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| Title: |
Espee Extra West |
| Description: |
Powered by an eclectic set of locomotives, a Southern Pacific EXTRA WEST was heading out of the railroad's Avondale Yard, just west of New Orleans. Southern Railway GP35 2680, SD40-2 3257 and an unidentified SP B30-7 were providing the motive power as the train rolled across the George Street grade crossing. The 2680 was displaying white lights and was wearing one flag! |
| Photo Date: |
10/8/1978 Upload Date: 11/10/2016 9:40:37 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 2680(GP35) |
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269 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
MP 1519 |
| Description: |
The MP only owned four SW1500's - 1518-1521 - and they were initially used in the New Orleans area. |
| Photo Date: |
12/27/1978 Upload Date: 2/16/2009 2:10:09 AM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Todd Minsk |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
MP 1519(SW1500) |
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993 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP 15-1 1612 |
| Description: |
At Avondale Yard, just across the Mississippi River from New Orleans. |
| Photo Date: |
12/27/1978 Upload Date: 2/16/2009 2:45:57 AM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Todd Minsk |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
MP 1612(GP15-1) |
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495 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP 1964 |
| Description: |
Missouri Pacific 1964 was phntographed at the former MP-T&P Avondale Yard, across the Mississippi River from New Orleans. This unit was constructed in 1962 as Missouri Pacific 457, one of 000 MP low-nose GP18's built in 1962-63 using trucks and other components from traded-in Alco Fa and FB units. The 1964 was retired in November 1981, during the inhtial retirement of MP GP18's, and scrapped. |
| Photo Date: |
12/27/1978 Upload Date: 2/10/2009 8:19:20 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Todd Minsk |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
MP 1964(GP18) |
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646 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP Job 104 |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific Job 104 had just arrived back at AVONDALE YARD, at the west end of the Huey P. Long Bridge, on a westbound train with NINE engines: five transfer units - GP35 6670, GP9R’s 3311, 3885, 3389, and 3410 - and a set of road power from a Louisville & Nashville run-through train - U33C 8751, SD45 8953, SSW GP40-2 7650 and SP GP35 6555. Here they were at the Avondale Garden Road grade crossing, and the west end of the yard. |
| Photo Date: |
3/25/1979 Upload Date: 7/2/2020 7:03:11 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SP 6670(GP35) |
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287 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP Job 104 |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific Job 104 had just arrived back at AVONDALE YARD, at the west end of the Huey P. Long Bridge, on a westbound train with NINE engines: five transfer units - GP35 6670, GP9R’s 3311, 3885, 3389, and 3410 - and a set of road power from a Louisville & Nashville run-through train - U33C 8751, SD45 8953, SSW GP40-2 7650 and SP GP35 6555. Here they were at the Avondale Garden Road grade crossing, and the west end of the yard. |
| Photo Date: |
3/25/1979 Upload Date: 7/2/2020 7:04:27 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SP 6555(GP35) |
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178 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Twelve-Engine Train |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific Job 104 was descending the HUEY P. LONG BRIDGE with 12 locomotives and Southern Railway run-through train No. 193. The train had Job 104’s own units – GP35 6670 with GP9R’s 3311, 3885, 3389, and 3410, a set of power from a Louisville & Nashville run-through train - U33C 8751, SD45 8953, SSW GP40-2 7650 and SP GP35 6555, and the power that was on No. 193 – Southern SD40-2 3223 and SD45 3130 with SP B30-7 7813. |
| Photo Date: |
3/25/1979 Upload Date: 9/1/2010 4:47:42 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Bridge |
| Locomotives: |
SP 6670(GP35) |
| Views: |
3401 Comments: 14 |
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| Title: |
MP 1401-1545 |
| Description: |
Yard slugs were never very common on the MP in the New Orleans area, but they did show up occasionally. Here is 3-month-old 1401, mated with MP15DC 1545 at AVONDALE YARD This slug was previously MP SW8 8003, and originally T&P 814; so it had spent almost all of its life in southern Louisiana! |
| Photo Date: |
6/29/1979 Upload Date: 2/16/2009 1:57:45 AM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
MP 1401(Yard Slug) |
| Views: |
1299 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP GP15-1 1607 |
| Description: |
Missouri Pacific GP15-1 1607 was parked next to the diesel shop at AVONDALE YARD, near New Orleans. |
| Photo Date: |
7/30/1979 Upload Date: 9/29/2017 5:03:30 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
MP 1607(GP15-1) |
| Views: |
430 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
MP MP15DC 1534 |
| Description: |
During most of the 1970's Missouri Pacific MP15DC's were very common around New Orleans, as units 1545-1554 had been sent here right after they were built in February 1975; but finding the 1534 at Avondale Yard a bit unusual. This unit was from the very first order of MP15DC's anywhere, MP 1530-1534, built in March 1974. |
| Photo Date: |
7/30/1979 Upload Date: 8/2/2010 10:23:55 AM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
MP 1534(MP15DC) |
| Views: |
790 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP SD40-2 6016 |
| Description: |
Between 1976 and 1980 the Missouri Pacific purchased 74 SD40-2's for use on unit coal trains. The obvious difference from the railroad's other SD40-2's was the dynamic brake housing, but the first 20 units - such as this one - were also equipped with a nose-mounted oscillating light so as to be compatible with D&RGW power. These 20 units were delivered as the 3216-3235, and then renumbered 6000-6019 in May 1978, while the other 54 coal units were delivered new as the 6020-6073. All of them became Union Pacific 3900-3973. |
| Photo Date: |
7/30/1979 Upload Date: 12/22/2016 5:03:18 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
MP 6016(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
717 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
L&N GP38-2 4117 |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville GP38-2 4117 was at the Missouri Pacific's AVONDALE YARD, just west of New Orleans, on a transfer run from the L&N's GENTILLY YARD. |
| Photo Date: |
10/6/1979 Upload Date: 4/21/2009 4:16:42 AM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
LN 4117(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
781 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
MP SD40-2 6020 |
| Description: |
Missouri Pacific "coal service" SD40-2 6020 (with dynamic brakes) and regular sibling 3212 were parked on the west side of the diesel shop at AVONDALE YARD, new New Orleans. |
| Photo Date: |
10/6/1979 Upload Date: 9/29/2017 5:08:34 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
MP 6020(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
672 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
MP GP38-2 2040 |
| Description: |
Over two years before the merger of the Missouri Pacific and Union Pacific, a couple of UP GE's were at the MP's Avondale Yard, just west of New Orleans. MP GP38-2's 2040 and 2156, UP C30-7 2443 and U30C 2956, and MP GP38-2's 2007 and 2105 rest on a ready track. |
| Photo Date: |
12/21/1979 Upload Date: 2/10/2009 6:54:15 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
MP 2040(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
992 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
GTW SD40 5903 |
| Description: |
Grand Trunk Western SD40 5903 was on a westbound Missouri Pacific train leaving the MP’s AVONDLAE YARD, just west of New Orleans. The GTW unit was between MP SD40-2 3252 and MP GP38-2 2177. |
| Photo Date: |
2/3/1980 Upload Date: 10/4/2020 9:55:32 AM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER photo |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
GTW 5903(SD40) |
| Views: |
194 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SP 4104 West |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific EXTRA 4104 WEST was leaving AVONDALE YARD, just west of New Orleans, behind GP20R 4104, GP20 4087 and Cotton Belt GP20R 4142. |
| Photo Date: |
2/3/1980 Upload Date: 8/12/2020 5:27:20 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER photo |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 4104(GP20E) |
| Views: |
153 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
MP Power Line-Up |
| Description: |
Missouri Pacific GP7 1782, GP9 1847, GP15-1 1601 and GP38-2 2021 line up on the west side of the engine house at Avondale Yard. The building was damaged by Hurricane Katrina on 29 August 2005 and was razed in August 2007. (approximate month and day) |
| Photo Date: |
5/15/1980 Upload Date: 1/9/2015 11:24:24 AM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
MP 1782(GP7u) MP 1847(GP9) MP 1601(GP15-1) MP 2021(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
755 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP SD40T-2 8548 |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific SD40T-2 8548 had been built in January 1979, and most of it was still shiney enough to reflect the afternoon sun as it was leaving Avondale Yard on a westbound train. The locomotive was assigned Union Pacific number 8658, but this was not applied before it was retired on 6 August 2002. It was subsequently GE Credit (GECX) 8548 and then Helm (HLCX) 6140. |
| Photo Date: |
12/21/1980 Upload Date: 9/4/2017 4:18:07 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SP 8548(SD40T-2) |
| Views: |
561 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP 2969 |
| Description: |
This big U-boat is wearing the last of its four road numbers. It had previously been the 964, 5, and 3304. |
| Photo Date: |
12/28/1980 Upload Date: 2/13/2009 8:24:56 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
MP 2969(U30C) |
| Views: |
803 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
MP GP18 1882 |
| Description: |
Missouri Pacific GP18 1882 was parked next to the diesel shop at Avondale Yard - just west of New Orleans - coupled to an unusual visitor, U30C 2969. The big MoP GE's were not very common around this end of the railroad. |
| Photo Date: |
12/28/1980 Upload Date: 8/14/2016 4:31:50 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
479 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak No. 1 |
| Description: |
During the 1980 Christmas Season, Amtrak regularly leased Southern Pacific SD40T-2 units to assist pairs of SDP40F's on very long SUNSETS, and here is SP 8564 - along with Amtrak 511 and 518 - accelerating a westbound train out of Avondale Yard. By this time, most of the other western long-distance trains had been re-equipped with SUPERLINERS; so Amtrak was able to run 15-car SUNSETS, which was still steam heated, using some of the cars released from these other trains. Within a few months, the SUNSET itself would also receive SUPERLINERS, and it would never again operate with this many cars unless something REALLY special was going on! |
| Photo Date: |
12/29/1980 Upload Date: 11/15/2016 10:22:53 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 8564(SD40T-2) AMTK 511(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
826 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Agrico GE No. 9 |
| Description: |
Agrico 70-ton GE number 9 was westbound on the Missouri Pacific at Avondale Yard, having come out of Florida via the SCL and the L&N. No. 9 was originally Ashley Drew & Northern 172. The previous month, Agrico GE number 5 had passed through here on its own wheels, also coming from Florida. |
| Photo Date: |
5/10/1981 Upload Date: 8/16/2017 5:23:19 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
AGRICO 9(70Tonner) |
| Views: |
547 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP Diesel Shop |
| Description: |
Nucor Steel Baldwin VO1000 1502, Illinois Central Gulf GP10 8291, and Missouri Pacific GP7 1761, GP38-2 2009 (the MP’s very first GP38-2) and SD40-2 3186 were parked outside the MP diesel shop at Avondale Yard, just west of New Orleans. The Nucor unit was originally Burlington 9366, then Atlantic Coast Line 9366, Seaboard Coast Line 89, W.R. Grace 2000 and Nucor 1502. |
| Photo Date: |
5/10/1981 Upload Date: 9/19/2018 3:57:08 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
MP 2009(GP38-2) NUCOR 1502(VO-1000) |
| Views: |
554 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NUCOR VO-1000 1502 |
| Description: |
Nucor Steel Baldwin VO1000 1502 was parked next to the Missouri Pacific diesel shop at Avondale Yard, just west of New Orleans. The unit was originally Burlington 9366, then Atlantic Coast Line 9366, Seaboard Coast Line 89, W.R. Grace 2000 and Nucor 1502. |
| Photo Date: |
5/10/1981 Upload Date: 10/27/2018 3:16:00 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
NUCOR 1502(VO-1000) |
| Views: |
295 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
MP 3171 |
| Description: |
Outside the diesel shop at Avondale Yard |
| Photo Date: |
7/25/1981 Upload Date: 2/12/2009 11:54:51 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
MP 3171(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
687 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP SD40-2 3229 |
| Description: |
Missouri Pacific SD40-2 3229 was parked next to the diesel shop at Avondale Yard, just west of New Orleans. |
| Photo Date: |
7/25/1981 Upload Date: 12/8/2017 5:39:07 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
MP 3229(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
358 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
MP Trains |
| Description: |
This photo is a bit fuzzy because it was made from a small section of a telephoto shot. It shows a pair of eastbound Missouri Pacific trains that were parked just west of the railroad's Avondale Yard, waiting to get in. On the left was Southern run-through train HNS (Houston-New Orleans to the Southern) with SD40-2 3239, SD45 3161 and SD40 3183; while next to it was an unidentified train with GP38-2 2251, U23B 4505 and GP38-2 2292. The next year the MP would merge with the UP and the Southern would merge with the Norfolk & Western, so scenes like this would soon disappear. |
| Photo Date: |
9/6/1981 Upload Date: 11/3/2016 3:51:11 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
MP 2251(GP38-2) SOU 3239(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
530 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Slug Set |
| Description: |
The MP only had four SW1500's, and they spent their early years in the New Orleans area. When they were shopped and repainted in late 1981, they were also wired to operate with slugs; and three of them (1518, 1520, 1521) returned in October with brand-new slugs 1417-1419. In this view on a ready track at Avondale Yard, 1520, 1417, 1418 and 1518 wait between assignments. Their jobs included deliveries to other railroads at the east end of the Huey P. Long Bridge, pushing trains over the bridge, and transfer runs across the bridge to the MP's Race Street Yard -- a 17 mile trip. A set like this could pull a very heavy train across the bridge, with its 1.25% grades; but they were VERY, VERY slow. Before long, all of the slug sets were being used individually as yard power; mostly at Avondale, but occasionally at Race Street. They left in July 1982 and never returned! |
| Photo Date: |
11/22/1981 Upload Date: 2/16/2009 10:02:57 AM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
MP 1520(SW1500) MP 1417(Yard Slug) MP 1418(Yard Slug) MP 1518(SW1500) |
| Views: |
2581 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP Ya}d Slug 1417 |
| Description: |
Going Nothere Fast at Avondale Yard. (date approximate) |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/1981 Upload Date: 6/6/2010 10:45:36 AM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
MP 1417(Yard Slug) |
| Views: |
729 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SP 9097 and AMTK 705 |
| Description: |
Amtrak P30CH 705 leads train No. 1, the westbound Sunset Limited, out of the SP Avondale Yard as SP 9097 waits. |
| Photo Date: |
12/9/1981 Upload Date: 4/14/2009 12:51:33 AM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Jerry Sires |
| Categories: |
Yard,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 9097(SD45) AMTK 705(P30CH) |
| Views: |
968 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
MP SD40 3015 |
| Description: |
Missouri Pacific SD40 3015 was parked on a ready track at Avondale Yard, just west of New Orleans. |
| Photo Date: |
1/10/1982 Upload Date: 12/8/2017 5:48:30 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
MP 3015(SD40) |
| Views: |
412 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Yards |
| Description: |
In this northwestward view of the Southern Pacific and Missouri Pacific yards at Avondale, Louisiana the SP's turntable and little roundhouse were in the foreground, with two sets of road power on the right and a quartet of transfer geeps on the left. The MoP's diesel shop was in the upper left, and the Mississippi River flowed from left to right across the top of the image on its way to the Gulf. The roundhouse and diesel shop are long gone, as are the SP and the MoP! |
| Photo Date: |
2/8/1982 Upload Date: 3/9/2018 5:22:56 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Unknown |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SP 7323(SD40R) |
| Views: |
1642 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP U23B 4528 |
| Description: |
Missouri Pacific U23B 4528 was with three geeps in the railroad's Avondale Yard, just west of New Orleans. The 4528 was one of seven MP General Electric units equipped with EMD cabs after their original cabs were damaged beyond easy repair. The railroad had spare EMD cabs available, and as an added benefit, they provided more headroom than GE cabs. |
| Photo Date: |
4/4/1982 Upload Date: 11/3/2016 3:49:58 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
MP 4528(U23B) |
| Views: |
905 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Avondale Yard |
| Description: |
Brand new Missouri Pacific GP15-1 1690 cast its reflection in a puddle left by a recent rainfall, as B30-7A units 4830 and 4822 accelerated out of Avondale Yard with a northbound train. |
| Photo Date: |
4/25/1982 Upload Date: 4/22/2017 6:06:10 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
MP 1690(GP15-1) MP 4822(B30-7A) |
| Views: |
610 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP B30-7A units |
| Description: |
Four nearly-new Missouri Pacific B30-7A units - 4851, 4848, 4822 and 4830 - were parked at the railroad's Avondale Yard, just west of New Orleans. The railroad received 55 of these locomotives (4800-4854) between November 1981 and February 1982. |
| Photo Date: |
4/25/1982 Upload Date: 4/17/2017 12:09:19 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
MP 4851(B30-7A) MP 4848(B30-7A) |
| Views: |
328 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 712 and 702 |
| Description: |
Amtrak train No. 1, the Westbound Sunset Limited, accelerates around the SP Avondale Yard with P30CHs 712 and 702 highballing on the mainline. |
| Photo Date: |
12/31/1983 Upload Date: 3/24/2009 12:11:35 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Jerry Sires |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
AMTK 702(P30CH) |
| Views: |
980 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP 1702 |
| Description: |
A pair of classic engines at the Avondale, LA yard back in 1984. These were some of the first DRGW engines I had seen in the New Orleans area. |
| Photo Date: |
1/6/1984 Upload Date: 4/15/2009 1:08:06 AM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Jerry Sires |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
MP 1702(GP15-1) DRGW 5401(SD40T-2) |
| Views: |
1263 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
SP 7821 |
| Description: |
Extra 7821 West prepares to leave the SP Avondale (LA) yard for Houston. |
| Photo Date: |
1/29/1984 Upload Date: 3/25/2009 2:55:05 AM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Jerry Sires |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SP 7821(B30-7) |
| Views: |
476 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Lined up and ready |
| Description: |
At this time, it was still common to see merged road power in its original form, and a lot of it still on its own rails. Here we see a set of MP power set to go out on a westbound. Even the sign still says MP. |
| Photo Date: |
3/10/1984 Upload Date: 5/24/2014 1:47:50 AM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
MP 1592(GP15-1) MP 2219(GP38-2) MP 2239(GP38-2) MP 2233(GP38-2) |
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Westbound Espee |
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Southern Pacific SD45R 7405 was on a westbound SP train leaving AVONDALE YARD at 3:00 PM with the 7404"and 7409. These low-numbered rebuilt SD45's were typically used on the run-through trains to and from the Southern and then the NS, as they were maintained to a higher standard than most SP units. The tracks'on the left belonged to the Union Pacific. |
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3/25/1984 Upload Date: 4/25/2018 11:04:00 PM |
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Avondale, LA |
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PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
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Action |
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SP 7405(SD45R) |
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| Title: |
MP Engine Terminal |
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The Missouri Pacific engine terminal at Avondale Yard was unusually empty on this Sunday morning. The two closest units were GP38-2's 2334 and 2270, while the structure in the right background was the car shop. |
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3/25/1984 Upload Date: 2/14/2017 6:06:25 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo |
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Yard |
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MP 2334(GP38-2) MP 2270(GP38-2) |
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| Title: |
Westbound SP |
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Southern Pacific SD45R 7405 was on a westbound SP train leaving Avondale Yard at 3:00 PM with the 7404 and 7409. These low-numbered rebuilt SD45's were typically used on the run-through trains to and from the Southern and then the NS. The tracks on the left belonged to the Union Pacific. |
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3/25/1984 Upload Date: 4/25/2017 10:26:22 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. photo |
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Action |
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SP 7405(SD45R) |
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| Title: |
MP 1744 and WP 3525 |
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MP and WP power rest side by side at Avondale Yard. |
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9/3/1984 Upload Date: 4/5/2009 8:33:58 AM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Jerry Sires |
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Roster,Yard |
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MP 1744(GP15AC) WP 3525(GP40) |
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1064 Comments: 1 |
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SOU 7018, WP 3531, UP 2525, and MP 3214 |
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A variety of power rests at the Avondale diesel shop. The MP diesel shop in the background was partially destroyed during Hurricane Katrina and eventually torn down. That was the best excuse yet to move locomotive maintenance to Livonia, LA, no more diesel shop. |
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9/3/1984 Upload Date: 4/12/2009 11:54:20 AM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Jerry Sires |
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Yard |
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SOU 7018(GP50) WP 3531(GP40) UP 2525(C30-7) MP 3214(SD40-2) |
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MP 2322 Leads Operation Lifesaver Special |
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One of the great things about train spotting in the New Orleans area was the large assortment of railroads. This five railroad assortment also carried the governor of Louisiana with the MP, ICG, KCS, SP and UP all represented on this trip. The train is headed west and coming off the Huey P. Long brdge. My friends with the MP who invited me to ride could not understand why I chose not to ride. This scene will never happen again. |
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10/1/1984 Upload Date: 11/24/2010 7:59:10 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Jerry Sires |
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Bridge,Passenger,Action |
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MP 2322(GP38-2) |
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The New U.P. |
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It was a couple of years after the 1982 MP-WP-UP merger before Union Pacific and Western Pacific locomotives became common on the Missouri Pacific around New Orleans, so it was a real treat to find units from all three roads outside the diesel shop at Avondale yard. From left to right are WP GP40 3531 (with UP SD45 No. 21), UP SD40-2 3785, and MP GP38-2's 2166 and 2205. |
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12/15/1984 Upload Date: 11/24/2009 4:07:36 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Yard |
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WP 3531(GP40) UP 3785(SD40-2) |
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| Title: |
Northbound MP/UP Train |
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A northbound train was preparing to leave the MP/UP Avondale Yard just west of New Orleans with three assorted SD40-2's, while blue MP GP15-2 1672 was switching on an adjacent track. The big engines were yellow MP 3107, yellow UP 3235 and blue MP 3278. |
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8/11/1985 Upload Date: 3/31/2017 3:49:09 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo |
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Yard |
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MP 3107(SD40-2) UP 3235(SD40-2) |
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| Title: |
SP SD45R 7556 |
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A westbound Espee train crosses Avondale Garden Road behind SD45R 7556, SD40T-2 8264 and SD45R 7401. The intermodal terminal at the Espee's Avondale Yard is in the background on the right. (date approximate) |
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12/14/1985 Upload Date: 9/11/2010 3:15:37 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. photo |
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Action |
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SP 7556(SD45R) |
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| Title: |
Westbound SP 7556 |
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Soutiern Pacific SD45R 7556, SD40T-2 8264 and SD45R 7401 were on a westbound train leaving Avondale Yard, just west of New Orleans The structure on the right in the distance was the entrance to the railroad's intermodal facility off of Avondale Garden Road. |
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12/14/1985 Upload Date: 4/5/2017 12:24:52 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. photo |
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Action |
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SP 7556(SD45R) |
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| Title: |
MP GP15-1 1694 |
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The Missouri Pacific owned 140 GP15-1 and GP15AC units, and the 1694 was one of 26 repainted to UP colors with MP lettering between July 1984 and November 1985. They were gradually relettered UP between May 1987 and September 1993. The cranes in the background belonged to Avondale Shipyard. |
| Photo Date: |
12/15/1985 Upload Date: 10/1/2017 3:01:33 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Roster |
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MP 1694(GP15-1) |
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656 Comments: 1 |
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