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GM&O REBEL |
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Paul Oliver and his little sister Gilda were waiting on the median of Jefferson Davis Parkway in New Orleans to have their picture taken just as the Gulf Mobile & Ohio's northbound REBEL passed behind them, and here was the result. The train was on the Southern Railway about 10 minutes into its trip north. (approximate date) |
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6/15/1946 Upload Date: 7/1/2018 12:02:22 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
GILDA OLIVER COLLECTION |
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Passenger |
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| Title: |
L&N LAST RUN |
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L&N engineer W. Earnest Harper waves from the cab of E8A 785 as he leaves New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal on train No. 8 - the PAN-AMERICAN - for the last time. The 786 was built as Frisco 2009 JET PILOT in February 1950 and purchased by the L&N in 1965. |
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4/30/1971 Upload Date: 4/30/2016 2:30:23 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo |
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Station |
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| Title: |
L&N 786 |
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L&N E8A's 786 and 785 back into New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal for the last departure on train No. 8 - the PAN-AMERICAN. The 786 and 785 were built as Frisco 2015 TWENTY GRAND and 2009 JET PILOT in 1950 and were purchased by the L&N in 1965. |
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4/30/1971 Upload Date: 4/30/2016 2:31:06 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo |
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Station |
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LN 786(E8A) |
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| Title: |
L&N Last Run |
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This somewhat-fuzzy Instamatic shot recorded the last departure of a regularly-scheduled L&N train from New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. It was 5PM as the PAN-AMERICAN pulled out behind E8's 785 and 786, both former Frisco units purchased in 1965, with baggage car 1484, heavyweight coach 2555, lightweight coaches 3254 and 3250, lunch-counter/diner/lounge 2801, and 6-6-4 sleeper SHORT LEAF PINE, all for Cincinnati; plus coach 3255 for Jacksonville. L&N was one of few U.S. railroads that ran sleepers with open sections up until the beginning of Amtrak. The commemorative lettering on the nose and side of the 785 was added by railfan Jim Selzer of Slidell, Louisiana. The last southbound PAN-AMERICAN arrived at 11:25 the next morning behind E7A's 779 and 780, and they deadhead out later that day with all of the remaining L&N cars. |
| Photo Date: |
4/30/1971 Upload Date: 3/5/2014 8:15:21 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
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LN 785(E8A) LN 786(E8A) |
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| Title: |
Last L&N Train No. 9 |
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The Louisville & Nashville’s PAN-AMERICAN was arriving in New Orleans for the last time on 1 May 1971. On that day, Amtrak assumed the operation of L&N passenger trains and the PAN-AMERICAN was discontinued. |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/1971 Upload Date: 8/5/2020 6:37:07 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER photo |
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Passenger |
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| Title: |
L&N E7A 780 |
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It's Amtrak Day -- ]aturday 1 May 1971 -- and Louisville & Nashville E7A's 779 and 780 rest at the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal sand tower after having brought the very last L&N passenger train into New Orleans. In a couple of hours, they would back into the station and then leave with all of the L&N's passenger cars that were still there. |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/1971 Upload Date: 6/6/2010 11:31:47 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
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Scenic |
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LN 780(E7A) |
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| Title: |
Former T&P Units |
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All of the units in this image - taken on the east side of the MP engine house at Avondale Yard - were built for the Texas & Pacific, Here are at least three of the T&P's eight SW8's, along with a pair of F7A's MP 8000-8007 were built as Texas & Pacific 811-818 in January 1952, for use as light road switchers. Notice that the 8002 still has is original oscillating headlight assembly, while this has been removed from the 8003. F7A's 857 and 908 are former T&P 1558 and 1507, and SW8 8000 is parked behind the 8002. (approximate month and day) |
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6/15/1971 Upload Date: 1/8/2015 10:55:07 AM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
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Yard |
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MP 8002(SW8) MP 8003(SW8) MP 857(F7A) |
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| Title: |
MP F7A 857 |
| Description: |
Missouri Pacific F7A 857 found itself surrounded by SW8's outside the diesel shop at Avondale Yard. All of the locomotives had been built for the T&P and were in familiar territory. The 857 was briefly renumbered 1857 to make way for a new GP38-2, and it was retired in April 1973. The switchers lasted until 1979-1981, when they were remanufactured into slugs. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
6/15/1971 Upload Date: 2/25/2017 4:29:04 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
MP 857(F7A) |
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| Title: |
Southbound L&N |
| Description: |
A Louisville & Nashville train was heading west (timetable south) along U.S. Highway 90 at the west end of Orange Grove siding, about five miles east of Pascagoula, Mississippi. The train was powered by GP35 1116 (originally Chicago & Eastern Illinois 260), a pair of GP30’s and an FP7. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
7/1/1971 Upload Date: 8/9/2022 6:55:35 PM |
| Location: |
Orange Grove, MS |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. image |
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Action |
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LN 1116(GP35) |
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| Title: |
Southbound L&N |
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A Louisville & Nashville train was heading west (timetable south) along U.S. Highway 90 at the west end of Orange Grove siding, about five miles east of Pascagoula, Mississippi. The train was powered by GP35 1116 (originally Chicago & Eastern Illinois 260), a pair of GP30’s and an FP7. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
7/1/1971 Upload Date: 8/9/2022 6:55:58 PM |
| Location: |
Orange Grove, MS |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. image |
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Action |
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LN 1116(GP35) |
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| Title: |
Amtrak No. 1 |
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Five Southern Pacific F-units were powering Amtrak train No. 0, the westbound SUNSET, passed the Gibbons Feeds building on their way out of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. The image was taken about'two months after the inauguration of Amtrak, but could have been taken in the previous decade. The Gibbons Feeds building was a long-time landmark at this location, and was razed soon after this photo was taken. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
7/14/1971 Upload Date: 7/28/2017 5:15:58 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
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SP 6455(FP7A) |
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| Title: |
SP SDP45 3207 |
| Description: |
The United Transportation Union struck the UP and the Southern on 16 July 1971, and then the SP and the N&W on 24 July. Because of the strike threat against the SP, Amtrak’s SUNSET LIMITED which should have left New Orleans on Friday 23 July was annulled, and this provided a rare (at that time) opportunity to photograph a set of SUNSET power at NOUPT over that weekend. On the day the strike began, SP SDP45 3207, UP E8B 927B and UP E9A 947 were photographed on the engine service track. (The E-units were eventually renumbered Amtrak 370 and 424.) The strike was quickly ended and the SUNSET left on schedule on Monday 26 July. |
| Photo Date: |
7/24/1971 Upload Date: 2/17/2023 6:45:53 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. image |
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Roster |
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SP 3207(SDP45) |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Turbo 50 |
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Three months after Amtrak began running trains, it sent United Aircraft TURBOTRAIN set 50/51 on a nationwide tour to show Americans what the future of passenger travel would look like. Things didn't quite work out the way Amtrak showed us, but here was Paul Oliver in font of power car 50 while the train was on display at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. The gold stripes on the train were actually black SCOTCHLITE, and the young woman on the left was wearing a purple SMILE A WHILE ON THE TURBOTRAIN sticker. The train had just arrived on the Southern Railway and left two days later on the Southern Pacific, and several of us got to ride it to Lafayette. Illinois Central coach 2504 had been built in October 1946 as Chicago & Eastern Illinois 463 VERMILLION TRAIL and was purchased by the IC in 1961. |
| Photo Date: |
8/18/1971 Upload Date: 9/21/2017 12:26:03 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
unknown |
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Passenger |
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AMTK 50(Turbotrain) |
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| Title: |
KCS Northbound Train |
| Description: |
Kansas City Southern F3A 95 and a pair of unidentified B-units were on a northbound train passing the SIGNOR team track just west (timetable north) of New Orleans. The grade crossing under construction in the foreground would become Clearview Parkway. Number 95 may have been unique in that it had red stripes, while most white units had yellow ones. At this location, the train was heading right into the afternoon sun. |
| Photo Date: |
2/18/1972 Upload Date: 10/14/2020 4:12:39 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
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Action |
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KCS 95(F7A) |
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| Title: |
KCS Train |
| Description: |
Kansas City Southern F3A 95 and a pair of unidentified B-units were pulling a northbound train out of the railroad's West Yard and across Labarre Road. The 95 may have been unique in that it had red stripes, while most white units had yellow ones. At this location, the train was heading right into the afternoon sun. |
| Photo Date: |
2/18/1972 Upload Date: 12/3/2016 12:59:04 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo |
| Categories: |
Action |
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KCS 95(F7A) |
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951 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
KCS GP7 150 |
| Description: |
Black Kansas City Southern GP7 150 was parked outside the diesel shop at West Yard with a red F7B and a white GP7. West Yard is just west of New Orleans. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1972 Upload Date: 8/16/2017 4:00:45 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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KCS 150(GP7) |
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| Title: |
SCL U30B 1707 |
| Description: |
Seaboard Coast Line U30B 1707 leads a westbound Espee train up the Huey P. Long Bridge, along with a GP35 and two U25B's. The train is on its way from Jaksonville to Houston via the SCL, L&N and SP. SCL 1707 still wears its original Seaboard Air Line green-and-cream paint scheme. (date approximate) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1972 Upload Date: 9/1/2010 4:50:08 PM |
| Location: |
Jefferson, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
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SCL 1707(U30B) |
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1030 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
IC car No. 1 |
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Illinois Central car No. 1 was on the rear of Amtrak's northbound PANAMA LIMITED leaving New Orleans at the former location of Carrollton Avenue Station. |
| Photo Date: |
3/24/1972 Upload Date: 11/26/2016 6:10:04 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo |
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Passenger |
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| Title: |
Carrollton Avenue Station |
| Description: |
This image at the former Carrollton Avenue Station in New Orleans was looking north across the South Carrollton Avenue Underpass towards Carrollton Junction, where New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal’s EASTERN and WESTERN connections diverged to the right and left. The photo was taken as the remaining platform shelter was being dismantled. The station originally had two platforms serving three tracks and was first used when NOUPT opened in 1954. The third track, which had been on the left, was removed about a year earlier, and use of the station ended when Amtrak began on 1 May 1971 or shortly thereafter. |
| Photo Date: |
3/30/1972 Upload Date: 9/6/2020 11:19:45 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER photo |
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Station |
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| Title: |
L&N FP7 666 |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nasville locomotives stopped visiting the diesel shop at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal on a regular basis with the advent of Amtrak on 1 May 1971; but the railroad continued to send power to NOUPT every now and then. These units usually needed traction motor replacements, something which could not be done at the railroad's Gentilly Yard. Here we see FP7 666 sticking out of the NOUPT shop, one year after the beginning of Amtrak. The unit was retired about a year and a half later, in November 1973. (approximate month and day) |
| Photo Date: |
4/15/1972 Upload Date: 3/4/2014 11:14:45 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
LN 666(FP7A) |
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| Title: |
GM&O Train |
| Description: |
Two RS2's and an Alco yard engine were on a northbound Gulf Mobile & Ohio train leaving Frascati Yard in Mobile. (approximate month and day) |
| Photo Date: |
7/15/1972 Upload Date: 9/2/2017 5:41:54 PM |
| Location: |
Mobile, AL |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
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Action |
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| Title: |
Extra South |
| Description: |
A trio of Louisville & Nashville GP7's -- 472, 423 and 455 -- prepare to head out from Goulding Yard in Pensacola on an Extra South for Chattahoochee. (approximate month and day) |
| Photo Date: |
7/15/1972 Upload Date: 3/5/2014 5:02:44 PM |
| Location: |
Pensacola, FL |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
LN 472(GP7) |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Sunset |
| Description: |
SDP45s were never very common on the SUNSET; but here is SP 3200 behind FP7s 6455 and 6454 on the westbound train in New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. The 3200 is filling in for a pair of F-units. The 11-car train has baggage car ATSF 3550, three 10-6 sleepers SP 9022, ATSF PALM TOP and SP 9000, diner SP 10211, dorm-lounge ATSF 1340, and five coaches ATSF 2867, 2826, 2856, 2847 and 2889. |
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8/9/1972 Upload Date: 6/5/2010 8:07:04 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
SP 6455(FP7A) |
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| Title: |
L&N-MP Transfer Run (1) |
| Description: |
Missouri Pacific GP38-2 869, along with GP35's 603 and 639, lead a transfer run from the Louisville & Nashville's Gentilly Yard to the MP's Race Street Yard at Thalia Street. The building next to the train is the office of the United Fruit Co., and the Mississippi River is just to the right of there. The train has an L&N crew. |
| Photo Date: |
9/10/1972 Upload Date: 1/9/2015 11:47:04 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
MP 869(GP38-2) |
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| Title: |
L&N-MP Transfer Run (2) |
| Description: |
Missouri Pacific GP38-2 869, along with GP35's 603 and 639, lead a transfer run from the Louisville & Nashville's Gentilly Yard into the MP's Race Street Yard. The structure above the train is the Greater New Orleans Mississippi River Bridge at Thalia Street, and the building at the far end of the yard is a transit shed along the Mississippi River. An L&N crew has brought the train from Gentilly, and will get off here. Race Street Yard closed shortly before the 1984 World's Fair, and the land became the primary parking lot for that event. |
| Photo Date: |
9/10/1972 Upload Date: 1/9/2015 11:47:41 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
MP 649(GP35) MP 603(GP35) |
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| Title: |
IC SW1 615 |
| Description: |
With a cab full of people, Illinois Central SW1 615 powers a transfer run along the Mississippi River. In the foreground is the New Orleans Public Belt's engine terminal, while the NOPB's Cotton Warehouse Yard is on the other side of the train and the river is on the other side of the buildings in the background. (date approximate) |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1972 Upload Date: 9/8/2010 3:55:18 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Action |
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IC 615(SW1) |
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| Title: |
NOPB Engine Terminal |
| Description: |
Five locomotives were at the New Orleans Public Belt engine terminal along Tchoupitoulas Street. From left to right, these were Baldwin S12 61, EMD SW1000 units 102 and 103, and SW1200’s 71 and 72. |
| Photo Date: |
10/2/1972 Upload Date: 7/16/2020 1:11:38 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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NOPB 72(SW1200) NOPB 103(SW1000) |
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385 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SRS 124 |
| Description: |
A couple of railroaders were looking on as Sperry Rail Service car 124 was being moved onto the New Orleans Public Belt turntable at the railroad’s engine terminal. The 124 had been built by the Electro-Motive Corp. and the St. Louis Car Co. in August 1925 as Milwaukee Road motorcar 141, but that order was cancelled, so it was sold as Lehigh Valley 20 and was purchased by SRS in June 1937. |
| Photo Date: |
10/2/1972 Upload Date: 7/16/2020 1:14:29 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER photo |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
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SRS 124(Doodlebug) |
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| Title: |
SRS 124 |
| Description: |
Sperry Rail Service car 124 was on the New Orleans Public Belt's turntable. |
| Photo Date: |
10/2/1972 Upload Date: 8/18/2017 6:01:44 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SRS 124(Doodlebug) |
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689 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Extra South |
| Description: |
A southbound extra rolls through Pensacola behind GP30 1034, FP7's 615 and 653, and GP30 1017. (approximate month and day) |
| Photo Date: |
10/15/1972 Upload Date: 3/6/2014 10:09:55 PM |
| Location: |
Pensacola, FL |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
LN 1034(GP30) LN 615(FP7A) |
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| Title: |
Extra South |
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A southbound extra rolls through Pensacola behind GP30 1034, FP7's 615 and 653, and GP30 1017. (approximate month and day) |
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10/15/1972 Upload Date: 3/6/2014 10:12:30 PM |
| Location: |
Pensacola, FL |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Action |
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LN 653(FP7A) LN 1017(GP30) |
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| Title: |
L&N GE Quartet |
| Description: |
Four-axle U-boats became a common sight on the south end of the Louisville & Nashville as soon as its first U25B's arrived in 1963, but a quartet of them was rather unusual. Here U28B 2504 (one of only five on the railroad), U30B 2508 (one of only five on the railroad), a U25B and and an unidentified unit (but either another U28B or U30B) wait at the east end of the Huey P. Long Bridge with an eastbound run-through train from the Southern Pacific. The open hood doors on the first two units were a common sight on early U-boats, as their door latches didn't work very well after a while. Notice that the 2504 still has an emblem on its cab side, while the 2508 has it this replaced with its road number. (approximate month and day) |
| Photo Date: |
10/15/1972 Upload Date: 3/11/2014 8:34:25 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
LN 2504(U30B) |
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1427 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Eastbound Transfer Run |
| Description: |
Late on a November afternoon, Southern Railway GP38AC 2871 was on an eastbound transfer run from one of the railroad's western connections to Oliver Yard, its main facility in the New Orleans area. The train was on the railroad's New Orleans Terminal Co. subsidiary near the Marconi Drive underpass. (approximate day) |
| Photo Date: |
11/15/1972 Upload Date: 11/26/2016 12:31:17 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 2871(GP38AC) |
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776 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Little MKT Train |
| Description: |
This little Missouri-Kansas-Texas train was parked next to the railroad’s freight office in Austin, Texas. It was made up of GP40 173, a Cotton Belt covered hopped and caboose 124. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1973 Upload Date: 8/17/2020 12:57:37 PM |
| Location: |
Austin, TX |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER photo |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
MKT 173(GP40) |
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532 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Triad-Melamine Davenport |
| Description: |
This un-numbered 45-ton Davenport loco was at the Triad-Melamine joint-venture chemical plant along the Missouri Pacific (former T&P) near Donaldsonville, Louisiana. It had been built in March 1952 as serial No. 3337 for the engineering and construction firm Silas Mason Co. which was operating the Atomic Energy Commission's Pantex Ordnance Depot near Amarillo. |
| Photo Date: |
2/3/1973 Upload Date: 1/14/2017 2:42:04 PM |
| Location: |
Donaldsonville, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo |
| Categories: |
Roster |
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TRIAD ?(44 Tonner) |
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852 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Auto-Train 4006 |
| Description: |
Auto-Train U36B 4006 was on an eastbound train at the foot of the Huey P. Long Bridge. It was with three Louisville & Nashville units and was on its way from the Espee's Avondale Yard to the L&N's Gentilly Yard. Auto-Train 4005-4009 were built in December 1972 and were leased to the L&N for several months, until they were needed by Auto-Train for its new service out of Louisville. While on lease, they were regularly used on the south end of the railroad. (approximate month, slide dated February 1973) |
| Photo Date: |
2/15/1973 Upload Date: 5/23/2016 4:47:38 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
AT 4006(U36B) |
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Southern GP35 2664 |
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Southern Railway GP35 2664&was on an eastbound transfer run on the railroad's New Orleans Terminal Co. subsidiary at Orleans Ave. (approximate day) This was one of 58 Southern (2645-2702) and 11 S0U-Savannah & Atlanta (2705-2715) GP35's that rode on trucks from Alco RS2 units. |
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2/15/1973 Upload Date: 4/9/2017 5:50:33 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. photo |
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Scenic,Action |
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SOU 2664(GP35) |
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| Title: |
Northbound KCS |
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Kansas City Southern GP30 101, SD40-2 656 and an unidentified SW1500 were on a northbound train leaving New Orleans. (approximate day) |
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3/15/1973 Upload Date: 1/4/2017 11:00:12 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo |
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Action |
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KCS 101(GP30) |
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| Title: |
SP U25B 6715 |
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A pair of Southern Pacific U25B units were on a run-through train from the SP to the Louisville & Nashville in New Orleans. The train was stopped on the L&N at the Louisa Street grade crossing for a crew change. Most of the SP U25B units were taken out of service the next year because of a recession, Some were rebuilt but most were sold for scrap in 1978. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
3/15/1973 Upload Date: 5/28/2018 12:05:03 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
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Roster |
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SP 6715(U25B) |
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| Title: |
MP F7A 921 |
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When this picture was taken, Southern Railway geeps had been visiting the Missouri Pacific's Avondale Yard, at th[ west end of the Huey P. Long Bridge, for over a year on a run-through train between Birmingham and Avondale; but for some reason an MP F7 is accompanying the Southern power (GP38 2777, a GP35, a GP30 and another GP38) today. The 921 was originally a Texas & Pacific - the 1571 - as shown by the two headlights, and it would be among the last F-units in service on the MP. It was subsequently renumbered 1921, to make room for a GP38-2, and it was retired just one year after this photo. (approximnte month and day) |
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3/15/1973 Upload Date: 1/7/2015 8:33:19 PM |
| Location: |
Jefferson, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
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Bridge |
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MP 921(F7A) |
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| Title: |
Eastbound Run-Through Train |
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In the early 1970's the Southern Pacific would frequently combine the Houston-L&N-Birmingham and Houston-L&N-Chattahoochee-SCL-Jacksonville run-through trains at Avondale Yard, at the west end of the Huey P. Long Bridge, and deliver this to the L&N as one very long train. Here is one such train, stopped at the east end of the bridge, with nine engines: L&N GP35 1127, Auto-Train U36B's 4005 and 4007 (both new and on lease to the L&N), L&N GP38-2 4052, SP GP20 4069, SCL GP40 1567, SCL U30B's 1718 and 1717, and SCL GP35 1409 (approximate month and day) |
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3/15/1973 Upload Date: 3/6/2014 9:57:33 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
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Bridge,Action |
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SCL 1409(GP35) |
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| Title: |
Four Southern E-Units |
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Freshly-painted Southern E8A's 6911, 6909, 6912 and 6910 were at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal engine house, along with ICG E9A 4034 in Amtrak colors and NOUPT SW8 No. 3. The Southern units came in three days earlier on on 20-car special for a convention of the railroad's attorneys. |
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3/17/1973 Upload Date: 9/11/2010 3:32:14 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
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Yard |
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SOU 6910(E8A) |
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| Title: |
Three Southern E-Units. |
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Freshly-painted Southern E8A's 6914, 6915 and 6913 were at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, having come in three days earlier on on 15-car special for a convention of the railroad's attorneys. |
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3/17/1973 Upload Date: 9/11/2010 3:32:34 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
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Yard |
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SOU 6914(E8A) |
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| Title: |
Southern Passenger Special |
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Here was a trainload of Southern Railway attorneys leaving New Orleans for Atlanta – and points in between – on the Sunday morning after a convention in the CRESCENT CITY. The special consisted of E8A’s 6914, 6915 and 6913 with 15 cars: coach 842, office cars 9 and 2, coaches 819, 818 and 3789, coach-lounge 952, dining cars 3309 and 3869, coach-lounge 955, coaches 846, 3788, 816 and 823, and theater car 19 BUENA VISTA. The train had come in the previous Thursday evening, along with a 20-car train from Washington; but the Washington train had left at 11:30 the previous evening so its passengers could be at work on Monday morning. Notice the end door on Southern boxcar 40201. The photo was taken from the former Orleans Ave. grade crossing, near New Orleans Terminal Co. milepost 4. |
| Photo Date: |
3/18/1973 Upload Date: 2/28/2019 10:16:43 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
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SOU 6914(E8A) |
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| Title: |
Espee Engine Terminal |
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This view of the Southern Pacific's engine terminal at San Antonio included SD45T-2 9282, GP35 6553, NW2E 1309, RS11 2926 and GP35 6559. (date approximate) |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1973 Upload Date: 9/17/2010 10:32:02 PM |
| Location: |
San Antonio, TX |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
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Yard |
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SP 6553(GP35) |
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| Title: |
L&N Geeps on the MP |
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Louisville & Nashville GP38-2 4103 and GP35 1112 were laying over between transfer runs at the Missouri Pacific’s AVONDALE YARD, on the west side of the New Orleans area. These runs originated at the L&N’s GENTILLY YARD on the east side of New Orleans. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
5/15/1973 Upload Date: 2/4/2019 6:23:12 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
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Yard |
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LN 4103(GP38-2) LN 1112(GP35) |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Trains 59 and 1 |
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Four one-year-old SDP40F units were side-by-side at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. The 613 and 619 had just backed in with Train 59 - the southbound PANAMA LIMITED - while the 571 and 568 were waiting to leave at 1:00 with Train 1 – the westbound SUNSET. You could tell that the 571 was originally assigned to the SAN FRANCISCO ZEPHYR by the icicle breakers above its cab! The 613’s red emergency brake light was still on, and momentarily the PANAMA's power would head for the engine terminal where the crew would go off duty. (approximate date) |
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5/16/1973 Upload Date: 2/28/2019 1:02:41 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. |
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Passenger |
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AMTK 571(SDP40F) |
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| Title: |
SLSF U25B 802 |
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The St. Louis-San Francisco owned 32 U25B locomotives, and eight of them were early examples with high noses. SLSF 802 was built in December 1961 and was sent back to GE in September 1977 as credit for an order of B30-7's. |
| Photo Date: |
6/2/1973 Upload Date: 5/28/2018 10:46:53 AM |
| Location: |
Oklahoma City, OK |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
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Roster |
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SLSF 802(U25B) |
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| Title: |
ATSF F-Units |
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Santa Fe F-units 206C, 265A, 336A and 218A were being serviced at Amarillo, Texas. |
| Photo Date: |
6/13/1973 Upload Date: 8/7/2020 6:20:12 PM |
| Location: |
Amarillo, TX |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER photo |
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Yard |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Train No. 58 |
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Illinois Central Gulf E9A 2039 and Amtrak E8A 208 were on train No. 58, the northbound PANAMA LIMITED, in New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. The flat number boxes on the 2039 identify this as one of five former Florida East Coast E9A's (1031-1035) acquired by the Illinois Central from Precision National Corporation in 1969 as IC 2036-2040. The 2039 was one of at least six ICG E-units painted in Amtrak colors while on lease to the new railroad. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
7/1/1973 Upload Date: 8/16/2017 4:23:59 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
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ICG 2039(E9A) |
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