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MISS ALVA |
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This freshly-painted and weathered car was in the Louisville & Nashville TURNTABLE TRACK at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi on 27 October 1965, while being used by Paramount Pictures in their movie THIS PROPERTY IS CONDEMNED. The movie starred Robert Redford and Natalie Wood, and was being filmed in Bay St. Louis and New Orleans. The car was decorated as L&N 6137 (a fictitious identity) and named MISS ALVA, after Natalie Wood’s character. It had been completed by Pullman on 4 August 1911 as the Plan 2412 16-section sleeper MONTEITH and was modified into a Plan 2412A car on 15 May 1924. It was converted into Tourist Car TC 4127 on 27 February 1935 and sold to the Louisiana & Arkansas on 4 Nov 1947, where it became 64-seat coach 353, with no interior modifications. After it was retired in 1963, it went into private ownership, and was leased to Paramount for the movie. |
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10/27/1965 Upload Date: 6/2/2022 11:52:18 AM |
| Location: |
Bay St. Louis, MS |
| Author: |
J.G. LACHAUSSEE image |
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| Title: |
MISS ALVA |
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This car had been completed by Pullman on 4 August 1911 as the Plan 2412 16-section sleeper MONTEITH. It was modified into a Plan 2412A car on 15 May 1924, converted into Tourist Car TC 4127 on 27 February 1935 and sold to the Louisiana & Arkansas on 4 Nov 1947 where it became 64-seat coach 353. After it was retired in 1963 it then went into private ownership, and was leased to Paramount Pictures in 1965 for use in their movie THIS PROPERTY IS CONDEMNED. The movie featured Reader Railroad 2-8-0 1702 and much of it was filmed along the Louisville & Nashville at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The car was repainted as L&N 6137 (a fictitious number) and named MISS ALVA, after Natalie Wood’s character. When this photo was taken 20 years later, it was badly-faded and being used as part of the MISS ALVA BAR AND GRILL in Meridian, Mississippi; but it was eventually parked with some other cars near the city’s Amtrak station. |
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4/4/1985 Upload Date: 11/17/2020 3:02:01 PM |
| Location: |
Meridian, MS |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Passenger |
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| Title: |
LN 6157 (L&A 353) |
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9/4/2016 Upload Date: 9/12/2016 10:02:02 PM |
| Location: |
Meridian, MS |
| Author: |
G Gerard |
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LA Caboose #363 - Louisiana & Arkansas Rwy |
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Here is view of the Louisiana & Arkansas Rwy wooden caboose with the steel exterior truss frame. The L&A and Kansas City Southern were merged together in 1939 with the KCS name eventually used for all properties by 1960's. aThis photo is from from the Conniff collection and is now in my rr collection. |
| Photo Date: |
9/30/1965 Upload Date: 11/5/2025 4:25:52 AM |
| Location: |
Fort Smith, AR |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
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RollingStock,Yard |
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| Title: |
LA Caboose #363 - Lousiana and Arkansas Rwy |
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Nice view of a surviving Lousiana and Arkansas Rwy wooden caboose with the steel truss exterior frame. This photo is from from the Conniff collection and is now in my rr collection. |
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10/31/1970 Upload Date: 11/5/2025 4:25:51 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
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RollingStock,Yard |
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136 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
LA Caboose #371 - Louisiana & Arkansas Rwy |
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Here is a photo from the Conniff collection of Louisiana & Arkansas Rwy wooden caboose #371. It had an exterior steel truss frame. L&A and Kansas City Southern were merged in 1939 with KCS becoming the official name by 1960. The photo is now part of my rr collection. |
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12/6/1967 Upload Date: 11/5/2025 4:25:53 AM |
| Location: |
Shreveport, LA |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
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RollingStock,Yard |
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148 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
LA 380 |
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9/20/2010 Upload Date: 10/25/2010 7:05:54 AM |
| Location: |
Pittsburg, TX |
| Author: |
G Gerard |
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RollingStock |
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742 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
KCS ex L&A |
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9/21/2010 Upload Date: 10/25/2010 7:05:31 AM |
| Location: |
Heavener, OK |
| Author: |
G Gerard |
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| Title: |
KCS caboose |
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Chamber of Commerce for Heavener. |
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11/14/2010 Upload Date: 12/10/2010 3:45:22 PM |
| Location: |
Heavener, OK |
| Author: |
Robert Duncan Sr. |
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| Title: |
UP/KCS |
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This track is a branch of the Union Pacific (former Texas & Pacific), but it is also the main line of the Kansas City Southern. In 1940 the Louisiana & Arkansas obtained trackage rights over this T&P branch between Torras and Lobdell so that it could use the new Mississippi River bridge at Baton Rouge and abandon its ferry service between Torras and Angola. The pulpwood car is L&A 3299, built in April 1939. |
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12/3/1984 Upload Date: 8/2/2010 4:29:07 PM |
| Location: |
New Roads, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Track |
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1516 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
LA 4127 |
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Built as Pullman Monteith, the car became PULL tourist sleeper 4127 in February 1935 and sold to the Louisiana & Arkansas in November of 1947. The car name, Miss Alva, was also part of its LN movie roll. |
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11/24/2014 Upload Date: 12/7/2014 7:42:03 AM |
| Location: |
Meridian, MS |
| Author: |
Dick Leonhardt |
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| Title: |
LA 15193 2002 |
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1/1/1999 Upload Date: 12/28/2004 7:18:15 PM |
| Location: |
Minden, NE |
| Author: |
Jim Sands |
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RollingStock |
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1085 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
LA 16110 1967 |
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1/1/1963 Upload Date: 1/6/2005 6:50:35 PM |
| Location: |
Marshalltown, IA |
| Author: |
Jim Sands |
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RollingStock |
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