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| Title: |
ATSF E3A 11 |
| Description: |
Santa Fe E3A 11 and an unidentified B-unit were at Dallas. The 11 had been built in September 1939 and was retired in June 1968. |
| Photo Date: |
12/15/1966 Upload Date: 2/17/2021 4:56:12 PM |
| Location: |
Dallas, TX |
| Author: |
Coastlline Railroad Photos |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
ATSF 11(E3A) |
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923 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ATSF Train No. 15 |
| Description: |
A pair of one-year-old Santa Fe U28CG units were on train No. 15, the southbound TEXAS CHIEF en route from Chicago to Fort Worth and Houston, as seen from No. 116, the Dallas-Gainesville section of the northbound train, at Dalton Junction, 25 miles south of Gainesville. |
| Photo Date: |
12/23/1967 Upload Date: 3/19/2021 7:19:06 PM |
| Location: |
Dalton, TX |
| Author: |
Coastline Railroad Photos |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
ATSF 350(U28CG) |
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469 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ATSF Train No. 115 |
| Description: |
Santa Fe F7A 45L was on train No. 115, the Gainesville-Dallas section of the southbound TEXAS CHIEF, as seen from No. 116, the Dallas-Gainesville section, at Dalton Junction, 25 miles south of Gainesville. |
| Photo Date: |
12/23/1967 Upload Date: 3/19/2021 7:19:36 PM |
| Location: |
Dalton, TX |
| Author: |
Coastline Railroad Photos |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
ATSF 45(F7A) |
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439 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southern Commissary Car 4061 |
| Description: |
During the first several years of the Southern Railway's DEEP SOUTH STEAM EXCURSIONS from New Orleans to Hattiesburg and back, begining in 1971, I worked at the souvenir counter on commissary car 4061. Among other things, I was in charge of ordering and keeping inventory of the books, patches, post cards, goggles, gloves, watch fobs and all of the other nonconsunable things we had to sell. (Coffee, donuts, soft drinks, etc. were sold at a counter at the opposite end of the car.) Bob Scorsone captured me counting money, probably near the end of one trip, but the specific date and location were not recorded. |
| Photo Date: |
11/4/1972 Upload Date: 12/18/2017 4:02:56 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
ROBERT SCORSONE photo |
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| Title: |
Eddie Litolff |
| Description: |
It's Labor Day 1973 and the photographer is photographing another photographer from the commissary car on a Southern Railway steam excursion while the train was being turned in Slidell. The track in the foreground is the siding, and the rack in the upper right is the south leg of the long-gone wye. This was one of the final activities of the NRHS national convention, which was held in New Orleans that year. |
| Photo Date: |
9/3/1973 Upload Date: 4/5/2016 6:37:28 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
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320 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SPCC RS11 13 |
| Description: |
Southern Peru Copper Corp. RS11 number 13 was in the Kansas City Southern's WEST YARD, just outside of New Orleans, coupled to one of the railroad's 350-379 series homemade bay-window cabooses. No. 13 was built in September 1959 as Southern Pacific 5869, renumbered SP 5869 in 1965 and retired in May 1973. Here it was on its way from being overhauled by Morrison-Knudsen in Boise, Idaho to export through the Port of New Orleans. KCS cabs 350-379 rode on Allied FULL-CUSHION trucks from former troop sleepers. The trucks were banned from interchange service in 1955, but that didn't seem to bother the KCS ! |
| Photo Date: |
6/25/1974 Upload Date: 9/6/2017 5:46:07 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SPCC 13(RS11) |
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920 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Weyerhaeuser Car Repair Shop |
| Description: |
This was the Weyerhaeuser car repair shop at De Queen, Arkansas, located along Weyerhaeuser‘s De Queen & Eastern. Railfan Jim Selzer, from Slidell, Louisiana - with the white hard hat - was with a Weyerhaeuser employee. |
| Photo Date: |
2/9/1975 Upload Date: 3/26/2022 4:00:36 PM |
| Location: |
De Queen, AR |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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| Title: |
Weyerhaeuser Shop Buildings |
| Description: |
Texas, Oklahoma & Eastern GP40 D-13, De Queen & Eastern GP35 D-6 and DQ&E GP40 D-7 were parked between some shop buildings along the DQ&E at De Queen, Arkansas. |
| Photo Date: |
2/9/1975 Upload Date: 3/26/2022 4:04:13 PM |
| Location: |
De Queen, AR |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
DQE D7(GP40) |
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103 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Weyerhaeuser Car Repair Shop |
| Description: |
Texas, Oklahoma & Eastern and Southern Pacific woodchip gondolas were parked outside of the Weyerhaeuser car repair shop, which was located along the De Queen & Eastern at De Queen, Arkansas. |
| Photo Date: |
2/9/1975 Upload Date: 3/26/2022 4:06:07 PM |
| Location: |
De Queen, AR |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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| Title: |
De Queen & Eastern |
| Description: |
De Queen & Eastern caboose 81, DQ&E GP40 D-7, Texas, Oklahoma & Eastern GP40 D-14 and an unidentified woodchip hopper were parked along the DQ&E at De Queen, Arkansas. |
| Photo Date: |
2/9/1975 Upload Date: 3/26/2022 4:08:21 PM |
| Location: |
De Queen, AR |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard,Track |
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152 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
TO&E GP40 D-13 |
| Description: |
Texas, Oklahoma & Eastern GP40 D-13 was at De Queen, Arkansas on 9 February 1975. |
| Photo Date: |
2/9/1975 Upload Date: 3/26/2022 4:10:21 PM |
| Location: |
De Queen, AR |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
TOE D13(GP40) |
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187 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
TO&E 547 and 566 |
| Description: |
Texas, Oklahoma & Eastern work cars 547 and 566 were on the De Queen & Eastern at De Queen, Arkansas. |
| Photo Date: |
2/9/1975 Upload Date: 3/26/2022 4:26:01 PM |
| Location: |
De Queen, AR |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Scenic,RollingStock |
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113 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The Frisco |
| Description: |
Frisco GP38AC 650 was on a 5-unit set of geeps and GE's in the yard at Mobile. The other locos were U25B 829, U30B 857, GP38-2 444, and GP38 638. |
| Photo Date: |
5/25/1975 Upload Date: 12/31/2009 9:20:37 PM |
| Location: |
Mobile, AL |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SLSF 650(GP38AC) |
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1317 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
The Frisco |
| Description: |
Sand tower, etc. |
| Photo Date: |
5/26/1975 Upload Date: 1/2/2010 10:12:14 PM |
| Location: |
Pensacola, FL |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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686 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
The Frisco |
| Description: |
GP7's 573 and 566, with GP38 635. |
| Photo Date: |
5/26/1975 Upload Date: 1/2/2010 10:12:45 PM |
| Location: |
Pensacola, FL |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SLSF 573(GP7) |
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1096 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
The Frisco |
| Description: |
GP7 556 and caboose 1233 are on the near track, while GP7's 573 and 566 and GP38 635 are on the other. |
| Photo Date: |
5/26/1975 Upload Date: 1/2/2010 10:13:05 PM |
| Location: |
Pensacola, FL |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SLSF 556(GP7) SLSF 573(GP7) SLSF 566(GP7) |
| Views: |
1252 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
The Frisco |
| Description: |
Mobile Yard |
| Photo Date: |
5/26/1975 Upload Date: 1/3/2010 11:12:17 AM |
| Location: |
Mobile, AL |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SLSF 633(GP38AC) |
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1114 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
Southbound BN 6385 |
| Description: |
This Burlington Northern train was southbound on the Fort Worth & Denver at Acme, Texas. It consisted of SD40-2’s 6385 and 6913, FW&D SD7’s 815 and 810, 28 cars and FW&D caboose 157. |
| Photo Date: |
8/2/1975 Upload Date: 9/25/2020 4:33:15 PM |
| Location: |
Acme, TX |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 6385(SD40-2) |
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326 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
D&RGW Train No, 17 |
| Description: |
At 7:45 on a Saturday evening D&RGW train No. 17, the westbound RIO GRANDE ZEPHYR, was dropping downgrade through Spanish Fork Canyon near Thistle, Utah as the train approached the end of its all-day trip from Denver to Salt Lake City. Today's train consisted of F9A 5771, F9B's 5762 and 5763, and eight cars: combine 1230, flat-top coaches (former 16-section sleepers) 1121 SILVER PINE and 1120 SILVER ASPEN, dome cars 1107 SILVER MUSTANG, 1108 SILVER PONY and 1105 SILVER BRONCO, diner 1115 SILVER BANQUET and dome-observation car 1145 SILVER SKY. |
| Photo Date: |
8/9/1975 Upload Date: 3/14/2024 8:26:42 PM |
| Location: |
Thistle, UT |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
DRGW 5771(F9A) |
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93 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
D&RGW Train No, 17 |
| Description: |
At 7:45 on a Saturday evening D&RGW train No. 17, the westbound RIO GRANDE ZEPHYR, was dropping downgrade through Spanish Fork Canyon near Thistle, Utah as the train approached the end of its all-day trip from Denver to Salt Lake City. Today's train consisted of F9A 5771, F9B's 5762 and 5763, and eight cars: combine 1230, flat-top coaches (former 16-section sleepers) 1121 SILVER PINE and 1120 SILVER ASPEN, dome cars 1107 SILVER MUSTANG, 1108 SILVER PONY and 1105 SILVER BRONCO, diner 1115 SILVER BANQUET and dome-observation car 1145 SILVER SKY. |
| Photo Date: |
8/9/1975 Upload Date: 3/14/2024 8:29:24 PM |
| Location: |
Thistle, UT |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
DRGW 5771(F9A) |
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96 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak car 3344 |
| Description: |
Was there a better way to spend a Saturday afternoon than by timing mileposts in the observation car of Amtrak's PANAMA LIMITED as the train made its way from New Orleans to Hammond, Louisiana? Here I am with a cold drink, a box of CRACKER JACK and two wrist watches in Amtrak observation-lounge car 3344, previously Seaboard Coast Line 5844 and originally Seaboard Air Line 6604. The train consisted of P30's 700 and 701, heater car 1918, deadhead coaches 6810 and 5805, baggage car 1093, 6-6-4 sleeper-dorm 2150 SILVER FLOWER, 10-6 sleeper 2601 PACIFIC BEACH, diner-lounge 8310, coaches 5408, 6020, 5804 and 6073, with observation car 3344. |
| Photo Date: |
3/20/1976 Upload Date: 4/11/2018 5:36:31 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
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351 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AFT 4449 |
| Description: |
The American Freedom Train rolls into Reserve, Louisiana on the Illinois Central Gulf, on its way from Baton Rouge to New Orleans. The train stopped here to pick up members of the press for a ride into New Orleans. |
| Photo Date: |
5/2/1976 Upload Date: 2/14/2010 5:17:40 PM |
| Location: |
Reserve, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
ICG 7702(GP8) AFT 4449(4-8-4) |
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1575 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Freedom Train |
| Description: |
The American Freedom Train heads into the morning sun on the Illinois Central Gulf's Baton Rouge District at signal L438.3, between Destrehan and St. Rose, Louisiana. The photo was taken from the open platform of the last car on the 26-car train as it made its way from Baton Rouge to New Orleans behind former Southern Pacific 4-8-4 number 4449. The cars to the left of the signal are Display Cars numbered downward from 109. The cars to the right are Display Car 110, Exit Car 111, Power Car 200, Sleeper 201, Combine 202, Lounge 203, Hospitality Car 204 and Press Car 205. The signal is located on the 'wrong' side of the track because the signal system utilizes a single mast on one side of the track, with signal heads facing in both directions. The signals along this line were originally located on both sides of the track; but after the high-voltage power line was installed along the right-of-way, electrical interference required the the IC to replace the signal system. |
| Photo Date: |
5/2/1976 Upload Date: 4/30/2010 4:19:55 PM |
| Location: |
Destrehan, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger |
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549 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AFT 4449 |
| Description: |
It's 7:09 A.M. as American Freedom Train 4-8-4 4449 and tool car 76 head north on the Illinois Central Gulf at Pass Manchac, Louisiana. When the American Freedom Train arrived in New Orleans on the Illinois Central Gulf's Baton Rouge District, it was pulled by this 4-8-4; but when it departed on the Louisville's & Nashville, it left behind a pair of GP38-2's because the 4449 was too heavy for some of the L&N's bridges. The 4449 -- accompanied by tool car 76 -- ran up the ICG to Jackson and then east to Meridian, and then over the Southern Railway to Birmingham, where they rejoined their train. |
| Photo Date: |
5/13/1976 Upload Date: 2/21/2010 7:24:57 PM |
| Location: |
Manchac, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Bridge |
| Locomotives: |
AFT 4449(4-8-4) |
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1208 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CIE JT22CW 077 |
| Description: |
CIE 077 was one of 18 JT22CW units built by EMD for Coras Iompair Eireann -- the Government-owned railway in the Republic of Ireland -- in July 1976. Numbered 071-088, the locomotives had a cab at each end and were powered by 2300-horsepower turbocharged 12-cylinder 645E engines. The 5-foot, 3-inch-gauge 3-axle trucks were shipped separately. |
| Photo Date: |
8/8/1976 Upload Date: 2/22/2010 2:33:12 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
CIE 077(Unknown) |
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1088 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Georgia NW2 903 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
12/9/1977 Upload Date: 5/24/2009 12:31:17 PM |
| Location: |
Atlanta, GA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
GA 903(NW2) |
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994 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P Geeps |
| Description: |
Rock Island GP38-2 4335 DAVID PRYOR and rebuilt GP7 4510 were parked at Hutchinson, Kansas. |
| Photo Date: |
8/1/1978 Upload Date: 2/11/2010 10:35:27 AM |
| Location: |
Hutchinson, KS |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CRIP 4335(GP38-2) CRIP 4510(GP7R) |
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1352 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Frisco FSE |
| Description: |
After a quick crew change, Frisco train FSE roars out of the Amory yard on its way to Birmingham. This sharp-looking set of GE's was U30B 857, B30-7 866, and U25B's 809 and 831. Almost all of the train was on its way from the UP at Kansas City to the SCL at Birmingham. On 21 November, less than seven weeks away, the Frisco would be merged into the Burlington Northern. |
| Photo Date: |
10/4/1980 Upload Date: 1/9/2010 4:05:26 PM |
| Location: |
Amory, MS |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SLSF 857(U30B) |
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1307 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Northbound Katy |
| Description: |
A quartet of SD40-2's and a GP40 were on a northbound Missouri-Kansas-Texas train at the railroad's shop town of Parsons, Kansas. The locomotives were the 625, 623. 632, 635 and 174, with caboose 113. |
| Photo Date: |
3/28/1983 Upload Date: 1/12/2017 11:59:37 AM |
| Location: |
Parsons, KS |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
MKT 625(SD40-2) |
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461 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BN B30-7A(B) 4025 |
| Description: |
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3/30/1983 Upload Date: 2/27/2009 11:42:31 PM |
| Location: |
Denver, CO |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
BN 4025(B30-7AB) |
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638 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BN U30C 5389 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
3/30/1983 Upload Date: 8/27/2010 5:43:26 PM |
| Location: |
Denver, CO |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
BN 5389(U30C) |
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757 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Rogers Bros. Heisler |
| Description: |
This 2-truck 42-ton Heisler, serial number 1513, was built in 1925 as Fisher Lumber Co. 3, and was photographed at the Rogers Brothers lumber mill. |
| Photo Date: |
4/9/1983 Upload Date: 4/26/2011 1:53:52 PM |
| Location: |
Ferriday, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
ROGERS 3(3-Truck) |
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1008 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Eastbound Daylight |
| Description: |
Former Great Northern observation car 1290 APPEKUNNY MOUNTAIN graces the rear of the eastbound WORLD'S FAIR DAYLIGHT at the Southern Pacific's Lafayette, Louisiana depot. The train spent the last night of its trip from Portland to New Orleans parked here. The reporting park on the observation car was GS 1290, for Grant Supply Co. |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1984 Upload Date: 2/21/2010 12:49:45 PM |
| Location: |
Lafayette, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
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2811 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Eastbound Daylight |
| Description: |
The eastbound WORLD'S FAIR DAYLIGHT sits on the Espee at the Lafayette depot. The engine is being serviced for the final leg of its trip from Portland to New Orleans, and displays the train number once used by the ARGONAUT. The building on the left was the headquarters of the Lafayette Division, but not for long! |
| Photo Date: |
6/2/1984 Upload Date: 2/21/2010 12:49:08 PM |
| Location: |
Lafayette, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 4449(4-8-4) |
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1202 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SP 4449 |
| Description: |
SP 4-8-4 4449 was on the WORLDS FAIR DAYLIGHT in New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. Earlier in the day, the locomotive had been moved from the fair site to NOUPT via the NOPB and ICG; and tomorrow morning the train will begin its trip back to Portland. |
| Photo Date: |
6/8/1984 Upload Date: 3/4/2010 9:46:51 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SP 4449(4-8-4) |
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1008 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP 4449 |
| Description: |
After spending a week at the 1984 LOUISIANA WORLD EXPOSITION, ex-SP 4-8-4 4449 was being moved from the fair site to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. Here is the little train on the ICG near Walnut Street, with the Mississippi River levee right on the other side of the tracks. The train consisted on ICG SW14 1459, combine PNWC 3300 MILN D. GILLESPIE, 4-8-4 4449, and ICG cabooses 199526 and 199041. |
| Photo Date: |
6/8/1984 Upload Date: 3/4/2010 9:46:28 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SP 4449(4-8-4) |
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1666 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP 4449 |
| Description: |
After spending a week at the 1984 LOUISIANA WORLD EXPOSITION, ex-SP 4-8-4 4449 was being moved from the fair site to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. Here is the little train along at the Walnut Street grade crossing, with the Mississippi River levee right on the other side of the tracks. The train consisted on ICG SW14 1459, combine PNWC 3300 MILN D. GILLESPIE, 4-8-4 4449, and ICG cabooses 199526 and 199041. |
| Photo Date: |
6/8/1984 Upload Date: 3/4/2010 9:46:07 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
ICG 1459(SW14) SP 4449(4-8-4) |
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1458 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BN Train 765 |
| Description: |
BN train No. 765 heads north from Pensacola to a connection with the railroad's Birmingham-Memphis main line at Amory, Mississippi. This was a former Frisco line, and all six of the locomotives were originally SLSF units: GP38-2's 2297, 2272, 2256 and 2263, GP15-1 1385 and GP38-2 2277. |
| Photo Date: |
4/23/1985 Upload Date: 12/27/2009 11:10:28 AM |
| Location: |
Cantonment, FL |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 2297(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
1573 Comments: 5 |
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| Title: |
ATSF 2884 |
| Description: |
The Santa Fe only owned 63.5 miles of track in Louisiana and this is the only photo I ever took of an ATSF train on this trackage. This local had originated in Silsbee, Texas the previous day and worked its way 72 miles here to DeRidder, where the crew tied up. At 6:55 A.M. I found the train just as the crew had left it the previous evening, facing east just west of the KCS crossing.This branch was constructed by the Jasper & Eastern -- a subsidiary of the Gulf Colorado & Santa Fe -- between 1905 and 1908. The CG&SF was chartered in 1873 and was unrelated to the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe until 1884, when it became a subsidiary of the AT&SF. The GC&SF incorporated the J&E in 1904 to build eastward from its Silsbee-Longview route at Kirbyville, Texas. Construction began in Kirbyville in 1905 and was completed to Oakdale (milepost 80.8) on 9 February 1908. Throughout its history, the lifeblood of this line had been forest products: timber, lumber, crossties, naval stores, pulpwood and paper. In later years, all of the J&E's connections were with other Class I railroads: the Missouri Pacific at Bleakwood, Texas; the Kansas City Southern and the Southern Pacific at DeRidder, and the Missouri Pacific at Oakdale; but during the heyday of logging in southwest Louisiana, the J&E connected with at least a half dozen rail lines which were owned by lumber companies. In later years, the line's customers included a lumber mill and a chemical plant in Oakdale, a paper mill at Elizabeth, and a turpentine distillery, a wood treatment plant, an aggregate distributor, and a paper mill at DeRidder. Pulpwood was loaded at Pitkin and crossties at Merryville.The J&E was absorbed into the GC&SF in 1948, and the GC&SF itself was absorbed into the AT&SF in 1965. The easternmost 40 miles of the branch -- from DeRidder to Oakdale -- was abandoned on 28 April 1986. On 31 December 1997 the Santa Fe merged with the Burlington Northern to form the Burlington Northern Santa Fe, and in June 1998 BNSF sold the remaining part of the line to the Timber Rock Railroad, a new subsidiary of Watco. |
| Photo Date: |
3/11/1987 Upload Date: 1/16/2010 5:03:12 PM |
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DeRidder, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Yard |
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ATSF 2884(GP35u) ATSF 2832(GP35u) |
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CMNW GP40 3521 |
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Chicago, Missouri & Western (CMNW) GP40 3521 was still painted in Western Pacific colors while on a westbound Southern Pacific transfer run in New Orleans. The locomotive had been built as the WP 3521 in August 1970 and was assigned Union Pacific 670 after the UP-WP merger in 1982, but it never received its UP number. Upon the expiration of its 15-year lease in August 1985 it was returned to its owner, and it was leased to the new CMNW in April 1987. It was assigned CMNW number 3004, but it was not renumbered before that railroad went bankrupt, and in January 1990 it passed to Gateway Western and was renumbered 3004. It was sold to the Wisconsin Central in September 1990 where it was rebuilt and repainted as WC 3004. The WC was acquired by the Canadian National in 2001 but it was never repainted for the CN. It went to Progress Rail in 2012 where it became PRLX 3104 and went to the Royal Gorge Route Railroad as the 3104 in 2017. |
| Photo Date: |
9/20/1987 Upload Date: 4/3/2021 11:43:39 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Roster |
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CMNW 3521(GP40) |
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ATSF Yard |
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In this view at the north end of the Belen yard, GP38 2347 is the yard engine, GP30 2730 and GP35 2909 are on a short piggyback train bound for Albuquerque, and GP50 3850 is on a westbound intermodal train being serviced, along with GP40X 3802, GP50's 3841 and 3835. |
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10/6/1989 Upload Date: 12/13/2009 4:24:24 PM |
| Location: |
Belen, NM |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Yard |
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ATSF 2347(GP38u) |
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718 Train |
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C30-7 8111 and SD45u 5383 are on a westbound 718 train at the north end of Belen yard. |
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10/6/1989 Upload Date: 12/13/2009 4:30:13 PM |
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Belen, NM |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Yard |
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ATSF 8111(C30-7) ATSF 5383(SD45u) |
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Extra 3814 East |
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An eastbound Santa Fe intermodal train just east of Belen, with GP50 3814, a pair of SD40-2's, and a C30-7. |
| Photo Date: |
10/7/1989 Upload Date: 12/13/2009 4:35:44 PM |
| Location: |
Belen, NM |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
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ATSF 3814(GP50) |
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| Title: |
Military Train |
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An eastbound Santa Fe military train is about to enter the yard at Belen, NM behind a quartet of units in the red-and-yellow SPSF paint scheme. The locomotives are SD45u 5339, SD45-2u 5811, and F45u's 5960 and 5986. |
| Photo Date: |
10/7/1989 Upload Date: 12/13/2009 3:16:36 PM |
| Location: |
Belen, NM |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Action |
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ATSF 5339(SD45u) |
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HELM GP40 3074 |
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Helm Leasing GP40 3074 had been built in February 1970 as Illinois Central 3074 and it was the very last GP40 bought new by that railroad. The IC’s first 60 GP40’s were largely devoid of options, but the last 15 came fully loaded with dynamic brakes, big fuel tanks, L-shaped windshields, oscillating signal lights and snow plows as shown here. When the 15-year lease expired on this unit in 1985 it was returned to its owner and managed by HELM. Here it is on the SP-IC interchange yard at the east end of the HUEY P. LONG BRIDGE while on lease to the SP. From HELM it moved on to Morrison-Knudsen as MKCX 4302 and then to the Paducah & Louisville as the 2109. |
| Photo Date: |
10/21/1989 Upload Date: 7/25/2019 7:06:40 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Roster |
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HELM 3074(GP40) |
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ATSF GP39-2 3410 |
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Santa Fe GP39-2 3410 was on an eastbound local at Evadale, Texas en route from Silsbee, Texas to DeRidder, Louisiana. The locomotive was built in February 1976 as ATSF 3627 and was subsequently 3127, 3410 and BNSF 2779. |
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8/16/1992 Upload Date: 8/17/2018 5:34:58 PM |
| Location: |
Evadale, TX |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Roster |
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ATSF 3410(GP39-2u) |
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| Title: |
ATSF 3410 |
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The Santa Fe local from Silsbee, Texas to DeRidder, Louisiana rolls east through the Piny woods of east Texas. The train has GP39-2 3410, GP38 2359 and 17 cars. |
| Photo Date: |
8/16/1992 Upload Date: 2/9/2010 5:59:49 PM |
| Location: |
Evadale, TX |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Action |
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ATSF 3410(GP39-2u) |
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| Title: |
VMV SD45 8936 |
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VMV Paducahbilt SD45 lease unit 8936 was on a westbound Southern Pacific train at Lafayette, Louisiana. The locomotive had been built in October 1971 as Seaboard Coast Line 2036 and was subsequently Seaboard System 2036, then SBD 8936 and retained this same number on the CSX, at VMV, on Montana Rail Link, I&M Rail Link and Iowa, Chicago & Eastern. The IC&E retired it in 2005. |
| Photo Date: |
1/9/1994 Upload Date: 6/17/2024 6:10:08 PM |
| Location: |
Lafayette, LA |
| Author: |
STEVEN PALMIERI image |
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Roster |
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VMV 8936(SD45) |
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| Title: |
VMV SD45 8936 |
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VMV Paducahbilt SD45 lease unit 8936 was on a westbound Southern Pacific train at Lafayette, Louisiana. The locomotive had been built in October 1971 as Seaboard Coast Line 2036 and was subsequently Seaboard System 2036, then SBD 8936 and retained this same number on the CSX, at VMV, on Montana Rail Link, I&M Rail Link and Iowa, Chicago & Eastern. The IC&E retired it in 2005. |
| Photo Date: |
1/9/1994 Upload Date: 6/17/2024 6:10:52 PM |
| Location: |
Lafayette, LA |
| Author: |
STEVEN PALMIERI image |
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Roster |
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VMV 8936(SD45) |
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KCS No. 53 |
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GCFX SD40M-2 3053 was parked on the CSX at the Louisa Street grade crossing in New Orleans on Kansas City Southern train No. 53, along with CSX SD50 8544, B36-7 5877 and Southern Pacific SD45T-2R 6815. A Norfolk Southern crew had brought the train here from their KCS connection at Shrewsbury, and the CSX would send a crew out from their Gentilly Yard to bring the train in when they were ready for it. |
| Photo Date: |
7/29/2001 Upload Date: 9/8/2017 5:27:02 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Action |
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GCFX 3053(SD40-2) |
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