridge Junction |
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A New Orleans Public Belt Railway train on its way from Cotton Warehouse Yard in New Orleans to CN's Mays Yard in Metairie with about 60 cars died right in front of East Bridge Tower. A CN crew and locomotive came to drag the train into Mays Yard. This delay tied up the interlocking for about an hour; one UP train bound for the Norfolk Southern had to wait on the bridge for more than an hour. |
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3/28/2008 Upload Date: 3/28/2008 9:15:55 PM |
| Location: |
Metairie, LA |
| Author: |
The Rooster |
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GTW 5859(GP38-2) |
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CN yard job drags dead NOPB train into Mays Yard |
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Here's a going-away view of the train after the previous shot. Mays Yard can be seen in the distance as well as Mays Tower. |
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3/28/2008 Upload Date: 3/28/2008 9:16:20 PM |
| Location: |
Metairie, LA |
| Author: |
The Rooster |
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GTW 5859(GP38-2) |
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| Title: |
Gateway Eastern 2000 in KCS's New Orleans Yard |
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3/28/2008 Upload Date: 3/28/2008 9:16:39 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
The Rooster |
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GWWE 2000(GP38) |
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EMDX 70 crossing Jefferson Highway |
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EMDX 70, one of the first ever SD70ACes, leads part of KCS train M-SHCX across Jefferson Highway on CN trackage toward the New Orleans Public Belt Railway. The M-SHCX originates on the KCS at Shreveport and terminates at CSX Railway's Gentilly Yard on the eastern side of New Orleans. |
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5/3/2008 Upload Date: 5/4/2008 10:57:50 AM |
| Location: |
Jefferson, LA |
| Author: |
The Rooster |
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EMDX GM70(SD70ACe) |
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KCS train M-CXSH parked on the NOPB with NOPB crew |
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While two runners prepare to climb the Mississippi River levee seen to the right, KCS train M-CXSH (Manifest -- CSX New Orleans to Shreveport) waits on the New Orleans Public Belt Railway's "East Main" at Eagle Street. The crew on the train is an NOPB crew, and the conductor can be seen on the ground in front on the locomotive. Shortly after this picture was taken, this train's counterpart - the M-SHCX - arrived with a KCS crew, and the crews swapped trains. The building sitting atop the levee in the distance on the right is the New Orleans headquarters of the US Army Corps of Engineers. The area atop the levee here is frequently visited by runners, joggers, walkers, cyclists, and horseback riders. |
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5/3/2008 Upload Date: 5/4/2008 10:58:18 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
The Rooster |
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TFM 1602(SD70MAC) |
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At dusk, KCS's Baton Rouge Turn -- tonight, the LBR333 -- waits to go to the NOPB |
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The LBR333 was waiting for permission from East Bridge Tower to go via James Jct and Lambert Jct to the NOPB trackage and onto NOPB's Cotton Warehouse Yard. |
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8/9/2008 Upload Date: 8/9/2008 9:29:07 PM |
| Location: |
Metairie, LA |
| Author: |
The Rooster |
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KCS 2898(GP40-3) |
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QLINSB approaches 7.6 on NS Back Belt - New Orleans |
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As New Orleans experiences the winds and rains from the remnants of Tropical Storm Fay, Union Pacific train QLINSB is less than a thousand feet and 10 minutes from its interchange with the Norfolk Southern Railway. This Q-train ("Quality") originated at UP's hump yard in Livonia, Louisiana, (hence the "LI" in the symbol.) It is given to the Norfolk Southern (the "NS" in the symbol), and it turns into NS train 314 to Birmingham (the "B" at the end of the symbol) after exchanging some cuts at Oliver Yard. |
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8/24/2008 Upload Date: 8/25/2008 9:17:51 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
The Rooster |
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UP 4071(SD70M) |
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NOPB passenger special ascends HPL Bridge |
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Frequently, usually on Saturdays, the New Orleans Public Belt Railway entertains groups of people on passenger specials that ascend the Huey P. Long Bridge to the superstructure and return to New Orleans. This year, new car LOUISIANA (at right) has been added. In previous years, only the CITY OF NEW ORLEANS car (at left) was on the train. In this view, new bridge spans are seen at left. They were recently added to accommodate highway lanes that will go under them as part of the project of widening the highway lanes of the bridge. |
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9/27/2008 Upload Date: 9/28/2008 10:33:01 AM |
| Location: |
Harahan, LA |
| Author: |
The Rooster |
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NOPB 2008(MP1500D) |
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NOPB passenger special ascends HPL Bridge |
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Frequently, usually on Saturdays, the New Orleans Public Belt Railway entertains groups of people on passenger specials that ascend the Huey P. Long Bridge to the superstructure and return to New Orleans. This year, new car LOUISIANA (at right) has been added. In previous years, only the CITY OF NEW ORLEANS car (at left) was on the train. Here, we see the train ascending the bridge ahead of NOPB 2008 as it crosses over the elevated lanes of Jefferson Highway. |
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9/27/2008 Upload Date: 9/28/2008 10:33:20 AM |
| Location: |
Harahan, LA |
| Author: |
The Rooster |
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NOPB 2008(MP1500D) |
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NOPB passenger special descends HPL Bridge |
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A New Orleans Public Belt Railway passenger special descends the Huey P. Long Bridge on its way back to New Orleans after giving guests views of the Mississippi River. This year, new car LOUISIANA (at rear) has been added. In previous years, only the CITY OF NEW ORLEANS car (coupled to locomotive) was on the train. In this view, new supports for the upcoming widening of the highway lanes of the bridge can be seen below the superstructure. |
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9/27/2008 Upload Date: 9/28/2008 10:33:42 AM |
| Location: |
Harahan, LA |
| Author: |
The Rooster |
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NOPB 2008(MP1500D) |
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NOPB passenger special descends HPL Bridge over Jefferson Highway |
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A New Orleans Public Belt Railway passenger special descends the Huey P. Long Bridge on its way back to New Orleans after giving guests views of the Mississippi River. This year, new car LOUISIANA (at rear) has been added. In previous years, only the CITY OF NEW ORLEANS car (coupled to locomotive) was on the train. The elevated highway in the foreground is Jefferson Highway. |
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9/27/2008 Upload Date: 9/28/2008 10:33:55 AM |
| Location: |
Harahan, LA |
| Author: |
The Rooster |
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NOPB 2008(MP1500D) |
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NOPB passenger special approaches East Bridge Tower after descending HPL Bridge. |
| Description: |
Parlor car LOUISIANA seen at rear of train that just crossed Central Avenue |
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9/27/2008 Upload Date: 9/28/2008 10:34:05 AM |
| Location: |
Jefferson, LA |
| Author: |
The Rooster |
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NOPB 2008(MP1500D) |
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BNSF track geometry train in Westwego, Louisiana |
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A BNSF track geometry train has just turned on the wye on UP's Gouldsboro Subdivision just across the Mississippi River from New Orleans |
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10/2/2008 Upload Date: 10/2/2008 10:11:31 PM |
| Location: |
Westwego, LA |
| Author: |
The Rooster |
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BNSF 2703(GP39-2) |
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BNSF track geometry train in Bridge City, Louisiana |
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A BNSF track geometry train has just turned on the wye on UP's Gouldsboro Subdivision just across the Mississippi River from New Orleans. This trackage is within the first 10 miles of the original Texas & Pacific Railway. The completion of the Huey P. Long Bridge (within view of both the crew and the photographer) in the 1930s made this trackage a dead-end branchline. |
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10/2/2008 Upload Date: 10/2/2008 10:11:46 PM |
| Location: |
Bridge City, LA |
| Author: |
The Rooster |
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BNSF 2703(GP39-2) |
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HLCX 1011 with parked NOGC train in East Harvey |
| Description: |
This is a parked NOGC train led by one of the railroads 'new' locomotives on lease. |
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10/14/2008 Upload Date: 10/20/2008 9:05:31 PM |
| Location: |
Harvey, LA |
| Author: |
The Rooster |
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HLCX 1011(GP38-3) |
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677 Comments: 1 |
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NOGC switcher and Kinder-Morgan train in West Harvey |
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This is a parked NOGC train adjacent to the Kinder-Morgan tank farm. There was a piece of MofW equipment barely visible behind the last tank car on the cut behind the locomotives. The bridge in the background crosses the Harvey Canal. |
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10/14/2008 Upload Date: 10/20/2008 9:05:47 PM |
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Marrero, LA |
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The Rooster |
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NOGC 1036(SW1500) |
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Amtrak's northbound CRESCENT leaves NOUPT trackage and entering NS Back Belt |
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Amtrak train #20 - the northbound CRESCENT - is at the end of the NOUPT (New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal) trackage at East City Junction. It is entering the "North Main" of Norfolk Southern's Back Belt trackage as a UP-bound freight train holds the "South Main" on the right. The track veering of to the left ahead of the NOUPT trackage is the NS's ex-Southern Bernadotte Line, which once went as far as Trem and terminated on Basin Street but now stops at North Alexander Street at the line's last remaining customer, Masonry Products. The concrete piece in the foreground is part of the trestle over the Canal Boulevard underpass. Far off in the distance past the signal bridge, the NS tracks curve to the right and cross Interstate Highway 10 before going to single track and crossing the 17th Street Canal. |
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11/22/2008 Upload Date: 11/23/2008 9:49:06 AM |
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New Orleans, LA |
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The Rooster |
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AMTK 189(P42DC) |
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| Title: |
Amtrak's northbound CRESCENT leaves NOUPT trackage and entering NS Back Belt |
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Amtrak train #20 - the northbound CRESCENT - leaves the end of the NOUPT (New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal) trackage at East City Junction. It is entering the "North Main" of Norfolk Southern's Back Belt trackage as a UP-bound freight train holds the "South Main" on the right. The track veering of to the left ahead of the NOUPT trackage is the NS's ex-Southern Bernadotte Line, which once went as far as Trem and terminated on Basin Street but now stops at North Alexander Street at the line's last remaining customer, Masonry Products. The concrete piece in the foreground is part of the trestle over the Canal Boulevard underpass. Far off in the distance past the signal bridge, the NS tracks curve to the right and cross Interstate Highway 10 before going to single track and crossing the 17th Street Canal. |
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11/22/2008 Upload Date: 11/23/2008 9:49:29 AM |
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New Orleans, LA |
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The Rooster |
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AMTK 189(P42DC) |
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Amtrak's northbound CRESCENT passes under Frenchmen Street signals on NS Back Belt |
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Amtrak train #20 - the northbound CRESCENT - passes under the Southern-style cantilever signals at Frencmen Street on the "North Main" of Norfolk Southern's Back Belt trackage. The track coming from the North Main right in front of the train is the "Freight Lead" that leads into NS's Oliver Yard. There, the train will turn north onto NS's NO&NE (New Orleans and Northeastern) mainline on its way north out of the city and, ultimatley, to New York. The canal at the left is the Florida Avenue Canal which parallels its namesake street to the south, just left of the left frame of the image. Far off in the distance, the top of a trestle is visible; this is the Broad Street underpass. |
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11/22/2008 Upload Date: 11/23/2008 9:49:58 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
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The Rooster |
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AMTK 189(P42DC) |
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Fishermen and Amtrak's northbound CRESCENT |
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Fishermen fish as Amtrak's northbound CRESCENT begins its journey across Lake Ponchartrain as it leaves New Orleans on a cold Saturday morning. It is a few minutes from its first stop at Slidell, Louisiana. |
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11/22/2008 Upload Date: 11/23/2008 10:00:42 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
The Rooster |
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AMTK 189(P42DC) |
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456 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Fishermen and Amtrak's northbound CRESCENT in New Orleans |
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Fishermen fish as Amtrak's northbound CRESCENT begins its journey across Lake Ponchartrain as it leaves New Orleans on a cold Saturday morning. It is a few minutes from its first stop at Slidell, Louisiana. |
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11/22/2008 Upload Date: 11/23/2008 10:01:03 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
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The Rooster |
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AMTK 189(P42DC) |
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| Title: |
Amtrak's northbound CRESCENT crossing Lake Ponchartrain leaving New Orleans |
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Amtrak's northbound CRESCENT is almost finished crossing Lake Ponchartrain about a half-hour after leaving New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal on a cold (for Louisiana) Saturday morning and is about two minutes from its first station stop at Slidell, Louisiana. The US Highway 11 bridge (which the photography speedily crossed to get this image) is seen at left. |
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11/22/2008 Upload Date: 11/23/2008 10:01:34 AM |
| Location: |
North Shore, LA |
| Author: |
The Rooster |
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AMTK 189(P42DC) |
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Amtrak's northbound CRESCENT crossing Lake Ponchartrain leaving New Orleans |
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Amtrak's northbound CRESCENT is almost finished crossing Lake Ponchartrain about a half-hour after leaving New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal on a cold (for Louisiana) Saturday morning and is about two minutes from its first station stop at Slidell, Louisiana |
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11/22/2008 Upload Date: 11/23/2008 10:01:54 AM |
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North Shore, LA |
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The Rooster |
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AMTK 189(P42DC) |
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Amtrak's northbound CRESCENT prepares to leave Slidell, Louisiana. |
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The first station stop for the CRESCENT after leaving New Orleans is Slidell, Louisiana. Slidell owes its existence to the construction of what was then the New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad across Lake Ponchartrain into New Orleans. The NO&NE went from New Orleans to Meridian, Mississippi. Today, it is the southwestern leg of the Norfolk Southern Railway's vast empire. Here in Slidell, several people board the train on its daily northward journey. |
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11/22/2008 Upload Date: 11/23/2008 10:02:16 AM |
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Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
The Rooster |
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AMTK 189(P42DC) |
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KCS train M-CXSH forms at NOPB's France Yard |
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Parts of what will become KCS train M-CXSH have just been delivered to New Orleans Public Belt Railway's France Yard by a CSX crew. An NOPB crew will work the train and build a Baton Rouge block before it moves the train to NOPB's Cotton Warehouse Yard where a KCS crew will board it and move it for a few miles on NOPB trackage onto KCS's trackage. The sloping bridge in the background is the Interstate Highway 10 bridge crossing the Inner Harbor Navigational Canal. |
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11/22/2008 Upload Date: 11/23/2008 10:02:37 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
The Rooster |
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KCS 4034(SD70ACe) |
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EBTX 23101 moves westward on CSX train to UP in New Orleans |
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An odd flat car moves westward on CSX's Y105 moving toward an interchange with the Union Pacific. The pier in the left foreground is a support for the Interstate Highway 10 as it goes over the the Inner Harbor Navigational Canal (which the train just crossed on its own bridge.) In the distance can be seen the Chef Menteur Highway - US Highway 90 - bridge over the canal. |
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11/22/2008 Upload Date: 11/23/2008 10:03:04 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
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The Rooster |
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CSX 17(AC44CW) |
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