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By:Michael Palmieri
Dates:1/1/1900 - 12/31/2005
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The <I>REBEL</I>
Title:  The REBEL
Description:  I don’t know if this photographer was trying to get the sign in front of the Gentilly Theater or Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Train No. 1 – the southbound REBEL – but he managed to get both. This shot would have been taken at around 7 A.M. in about 1950 at the Southern Railway’s new overpass across Gentilly Blvd. (U.S. 90) in New Orleans. The double feature included IMPACT, which was released in the U.S. on 1 April 1949, and ELEPHANT BOY, which had been released here in April 1937. The REBEL was discontinued between Slidell and New Orleans on 8 March 1954 and the theater burned down in 1978.
Photo Date:  1/1/1950  Upload Date: 3/14/2024 8:22:03 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  unknown
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  107   Comments: 0
UP Transfer Run
Title:  UP Transfer Run
Description:  A quartet of Union Pacific B-Boats - 178, 111, 239 and 117 - lead a westbound transfer run down the HUEY P. LONG BRIDGE and into the railroad's AVONDALE YARD. All of these were former Missouri Pacific units, and no stranger to this location.
Photo Date:  4/17/1995  Upload Date: 5/11/2018 5:53:14 PM
Location:  Bridge City, LA
Author:  BILL LANG photo
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives:  UP 178(B23-7)
Views:  329   Comments: 0
Amtrak Train No. 1
Title:  Amtrak Train No. 1
Description:  Amtrak train No. 1 – the westbound SUNSET LIMITED – was descending the Huey P. Long Bridge behind B32-8WH units 518 and 514, which were still in their original paint scheme.
Photo Date:  8/21/1995  Upload Date: 9/20/2022 2:52:10 PM
Location:  McKee, PA
Author:  WILLIAM LANG image
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 514(B32-8WH)
Views:  228   Comments: 0
Southbound IC Train
Title:  Southbound IC Train
Description:  Illinois Central GP38-2 9635 and GP11 8703 were making their way through the refineries along the main line of Baton Rouge District at Good Hope, Louisiana. This former Yazoo & Mississippi Valley line runs from just north of Baton Rouge to just north of New Orleans.
Photo Date:  10/22/1995  Upload Date: 2/22/2024 11:35:24 AM
Location:  Manchac, LA
Author:  WILLIAM LANG
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  IC 9635(GP38-2) IC 8703(GP11)
Views:  204   Comments: 0
Southbound IC Train
Title:  Southbound IC Train
Description:  A pair of one-year-old Illinois Central SD70 units were on a southbound train crossing the trestle over Pass Manchac, Louisiana. The Pass connects Lake Maurepas (behind the photographer) with Lake Pontchartrain and the Gulf of Mexico.
Photo Date:  8/24/1996  Upload Date: 2/22/2024 11:33:54 AM
Location:  Manchac, LA
Author:  WILLIAM LANG
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  IC 1015(SD70) IC 1017(SD70)
Views:  276   Comments: 0
Orinoco Units
Title:  Orinoco Units
Description:  CVG (Corporacion Venezolana de Guayana) Ferrominera Orinoco C.A. units 1050, 1049 and 1051 were photographed at the Illinois Central's MAYS YARD near New Orleans. They spent most of January 1997 here waiting for their ship to come in so they could be shipped to their new home in Venezuela. The locomotives were built as Norfolk & Western high-nose SD35's 1557, 1554 and 1569 before being rebuilt into SD38-2TC units by VMV Enterprises. The IC finally delivered them to the New Orleans Public Belt on 23 January for movement to the Seventh Street Wharf. This state-owned operation was originally developed in the early 1950's by the U.S. Steel subsidiary Orinoco Mining Co. (approximate date)
Photo Date:  1/15/1997  Upload Date: 10/13/2017 5:07:25 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Bill Lang
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  ORINOCO 1050(SD38-2)
Views:  806   Comments: 1
KCS Train No. 53
Title:  KCS Train No. 53
Description:  Kansas City Southern train No. 53 was rolling off of the Morganza Floodway bridge and into Morganza, Louisiana behind SD40-2 661 and SD45T-2 4506. The train was bound for the CSX in New Orleans, and the first few cars on the train were solid fuel motor cars for a space shuttle flight, along with an escort car and a few spacer cars, all heading to the Kennedy Space Center.
Photo Date:  1/18/1997  Upload Date: 4/24/2018 6:09:39 PM
Location:  Morganza, LA
Author:  BILL LANG photo
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4506(SD45-3)
Views:  1006   Comments: 0
KCS Meet
Title:  KCS Meet
Description:  Kansas City Southern train No. 54 - with SD40M-2 610, GP40M-2 4775 and SD40M-2 608 - was meeting a a southbound train - with SD40M-2 618 and SD40-2 650 - near the west end of the Mississippi River bridge at Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Photo Date:  6/11/1997  Upload Date: 5/21/2018 1:15:36 PM
Location:  Lobdell Station, LA
Author:  BILL LANG photo
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 610(SD40-3) KCS 616(SD40-3)
Views:  724   Comments: 0
Amtrak Train 58
Title:  Amtrak Train 58
Description:  B32-8WH 514, B42’s 45 and 75, and F40 354 were on the northbound CITY OF NEW ORLEANS at Pass Manchac, Louisiana.
Photo Date:  7/4/1997  Upload Date: 8/28/2018 12:05:38 PM
Location:  Pass Manchac, LA
Author:  BILL LANG photo
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 514(B32-8WH) AMTK 75(P42DC)
Views:  1704   Comments: 0
BNSF 581 and LMX 8595
Title:  BNSF 581 and LMX 8595
Description:  BNSF B40-8W 581 was parked in the siding at Alvord, Texas (on the former Fort Worth & Denver) while LMX B39-8 8595 was passing on a westbound Z-train. Five days earlier, the 581 was the lead unit on train H-ALTBAR1-03 (Alliance, TX to Barstow, CA) when it ran into the rear of empty coal train E-SLPCAM3-11 here. The accident was caused by an obstruction in the brake line on H-ALTBAR, which had slowed to 20 mph, before the collision. Both crew members jumped prior to impact and received only minor injuries. The 581 was the Santa Fe’s second-to-last B40-8W, having been built in March 1992. It was subsequently repaired, retired in 2010 and sold to the Arkansas-Oklahoma Railroad. LMX 8595 was sold to Relco (RLCX) in June 2001 and was later NREX 8595.
Photo Date:  11/8/1997  Upload Date: 7/3/2022 10:09:05 AM
Location:  Alvord, TX
Author:  WILLIAM LANG collection
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 581(B40-8W) LMX 8595(B39-8E)
Views:  399   Comments: 0
NOPB
Title:  NOPB
Description:  New Orleans Public Belt SW1500 153 and SW1000 106 were parked at the railroad's engine terminal. The locomotive behind the 153 was Progress Rail SW900 8708, which was leased from this month through April 2000. It was originally Reading 1508 and then Conrail 8708.
Photo Date:  11/27/1997  Upload Date: 8/28/2018 6:08:57 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  BILL LANG photo
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  NOPB 153(SW1500) NOPB 106(SW1000)
Views:  469   Comments: 0
ATSF GP60M 111
Title:  ATSF GP60M 111
Description:  Santa Fe GP60M 111 was on a set of BNSF power laying over between runs at the New Orleans Public Belt’s COTTON WAREHOUSE YARD in New Orleans.
Photo Date:  4/4/1998  Upload Date: 9/7/2021 2:38:04 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  WILLIAM LANG image
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  ATSF 111(GP60M)
Views:  351   Comments: 0
Amtrak Train No. 59
Title:  Amtrak Train No. 59
Description:  Amtrak train No. 59 – the southbound CITY OF NEW ORLEANS – was heading across the Bonnet Carre’ Spillway on its way into New Orleans behind P40 units 813 and 803 with F40 281.
Photo Date:  2/6/2000  Upload Date: 9/19/2021 6:42:10 PM
Location:  La Branche, LA
Author:  WILLIAM LANG image
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 813(P40DC)
Views:  341   Comments: 0
CSX B30-7 5505
Title:  CSX B30-7 5505
Description:  CSX B30-7 5505 and B40-8 5955 (ex-Conrail 5071) were on a train at Ocean Springs, Mississippi.
Photo Date:  10/19/2000  Upload Date: 9/7/2021 3:01:14 PM
Location:  Ocean Springs, MS
Author:  WILLIAM LANG image
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  CSX 5505(B30-7)
Views:  412   Comments: 0
NS Action
Title:  NS Action
Description:  A northbound Norfolk Southern train with BNSF SD40 6322, SD40-2 7816 and NS C40-8W 8321 was meeting a southbound with Montana Rail Link SD45 329, NS SD40 1605 and UP B23-7 129 in front of the station in Meridian, Mississippi.
Photo Date:  10/21/2000  Upload Date: 3/18/2022 12:46:35 PM
Location:  Meridian, MS
Author:  WILLIAM LANG image
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6333(SD40-2) NS 1605(SD40)
Views:  271   Comments: 1
CSX 9000
Title:  CSX 9000
Description:  CSX C44-8W 9000 and SD60M 8771 were on a westbound covered hopper train passing the Avondale station sign at AVONDALE YARD, just west of New Orleans.
Photo Date:  12/22/2004  Upload Date: 5/15/2022 12:03:46 PM
Location:  Avondale, LA
Author:  WILLIAM LANG image
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 9000(C40-9W)
Views:  260   Comments: 0
SP Mk-5 745
Title:  SP Mk-5 745
Description:  Former Southern Pacific (Texas & New Orleans) Mikado 745 was heading west across the Huey P. Long Bridge at the beginning of its statewide tour. The locomotive was owned by the Louisiana Railway Heritage Trust and had been restored by the Louisiana Steam Train Association.
Photo Date:  4/2/2005  Upload Date: 2/5/2019 10:01:15 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  BILL LANG photo
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  734   Comments: 1
Huey P. Long Bridge
Title:  Huey P. Long Bridge
Description:  A New Orleans Public Belt bridge gang was working on the Huey P. Long Bridge. Notice the bathroom facility on the left.
Photo Date:  12/22/2005  Upload Date: 5/18/2022 10:20:10 AM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  WILLIAM LANG image
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives:  NOPB NONE(UNKNOWN)
Views:  135   Comments: 0
Huey P. Long Bridge
Title:  Huey P. Long Bridge
Description:  A New Orleans Public Belt bridge gang was working on the Huey P. Long Bridge.
Photo Date:  12/22/2005  Upload Date: 5/18/2022 10:21:07 AM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  WILLIAM LANG image
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives:  NOPB NONE(UNKNOWN)
Views:  130   Comments: 0
Huey P. Long Bridge
Title:  Huey P. Long Bridge
Description:  A New Orleans Public Belt bridge gang was working on the Huey P. Long Bridge.
Photo Date:  12/22/2005  Upload Date: 5/18/2022 10:21:32 AM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  WILLIAM LANG image
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives:  NOPB NONE(UNKNOWN)
Views:  137   Comments: 0
CN-IC Grain Train
Title:  CN-IC Grain Train
Description:  A southbound Canadian National grain train was crossing Pass Manchac behind Illinois Central SD70 units 1009 and 1003. The train was on its way to one of the grain elevators along the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Baton Rouge.
Photo Date:  2/3/2006  Upload Date: 8/17/2022 9:54:52 AM
Location:  Manchac, LA
Author:  WILLIAM LANG image
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  IC 1009(SD70)
Views:  284   Comments: 0
KCS GP40-3 2811
Title:  KCS GP40-3 2811
Description:  The late-afternoon winter sun was illuminating Kansas City Southern GP40-3 2811 as it was leaving the railroad’s WEST YARD just outside of New Orleans with a transfer run for the New Orleans Public Belt’s COTTON WAREHOUSE YARD. The locomotive had been built in June 1966 as Western Pacific GP40 3507 and was renumbered Union Pacific 656 in May 1984. It was retired in April 1993, was upgraded by Morrison-Knudsen into KCS GP40-3 4770 that November, and was subsequently renumbered 2811. The former New York Central lounge car on the right was privately owned.
Photo Date:  12/9/2006  Upload Date: 5/15/2022 12:10:05 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  WILLIAM LANG image
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 2811(GP40-3)
Views:  222   Comments: 0
KCS GP40-2LW 2919
Title:  KCS GP40-2LW 2919
Description:  Kansas City Southern GP40-2LW 2919 was parked at Gulfport, Mississippi. The locomotive had been built in September 1974 as Canadian National 9496. It was upgraded and fitted with dynamic brakes by the Livingston Rebuild Center in 1996 as KCS 4721, and was subsequently renumbered 2919.
Photo Date:  12/26/2006  Upload Date: 5/15/2022 12:07:41 PM
Location:  Gulfport, MS
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  KCS 2911(GP40-3)
Views:  284   Comments: 0
KCS GP40-3 2854
Title:  KCS GP40-3 2854
Description:  Kansas City Southern GP40-3 2854 was parked at Gulfport, Mississippi. The locomotive had been built in August 1971 as B&O GP40 4041 and it was subsequently CSX 6616. It was upgraded by VMV as KCS GP40-3 4750 (2nd) in June 1994, and was later renumbered the 2854.
Photo Date:  12/26/2006  Upload Date: 5/15/2022 12:05:41 PM
Location:  Gulfport, MS
Author:  WILLIAM LANG image
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  KCS 2854(GP40-3)
Views:  165   Comments: 0
Amtrak Train 58
Title:  Amtrak Train 58
Description:  P30CH units 711 and 704, along with F40 314, were on the northbound CITY OF NEW ORLEANS at Pass Manchac, Louisiana with seven cars.
Photo Date:  9/23/1979  Upload Date: 8/28/2018 12:12:01 PM
Location:  Pass Manchac, LA
Author:  BILL LANG photo
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 711(P30CH) AMTK 704(P30CH) AMTK 314(F40PHR)
Views:  687   Comments: 0


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