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NOPSI 409 and 842 |
| Description: |
This photo at the foot of Canal Street provides a good comparison of a New Orleans Public Service 400-series car, which had been built by the Southern Car Co. in 1915, and an 800-series car, which was built by the Perley A. Thomas Car Works in 1922. Car 409, on the left, was retired and scrapped in 1948, while car 842 was scrapped in June 1957. |
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10/12/1946 Upload Date: 8/5/2020 6:40:34 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
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Transit |
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| Title: |
NOPSI 843 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Service CEMETERIES LINE car 843 was on the layover track at the outer end of that car line, next to Greenwood Cemetery. This was also the half-way point on the WEST END LINE, which continued on to Lake Pontchartrain. The WEST END cars were replaced by buses on 15 January 1950 and the track here was abandoned on 20 August 1951, when the end of the CANAL or CEMETERIES line was moved to Canal Street at City Park Avenue. Check out that Plymouth sedan on the left! |
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2/25/1947 Upload Date: 7/2/2020 10:10:15 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Transit |
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NOPSI 843(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
L&N 4-6-2 269 |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville K-5 class 4-6-2 269 was facing north along the Mississippi River at the Bienville Street grade crossing in New Orleans. One the left was the Bienville Street Wharf while on the right was the railroad’s trainshed. The 269 had been built by Baldwin (56129) in January 1923 and was retired on 7 July 1953. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1947 Upload Date: 6/21/2020 1:07:50 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
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Steam |
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LN 269(4-6-2) |
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| Title: |
NOPSI 961 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Service, Inc. JACKSON LINE car 961 was inbound in the 100-block of South Rampart Street. This photo was taken shortly before the JACKSON cars were replaced gasoline-powered buses on 19 May 1947, and these were replaced with electric buses on 2 October 1947. Those trackless trolleys are long gone, but car 961 was still in service on the ST. CHARLES LINE in 2020. The Higgins Industries Building in the background was actually the PYTHIAN TEMPLE at 234 Loyola, which Higgins leased during WWII. |
| Photo Date: |
5/4/1947 Upload Date: 1/30/2020 10:06:05 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. Lachaussee collection |
| Categories: |
Transit |
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NOPSI 961(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
NOPSI 916 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Service, Inc. car 916 was outbound on the JACKSON LINE on Dryades Street approaching Jackson Avenue. Overhead was a maze of wires for both streetcars and the new trackless trolleys which were about to replace them. The JACKSON cars were replaced by gasoline-powered buses on 19 May 1947, and these were replaced by electric buses on 2 October 1947. The double overhead wires here would be used by both JACKSON and FRERET route trackless trolleys. The 3-story brick building in the background was the Spaulding Business College. It had been built for the Louisiana Industrial Life Insurance Co., and it was still standing in 2020. |
| Photo Date: |
5/6/1947 Upload Date: 1/30/2020 9:55:57 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. Lachaussee collection |
| Categories: |
Transit |
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NOPSI 916(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
L&N Train No. 34 |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville E6A units 757 and 772 were on train No. 34, the northbound PIEDMONT, at the railroad's station in New Orleans. The locomotives had been built in 1942 as the 457A and the 452B, and were among the last E6 units built before the War Production Board ended the construction of almost all passenger power. They were retired in March 1968 and October 1970. |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1947 Upload Date: 6/10/2020 4:33:21 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
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Station,Passenger |
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LN 757(E6A) |
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| Title: |
L&N 4-6-2 245 |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville locomotive 245 was about to cross Poydras Street as it rolled along the Mississippi River in New Orleans. The train was on its way from the L&N station at the foot of Canal Street, where the passengers got off, to Julia Street Yard, where the train would be turned and serviced. The 245 was the last of six K-5 class light Pacifics (240-245) assigned to the L&N by the United States Railroad Administration during the First World War. It had been built by the American Locomotive Co.’s Richmond Works in 1919 and was retired on 22 June 1954. |
| Photo Date: |
6/5/1947 Upload Date: 10/26/2021 5:32:47 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
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Steam,Passenger |
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| Title: |
L&N 4-6-2 245 |
| Description: |
Here was a view of Poydras Street from the Louisville & Nashville tracks along the Mississippi River in New Orleans. Locomotive 245 was on its way from the L&N station at the foot of Canal Street, where the passengers got off, to Julia Street Yard, where the train would be turned and serviced. The Pacific Fruit Express refrigerator car peeking out on the left was on a Southern Pacific track. |
| Photo Date: |
6/5/1947 Upload Date: 10/26/2021 5:33:18 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
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Scenic |
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| Title: |
L&N HUMMINGBIRD |
| Description: |
The Louisville & Nashville‘s HUMMINGBIRD was awaiting its departure from the railroad’s JULIA STREET YARD in New Orleans. The cars had been turned on the wye at GENTILLY YARD and serviced during their layover in the Crescent City. This was one of four sets of equipment built by American Car & Foundry between September and November 1946 for this train and the GEORGIAN. E7A 759 had been built in April 1945 as the 459A and was one of eight units delivered in this blue-and-aluminum paint scheme to match the new cars, but the engines and cars were repainted into standard blue L&N paint scheme beginning in 1950. The photograph was taken from Julia Street and the building on the left was the yard office. |
| Photo Date: |
6/5/1947 Upload Date: 10/18/2021 9:40:49 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
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Yard,Passenger |
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LN 759(E7A) |
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| Title: |
L&N No. 34 |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville train 34 – the northbound PIEDMONT – was preparing to leave New Orleans for New York City. The locomotives were E6A units 776 and 756; they had recently been renumbered from 456B and 456A but were still operating as a matched pair. At the other end of the station was a pedestrian overpass which ran from the end of the Canal Street streetcar line to the Mississippi River ferry boat landing on the left. It passed over the tracks of the L&N, Southern Pacific and New Orleans Public Belt. In 1950 the station was the site of the opening scene of the move A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE. |
| Photo Date: |
6/5/1947 Upload Date: 12/19/2019 9:56:30 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
LN 776(E6A) |
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| Title: |
NOPSI 1017 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Service car 1017 was inbound on the ST. CLAUDE line in the 100-block of North Rampart Street, with the New Orleans Athletic Club building in the background. This car line was replaced by gasoline-powered buses on 1 January 1949, about a year after this photo was taken. Car 1017 had been built by the St. Louis Car Co., in 1926 and was scrapped in 1949, soon after the closure of this car line. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1948 Upload Date: 7/16/2020 5:30:59 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
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Transit |
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NOPSI 1017(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
NOPSI 881 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Service GENTILLY LINE streetcar 881 was heading out through the French Quarter on Bourbon Street at Bienville. This car line was converted to bus on 17 July 1948, three months after this photo was taken. The 881 had been built by the J.G. Brill Co. in 1922. (approximate day of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1948 Upload Date: 1/27/2020 3:42:30 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
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Transit |
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NOPSI 881(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
NOPSI 860 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Service, Inc. cars 860 and 891 were on France Street at Galvez, at the outer end of the DESRIE LINE, shortly before they were replaced with buses. The two cars had been built by the J.G. Brill Co. in 1922, while GALVEZ route bus 1707 – a White Model 788 - was brand-new. The smoke stacks on the other side of the Dixie Beer billboard were at a cement plant along the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal. (approximate day of the month) |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/1948 Upload Date: 1/30/2020 9:47:16 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. Lachaussee collection |
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Transit |
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NOPSI 860(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
NOPSI 868 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Service, Inc. DESIRE LINE streetcar 868 was heading inbound through the French Quarter on Royal Street at Conti, as the horse on the left looked on. The DESIRE LINE cars were replaced by buses on 29 May 1948, right after this photo was taken. Car 868 had been built by the J.G. Brill Co. in 1922. (approximate day of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/1948 Upload Date: 1/29/2020 6:20:47 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. Lachaussee collection |
| Categories: |
Transit |
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NOPSI 868(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
NOPSI Trolleybus 1232 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Service trolleybus 1232 was parked on Freret Street at Broadway, at the outer end of the FRERET line, waiting for the departure time for its trip back downtown. The 1232 had been built by the St. Louis Car Co. in July 1947 and was retired only nine year later, after running just 203,706 miles. It was one of 22 trolleybuses retired on 9 July 1956 in the first retirement of post-WWII trolleybuses as transit ridership declined. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/1948 Upload Date: 3/27/2020 10:05:07 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
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Transit |
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NOPSI 1232(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
L&N Train No. 34 |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville train No. 34, the northbound PIEDMONT, was on its way out of New Orleans, running along the median of Elysian Fields Avenue at North Rampart Street. The train was powered by K-5 class Pacific 271, which had been built by Baldwin in 1923 (56131) and was retired on 31 March 1953. |
| Photo Date: |
7/23/1948 Upload Date: 8/13/2020 6:20:24 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
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Steam,Passenger,Action |
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LN 271(4-6-2) |
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| Title: |
NOPSI 433 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Service Inc. (NOPSI) streetcar 433 was displaying a DESIRE route sign as it sat on a flat car at Southern Scrap Material Co. in New Orleans. The 433 was one of 50 cars (400-449) built by the Southern Car Co. of High Point, North Carolina in 1915 for the New Orleans Railway & Light Co., one of NOPSI’s predecessors. (correct month, approximate day) |
| Photo Date: |
9/1/1948 Upload Date: 12/19/2019 10:12:08 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
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Transit |
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NOPSI 433(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
L&N Coach 1859 |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville 79-foot coach 1859 was photographed in New Orleans on 4 December 1948. The car had been built by American Car & Foundry in 1914 as L&N 1803, and was renumbered when it was equipped with air conditioning. It seated 78, with a middle smoking section. |
| Photo Date: |
12/4/1948 Upload Date: 7/13/2020 12:43:42 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
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RollingStock,Passenger |
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| Title: |
L&N dining car 2717 |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville dining car 2717 was at the railroad’s station in New Orleans. It was built by American Car & Foundry in 1925 and was one of 22 similar cars built for the L&N by ACF between 1921 and 1930. Unlike many of these cars, it never received a name. |
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12/26/1948 Upload Date: 5/1/2020 10:30:06 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
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Passenger |
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| Title: |
NOPSI 1008 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Service ST. CLAUDE LINE car 1008 was on North Rampart Street at Conti on the line’s last day of streetcar operation. This was one of 20 cars which arrived in 1926, and they were the last streetcars purchased by NOPSI. Unlike most of NOPSI’s cars – which only had two motors – cars 1000-1019 had four. These cars were used on several lines until April 1935 when they were assigned exclusively to the ST. CLAUDE LINE, and all 20 were scrapped soon after they were replaced by buses on the day after this photo was taken. Mossy Oldsmobile was at 420 North Rampart from 1934 until 1956, when it moved to 1331 South Broad Street |
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12/31/1948 Upload Date: 2/11/2020 9:20:29 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
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Transit |
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NOPSI 1008(Trolley) |
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| Title: |
KCS F3B 30B |
| Description: |
Kansas City Southern F3B 30B and an unidentified A-unit were being moved around at New Orleans on New Year's Day 1949. |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1949 Upload Date: 3/10/2018 3:18:08 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOT KAHN photo |
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Passenger |
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| Title: |
Northeast Oklahoma 80-ton GE 254 |
| Description: |
Northeast Oklahoma Railroad 80-ton GE 254 was sticking out of the Louisiana Southern Railroad's engine shed in New Orleans. The locomotive had been built in October 1937 as one of five demonstrators (serial nos. 12184-12188) for the Cummins Engine Co. In 1939 12185 and 12187 were sold to the Northeast Oklahoma as the 254 and 253, while the other three went to Republic Steel. In 1949 the NEO units were sold to the Louisiana Southern as the 504 and 505. The Southern Railway bought the LSO in 1954, and these two locos lasted well into the Southern Railway era. The engine shed survived until this part of New Orleans was flooded by HURRICANE BETSY in 1965. |
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1/25/1949 Upload Date: 6/22/2018 10:22:55 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOT KAHN |
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Roster,Yard |
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NEO 254(80Tonner) LSO 505(80Tonner) |
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| Title: |
L&N Coach 2000 |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville 70-foot coach 2000 was photographed in New Orleans on 24 April 1949. It had been built by American Car & Foundry in 1923 and seated 70, with a middle smoking section. |
| Photo Date: |
4/24/1949 Upload Date: 7/13/2020 12:48:22 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
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RollingStock,Passenger |
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| Title: |
Pullman RENSSELAER TECH |
| Description: |
On 24 April 1949 RENSSELAER TECH was being used by Pullman as an S&P (storage and porters) car at the Louisville & Nashville’s JULIA STREET YARD in New Orleans. The car had been completed as Plan 3951C baggage-buffet-club-barber shop car HALF MOON on 27 December 1926, was remodeled into Plan 3951G on 13 October 1931, and was renamed on 13 June 1938. It was withdrawn from regular service on 12 September 1943, designated as S&P car S-47 and placed at JULIA STREET YARD for use by Pullman personnel. |
| Photo Date: |
4/24/1949 Upload Date: 6/12/2022 10:05:45 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
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RollingStock,Passenger |
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| Title: |
PRR 8351 BIRCH RIVER |
| Description: |
Pennsylvania Railroad sleeping car 8351 BIRCH RIVER was laying over between runs at the Louisville & Nashville’s JULIA STREET YARD in New Orleans. This was one of 46 Plan 4140 10-roomette / 6-double-bedroom sleepers ordered by the Pennsylvania, Florida East Coast, Louisville & Nashville, Southern and West Point Route from Pullman-Standard in 1946 for service on the CRESCENT and other Southern Railway trains. All were built between October and December 1949. This car was placed in service on 14 October 1949, became Penn Central 4356 in 1968, was withdrawn from Pullman lease on 27 November 1968, was retired in 1971 and eventually went to the RAILROADER'S MEMORIAL MUSEUM at Altoona, Pennsylvania. |
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12/4/1949 Upload Date: 6/12/2022 10:02:00 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
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RollingStock,Passenger |
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| Title: |
L&N 3301 ROYAL STREET |
| Description: |
This was the bedroom-side of Louisville & Nashville observation car 3301 ROYAL STREET while on display at the railroad’s station in New Orleans. It was one of eight Plan 4162 5-bedrooom / buffet / lounge observation cars ordered from Pullman-Standard by the A&WP, FEC, L&N, NYC and Southern for use on the CRESCENT and the NEW ROYAL PALM. All were built in February and March 1950. In 1954 the two L&N cars, 3300 ROYAL CANAL and this one, were reassigned from the CRESCENT to the GULF WIND and remained on that train until 1966. Both were withdrawn from lease to Pullman on 23 October 1968, retired in 1970 and sold to equipment dealer Preston Duffy. ROYAL CANAL was scrapped after a fire, but ROYAL STREET went into private ownership and, as of 2022, it meets Amtrak requirements and is used for excursion and charter service. |
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3/16/1950 Upload Date: 6/12/2022 10:08:44 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
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RollingStock,Passenger |
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| Title: |
L&N 3301 ROYAL STREET |
| Description: |
This was the aisle-side of Louisville & Nashville observation car 3301 ROYAL STREET at the railroad’s JULIA STREET YARD in New Orleans. It was one of eight Plan 4162 5-bedrooom / buffet / lounge observation cars ordered from Pullman-Standard by the A&WP, FEC, L&N, NYC and Southern for use on the CRESCENT and the NEW ROYAL PALM. All were built in February and March 1950. In 1954 the two L&N cars, 3300 ROYAL CANAL and this one, were reassigned from the CRESCENT to the GULF WIND and remained on that train until 1966. Both were withdrawn from lease to Pullman on 23 October 1968, retired in 1970 and sold to equipment dealer Preston Duffy. ROYAL CANAL was scrapped after a fire, but ROYAL STREET went into private ownership and, as of 2022, it meets Amtrak requirements and is used for excursion and charter service. |
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4/9/1950 Upload Date: 6/12/2022 10:11:48 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
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RollingStock,Passenger |
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| Title: |
L&N S1 58 |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville Alco S1 number 58 was photographed next to the Inbound Freight House at JULIA STREET YARD in New Orleans during May 1950. The locomotive was less than one year old, and it would last another 15 year before being traded-in to EMD. Notice that the front of the frame is lettered "FL" for FRONT LEFT, and not just "F." (approximate day) |
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5/1/1950 Upload Date: 3/11/2018 4:15:00 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Roster |
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LN 58(S1) |
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| Title: |
L&N E7A 781 |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville E7A units 781 and 778 were on train 34, the northbound PIEDMONT at New Orleans. These units were two of eight E7A’s delivered in April 1945 as the 458AB-461AB – right above E6A units 450AB-457AB – and wore this unique blue-and-aluminum paint scheme for use on the new HUMMING BIRD and GEORGIAN streamliners. In late 1946 units 450A-461A were renumbered 750-761 and 450B-461B became 770-781; and at the same time, a reflectorized number plate was mounted above the front buffer. These plates remained until the units were remodeled with large number boxes and repainted into the standard blue-and-cream scheme. |
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5/27/1951 Upload Date: 6/10/2020 4:08:44 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
LN 781(E7A) |
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| Title: |
L&N Train No. 34 |
| Description: |
Recently-delivered Louisville & Nashville E8A units 794 and 796 were on train 34, the northbound PIEDMONT, in New Orleans on the Fourth of July 1951. The locomotives had been built in May 1951 and this was their first trip to New Orleans. The 794 was retired in April 1972 and became Amtrak 224, while the 796 was retired the next month and was used as trade-in credit with EMD. |
| Photo Date: |
7/4/1951 Upload Date: 6/10/2020 4:17:13 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
LN 794(E8A) |
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| Title: |
L&N 2-8-2 1518 |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville class J-3 2-8-2 1518 and an auxiliary water car were photographed next to the turntable at the railroad’s Julia Street Yard in New Orleans This photo was taken on 28 August 1951, near the end of L&N steam operations into the Crescent City. The class J-3 was the standard USRA Light Mikado and, at 292,000 pounds, were the heaviest steam locomotives used on the line between Mobile and New Orleans. The 1518 had been built by Alco in 1920 and was retired on 29 January 1952. |
| Photo Date: |
8/20/1951 Upload Date: 10/21/2019 12:55:50 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
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LN 1518(2-8-2) |
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| Title: |
L&N E6A 775 |
| Description: |
In the early 1950’s the Louisville & Nashville’s shop in Mobile accented the trucks on passenger units with aluminum paint. As an example, here was recently-repainted E6A 775 on train 34, the northbound PIEDMONT, at the New Orleans station. The locomotive had been built as the 455B in June 1945, was renumbered in 1946 and was retired in July 1967. |
| Photo Date: |
5/18/1952 Upload Date: 6/21/2020 1:17:56 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Roster,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
LN 775(E6A) |
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455 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IC SW9 9333 |
| Description: |
Multiple-unit equipped Illinois Central SW9 9333 was photographed at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal while construction was still going on. On the other side of the locomotive is the NOUPT Railway Express Agency building, which was completed in 1950. NOUPT had just been placed in partial operation -- for IC, MP (GCL) and SP trains -- and it was placed in full operation on 16 April 1954. The 9333 was renumbered 1233 in September 1957 and rebuilt into SW14 1437 in September 1980. |
| Photo Date: |
1/24/1954 Upload Date: 12/19/2019 9:52:00 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. Lachaussee collection |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
IC 9333(SW9) |
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616 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IC 2-8-2 1323 |
| Description: |
Illinois Central 2-8-2 1323 was photographed at MAYS YARD, just west on New Orleans, on 31 January 1954. It had been built by Lima (5698) in September 1918 as the 1835, was renumbered 1323 in April 1939 and was scrapped in 1955. |
| Photo Date: |
1/31/1954 Upload Date: 5/18/2020 3:41:56 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Steam |
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IC 1323(2-8-2) |
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386 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NOUPT SW8 2 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal SW8 units 1-3 were built at EMD’s Cleveland Plant in December 1953 and were used by the Southern Pacific until the new station was placed in full operation in April 1954. Here is NOUPT 2 at the Espee’s AVONDALE YARD, just west of New Orleans, with T&NO caboose 517. Notice the orange wing design on the unit’s nose. These disappeared as the locos were repainted. NOUPT 1 and 3 remained at the terminal until 1990, but number 2 was sold to Jones & Laughlin Steel around 1960. |
| Photo Date: |
2/21/1954 Upload Date: 12/19/2019 9:59:34 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Roster |
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NOUPT 2(SW8) |
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393 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IC 2-8-2 3792 |
| Description: |
Illinois Central 2-8-2 3792 was photographed at MAYS YARD, near New Orleans, just two years before it was sold for scrap. It had been built by Alco’s Brooks Works (serial no. 43432) in August 1907 as 2-8-0 917; was rebuilt into Mikado 3917 in August 1921, renumbered 3792 in 1937, and was sold in April 1956. |
| Photo Date: |
4/11/1954 Upload Date: 1/27/2020 3:47:57 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
IC 3792(2-8-2) |
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603 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IC 2-8-2 1640 |
| Description: |
Illinois Central 2-8-2 1640 was photographed at MAYS YARD, just west of New Orleans, on 18 April 1954. It had been built by Lima (5039) in April 1915 as the 1735, was renumbered 1233 in February 1943, renumbered 1640 in February 1954 and was scrapped in 1956. |
| Photo Date: |
4/18/1954 Upload Date: 5/24/2020 12:40:16 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
IC 1640(2-8-2) |
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382 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IC SW1 615 |
| Description: |
On 18 April 1954 Illinois Central SW1 615 was photographed next to the sand tower at Mays Yard, just west of New Orleans, coupled to SW7 9415. The SW1 had been built in June 1946 as the 9030 and it was renumbered 615 in October 1953 – just six months before this photo was taken – so its original number could be reused on a new GP9. The 9415 was renumbered 415 in December 1959 so its original number could be reused on a new GP18. |
| Photo Date: |
4/18/1954 Upload Date: 12/16/2019 5:48:29 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
IC 615(SW1) |
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665 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
L&N FP7 652 |
| Description: |
Five days after New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal was dedicated Louisville & Nashville FP7 652 was parked outside of the diesel shop between runs on Ocean Springs commuter trains 9 and 12. The unit had been built in June 1951 as the 652, it was renumbered 694 in 1966 and was retired on 17 January 1969. |
| Photo Date: |
5/6/1954 Upload Date: 7/7/2020 2:54:31 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
LN 652(FP7A) |
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391 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IC E7A 4016 |
| Description: |
Illinois Central E7A 4016 was at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal with E8B 4104, showing off its customized curved umber boards. It had been built in June 1948 and was scrapped in January 1971. Notice that the unit has already had the leaf springs on its trucks replaced with coils. |
| Photo Date: |
5/16/1954 Upload Date: 5/20/2020 5:17:13 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
IC 4016(E7A) |
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476 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IC 2-8-2 1551 |
| Description: |
Illinois Central 2-8-2 1551 was photographed at MAYS YARD, just west of New Orleans, on 30 May 1954. It had been built by Baldwin (56929) in August 1923 as the 2001, was renumbered 1489 in March 1938, renumbered 1551 in October 1946 and was scrapped in 1956. |
| Photo Date: |
5/30/1954 Upload Date: 5/20/2020 5:24:09 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
IC 1551(2-8-2) |
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351 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IC 2-8-2 1697 |
| Description: |
Illinois Central 2-8-2 1697 was photographed at MAYS YARD, just west of New Orleans, on 30 May 1954. It had been built by Baldwin (56976) in August 1923 as the 2005, was renumbered 1493 in September 1937, renumbered 1697 in March 1954 and was retired in February 1960. |
| Photo Date: |
5/30/1954 Upload Date: 5/26/2020 10:16:54 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
IC 1697(2-8-2) |
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258 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IC E6A 4001 |
| Description: |
Illinois Central E6A 4001 was at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal with E8B 4104, showing off its customized curved number boards. It had been built in November 1941 for operation on the PANAMA LIMITED and was sold for scrap in August 1975. |
| Photo Date: |
10/31/1954 Upload Date: 5/18/2020 3:52:01 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACCHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
IC 4001(E6A) |
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633 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SP (T&NO) 2-6-0 463 |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific 2-6-0 463 (second) was working at AVONDALE YARD, just west of New Orleans, coupled to a Harriman Common Standard passenger car. The Mogul had been built by Baldwin in 1912 as the 503, in the 500-514 group. It was rebuilt at the Algiers Shops in New Orleans in 1931, renumbered 688 (second) in 1949 and then 463 (second) in 1950. This loco was a real survivor, outlasting all of its siblings and most of the other steam locomotives on the T&NO. It was finally sold for scrap on 7 January 1957. |
| Photo Date: |
12/19/1954 Upload Date: 1/9/2020 5:29:40 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
SP 463(2-6-0) TNO 463(2-6-0) |
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728 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
IC 2-8-2 1213 |
| Description: |
Illinois Central 2-8-2 1213 was at Mays Yard near New Orleans. This locomotive was built by Lima in March 1915 as the 1715, was upgraded into the 1213 in January 1939 and was scrapped soon after this photo was taken. |
| Photo Date: |
6/22/1955 Upload Date: 12/19/2019 9:44:37 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
IC 1213(2-8-2) |
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801 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IC 0-6-0 269 |
| Description: |
Former Illinois Central 0-6-0 269 was at Watson Sand & Gravel in Fluker, Louisiana. Fluker is along the main line of the IC at milepost 837.0, about 10 miles south of the Mississippi state line. The locomotive had been built by Alco’s Schenectady Works as serial number 54755 in June 1914 and was sold to Watson in July 1952. |
| Photo Date: |
4/10/1958 Upload Date: 2/11/2020 8:54:38 PM |
| Location: |
Fluker, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. Lachaussee collection |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
IC 269(0-6-0) |
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434 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IC 0-6-0 303 |
| Description: |
Former Illinois Central 0-6-0 303 was on the Louisiana Eastern at Shiloh, Louisiana. The locomotive had been built at Alco‘s Cooke Works (58171) in November 1917 and was sold to the LE in August 1957, but it was never restored and was scrapped in October 1962. |
| Photo Date: |
4/10/1958 Upload Date: 6/4/2020 1:21:08 PM |
| Location: |
Shiloh, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
IC 303(0-6-0) LERR 303(0-6-0) |
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561 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IC 0-6-0 305 |
| Description: |
Former Illinois Central 0-6-0 305 was on the Louisiana Eastern at Shiloh, Louisiana. The locomotive had been built at Alco‘s Cooke Works (58173) in November 1917 and was sold to the LE in January 1957, but it was never restored and was scrapped in December 1962. |
| Photo Date: |
4/20/1958 Upload Date: 6/4/2020 1:23:11 PM |
| Location: |
Shiloh, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
IC 305(0-6-0) LERR 305(0-6-0) |
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440 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NOPSI 906 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Service, Inc. (NOPSI) streetcar 906 was outbound on St. Charles Avenue at Felicity Street. The streetcar, and a 1967 Chevy IMPALA 4-door hardtop, were passing Nu-Idea’s Decorative Center. |
| Photo Date: |
2/8/1967 Upload Date: 10/18/2021 9:42:41 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
ELLIOTT M. KAHN photo, J.G. LACHAUSSEE collection |
| Categories: |
Transit |
| Locomotives: |
NOPSI 906(Trolley) |
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250 Comments: 0 |
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