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SP Tank Car 62295 |
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Southern Pacific 12,000-gallonn tank car 62295 was lettered DIESEL FUEL OIL SERVICE and was parked on a spur at New Iberia, Louisiana. Back then, the railroad kept cars like this at several locations along the SUNSET ROUTE in Louisiana to store fuel for locomotives assigned to branch-line locals. |
| Photo Date: |
8/5/1976 Upload Date: 11/4/2025 11:18:12 AM |
| Location: |
New Iberia, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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RollingStock |
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| Title: |
Louisiana Midland |
| Description: |
These were some structures along the Louisiana Midland at Jena, Louisiana. |
| Photo Date: |
2/19/1977 Upload Date: 11/10/2025 9:47:51 AM |
| Location: |
Jena, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station |
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LOAM 00(UNKNOWN) |
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| Title: |
The Northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT |
| Description: |
Four Southern Railway E8A units were on Train No. 2 – the northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT – as it made its way out of New Orleans at NO&NE milepost 191, the big curve at the Press Drive Underpass. The train consisted of locomotives 6914, 6913, 6910 and 6902 with eight cars: baggage-dormitory 711, coaches 836, 822 and 832, 10-6 sleepers 2021 YADKIN RIVER and Amtrak 2624 PACIFIC PATROL (the Transcontinental car), diner 3309 and dome-parlor 1613. This was a great spot to photograph No. 2, as its schedule was predictable (almost always 7:27-28 a.m.) and the sun was in the right location, but it only ran on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays ?? The train and the railroad are long gone, but the memories remain... and the sound was amazing! |
| Photo Date: |
3/15/1978 Upload Date: 10/7/2025 11:36:41 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
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SOU 6914(E8A) |
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| Title: |
KCS slug 4077 and GP40-2 799 |
| Description: |
This image shows the connections between Kansas City Southern F7B slug 4077 and GP40-2 799. The photo was taken at the railroad’s WEST YARD, just west of New Orleans. |
| Photo Date: |
9/23/1982 Upload Date: 11/10/2025 9:39:02 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
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KCS 4077(Road Slug) KCS 799(GP40-2) |
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| Title: |
Westbound SP on Huey P. Long Bridge |
| Description: |
Ten Southern Pacific locomotives were hauling a westbound train up the Huey P. Long Bridge, on its way to the railroad’s AVONDALE YARD at the west end of the bridge. The first five units (SP SD45R 7546 SD45 8978, SD45R 7517, SD45R 7550, SD40T-2 8321) had just delivered a stack train to the Norfolk Southern while the second five (GP30 5009, GP35 6653, GP20R 4102, GP9 3877 and 3816) were a set of transfer units on a train from the CSX. The two sets of power were combined at the east end of the bridge, so the SP crew on the road power could bring the transfer run back to Avondale after the CSX crew delivered it. |
| Photo Date: |
9/13/1986 Upload Date: 11/4/2025 11:34:43 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
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SP 7546(SD45R) |
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| Title: |
VMV SDP45 6689 |
| Description: |
VMV SDP45 6689 and sibling 6688 were heading westbound up the Huey P. Long Bridge on the run-through train from Birmingham to Houston via the Norfolk Southern and the Southern Pacific. The 6689 had been built in August 1970 as Erie Lackawanna 3658 and became Conrail 6689 in 1976. The 15 units in this order, EL 3654-3668/CR 6685-6699, were returned to their lessor in late 1984 and became VMV lease units in 1987. These two locos were on lease to the SP when this photo was taken. |
| Photo Date: |
3/27/1988 Upload Date: 11/10/2025 9:41:44 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster,Bridge |
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VMV 6689(SDP45) |
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| Title: |
ATSF Yard |
| Description: |
This was the Santa Fe’s yard in Silsbee, Texas, 20 miles north of Beaumont. |
| Photo Date: |
8/16/1992 Upload Date: 11/10/2025 9:44:46 AM |
| Location: |
Silsbee, TX |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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| Title: |
ATSF Turntable |
| Description: |
This was the turntable at the Santa Fe’s yard in Silsbee, Texas, 20 miles north of Beaumont. |
| Photo Date: |
8/16/1992 Upload Date: 11/10/2025 9:44:10 AM |
| Location: |
Silsbee, TX |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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ATSF (UNKNOWN) |
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| Title: |
ATSF S-LACH-2-24 on the KCS |
| Description: |
During the massive floods which inundated the midwestern U.S. in the summer of 1993, railroads detoured trains on an unprecedented scale, with the Santa Fe running about two dozen Chicago-California trains via New Orleans between 30 July and 8 August. ATSF S-LACH-2-24 was a low-priority intermodal train from Los Angeles to Chicago, and here it was at Alliance Avenue in Frellsen – on the western outskirts of New Orleans – in the midst of a leisurely 10-day trip via Dallas and the Kansas City Southern, New Orleans and the Norfolk Southern. At this location, S-LACH-2-24 was utilizing KCS trackage rights over the Illinois Central for the last seven miles of its journey from Dallas to the NS. The train had ATSF SD40-2 5189, SF30C 9523 and SF30C 9546 with 48 cars. |
| Photo Date: |
7/31/1993 Upload Date: 10/8/2025 11:41:12 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Steven Palmieri image |
| Categories: |
Action |
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ATSF 5189(SD40-2) |
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| Title: |
GM&O 50 (AMTK 800539) |
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Private car GM&O 50 (AMTK 800539) was on the Kansas City Southern-Amtrak interchange just outside of New Orleans, en route from its home on the New Orleans Public Belt to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal via the KCS, and it left on the westbound SUNSET two days later. The car had been built by American Car & Foundry in 1928 as Gulf, Mobile & Northern 50 and was assigned to the railroad’s president, Isaac B. Tigrett. It was subsequently owned by the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio and the Illinois Central Gulf before going into private ownership. In 1990 the car was acquired by Mr. Tigrett’s great nephew, who is also named Isaac B. Tigrett. The younger Mr. Tigrett was a co-founder of the HARD ROCK CAFE and the HOUSE OF BLUES, both of which had venues in New Orleans. When this photo was taken, Mr. Tigrett was spending a lot of time in New Orleans and used this car for entertaining while he was here. At first, he kept the car at NOUPT, but he eventually leased a siding from the NOPB near the French Quarter. |
| Photo Date: |
4/27/1996 Upload Date: 10/5/2025 12:04:53 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Steven Palmieri image |
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RollingStock,Passenger |
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| Title: |
GATX Tank Car 98368 |
| Description: |
GATX tank car 98368 was on CSX Yard Job Y-102-22 at Franklin Ave. in New Orleans, on its way from the CSX to the UP. |
| Photo Date: |
5/22/1996 Upload Date: 10/5/2025 12:13:17 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Steven Palmieri image |
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RollingStock |
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| Title: |
ICG 100558 |
| Description: |
Illinois Central Gulf work car 100558 was parked on the scrap track at the railroad’s South Yard at McComb, Mississippi. The car had been built by American Car & Foundry in October 1912 as Illinois Central 64-foot baggage-Railway Post Office car 304 and was converted into work car X-2403 in March 1960. It was subsequently renumbered ICG 100558, was retired around 2001 and eventually donated to the Louisiana Railway Heritage Trust. In 2005 it became Louisiana Steam Train Association crew car LSTX 2 and was later named the MIKE HANKINS. |
| Photo Date: |
5/25/1996 Upload Date: 10/5/2025 12:08:12 PM |
| Location: |
McComb, MS |
| Author: |
Steven Palmieri image |
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RollingStock,Passenger |
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