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| Title: |
ICG Second Geismar Turn |
| Description: |
AA quintet of Illinois Central Gulf GP10's power the northbound Second Geismar Turn past the former IC freight house in Baton Rouge, on its way to North Baton Rouge Yard. The photo was taken from the Mississippi River levee. |
| Photo Date: |
11/15/1981 Upload Date: 6/11/2010 11:23:11 AM |
| Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
Tom Blackwell |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
IC 8236(GP10) |
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1013 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IC SW1R 13 |
| Description: |
The locomotive was built in June 1946 as Illinois Central 9027, and was renumbered 612 in October 1953. The railroad extensively rebuilt the locomotive in October 1968, replacing its 6-cylinder 600-horsepower prime mover with an 8-cylinder 1,000-horsepower one, and renumbered it 13. It was to be the prototype for the rebuilding of the IC's entire fleet of SW1's, which would have been renumbered 1-17; but it was the only one done. The 13 was photographed at Mays Yard, and it spent much of its later life in the New Orleans area. It was retired in 1988. |
| Photo Date: |
3/13/1982 Upload Date: 6/11/2010 10:38:58 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Tom Blackwell |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
IC 13(SW1R) |
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1762 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Through the Diesel Shop |
| Description: |
KCS F7A 4058 sits outside of the diesel shop at West Yard, just west of New Orleans. |
| Photo Date: |
3/13/1982 Upload Date: 6/12/2010 7:52:08 PM |
| Location: |
Metairie, LA |
| Author: |
Tom Blackwell |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4058(F7A) |
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1056 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Salt Mine |
| Description: |
Missouri Pacific GP38-2 2136 switches the Diamond Crystal Salt Co. mine on the shore of Lake Peigneur, south of New Iberia. On 20 November 1980, a Texaco drill working in the lake punctured the mine, flooding it. When this photo was taken, operations at the salt mine were just about over. Less than a month later, the Interstate Commerce Commission approved the abandonment of the MP's line from Port Barre through New Iberia to Jefferson Island. Since 1994 AGL Resources has been using the underlying salt dome as a a storage and hub facility for pressurized natural gas. |
| Photo Date: |
6/25/1982 Upload Date: 6/11/2010 11:26:27 AM |
| Location: |
Jefferson Island, LA |
| Author: |
Tom Blackwell |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
MP 2136(GP38-2) |
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1619 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
KCS No. 84 |
| Description: |
Kansas City Southern's New Orleans-to-Shreveport train No. 84 pauses in the Baton Rouge yard, behind F3A 4052, F7B 73B, GP7 4150 and an unidentified SW1500. |
| Photo Date: |
7/1/1982 Upload Date: 6/11/2010 11:23:49 AM |
| Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
Tom Blackwell |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4052(F7Au) |
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2535 Comments: 7 |
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| Title: |
KCS No. 84 |
| Description: |
Kansas City Southern train No. 84 heads west across the Mississippi River at Baton Rouge behind F3A 4052, F7B 73B, GP7 4150 and an unidentified SW1500. |
| Photo Date: |
7/1/1982 Upload Date: 7/29/2010 4:21:34 PM |
| Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
Tom Blackwell |
| Categories: |
Bridge |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4052(F7Au) |
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1513 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
OAR NW2 100 |
| Description: |
Freshly-painted Old Augusta Railroad NW2 number 100 was photographed at the Illinois Central Gulf's Bell Yard in Hattiesburg, Mississippi; not too far from its new home. The 100 was kept at Bell Yard until the OAR was completed three months after this photo was taken. The engine was built in July 1946 as New York Central 8703, and was subsequently Penn Central 8703, PC 9175 and Conrail 9175, before going to the OAR in 1982 as its first locomotive. |
| Photo Date: |
11/12/1982 Upload Date: 2/3/2017 5:08:05 PM |
| Location: |
Hattiesburg, MS |
| Author: |
Tom Blackwell photo |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
OAR 100(NW2) |
| Views: |
708 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Bulletin Board |
| Description: |
Even though Amtrak had been running the SUNSET for over 12 years, there was still no doubt whose railroad it ran on! The word AMTRAK does not appear anywhere in this photo. |
| Photo Date: |
9/17/1983 Upload Date: 6/12/2010 7:52:55 PM |
| Location: |
New Iberia, LA |
| Author: |
Tom Blackwell |
| Categories: |
Station |
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885 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Charenton Canal Bridge |
| Description: |
Up until the early 1950's the main line of the Southern Pacific was double-tracked between Bayou Sale (milepost 95.6) and Cade, Louisiana (M.P. 132.1). Thirty years later, the only evidence of this was the "double wide" swing bridge over the Charenton Drainage and Navigation Canal (M.P. 104.1) at Baldwin. The Baldwin depot was a mile away, right on the other side of the water tower. |
| Photo Date: |
4/14/1984 Upload Date: 3/4/2010 9:48:27 AM |
| Location: |
Baldwin, LA |
| Author: |
Tom Blackwell |
| Categories: |
Bridge |
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993 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Missouri Pacific |
| Description: |
After the Missouri Pacific abandoned its 55-mile branch line from Port Barre into New Iberia in 1982, no one had any use for this engine terminal; however, the Espee did acquire the former MoP track off to the right. (Tom Blackwell Photo) |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1984 Upload Date: 5/21/2023 12:31:53 PM |
| Location: |
New Iberia, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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| Title: |
ICG MN-3 |
| Description: |
Illinois Central Gulf's Memphis-New Orleans train MN-3 rolls pass the McComb depot and engine terminal with GP40 3024, GP10's 8230 and 8003, and 76 cars. |
| Photo Date: |
9/30/1984 Upload Date: 6/14/2010 6:09:36 PM |
| Location: |
McComb, MS |
| Author: |
Tom Blackwell |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
IC 3024(GP40) |
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1308 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Inspection Train |
| Description: |
An Amtrak inspection train was rolling off of the Missouri Pacific's former T&P Avoyelles Subdivision branch and onto the main line between Shreveport and New Orleans at Addis, Louisiana. The train was on its way from Marshall, Texas - and a connection with the route of the TEXAS EAGLE - to New Orleans. It consisted of F40PH 279, Amfleet coach 21068 and office car 10000; and as with most of these inspection trips, nothing ever came of it. |
| Photo Date: |
10/13/1984 Upload Date: 4/20/2017 1:32:23 PM |
| Location: |
Addis, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL photo |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Yard,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 279(F40PH) |
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977 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Inspection Train |
| Description: |
An Amtrak inspection train was negotiating the connection between the Missouri Pacific's Beaumont Subdivision and the former T&P Avoyelles Subdivision at Anchorage Junction, just west of Baton Rouge. The train was on its way from Marshall, Texas - and a connection with the route of the TEXAS EAGLE - to New Orleans. It consisted of F40PH 279, Amfleet coach 21068 and office car 10000; and as with most of these inspection trips, nothing ever came of it. |
| Photo Date: |
10/13/1984 Upload Date: 4/26/2017 12:54:15 PM |
| Location: |
Anchorage, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL photo |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 279(F40PH) |
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1000 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
KCS No. 56 |
| Description: |
Kansas City Southern SW1500 4337 and slug 4253 were giving train No. 56 a shove up the Mississippi River bridge at Baton Rouge* The train originated at the Norfolk Southern's OLIVER YARD in New Orleans and went to the Santa Fe at Dallas. |
| Photo Date: |
11/4/1984 Upload Date: 4/21/2017 9:21:56 PM |
| Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL photo |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4253(Yard Slug) |
| Views: |
902 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
KCS No. 55 |
| Description: |
Kansas City Southern train 55 was descending the east side of the Mississippi River bridge at Baton Rouge behind GP40's 785 and 758, with an unidentified GP38-2. No. 55 was on its way from Dallas to the Norfolk Southern yard in New Orleans, and the bridge underneath the engines belonged to the Illinois Central Gulf. |
| Photo Date: |
1/19/1985 Upload Date: 2/20/2017 12:49:17 PM |
| Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
Tom Blackwell photo |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 785(GP40) |
| Views: |
753 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
GM&O GP30 521 |
| Description: |
More than a dozen years after the merger of the Illinois Central and the Gulf Mobile & Ohio into the Illinois Central Gulf former GM&O GP30 521 was still in its original paint scheme as it rested in IC territory at McComb, Mississippi. |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/1985 Upload Date: 7/23/2019 4:57:03 PM |
| Location: |
McComb, MS |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL photo |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
GMO 521(GP30) |
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658 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SP Super Bowl Special |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific SDP45's 3207 and 3201 lead an eastbound special passed the west siding switch at Roanoke, Louisiana. The 15-car train was en route to New Orleans for Super Bowl XX. Its consist was baggage cars 295 and 298, 10-6 sleeper 292, diner 290, lounge cars 291 and 289 CITY OF ANGELS, and office cars 117 TUCSON, 151 PINE BLUFF, 131 LOS ANGELES, 141 OAKLAND, 99 HOUSTON, 100 AIRSLIE, 106 OREGON, 110 STANFORD and 150 SUNSET. |
| Photo Date: |
1/25/1986 Upload Date: 6/11/2010 11:25:39 AM |
| Location: |
Roanoke, LA |
| Author: |
Tom Blackwell |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 3207(SDP45) |
| Views: |
1811 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Missouri Pacific train NHS |
| Description: |
Missouri Pacific train NHS (New Orleans to Houston, from the Southern Railway) was rolling through Addis, Louisiana with 127 cars. The motive power was an eclectic mix of Southern locomotives: B30-7A 3511, GP38-2 5041, B23-7 3989 and GP30 2529. |
| Photo Date: |
3/2/1986 Upload Date: 7/23/2019 4:51:54 PM |
| Location: |
Addis, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL photo |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 3511(B30-7A) |
| Views: |
737 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
ICG and Amtrak Action |
| Description: |
The soutbound CITY OF NEW ORLEANS makes its station stop at McComb as ICG's New Orleans-Memphis train NM-4 heads north. Amtrak No. 59 had F40's 257 and 372 with 13 cars; while NM-4 had GP10's 8306 and 8318 with GP40 3038 and 60 cars. At least a dozen units were gathered around the engine terminal. |
| Photo Date: |
3/28/1986 Upload Date: 6/14/2010 6:08:43 PM |
| Location: |
McComb, MS |
| Author: |
Tom Blackwell |
| Categories: |
Yard,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
IC 8306(GP10) ICG 3062(GP40) |
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2199 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
KCS NW2 4211 |
| Description: |
Kansas City Southern NW2 4211 was switching intermodal cars at the railroad's West Yard, just outside of New Orleans. The railroad discontinued intermodal service here after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. |
| Photo Date: |
5/17/1986 Upload Date: 6/11/2010 11:24:44 AM |
| Location: |
Metairie, LA |
| Author: |
Tom Blackwell |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4211(NW2) |
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944 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP E9A 951 on OLS Special |
| Description: |
This 12-car OPERATION LIFESAVER train was parked on the Illinois Central Gulf in Baton Rouge with Union Pacific E9A 951, UP GP40X 95 and Kansas City Southern SD40X 702. |
| Photo Date: |
8/26/1986 Upload Date: 7/23/2019 4:54:20 PM |
| Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL photo |
| Categories: |
Night,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
UP 951(E9A) |
| Views: |
596 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
ICG Depot |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
11/2/1986 Upload Date: 6/11/2010 10:37:04 PM |
| Location: |
Hammond, LA |
| Author: |
Tom Blackwell |
| Categories: |
Station |
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550 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP GP38-2 2213 |
| Description: |
Consecutively-numbered Missouri Pacific GP38-2’s 2213 and 2212 were on the RIVER JOB at Addis, Louisiana. This train crossed the Mississippi River to interchange cars with the Illinois Central Gulf in Baton Rouge. |
| Photo Date: |
2/8/1987 Upload Date: 7/23/2019 4:49:53 PM |
| Location: |
Addis, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL photo |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
MP 2213(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
792 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak No. 58 |
| Description: |
Heading north out of McComb, the late afternoon sun reflects off of Amtrak's CITY OF NEW ORLEANS as the train casts its reflection in an adjacent lake. The train had F40 344 and 10 cars, including a dome coach, which was a regular part of the consist. |
| Photo Date: |
5/16/1987 Upload Date: 6/14/2010 6:10:10 PM |
| Location: |
McComb, MS |
| Author: |
Tom Blackwell |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 344(F40PH) |
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1018 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ICG NC-6 |
| Description: |
Northbound Illinois Central Gulf train NC-6 crosses Pass Manchac, near the beginning of its trip from New Orleans to Chicago. The train has GP40's 3025, 3028 and 3060 with 97 cars. |
| Photo Date: |
6/28/1987 Upload Date: 6/12/2010 7:51:27 PM |
| Location: |
Pass Manchac, LA |
| Author: |
Tom Blackwell |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
ICG 3025(GP40) |
| Views: |
911 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak No. 20 |
| Description: |
Amtrak Train No. 20, the northbound CRESCENT, nears the north end of the Lake Pontchartrain trestle. The train consisted of F40 259, a baggage car, baggage-dormitory car, four coaches, 10-6 sleeper, and diner. When the photo was taken, the old swing span had already been replaced with a lift bridge; but the replacement of the wooden trestle with concrete spans hadn't happened yet. |
| Photo Date: |
9/13/1987 Upload Date: 6/11/2010 10:26:49 PM |
| Location: |
North Shore, LA |
| Author: |
Tom Blackwell |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 259(F40PHR) |
| Views: |
1388 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SP SD45T-2 9370 |
| Description: |
A transfer run from the Southern Pacific's Avondale Yard to the CSX Gentilly Yard waits at on the Norfolk Southern's BACK BELT at Frenchmen Street for a route onto the CSX. The train has SP SD45T-2 9370, D&RGW GP40-2 3098 and Morrison-Knudsen SD40-2 169 with 102 cars. |
| Photo Date: |
9/26/1987 Upload Date: 6/12/2010 7:53:46 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Tom Blackwell |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 9370(SD45T-2) |
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1257 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
KCS SD50 713 |
| Description: |
Kansas City Southern SD50 713 descends the Mississippi River Bridge at Baton Rouge with an eastbound rocket motor train. Such trains traveled between Corinne, Utah and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida with segments of the solid fuel booster rockets for the space shuttles. Office car VIRGINIA CITY is one the rear. An escort car was usually on these trains, to accommodate the personnel who frequently accompanied these shipments. |
| Photo Date: |
6/3/1988 Upload Date: 7/29/2010 4:21:01 PM |
| Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
Tom Blackwell |
| Categories: |
Bridge |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 713(SD50) |
| Views: |
1590 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
GLSR 1502 and 1501 |
| Description: |
Gloster Southern CF7's 1502 and 1501 were at the Illinois Central interchange in Slaughter, Louisiana along with a string of Georgia-Pacific woodchip cars |
| Photo Date: |
8/2/1988 Upload Date: 5/3/2017 5:07:32 PM |
| Location: |
Slaughter, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL photo |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
GLSR 1502(CF7) GLSR 1501(CF7) |
| Views: |
691 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Westbound Transfer Run |
| Description: |
This 70-car transfer run was heading up the HUEY P. LONG BRIDGE on is way from the CSX GENTILLY YARD to the Union Pacific AVONDALE YARD behind UP SD40-2’s 3566, 3799, 4247 and Missouri Pacific 3269. |
| Photo Date: |
2/11/1989 Upload Date: 7/20/2019 1:13:52 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL photo |
| Categories: |
Bridge |
| Locomotives: |
MP 3269(SD40-2) |
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342 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BNSF Trains |
| Description: |
A pair of BNSF trains, led by C44-9W units 4305 and 1120, were parked at Glasgow, Montana. This is on the former Great Northern main line 153 miles east of Havre, Montana and 156 miles west of Williston, North Dakota. At one time, a branch ran north from here about 15 miles to Glasgow Air Force Base. |
| Photo Date: |
9/17/1989 Upload Date: 4/10/2021 11:45:01 AM |
| Location: |
Glasgow, MT |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 4305(C44-9W) BNSF 1120(C44-9W) |
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282 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP train FWNO |
| Description: |
Union Pacific train FWNO (Fort Worth to New Orleans) was southbound at Addis, Louisiana with UP SD40-2 4307, MKT GP40Ü334, UP SD40-2 4131 and an unidentified yellow MP SD40-2. |
| Photo Date: |
10/21/1989 Upload Date: 7/20/2019 1:09:37 PM |
| Location: |
Addis, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL photo |
| Categories: |
Action |
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286 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
A&LM SW7 11 |
| Description: |
Arkansas & Louisiana Missouri SW7 number 11 was parked at Bastrop, Louisiana. The railroad’s depot was on the left whiln the scale house was on the right. |
| Photo Date: |
8/25/1990 Upload Date: 7/20/2019 12:53:00 PM |
| Location: |
Bastrop, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL photo |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
ALM 11(SW7) |
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547 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
AD&N 1811 and 1816 |
| Description: |
Ashley Drew & Northern GP10 1811 and GP28 1816 were next to the Arkansas & Louisiana Missouri office at Bastrop, Louisiana. The 1811 had been built as Illinois Centrcl GP9 9201, while the 1816 was originally Mississippi Central 211 and then Illinois Central 9441. |
| Photo Date: |
1/25/1992 Upload Date: 7/20/2019 12:26:50 PM |
| Location: |
Bastrop, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL photo |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
ADN 1816(GP28) ADN 1811(GP10) |
| Views: |
936 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
A&LM NW2 10 |
| Description: |
Arkansas & Louisiana Missouri number 10 was an NW2 built in October 1949. The locomotive was shown here at Monroe, Louisiana in a fresh coat of paint, ready for a Nataonal Railway Historical Society fan trip to Crossett, Arkansas and back. The unit was subsequently Arkansas Louisiana & Mississippi 1001 in 1993 and was sent to Georgia-Pacific's Port Edwards-Nekoosa Interplant RR at Port Edwards, Wisconsin in Jafuary 1996. It became Domtar 1001 in 2001 when the plant was sold and went to the Mid-Continent Railway Museum at North Freedom, Wisconsin in 2018. |
| Photo Date: |
11/5/1992 Upload Date: 7/20/2019 12:49:18 PM |
| Location: |
Monroe, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL photo |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
ALM 10(NW2) |
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623 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Delta Southern 103 and 105 |
| Description: |
Delta Southern CF7’s 103 and 105 were tied up in Sterlington, Louisiana. These units were previously Santa Fe 2476 and 2605. This former Missouri Pacific line runs north-northwest out of Monroe. |
| Photo Date: |
2/6/1993 Upload Date: 7/23/2019 4:43:24 PM |
| Location: |
Sterlington, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL photo |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
DSRR 103(CF7) DSRR 105(CF7) |
| Views: |
424 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Bayou Railcar 2 |
| Description: |
Bayou Railcar/Services was located in Holden, Louisiana along the Illinois Central line between Hammond and Baton Rouge. Their 45-ton GE number 2 was General Electric serial number 15294, built i December 1941 as Weldon Springs Ordnance Depot number 1. This plant was about 25 miles west of St. Louis. The loco was subsequently United States Army 7325, then Avondale Shipyard 3 at Avondale,)Louisiana; then Intracoastal Tubular 2 at Harvey, Louisiana and then Bayou Railcar 2. |
| Photo Date: |
5/16/1993 Upload Date: 7/20/2019 12:57:04 PM |
| Location: |
Holden, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL photo |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
BAYOU 2(45Tonner) |
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297 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Coastal Sand & Gravel Model 40 |
| Description: |
Built on 29 August 1942 as U.S. Army 7953, this little loco was one of only 11 Model 40 diesel-electric switchers built by the Electro-Motive Corporation and its successor, the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors. Built between August 1940 and April 1943, each 4-wheel unit weighed between 40 and 44 tons and was powered by two 150HP Detroit Diesel Model 6-71 truck engines. It looks like serial number 2285 spent its entire life in southeast Louisiana. Known owners included the Gulf South Warehouse Co. in New Orleans (which may have been its original assignment for the U.S. Army), American Creosote at Southport, and the Green Brothers' Coastal Sand & Gravel operation at Lacombe, where it was photographed in derelict condition. |
| Photo Date: |
3/6/1994 Upload Date: 11/30/2021 2:39:59 PM |
| Location: |
Lacombe, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
CSG 0(40 Ton) |
| Views: |
426 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Georgia Pacific Units |
| Description: |
Two sets of power were parked on the Arkansas Louisiana & Mississippi at Bastrop, Louisiana. Fordyce & Princeton SW1500 1504 was coupled to Ashley Drew & Northern CF7 1513, while F&P GP28 1805 was with AL&M GP10 1815. All three of these railroads were owned by Georgia Pacific Corp. and connected at Crossett, Arkansas. |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1997 Upload Date: 7/23/2019 4:46:48 PM |
| Location: |
Bastrop, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL photo |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
FP 1504(SW1500) FP 1805(GP28) |
| Views: |
843 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Southbound UP |
| Description: |
This southbound Union Pacific train was at Livonia, Louisiana with seven locomotives and 141 cars. The power consisted of UP SD40-2’s 3536, 3661 and 3521, Cotton Belt B40-8 8084, UP SD40-2’s 3346 and 3378, and EMD SD70M 7010. |
| Photo Date: |
11/2/1997 Upload Date: 7/21/2019 12:21:03 PM |
| Location: |
Livonia, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL photo |
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Scenic |
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UP 3536(SD40-2) |
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KCS SD40-2 662 |
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An eastbound Kansas City Southern intermodal train was on the MERJDIAN SPEEDWAY at Monroe, Louisiana behind SD40-2 662, GP40-2 3049 and SD40-2 644 with 72 cars. The 3049 was originally Frisco 759 and then Burlington Northern 3049 before going to the KCS. It retained its BN colors and number on the KCS until it was repainted as KCS 4809. |
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2/14/1998 Upload Date: 7/14/2019 4:08:48 PM |
| Location: |
Monroe, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL photo |
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Action |
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KCS 662(SD40-2) |
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| Title: |
Railserve SW1200 1206 |
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Railserve Inc. (RSSX) SW1200 1206 was working at the International Paper Co. paper mill in Bastrop, Louisiana. The locomotive had been built in December 1955 as Ashley, Drew & Northern 176, was renumbered 1206 in 1979, was sold to Rail Switching Service in 1987 and became Railserve, Inc. 1206 in 1995. |
| Photo Date: |
8/1/1998 Upload Date: 11/19/2020 11:52:08 AM |
| Location: |
Bastrop, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
| Categories: |
Action |
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RSSX 1206(SW1200) |
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358 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
KCS Special |
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Louisiana promoted the 100th anniversary of Louis Armstrong's birth - and the origins of jazz - by operating a 4-day rail tour over the Kansas City Southern from Shreveport to New Orleans. (Armstrong was actually born on 4 August 1901, so the train was a year early!) The tour showcased different styles of Louisiana music and culture for magazine travel writers, and its arrival in New Orleans coincided with the start of the 2000 Jazz and Heritage Festival. Here was the train at Gonzales with FP9’s 1 and 2, an office car, two support cars, another office car, a diner and a third office car. |
| Photo Date: |
4/28/2000 Upload Date: 7/21/2019 12:52:48 PM |
| Location: |
Gonzales, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL photo |
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Passenger,Action |
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KCS 1(FP9A) |
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1077 Comments: 0 |
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NS 8742 on the CN |
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A grain train was rolling south at milepost 859 (on the far left) on the Canadian National’s MAIN LINE of MID-AMERICA in Hammond, Louisiana. The 103-car train was powered by Norfolk Southern C40-8 8742, GP38-2 5242 and Illinois Central GP40R 3114. |
| Photo Date: |
9/29/2000 Upload Date: 2/28/2021 6:00:38 PM |
| Location: |
Hammond, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
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Action |
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| Title: |
AKDN NW2 102 |
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In 1990, the Acadiana Railway purchased two disconnected sections of trackage from the Union Pacific and a short piece of line from the Southern Pacific, all in southwest Louisiana. Operations over these lines began on 1 June 1990 using a pair of former Burlington Northern NW2’s. The 101 had a crawfish on its cab while the 102 had a shrimp, and here was the SHRIMP UNIT with its windows boarded up. It was EMD frame number E1093-1, built in December 1948 as Colorado & Southern 153, then became Burlington Northern 403. It went to the stillborn Dixie River as the 403 and then to the Acadiana as the 102. |
| Photo Date: |
10/13/2000 Upload Date: 2/17/2021 5:27:32 PM |
| Location: |
Opelousas, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AKDN 102(NW2) |
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348 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AKDN GP30 3018 |
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Acadiana Railway GP30 3018 had been built in February 1963 as Denver & Rio Grande Western 3018. It was retired on 7 May 1996 and sold by the Union Pacific to Metro East Industries at East St. Louis, Illinois, in 1997. From there, it moved on to Larry's Truck Electric Service in Ohio before February 1998 and then to the Acadiana Railway in December 1998. The Acadiana had LTE repaint it into this green and yellow paint scheme, which was inspired by a former Chicago & North Western GP7 which the railroad had previously purchased from LTE. This was the Acadiana's second GP30; their first one was former Union Pacific 701 which they acquired in 1993. |
| Photo Date: |
10/13/2000 Upload Date: 2/24/2021 4:37:00 PM |
| Location: |
Opelousas, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Roster |
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AKDN 3018(GP30) |
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| Title: |
AKDN GP7 4178 |
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Acadiana Railway GP7 4178 hbd been built in October 1952 as Rock Island 1270. It was remanufactured and renumbered Rock Island 4524 on 14 June 1976, sold to the Chicago & North Western in February 1981, renumbered C&NW 4178 on 18 Aug 1981, sold to Larry's Truck Electric Service on 7 April 1998 and went to the Acadiana as the 4178 in March 2000. Here it was, being patched up after its nnse had been chopped, so it could be repainted. |
| Photo Date: |
10/13/2000 Upload Date: 3/2/2021 12:45:49 PM |
| Location: |
Opelousas, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AKDN 4178(GP7) |
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343 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP Transfer Run |
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A Union Pacific transfer run from the UP at Livonia, Louisiana to the Canadian National at Baton Rouge was climbing the Mississippi River Bridge across from Baton Rouge with Rio Grande GP40 3141, Southern Pacific B23-7 5105, UP GP38-2 2178, SP SD40R 7314 and 62 cars. |
| Photo Date: |
10/26/2000 Upload Date: 11/19/2020 11:46:26 AM |
| Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
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SP 7314(SD40R) MP 3178(SD40-2) SP 5105(B23-7) DRGW 3141(GP40) |
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454 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AKDN NW2 102 |
| Description: |
In 1990, the Acadiana Railway purchased two disconnected sections of trackage from the Union Pacific and a short piece of line from the Southern Pacific, all in southwest Louisiana. Operations over these lines began on 1 June 1990 using a pair of former Burlington Northern NW2’s. The 101 had a crawfish on its cab while the 102 had a shrimp, and here was the SHRIMP UNIT. It was EMD frame number E1093-1, built in December 1948 as Colorado & Southern 153, then became Burlington Northern 403. It went to the stillborn Dixie River as the 403 and then to the Acadiana as the 102. |
| Photo Date: |
5/18/2001 Upload Date: 2/17/2021 5:32:43 PM |
| Location: |
Opelousas, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AKDN 102(NW2) |
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328 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AKDN GP30 701 |
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Acadiana Railway GP30 701 was built in February 1963 as Union Pacific 701, frame no. 7648-2. This was the fourth UP diesel to wear this number; the previous examples were a Fairbanks-Morse ERIE-BUILT A-unit from March 1948 until February 1953, a GP7 from February until November 1953 and a GP20 from July 1960 until December 1962. The 701 was one of the last GP30’s on the UP roster. It was retired on 28 July 1989 and was leased to the City of Mineral Wells, Texas three months later for service on the city owned, 22-mile long, Mineral Wells & Eastern Railroad. This line was formerly the UP/MP/T&P‘s Weatherford, Mineral Wells & Northwestern subsidiary. The 701 was sold to the city on 7 February 1990, but the railroad closed in May 1992 and the locomotive was resold to the Acadiana Railway by mid-March 1993. |
| Photo Date: |
5/18/2001 Upload Date: 2/24/2021 4:34:49 PM |
| Location: |
Eunice, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AKDN 701(GP30) |
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508 Comments: 0 |
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