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SP (T&NO) Train No. 834 |
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Southern Pacific (Texas & New Orleans) train No. 834 was on its way from Alexandria to Lafayette, Louisiana behind locomotive 480 and was at Carencro, seven miles north of its destination. The 480 was an M-9 class Mogul built by Alco’s Brooks Works in 1908 as Cananea, Rio Yaqui y Pacifico 514. It became Houston & Texas Central 556 in 1912, then Texas & New Orleans 556 in 1934, then T&NO 480 in July 1950 and was sold for scrap to Commercial Metals in Houston in May1955. (Colorized by Photoshop-approximate date of photo) |
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1/1/1953 Upload Date: 1/28/2023 3:23:00 PM |
| Location: |
Carencro, LA |
| Author: |
LEO PERSICK image |
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Steam,Action |
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SP 840(2-6-0) TNO 840(2-6-0) |
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ALY CF7 304 |
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This CF7 was parked on the Louisiana & Delta near the railroad’s shop in New Iberia, Louisiana. It was originally Santa Fe F7A 264L, built in August 1951, and the ATSF rebuilt it into CF7 2521 in May 1974. It was traded-in to GE in December 1984 and went to the Blue Mountain & Reading in March 1985, became Allegheny Railroad (ALY) 104 and then Allegheny & Eastern 304 before moving to the Louisiana & Delta in July 1993. It operated on the L&D as ALY 304 for a while before being renumbered 1506, and was scrapped at New Iberia in October 2010. |
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10/12/2001 Upload Date: 3/29/2022 12:47:48 PM |
| Location: |
New Iberia, LA |
| Author: |
LEO PERSICK |
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Roster |
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KCS Red River Bridge |
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This is the Kansas City Southern bridge across the Red River at Latanier, Louisiana, as seen from the west side of the river. The bridge was built as a part of the Federal project to create a navigation channel 9 feet deep and 200 feet wide between the Mississippi River and Shreveport. The government was going to replace the railroad’s existing swing span between Alexandria and Pineville – which had been built in 1901 – with a vertical lift span; but the railroad wanted a high-level fixed bridge, so this structure was built four miles south of Alexandria. Trains began using this bridge in January 1996 and the old bridge was removed in April-May 1996. |
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3/19/2003 Upload Date: 7/31/2022 12:09:05 PM |
| Location: |
Latanier, LA |
| Author: |
LEO PERSICK |
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Bridge |
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| Title: |
BNSF Q-LACNWO |
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The morning sun was reflecting off of BNSF C44-9W 5305 as it awaited a meet in the siding at Crowley, Louisiana on intermodal train Q-LACNWO (Los Angeles-New Orleans). |
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6/22/2003 Upload Date: 9/20/2022 3:00:14 PM |
| Location: |
Crowley, LA |
| Author: |
LEO PERSICK image |
| Categories: |
Action |
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BNSF 5305(C44-9W) |
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| Title: |
UP Train M-AVBT |
| Description: |
CSX SD70MAC 786 and First Union Rail (FURX) SD40M-2 3039 were on westbound Union Pacific train M-AVBT (Avondale to Beaumont) at New Iberia, Louisiana. The 786 was originally Conrail 4141, then CSX 786 and then CSX 4586. GCFX 3039 was originally B&O SD40 7482, then CNJ 3061, CR 6285, EMDX 6425 and then FURX 3039. |
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7/7/2003 Upload Date: 12/23/2022 3:30:34 PM |
| Location: |
New Iberia, LA |
| Author: |
LEO PERSICK image |
| Categories: |
Action |
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CSX 786(SD70MAC) |
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| Title: |
NO&GC FP10 1105 |
| Description: |
New Orleans & Gulf Coast FP10 1105 was parked in the Union Pacific’s AVONDALE YARD, at the west end of the Huey P. Long Bridge. It was awaiting movement from the NO&GC to the Idaho Northern & Pacific (INPR) and was subsequently scrapped in 2010. This unit was originally Gulf, Mobile & Ohio F3A 801B and was upgraded by the Illinois Central Gulf into Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority FP10 1105 in 1978. |
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9/20/2003 Upload Date: 1/11/2024 11:54:21 AM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
LEO PERSICK image |
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Roster |
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NOGC 1105(FP10) |
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| Title: |
NCRC FP10 1150 and NOGC 1105 |
| Description: |
Nebraska Central (NCRC) FP10 1150 and New Orleans & Gulf Coast (NOGC) FP10 1105 were parked in the Union Pacific’s AVONDALE YARD, at the west end of the Huey P. Long Bridge, awaiting movement from the NO&GC to the Idaho Northern & Pacific (INPR). These units were originally Gulf, Mobile & Ohio F3A units 801B and 885A, and were upgraded by the Illinois Central Gulf into Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority FP10's 1105 and 1150 in 1978. |
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9/20/2003 Upload Date: 1/11/2024 11:53:25 AM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
LEO PERSICK image |
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Scenic |
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NCRC 1150(FP10) NOGC 1105(FP10) |
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| Title: |
MPEX MP2000C 6201 |
| Description: |
Motive Power Industries MPEX MP2000C demonstrator 6201 was on the BNSF at Lafayette, Louisiana. The locomotive had arrived on New Orleans Public Belt from Houston on 25 August 2003 on a 30-day lease to see if the NOPB was interested in buying it; but they weren’t. It left for Houston on the BNSF on 22 October 2003 and was set out at Lafayette because of an air brake problem. The 6201 was built on the frame of an SD35 which had been built in January 1965 as Southern Pacific 4828. The unit was quickly renumbered 6912, rebuilt into SD35R 6951 in 1974, renumbered 3102 in 1980 and then 2958 in 1993. It was retired 1995, sold to Progress Rail in 1996 and ended up at Boise Locomotive in1998 where it was rebuilt into the 6201. When Wabtec closed the Boise plant in 2020, the 6201 was being used as an Emissions Test Bed, and it was scrapped there during January 2022. (approximate date of image) |
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10/1/2003 Upload Date: 1/1/2023 6:24:53 PM |
| Location: |
Lafayette, LA |
| Author: |
LEO PERSICK image |
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Roster |
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| Title: |
AAPRCO Special |
| Description: |
The 2003 convention of the American Association of Private Railroad Car Owners was held in New Orleans, and one of the activities was a trip over the New Orleans Public Belt for 10 of the 30 cars which attended. Here is the eastbound special descending the HUEY P. LONG BRIDGE on its way back to New Orleans with NOPB MP2000D 2002 CRESCENT, private car CHAPEL HILL, Northern Pacific VISTA DOME, sleeper BIRCH GROVE, private car OLIVER HAZARD PERRY, sleeper-lounge NORTHERN DREAMS, dome cars NORTHERN SKY, SIERRA HOTEL and PUGET SOUND, private cars GEORGIA 300 and HENRY E. HUNTINGTON and NOPB MP1500D 1501 BLACK MAGIC. |
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10/3/2003 Upload Date: 3/29/2022 12:32:24 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
LEO PERSICK |
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Bridge,Passenger,Action |
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| Title: |
UTLX 25111 and AKDN 3018 |
| Description: |
Union Tank Car Co. 65-ton General Electric locomotive 25111 was at S&I Locomotive in Opelousas, Louisiana with Acadiana Railway GP30 3018. The little GE was used at the Union Tank Car Co. car repair shop on the Acadiana in Ville Platte, Louisiana. |
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5/29/2004 Upload Date: 5/15/2022 12:18:39 PM |
| Location: |
Opelousas, LA |
| Author: |
LEO PERSICK |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
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UTLX 25111(65Tonner ) AKDN 3018(GP30) |
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| Title: |
AMTK B-32WH 511 |
| Description: |
Amtrak B32-8WH 511 was on Train No. 2 – the eastbound SUNSET LIMITED – at Lafayette, Louisiana. |
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3/20/2005 Upload Date: 11/14/2022 11:06:11 AM |
| Location: |
Lafayette, LA |
| Author: |
LEO PERSICK image |
| Categories: |
Roster |
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AMTK 511(B32-8WH) |
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| Title: |
SP (T&NO) Mk-5 745 |
| Description: |
Former Southern Pacific (Texas & New Orleans) Mikado 745 and its 4-car exhibit train were stopped on the BNSF (former SP) at Schriever, Louisiana, on the first day of its tour around Louisiana and part of Mississippi. The locomotive was owned by the Louisiana Railway Heritage Trust and had been restored by the Louisiana Steam Train Association. |
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4/2/2005 Upload Date: 5/10/2022 10:20:56 AM |
| Location: |
Schriever, LA |
| Author: |
LEO PERSICK |
| Categories: |
Station,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
SP 745(2-8-2) TNO 745(2-8-2) |
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| Title: |
SP (T&NO) Mk-5 745 |
| Description: |
Former Southern Pacific (Texas & New Orleans) Mikado 745 and its 4-car exhibit train were heading west on the BNSF (former SP) at Baldwin, Louisiana. The train had just crossed the Charenton Drainage and Navigation Canal (M.P. 104.1) on the first day of its tour around Louisiana and part of Mississippi. When this drawbridge was built in 1941 the main line of the Southern Pacific was double-tracked between Bayou Sale (milepost 95.6) and Cade, Louisiana (M.P. 132.1). The second track was removed in the early 1950's, and this bridge now provides the only evidence that there was once double track along this line. The train was owned by the Louisiana Railway Heritage Trust and had been restored by the Louisiana Steam Train Association. |
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4/2/2005 Upload Date: 5/10/2022 10:21:48 AM |
| Location: |
Baldwin, LA |
| Author: |
LEO PERSICK |
| Categories: |
Steam,Action |
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SP 745(2-8-2) TNO 745(2-8-2) |
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| Title: |
UP GP40P-2 1375 |
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Union Pacific 1375 was wearing a nasty patched paint scheme at Lake Charles, Louisiana on 21 August 2005. It had been built in November 1974 as Southern Pacific 3199, and was one of only three GP40P-2 units (SP 3197-3199) ever produced. This unit had its steam generator removed, received a larger fuel tank and was renumbered second 7602 in June 1985. (First 7602 was a Cotton Belt GP40 that had been upgraded into GP40-2 7961 in February 1982.) SP 7602 was assigned UP number 5274 in September 1997, but not but not renumbered before the railroad’s renumbering plan changed. It was assigned 1374 in December 1999, but was renumbered 1375 in August 2001 because the number 1374 was still occupied by an MP15DC which had not yet been renumbered Y1374. UP 1375 was repainted yellow on 7 October 2007 and upgraded into a GP40N in March 2019. |
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8/21/2005 Upload Date: 7/31/2022 12:07:24 PM |
| Location: |
Lake Charles, LA |
| Author: |
LEO PERSICK |
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Roster |
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UP 1375(GP40P-2) |
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| Title: |
CSX C44-8W 7748 Westbound |
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A run-through train from the CSX to the Union Pacific was rolling off of the BNSF’s Berwick Bay bridge, through a floodgate and into the siding at Berwick, Louisiana. The signs tell us that this is 81 miles from the former Southern Pacific yard at Algiers, the BNSF identifies this location as the ATCHAFALAYA RIVER DB and the speed limit on the bridge is 25 MPH. The photo was taken from BNSF train M-LALNWO. |
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6/20/2006 Upload Date: 6/6/2023 12:57:03 PM |
| Location: |
Berwick, LA |
| Author: |
LEO PERSICK image |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
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CSX 7748(C40-8W) |
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| Title: |
BNSF SDP40 6327 |
| Description: |
BNSF SDP40 6327 was at Lafayette, Louisiana on Lafayette-to-Temple, Texas train H-LALTPL. It was one of only three units of this model on BNSF. The SDP40 was a rather rare model, as only 20 examples built: six as Great Northern 320-325 in 1966 and 14 as Nacionales de Mexico 8522-8535 in 1968 and 1970. The GN units were renumbered Burlington Northern 9850-9855 and then 6394-6399; although 6397 was temporarily renumbered1976 during the nation’s bicentennial. The 6394-6396 were retired before the BNSF merger, but BN 6397-6399 became BNSF 6325-6327. This unit was retired in June 2008 and donated to the Minnesota Transportation Museum for restoration as GN 325. |
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7/8/2006 Upload Date: 5/18/2022 10:27:34 AM |
| Location: |
Lafayette, LA |
| Author: |
LEO PERSICK |
| Categories: |
Roster |
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BNSF 6327(SDP40) |
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| Title: |
M.A. Patout & Son Critter |
| Description: |
This critter was parked at the M.A. Patout & Son sugar mill in Patoutville, Louisiana next to the company’s Cardinal track scale. It was coupled to Transportation Equipment, Inc. tank car TEIX 327, a 20,926-gallon car built by ACF in October 1979. |
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8/9/2007 Upload Date: 5/15/2022 12:21:19 PM |
| Location: |
Patoutville, LA |
| Author: |
LEO PERSICK |
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Roster |
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PATOUT NONE(UNKNOWN) |
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| Title: |
LDRR GP10 1850 |
| Description: |
Louisiana & Delta GP10 1850 was tied up at Schriever, Louisiana, with the Highway 20 overpass in the background. |
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8/16/2007 Upload Date: 11/14/2022 11:03:54 AM |
| Location: |
Schriever, LA |
| Author: |
LEO PERSICK image |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
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LDRR 1850(GP10) |
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| Title: |
BNSF M-CSXLAL |
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BNSF train M-CSXLAL was stopped on the West High Curve of the Huey P. Long Bridge, behind a Union Pacific train. This train originated at the CSX GENTILLY YARD on the east side of New Orleans and terminated in Lafayette, Louisiana. |
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8/27/2007 Upload Date: 5/10/2022 10:14:29 AM |
| Location: |
Bridge City, LA |
| Author: |
LEO PERSICK |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
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BNSF 4833(C44-9W) |
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| Title: |
M.A. Patout 0-4-0T |
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This 36-inch gauge 0-4-0T was built by H.K. Porter as serial number 6458 for M.A. Patout & Son, Ltd. and has been at ENTREPRISE PLANTATION at Patoutville, Louisiana for over 100 years. This locomotive was built in September 1920 and was the last steam engine built for a Louisiana plantation railroad. |
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10/5/2007 Upload Date: 3/29/2022 12:35:39 PM |
| Location: |
Patoutville, LA |
| Author: |
LEO PERSICK |
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Steam |
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| Title: |
M.A. Patout SW9 1825 |
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M.A. Patout & Son SW9 1825 was at the company’s ENTERPRISE PLANTATION sugar mill at Patoutville, Louisiana. The locomotive had been built in October 1953 as Pittsburg & Shawmut 234 and was renumbered P&S 1891 in 1975. It arrived at Patoutville in October 1996 and was repainted at the Louisiana & Delta’s shop in New Iberia in May 1997. It was pictured here 10 years later, in a well-weathered condition. |
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10/5/2007 Upload Date: 3/29/2022 12:39:52 PM |
| Location: |
Patoutville, LA |
| Author: |
LEO PERSICK |
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Scenic |
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| Title: |
M.A. Patout SW9 1825 |
| Description: |
M.A. Patout & Son SW9 1825 was at the company’s ENTERPRISE PLANTATION sugar mill at Patoutville, Louisiana. The locomotive had been built in October 1953 as Pittsburg & Shawmut 234 and was renumbered P&S 1891 in 1975. It arrived at Patoutville in October 1996 and was repainted at the Louisiana & Delta’s shop in New Iberia in May 1997. It was pictured here 10 years later, in a well-weathered condition. |
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10/5/2007 Upload Date: 3/29/2022 12:44:55 PM |
| Location: |
Patoutville, LA |
| Author: |
LEO PERSICK |
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Roster |
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| Title: |
M.A. PATOUT & SON 0-4-0 |
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This was the builder’s plate on H.K. Porter serial number 6458, a 36-inch gauge 0-4-0T built for M.A. Patout & Son, Ltd. This loco been at ENTREPRISE PLANTATION in Patoutville, Louisiana for over 100 years. It was built in September 1920 and was the last steam engine built for a Louisiana plantation railroad. |
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10/5/2007 Upload Date: 8/17/2022 9:32:39 AM |
| Location: |
Patoutville, LA |
| Author: |
LEO PERSICK |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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PATOUT ?(0-4-0T) |
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CN SD75I 5676 |
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Canadian National SD75I 5676 was leading a southbound train through McComb, Mississippi. The tall object on the right was the top of the coaling tower built in 1947, but it was only used for 10 years before all steam operations ended. |
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5/10/2008 Upload Date: 7/31/2022 12:02:45 PM |
| Location: |
McComb, MS |
| Author: |
LEO PERSICK |
| Categories: |
Action |
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CN 5676(SD75I) |
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| Title: |
DODX 12-wheel flat car 40365 |
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Department of Defense 12-wheel flat car DODX 40365 was parked in the BNSF yard at Lafayette, Louisiana carrying an M88 armored vehicle. The car had been built by Ortner in 1985, with a LD LMT of 301,700 pounds, a LT WT of 92,800 pounds and a gross rail load of 394,500 pounds. |
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6/18/2008 Upload Date: 5/15/2022 12:28:40 PM |
| Location: |
Lafayette, LA |
| Author: |
LEO PERSICK |
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RollingStock |
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| Title: |
BNSF 7435 and LDRR 1500 |
| Description: |
A pair of Louisiana & Delta CF7’s assigned to the railroad’s BREAUX BRIDGE JOB were at the BNSF yard in Lafayette, Louisiana next to BNSF ES44DC 7435 on train M-LALNWO (Lafayette to New Orleans). |
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3/23/2010 Upload Date: 5/18/2022 10:30:14 AM |
| Location: |
Lafayette, LA |
| Author: |
LEO PERSICK |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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BNSF 7435(ES44DC) LDRR 1500(CF7) |
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| Title: |
DSRR CF7 Units 100 and 101 |
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Delta Southern CF7’s 100 (nearest to the camera) and 101 were rusting away at Talla Bena, Louisiana. The railroad acquired eight CF7’s when it began operating in January 1989, and these were replaced with four former Canadian Pacific geeps in October 2015 |
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1/29/2015 Upload Date: 5/10/2022 10:17:27 AM |
| Location: |
Talla Bena, LA |
| Author: |
LEO PERSICK |
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Scenic |
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DSRR 100(CF7) |
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A&M T6 14 |
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Arkansas & Missouri Alco T6 14 was switching the container yard at Graphic Packaging in West Monroe, Louisiana. The A&M’s subsidiary, A&M Switching Services, had the switching contract there. The locomotive had been built in September 1959 as Norfolk & Western 43 and was retired by the Norfolk Southern in November 1985. It went to the Maryland & Delaware as the 14 before being acquired by the A&M. |
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1/29/2015 Upload Date: 9/20/2022 2:50:04 PM |
| Location: |
West Monroe, LA |
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LEO PERSICK image |
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Roster |
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AM 14(T6) |
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| Title: |
AKDN GP30 3018 |
| Description: |
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. |
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4/21/2015 Upload Date: 7/31/2022 12:05:28 PM |
| Location: |
Opelousas, LA |
| Author: |
LEO PERSICK |
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Roster |
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AKDN 3018(GP30) |
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| Title: |
AEX SSB1200 100015 |
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AEX 100015 was outside the S&I Locomotive shop in Opelousas, Louisiana. The loco had been built in December 1953 as Santa Fe SW9 2437 and it was upgraded by the railroad into SSB1200 1237 in March 1974. It was retired in December 1984 and sold to Railcar, Ltd., who leased it to shortline holding company RailTex. It initially operated in modified Santa Fe paint but lettered San Diego & Imperial Valley, then Texas & New Mexico and then TNER (Texas Northeastern); but on 4 October 1992 it arrived on the New Orleans Lower Coast (NOLR) in this very paint job. The paint scheme was designed by Mike Palmieri in a contest held by the railroad’s first general manager, Ted Proctor. The loco left New Orleans in April 1998 and did not return for over 16 years! RailTex’s lease with Railcar was assumed by Railamerica in February 2000 and then by Genesee & Wyoming Industries in December 2012. Meanwhile, Railcar sold the unit to The Andersons (AEX) in 2004; but it continued to move around as NOLR 1237 until its lease expired and it was relettered AEX. It returned to Louisiana in March 2015 looking like this, wearing the same paint job it had received in 1992, and went to S&I where it became SILX 12. |
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4/21/2015 Upload Date: 1/13/2024 5:39:03 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
LEO PERSICK image |
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Roster |
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AEX 100015(SSB1200) |
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| Title: |
DSRR GP9u 1555 |
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Delta Southern geep 1555 was switching the Angus Chemical Co. plant in Sterlington, Louisiana, at the north end of the railroad’s 14-mile line from Monroe. The railroad also had a 37-mile line between Tallulah and Lake Providence. Both are former Missouri Pacific lines. |
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1/20/2017 Upload Date: 5/18/2022 10:39:18 AM |
| Location: |
Sterlington, LA |
| Author: |
LEO PERSICK |
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Action |
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DSRR 1555(GP9u) |
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| Title: |
Lookout Mountain Incline Railway |
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Here was an un-numbered open-platform cable car on the Lookout Mountain Incline Railway. It was one of two cars been built in 1987 by Hall Industries of Ellwood City, Pennsylvania and these were replaced in March 2020 with new ones manufactured by Brookville Equipment Corporation in Brookville, Pennsylvania. The new cars did not have open platforms, and provided more headroom and larger windows. |
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12/4/2017 Upload Date: 8/17/2022 9:34:40 AM |
| Location: |
Chattanooga, TN |
| Author: |
LEO PERSICK |
| Categories: |
Track |
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LOOKOUT NOUNTAIN(UNKNOWN) |
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| Title: |
SRCX Covered Hopper 802 |
| Description: |
Tokai Carbon Co. car SRCX 802 was photographed at the Tokai plant in Addis, Louisiana. Tokai acquired Sid Richardson Carbon in 2018, along with its car fleet, thus the SRCX reporting mark on this car. This 5800-cubic-foot car had been built by Thrall Car Manufacturing Co. in 1971. It had a LD LMT of 159,500 pounds and a LT WT of 60,500 pounds for a gross rail load of 220,000 pounds. |
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4/15/2018 Upload Date: 5/23/2022 12:22:30 PM |
| Location: |
Addis, LA |
| Author: |
LEO PERSICK |
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RollingStock |
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SRCX Covered Hopper 871 |
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Tokai Carbon Co. car SRCX 871 was photographed at the Tokai plant in Addis, Louisiana. Tokai acquired Sid Richardson Carbon in 2018, along with its car fleet, thus the SRCX reporting mark on the car. This 5800-cubic-foot car had been built by Thrall Car Manufacturing Co. in 1975. It had a LD LMT of 159,600 pounds and a LT WT of 60,400 pounds for a gross rail load of 220,000 pounds. |
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4/15/2018 Upload Date: 5/23/2022 12:27:17 PM |
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Addis, LA |
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LEO PERSICK |
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SRCX Covered Hopper 930 |
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Tokai Carbon Co. car SRCX 930 was photographed at the Tokai plant in Addis, Louisiana. Tokai acquired Sid Richardson Carbon in 2018, along with its car fleet, thus the SRCX reporting mark on the car. This 5800-cubic-foot car had been built by Thrall Car Manufacturing Co. in 1980. It had a LD LMT of 160,100 pounds and a LT WT of 59,900 pounds for a gross rail load of 220,000 pounds. |
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4/15/2018 Upload Date: 5/23/2022 12:28:40 PM |
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Addis, LA |
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LEO PERSICK |
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SRCX Covered Hopper 969 |
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Tokai Carbon Co. car SRCX 969 was photographed at the Tokai plant in Addis, Louisiana. Tokai acquired Sid Richardson Carbon in 2018, along with its car fleet, thus the SRCX reporting mark on this car. This 5750-cubic-foot car had been built by Thrall Car Manufacturing Co. in November 1990. It had a LD LMT of 159,200 pounds and a LT WT of 60,800 pounds for a gross rail load of 220,000 pounds. |
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4/15/2018 Upload Date: 5/23/2022 12:30:16 PM |
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Addis, LA |
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LEO PERSICK |
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| Title: |
SRCX Covered Hopper 2113 |
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Tokai Carbon Co. car SRCX 2113 was photographed at the Tokai plant in Addis, Louisiana. Tokai acquired Sid Richardson Carbon in 2018, along with its car fleet, thus the SRCX reporting mark on this car. This 4727-cubic-foot car had been built by Thrall Car Manufacturing Co. in 1996. It had a LD LMT of 164,100 pounds and a LT WT of 55,900 pounds for a gross rail load of 220,000 pounds. |
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4/15/2018 Upload Date: 5/23/2022 12:31:31 PM |
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Addis, LA |
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LEO PERSICK |
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SRCX Covered Hopper 3038 |
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Tokai Carbon Co. car SRCX 3038 was photographed at the Tokai plant in Addis, Louisiana. Tokai acquired Sid Richardson Carbon in 2018, along with its car fleet, thus the SRCX reporting mark on this car. This 4727-cubic-foot car had been built by Thrall Car Manufacturing Co. in 2000. It had a LD LMT of 163,600 pounds and a LT WT of 56,400 pounds for a gross rail load of 220,000 pounds. |
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4/15/2018 Upload Date: 5/23/2022 12:33:23 PM |
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Addis, LA |
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LEO PERSICK |
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| Title: |
SRCX Covered Hopper 4094 |
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Tokai Carbon Co. car SRCX 4094 was photographed at the Tokai plant in Addis, Louisiana. Tokai acquired Sid Richardson Carbon in 2018, along with its car fleet, thus the SRCX reporting mark on this car. This 4575-cubic-foot car had been built by ACF in 2005. It had a LD LMT of 228,250 pounds and a LT WT of 57,750 pounds for a gross rail load of 220,000 pounds. |
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4/15/2018 Upload Date: 5/23/2022 12:34:51 PM |
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Addis, LA |
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LEO PERSICK |
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BRCX SW1200 8050 and CLCX S4m 98106 |
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This was Bunge’s grain elevator at Destrehan, Louisiana, as photographed from the Mississippi River levee. SW1200 8050 was serial number 19537, built in August 1954 as Oliver Iron Mining 943 and then it went to U.S. Steel’s Fairless Works as second 22. U.S.S. sold it to McHugh Brothers, then it went to Bunge at Marks, Mississippi and then it moved to Destrehan when the Marks elevator was razed. The other unit was CLCX (Chattahoochee Locomotive Corp.) 98106, a former Alco S4 which had been repowered by Johnson Railway Service. This elevator was opened in 1961 and is served by the Canadian National. |
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6/13/2018 Upload Date: 10/22/2023 11:36:49 AM |
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Destrehan, LA |
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| Title: |
BRCX SW1200 8050 |
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Bunge SW1200 8050 was at the company’s grain elevator along the Mississippi River at Destrehan, Louisiana. The locomotive was serial number 19537, built in August 1954 as Oliver Iron Mining 943 and then it went to U.S. Steel’s Fairless Works as second 22. U.S.S. sold it to McHugh Brothers, then it went to Bunge at Marks, Mississippi and then it moved to Destrehan when the Marks elevator was razed. |
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6/13/2018 Upload Date: 10/22/2023 12:05:25 PM |
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Destrehan, LA |
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CLCX S4m 98106 |
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This blue locomotive at Bunge’s grain elevator along the Mississippi River at Destrehan, Louisiana is lettered BUNGE NORTH AMERICA but it is also lettered CLCX (Chattahoochee Locomotive Corp.) 98106. This was an Alco S4 which had been repowered by Johnson Railway Service. This elevator was opened in 1961 and is served by the Canadian National. |
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6/13/2018 Upload Date: 10/22/2023 11:33:49 AM |
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Destrehan, LA |
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| Title: |
UP Gondola 31077 |
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Union Pacific gondola 31077 was parked on the UP at Addis, Louisiana. This car had a LD LMT of 159,600 pounds and a LT WT 60,400 pounds for a gross rail load of 220,000 pounds, and had been built in June 1966. |
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10/11/2018 Upload Date: 7/31/2022 11:53:31 AM |
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Addis, LA |
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LEO PERSICK |
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| Title: |
MP Covered Hopper 723592 |
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Missouri Pacific covered hopper 723592 was parked on the Union Pacific at Addis, Louisiana. This 4600-cubic-foot car had a LD LMT of 201,200 pounds and a LT WT 61,800 pounds for a gross rail load of 263,000 pounds. |
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10/11/2018 Upload Date: 7/31/2022 11:53:00 AM |
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Addis, LA |
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LEO PERSICK |
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| Title: |
MSE SW900 4301 |
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Mississippi Export SW900 4301 was parked next to the railroad’s shop building at Moss Point, Mississippi. The locomotive had been built in September 1960 as Corinth & Counce (CCR) 901, became TennRail (TNR) 901, and then went to the Kansas City Southern when that railroad acquired MidSouth Rail and its subsidiaries. It was eventually renumbered KCS 4301 and went to the Mississippi Export in February 2009, where it is available for lease to industries needing a switch engine. This was actually the second KCS loco to be numbered 4301; the first was an SW7 which had been built in October 1950 as the 1301, then renumbered 4301 in 1973 and sold for scrap in 1986. |
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1/26/2019 Upload Date: 12/23/2022 3:26:26 PM |
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Moss Point, MS |
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MSE 4301(SW1000) |
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| Title: |
GLFX Hopper Car 8082 |
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Gulf Power Co. car GLFX 8082 was at the Mississippi Export shop in Moss Point, Mississippi. This was a 4200-cubic-foot AutoFlood III rapid discharge hopper car built by FreightCar America in October 2008. |
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1/26/2019 Upload Date: 9/20/2024 3:56:48 PM |
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Moss Point, MS |
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| Title: |
GLFX Hopper Car 8082 |
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This was a detail shot of Gulf Power Co. car GLFX 8082 taken at the Mississippi Export shop in Moss Point, Mississippi. This was a 4200-cubic-foot AutoFlood III rapid discharge hopper car built by FreightCar America in October 2008. The discharge shoe in in the retracted position just below the yellow rectangle on the right. Notice the warning in the blue rectangle on the left for cars with unretracted shoes. |
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1/26/2019 Upload Date: 9/20/2024 3:58:10 PM |
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Moss Point, MS |
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NOPB 4001 and 4004 |
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A pair of the New Orleans Public Belt’s four short-lived C40-8 units were on a westbound train running along the Mississippi River behind Children’s Hospital in New Orleans. NOPB 4001 and 4004 were originally Norfolk Southern 8750 and 8760, and had been acquired from General Electric in 2018; but all four of these (NOPB 4001-4004) were retired in 2020 when the railroad leased a fleet of GP38-2’s from GATX Corp. |
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12/14/2019 Upload Date: 9/20/2022 2:50:46 PM |
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New Orleans, LA |
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NOPB 4001(C40-8) |
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| Title: |
MSE SW900 4301 |
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Mississippi Export SW900 4301 was parked next to the railroad’s shop building at Moss Point, Mississippi. The locomotive had been built in September 1960 as Corinth & Counce (CCR) 901, became TennRail (TNR) 901, and then went to the Kansas City Southern when that railroad acquired MidSouth Rail and its subsidiaries. It was eventually renumbered KCS 4301 and went to the Mississippi Export in February 2009, where it is available for lease to industries needing a switch engine. This was actually the second KCS loco to be numbered 4301; the first was an SW7 which had been built in October 1950 as the 1301, then renumbered 4301 in 1973 and sold for scrap in 1986. |
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4/1/2021 Upload Date: 12/23/2022 3:27:42 PM |
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Moss Point, MS |
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MSE 4301(SW1000) |
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MSE GP50 68 |
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Mississippi Export GP50 68 BIG DADDY was parked outside the railroad’s shop at Moss Point, Mississippi. The locomotive had been built in May 1980 as Chicago & North Western 5052 and was renumbered Union Pacific 901 in March 1996, then it was assigned UP 5511 but not renumbered, and was renumbered UP 1611 in April 2002. After it was retired on 30 September 2002, it became First Union Rail as (FURX) 2902, then National Railway Equipment Co. (NREX) 2902, and went to the Mississippi Export in May 2015. |
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4/1/2021 Upload Date: 5/23/2022 12:37:13 PM |
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Moss Point, MS |
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MSE 68(GP50) |
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