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SOU box car 32419
Title:  SOU box car 32419
Description:  Southern Railway roof-hatch box cars (AAR type LC) were easy to identify because of their yellow doors, and here was SOU 32419 in New Orleans on 2 October 1973. The lettering on its door read ROOF HATCH CAR FOR CLAY LOADING / ONLY RETURN PROMPTLY WHEN EMPTY / TO SOU RY OR C OF G RY AT ANY / JUNCTION PT FOR LOADING GORDON GA. Cars like this went to the American-Standard plumbing fixture plant which was located along the Southern on its main line in New Orleans. SOU 32419 had a CAPY of 154,000 pounds, a LD LMT of 165,700 and a LT WT of 54,300 for a gross rail load of 220,000 pounds, and was one of 20 cars in the 32415-32434 series.
Photo Date:  10/2/1973  Upload Date: 4/3/2021 11:46:20 AM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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CG Boxcar 5908
Title:  CG Boxcar 5908
Description:  Central of Georgia 50-foot, 50-ton boxcar 5908 was on the Southern Railway in New Orleans, still wearing its original black-and-aluminum “watermelon” paint scheme. This was one of 500 cars (CG 5500-5999) built by Pullman-Standard as Lot No. 8198 in 1954.
Photo Date:  10/2/1973  Upload Date: 9/20/2022 2:55:11 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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FW&D 8253
Title:  FW&D 8253
Description:  Photographed on an L&N train, this car rode on National B-1 trucks and had been built at the Burlington's HAVELOCK SHOPS in Lincoln, Nebraska in October 1944.
Photo Date:  1/26/1974  Upload Date: 11/15/2013 5:23:56 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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GM&O 13200
Title:  GM&O 13200
Description:  New Orleans Public Belt COTTON WAREHOUSE YARD
Photo Date:  5/4/1974  Upload Date: 11/16/2013 10:26:01 AM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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GM&O 62037
Title:  GM&O 62037
Description:  ICG Poydras Yard
Photo Date:  8/24/1974  Upload Date: 11/16/2013 10:26:50 AM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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ICG 199624
Title:  ICG 199624
Description:  ICG 199624 was built as IC 9624 in 1957 or 1958. It received this non-standard paint job in October 1973, while assigned to the railroad's New Orleans work train.
Photo Date:  11/13/1974  Upload Date: 4/4/2010 4:41:21 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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GM&O 76054
Title:  GM&O 76054
Description:  This low-bulkhead brick car is lettered "Return Empty Via Reverse Route To GM&ORR Macon, MS" and the removable sides are stenciled "Brick Loading Only." The car was built in October 1953, and is on an ICG team track next to the Coca-Cola bottling plant on Jefferson Davis Parkway.
Photo Date:  11/15/1974  Upload Date: 7/3/2009 7:31:14 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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LS&I 8523
Title:  LS&I 8523
Description:  Lake Superior & Ishpeming 8523 was built in July 1964, with a capacity of 178,200 pounds. Despite the PELLET LOADING ONLY lettering, during the 1970's all of the cars in the LS&I 8500-8599 were used by the Illinois Central Gulf for sand and gravel service into New Orleans. These cars were photographed at the ICG's Poydras Yard.
Photo Date:  1/5/1975  Upload Date: 11/26/2009 5:19:06 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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SOU 599000
Title:  SOU 599000
Description:  Southern XP 599000 was one of two AUTO GUARD cars built by the Greenville Steel Car Co. in October 1973. It was retired by the Norfolk Southern in October 1993 and donated to the Virginia Transportation Museum in Roanoke. The car was photographed in the Southern's Oliver Yard.
Photo Date:  2/2/1975  Upload Date: 12/7/2013 12:30:24 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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Views:  1574   Comments: 1
DeQueen & Eastern 80
Title:  DeQueen & Eastern 80
Description:  This caboose looks a lot like a former KCS car from the L&A 380-390 series. These were built by the railroad from box cars in 1952.
Photo Date:  2/9/1975  Upload Date: 11/16/2013 10:09:41 AM
Location:  DeQueen, AR
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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Views:  439   Comments: 0
DeQueen & Eastern 81
Title:  DeQueen & Eastern 81
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Photo Date:  2/9/1975  Upload Date: 11/16/2013 10:10:08 AM
Location:  DeQueen, AR
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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DeQueen & Eastern 1111
Title:  DeQueen & Eastern 1111
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Photo Date:  2/9/1975  Upload Date: 11/16/2013 10:10:38 AM
Location:  DeQueen, AR
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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Views:  384   Comments: 0
Texas Oklahoma & Eastern 1383
Title:  Texas Oklahoma & Eastern 1383
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Photo Date:  2/9/1975  Upload Date: 11/16/2013 10:11:28 AM
Location:  DeQueen, AR
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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Views:  296   Comments: 0
Texas Oklahoma & Eastern 810
Title:  Texas Oklahoma & Eastern 810
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Photo Date:  2/9/1975  Upload Date: 11/16/2013 10:11:07 AM
Location:  DeQueen, AR
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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IC 15923
Title:  IC 15923
Description:  Illinois Central 40-foot 55-ton XME derailed at Florenville, Louisiana. The STB lettering showed that the car was equipped with the SPARTON TRI-BELT boxcar bracing system.
Photo Date:  4/5/1975  Upload Date: 9/24/2018 6:04:15 PM
Location:  Florenville, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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SOU 550555
Title:  SOU 550555
Description:  A bit dirty, Southern Railway 50-foot XL wears its original blue-yellow-and-green paint scheme which identified it as the 200,000th car built by Pullman-Standard at Bessemer, Alabama. The car was photographed on the Southern-Kansas City Southern interchange, just west of the KCS West Yard.
Photo Date:  7/19/1975  Upload Date: 12/7/2013 12:29:39 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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SOU 550555
Title:  SOU 550555
Description:  Special Pullman-Standard logo on Southern Railway box car 550555.
Photo Date:  7/19/1975  Upload Date: 6/12/2014 6:15:41 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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Views:  577   Comments: 1
HWCX 102
Title:  HWCX 102
Description:  Haliburton car HWCX 102 was on the Southern Pacific at Avery Island, Louisiana. It had a CAPY 154,000 of pounds, LD LMT 157,100 LW 62,900 for a GRL of 220,000 pounds, and was built in January 1972. The AAR code for this car is LM, which is defined as “A car equipped with one or more permanently enclosed tanks or containers, provided with one or more openings for loading and equipped for pneumatic or gravity unloading. Car is suitable for handling certain dry powder or granular commodities, and also low viscosity, non-dangerous liquid commodities.”
Photo Date:  9/25/1975  Upload Date: 11/16/2013 10:47:03 AM
Location:  Avery Island, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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KCS <I>SHARE IN FREEDOM</I> car 112437
Title:  KCS SHARE IN FREEDOM car 112437
Description:  This SHARE IN FREEDOM XL was one of 250 50-6 cars in the KCS series 110001-112496 built by Pullman-Standard at Michigan City in June-July 1967. It was photographed on the New Orleans Public Belt next to a transit shed along the Mississippi River and its data was: CAPY 188 000, LD LMT 189 400, LT WT 73 600, CU FT 5224. The Chicago & North Western subsequently purchased 150 of these and rebuilt them at its car shop in Clinton, Iowa as C&NW 164000-164149.
Photo Date:  10/17/1976  Upload Date: 3/23/2016 5:55:37 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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AD&N XM 5552
Title:  AD&N XM 5552
Description:  Ashely, Drew & Northern plug-door box car 5552 was photographed on the North Louisiana & Gulf at Gibsland, Louisiana. The car was lettered WHEN EMPTY RETURN TO / AGENT ASHLEY DREW & NORTHERN / RAILWAY CROSSETT ARKANSAS. It had a CAPY of 140,000 pounds, a LD LMT of 149,300 and a LT WT of 70,700 for a gross rail load of 220,000. This was one of 45 cars in the AD&N 5550-5594 series, and they were later rebuilt with conventional sliding doors before moving on to the ICG, where they wore the WLO reporting mark.
Photo Date:  2/7/1977  Upload Date: 5/12/2015 12:29:17 PM
Location:  Gibsland, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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LOAM 164864
Title:  LOAM 164864
Description:  Ex-Penn Central 50-foot box car, stretched from a 40-foot car. CAPY 110 000, LD LMT 121 100, LT WT 55 900, TY 6-75
Photo Date:  2/19/1977  Upload Date: 3/27/2016 4:13:16 PM
Location:  Packton, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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Views:  314   Comments: 0
LOAM 165055
Title:  LOAM 165055
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Photo Date:  2/19/1977  Upload Date: 3/27/2016 4:12:22 PM
Location:  Jena, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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Views:  332   Comments: 0
LOAM 264064
Title:  LOAM 264064
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Photo Date:  2/19/1977  Upload Date: 3/27/2016 4:11:12 PM
Location:  Jena, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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AD&N XM 1704
Title:  AD&N XM 1704
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Photo Date:  2/20/1977  Upload Date: 5/12/2015 12:27:28 PM
Location:  Crossett, AR
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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AD&N HB 2802
Title:  AD&N HB 2802
Description:  CAPY 140 000, LD LMT 164 900, LT WT 45 100, CU FT 1582, BLT 3-42
Photo Date:  2/20/1977  Upload Date: 5/12/2015 12:28:02 PM
Location:  Crossett, AR
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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Views:  512   Comments: 0
AD&N LP 304R
Title:  AD&N LP 304R
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Photo Date:  2/20/1977  Upload Date: 5/12/2015 12:27:07 PM
Location:  Crossett, AR
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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Views:  741   Comments: 0
Long Load
Title:  Long Load
Description:  This 143-foot-long load spanned five cars, and was supported by two of the Southern Pacific's ten F-100-1 cars. These were the SP's first 100-ton flat cars and had been built by Gunderson in 1964. The load was lettered FOSTER WHEELER ENERGY CORP.; LIVINGSTON, NEW JERSEY USA and was parked in the Southern Railway's Terminal Junction Yard. From left to right, the cars were L&N 21456, SP 597000, L&N 24999, SP 597004 and MP 8819. L&N 24999 was a 20-foot "spacer car" built in July 1965.
Photo Date:  3/5/1978  Upload Date: 11/14/2013 5:31:07 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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L&N 24999
Title:  L&N 24999
Description:  This 20-foot car was built in July 1965 and was lettered as a SPACER CAR. It was one of five cars being used to move this load, which was parked in the Southern Railway's Terminal Junction Yard in New Orleans. The lettering on the 143-foot load read FOSTER WHEELER ENERGY CORP.; LIVINGSTON, NEW JERSEY USA. The car was subsequently renumbered CSXT 600490.
Photo Date:  3/5/1978  Upload Date: 11/14/2013 5:51:22 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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CRIP 95581
Title:  CRIP 95581
Description:  Rock Island snow plow 95581 had been rebuilt from one of the railroad's distinctive whaleback tenders and was assigned to the Texas Panhandle, although it wasn't needed on this midsummer day.
Photo Date:  8/11/1978  Upload Date: 6/7/2009 8:51:45 PM
Location:  Amarillo, TX
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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CN 18004
Title:  CN 18004
Description:  This 42-inch gauge 50-foot bi-level auto rack was photographed 10 years before the CN abandoned its narrow gauge network on Newfoundland. CAPY 56 000, LD LMT 56 700, LT WT 46 300, BLT 9.66, AX 10.66
Photo Date:  8/20/1978  Upload Date: 3/29/2016 8:07:33 PM
Location:  Bishop's Falls, NL
Author:  Todd Minsk photo
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CN caboose 6057
Title:  CN caboose 6057
Description:  42-inch gauge
Photo Date:  8/20/1978  Upload Date: 2/21/2015 4:36:50 PM
Location:  Corner Brook, NL
Author:  Todd Minsk
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Views:  608   Comments: 0
GM&O 567014
Title:  GM&O 567014
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/12/1979  Upload Date: 11/16/2013 10:36:17 AM
Location:  Meridian, MS
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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Views:  906   Comments: 0
GWF 1179
Title:  GWF 1179
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Photo Date:  9/25/1979  Upload Date: 6/7/2009 9:33:19 PM
Location:  Galveston, TX
Author:  Todd Minsk
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Views:  1270   Comments: 1
HWCX covered hopper 40965
Title:  HWCX covered hopper 40965
Description:  CAPY 154 000, LD LMT 168 800, LT WT 51 200, CU FT 2003. This car was on either the SP or the MP.
Photo Date:  11/9/1979  Upload Date: 3/19/2016 1:20:18 PM
Location:  Gretna, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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ART 27720
Title:  ART 27720
Description:  On the Texas State Railroad
Photo Date:  11/17/1979  Upload Date: 1/20/2010 7:57:30 AM
Location:  Rusk, TX
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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Views:  2968   Comments: 0
ATSF caboose 999268
Title:  ATSF caboose 999268
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/17/1979  Upload Date: 5/14/2016 6:36:30 PM
Location:  Beaumont, TX
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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ATSF caboose 999615
Title:  ATSF caboose 999615
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/17/1979  Upload Date: 5/14/2016 6:37:07 PM
Location:  Beaumont, TX
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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M&B caboose 106
Title:  M&B caboose 106
Description:  Meridian & Bigbee caboose 106 was parked outside of the railroad's shop in Meridian, Mississippi.
Photo Date:  10/3/1980  Upload Date: 8/16/2018 7:48:49 PM
Location:  Meridian, MS
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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Meridian & Bigbee caboose 106
Title:  Meridian & Bigbee caboose 106
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/3/1980  Upload Date: 4/5/2016 6:34:26 PM
Location:  Meridian, MS
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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Meridian & Bigbee 3010
Title:  Meridian & Bigbee 3010
Description:  The lettering to the left of the door reads FOR PAPER / LOADING ONLY and WHEN EMPTY RETURN / TO AGENT M&BRR / NAHEOLA, ALA. The capacity data is CAPY 110 000, LD LMT 124 100, LT WT 52 900.
Photo Date:  10/3/1980  Upload Date: 4/5/2016 5:45:24 PM
Location:  Meridian, MS
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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Meridian & Bigbee 681
Title:  Meridian & Bigbee 681
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/3/1980  Upload Date: 4/6/2016 10:35:36 AM
Location:  Meridian, MS
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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Meridian & Bigbee 691
Title:  Meridian & Bigbee 691
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/3/1980  Upload Date: 4/5/2016 5:41:43 PM
Location:  Meridian, MS
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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CAGY 14070
Title:  CAGY 14070
Description:  CAPY 110 000 XM, LD LMT 119 200, LT WT 57 800 COL 8-77, CU FT 3372, BLT 4-59
Photo Date:  10/4/1980  Upload Date: 2/29/2016 6:20:08 PM
Location:  Columbus, MS
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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Views:  310   Comments: 0
CAGY 76
Title:  CAGY 76
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/4/1980  Upload Date: 3/1/2010 2:31:08 PM
Location:  Columbus, MS
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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Views:  2161   Comments: 1
CAGY 206
Title:  CAGY 206
Description:  A damaged car stored at the CAGY car shop area in Columbus. CAPY 154 000 LO, LD LMT 158 700, LT WT 61 300 JN 7-77, BLT 1-43, PAINTED 7-77, 2800 CU FT. JN is Jena, LA on the LOAM, and Craig Burroughs was involved with both railroads at that time.
Photo Date:  10/4/1980  Upload Date: 3/29/2016 8:04:46 PM
Location:  Columbus, MS
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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CAGY 21076
Title:  CAGY 21076
Description:  CAPY 154 000 XM, LD LMT 157 400, LT WT 62 600, NEW 3-79, FMC
Photo Date:  10/4/1980  Upload Date: 3/29/2016 8:05:27 PM
Location:  Columbus, MS
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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CAGY caboose 51
Title:  CAGY caboose 51
Description:  Stored at the car shop area in Columbus.
Photo Date:  10/4/1980  Upload Date: 3/29/2016 8:04:30 PM
Location:  Columbus, MS
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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CAGY 566
Title:  CAGY 566
Description:  Stored at the car shop area in Columbus, lettered HOME SHOP FOR REPAIR / DO NOT LOAD / RULE 1
Photo Date:  10/4/1980  Upload Date: 3/29/2016 8:05:04 PM
Location:  Columbus, MS
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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CAGY anonymous caboose
Title:  CAGY anonymous caboose
Description:  It looks like work was underway to repaint this former IC car for the CAGY, and then the railroad decided it wasn't going to use cabs and the work just stopped. Photographed at the railroad's car shop area in Columbus
Photo Date:  10/4/1980  Upload Date: 3/29/2016 8:05:54 PM
Location:  Columbus, MS
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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NOPB 235
Title:  NOPB 235
Description:  New Orleans Public Belt covered hoppers 235 and 233, from the series 201-235. The car is stenciled IN DEDICATED SERVICE and LOCAL SERVICE ONLY-DO NOT INTERCHANGE.
Photo Date:  12/27/1980  Upload Date: 9/20/2015 5:16:27 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
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