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| Title: |
SP SW9E 2299 |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific upgraded SW9 2299 and a caboose were parked on the tie-up track in Raceland, Louisiana. The locomotive and caboose that were based here switched at Raceland and worked the Lockport Branch. The little building to the left of the locomotive housed the ice machine, while the larger structure -- with the fire extinguisher -- was a combination dressing room/shower/restroom. The bulkhead flat car was on the team track with a load for either Raceland Lumber or Robicheaux Lumber. The 2299 was built in January 1952 as Cotton Belt 1060, renumbered SSW 2206 in 1965, and upgraded into SP 2299 in March 1973. It was retired in December 1986 and sold to Railway Switching Service in March 1988. The Espee leased this trackage to the Louisiana & Delta shortly before the UP merger in 1996. |
| Photo Date: |
8/6/1976 Upload Date: 9/18/2010 6:06:55 PM |
| Location: |
Raceland, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2299(SW9) |
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1987 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Lockport Branch |
| Description: |
Espee GP9R 3327 heads north through a recently-harvested sugar cane field on the railroad's Lockport Branch. |
| Photo Date: |
12/20/1982 Upload Date: 5/18/2010 3:27:41 PM |
| Location: |
Raceland, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 3327(GP9R) |
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715 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Sugar Mill |
| Description: |
This 10-ton Plymouth lived at the South Coast Corporation's sugar mill at Raceland, Louisiana. The JWCX reporting mark on the tank car was assigned to The Celotex Corporation, which had been a subsidiary of South Coast. This mill was served by the Southern Pacific. |
| Photo Date: |
3/30/1978 Upload Date: 7/2/2007 4:31:38 PM |
| Location: |
Raceland, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Track |
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456 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Hockport Branch |
| Description: |
Looking south from U.S. Highway 90 as Southern Pacific GP9R 3327 made its way through the sugar cane fields along the railroad's Lockport Branch. The smoke ttacks behind the train are were at the Georgia sugar refinery in Mathews. |
| Photo Date: |
12/20/1982 Upload Date: 6/30/2007 6:22:59 PM |
| Location: |
Raceland, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 3327(GP9R) |
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471 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Branch |
| Description: |
This was the former Georgia sugar refinery at Mathews, M.P. 5.5 on the Southern Pacific's Lockport Branch. The plant closed in 1985, and on khe right was their 45-ton General Electric switcher.. |
| Photo Date: |
8/30/1991 Upload Date: 6/30/2007 6:35:29 PM |
| Location: |
Mathews, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Track |
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