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| Title: |
UP DDA40X 6936 |
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At 11:45 on Mardi Gras (23 February) 1993 – while most visitors to New Orleans were out enjoying holiday festivities – this Union Pacific inspection train was roaring across Live Oak Blvd. in Waggaman, on its way out of New Orleans on the former Texas & Pacific main line. The 9-car train consisted of DDA40X 6936, power car 207, staff car CABARTON, sleeper NORTH PLATTE, office car FEATHER RIVER, sleepers PORTOLA and GREEN RIVER, dome lounge HARRIMAN, diner OVERLAND and track observation car IDAHO. The train had arrived in Avondale Yard at 2:30 the previous morning, so perhaps its passengers did get to enjoy some Lundi Gras activities! The banner attached to the 6936's handrail stanchions included a T&P emblem and read TEXAS EAGLE. a |
| Photo Date: |
2/23/1993 Upload Date: 7/2/2024 12:03:30 PM |
| Location: |
Waggaman, LA |
| Author: |
STEVEN PALMIERI image |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 6936(DDA40X) |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Geeps |
| Description: |
Amtrak GP40’s 650, 656, 657 and 658 were parked at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal engine zone awaiting delivery to the Illinois Central. These were four of 15 GP40’s (650-664) Amtrak leased for two years from Helm Financial Services in May 1991. Amtrak assigned 12 of these locos (650-661) to the NOUPT diesel shop for use on the CRESCENT, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS and CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR, while the other three (662-664) were used on AUTO-TRAIN and based at Sanford, Florida. When their lease expired, Amtrak did not exercise its option to purchase the units, and most of the these were prepared for their return to Helm at NOUPT. These locos were then delivered to the IC for movement to VMV at Paducah, Kentucky. |
| Photo Date: |
5/16/1993 Upload Date: 6/14/2024 3:35:07 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
STEVEN PALMIERI image |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 650(GP40) |
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| Title: |
AMTK GP40 654 |
| Description: |
Amtrak GP40 654 was at the Illinois Central’s Mays Yard in the New Orleans area, along with the 661. These were two of 15 geeps (650-664) leased by Amtrak from Helm Financial Services between May 1991 and May 1993. These locomotives were on their way from New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal back to Helm via the VMV shop in Paducah, Kentucky. The 654 was originally New York Central 3083, then Penn Central, Conrail and Chrome Locomotive 3083 (Arkansas & Missouri 60) and Kyle 3116. It was acquired by Helm Financial in 1989, modified by Cleburne Railway Shops for passenger service and delivered to Amtrak in July 1991. After Amtrak returned it to Helm, it was subsequently HLCX 654, HLCX 4407 and WAMX 4043. |
| Photo Date: |
5/28/1993 Upload Date: 7/2/2024 8:38:00 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
STEVEN PALMIERI image |
| Categories: |
Roster |
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AMTK 654(GP40) |
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| Title: |
UP Transfer Power |
| Description: |
Union Pacific B30-7A 219 and four B23-7’s were parked in the New Orleans Public Belt yard at the east end of the Huey P. Long Bridge. This was a set of transfer power which was used to move cars between the UP’s Avondale Yard at the west end of the bridge and connecting railroads on the east side of the Mississippi River. The 219 had been built in December 1981 as Missouri Pacific 4819 and was rebuilt by Railpower Technologies into RP20BD genset UPY 2620 in January 2007. |
| Photo Date: |
1/23/1994 Upload Date: 6/17/2024 6:27:39 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
STEVEN PALMIERI image |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
UP 219(B30-7A) |
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| Title: |
UP Train INOCB |
| Description: |
Union Pacific directors special INOCB (Inspection train from New Orleans to Council Bluffs) was heading up the east side of the Huey P. Long Bridge on its way out of the New Orleans area. The train consisted of E-units 949, 963B and 951 with 10 cars: power car 208 (800616), staff car CABARTON (800617), sleeper NORTH PLATTE (800618), office cars FEATHER RIVER (800627) and POCATELLO (800631), sleepers PORTOLA (800625) and POWDER RIVER (800623), dome-lounge WALTER DEAN (800621), diner CITY OF DENVER (800630) and roadway inspection car IDAHO (800613). |
| Photo Date: |
1/23/1994 Upload Date: 7/5/2024 2:25:10 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
STEVEN PALMIERI image |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 949(E9A) |
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| Title: |
UP Train INOCB |
| Description: |
Union Pacific directors special INOCB (Inspection train from New Orleans to Council Bluffs) was heading up the east side of the Huey P. Long Bridge on its way out of the New Orleans area. The train consisted of E-units 949, 963B and 951 with 10 cars: power car 208 (800616), staff car CABARTON (800617), sleeper NORTH PLATTE (800618), office cars FEATHER RIVER (800627) and POCATELLO (800631), sleepers PORTOLA (800625) and POWDER RIVER (800623), dome-lounge WALTER DEAN (800621), diner CITY OF DENVER (800630) and roadway inspection car IDAHO (800613). |
| Photo Date: |
1/23/1994 Upload Date: 7/5/2024 2:25:45 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
STEVEN PALMIERI image |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 949(E9A) |
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4 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP Train INOCB |
| Description: |
Union Pacific directors special INOCB (Inspection train from New Orleans to Council Bluffs) was at the west end of AVONDALE YARD on its way out of the New Orleans area. The train consisted of E-units 949, 963B and 951 with 10 cars: power car 208 (800616), staff car CABARTON (800617), sleeper NORTH PLATTE (800618), office cars FEATHER RIVER (800627) and POCATELLO (800631), sleepers PORTOLA (800625) and POWDER RIVER (800623), dome-lounge WALTER DEAN (800621), diner CITY OF DENVER (800630) and roadway inspection car IDAHO (800613). |
| Photo Date: |
1/23/1994 Upload Date: 7/5/2024 2:26:37 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
STEVEN PALMIERI image |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
UP 949(E9A) |
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17 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CSX Q605 |
| Description: |
A CSX crew was delivering train Q605 to the Union Pacific at East Bridge Junction, at the east end of the Huey P. Long Bridge. The train was on its way from Waycross, Georgia to the Union Pacific (former Missouri Pacific) Avondale Yard, at the west end of the bridge. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1995 Upload Date: 7/2/2024 12:17:29 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
STEVEN PALMIERI image |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 5051(SD50) |
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| Title: |
CSX Q605 |
| Description: |
CSX train Q605-11 was passing through the floodgate on the east side of the 17th Street Canal in New Orleans as it headed west over the Norfolk Southern. The train ran from Waycross, Georgia to the Union Pacific (former Missouri Pacific) Avondale Yard at the west end of the Huey P. Long Bridge, and operated over the NS to get from the CSX at L&N Junction to the UP at the east end of the bridge. |
| Photo Date: |
4/13/1995 Upload Date: 7/2/2024 11:59:39 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
STEVEN PALMIERI image |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
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UP 3417(SD40-2) |
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15 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Tower 55 |
| Description: |
Tower 55 interlocking in Fort Worth was originally commissioned in 1904, and this brick building was constructed in the 1930’s. Control of the interlocking was transferred from this tower to Union Pacific’s nearby Centennial Yard in 1995, then to UP’s Harriman Dispatching Center in Omaha, then to Spring, Texas and then back to Omaha. After the tower was no longer used to control trains, it was retained for use by maintenance personnel, but it was finally demolished in November 2022. |
| Photo Date: |
6/10/1995 Upload Date: 7/4/2024 11:21:01 AM |
| Location: |
Fort Worth, TX |
| Author: |
STEVEN PALMIERI image |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Track |
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| Title: |
NS No. 221 |
| Description: |
Norfolk Southern 8888, the railroad’s highest-numbered C40-9, was leading intermodal train No. 221 over the Seabrook Drawbridge in New Orleans, just four miles from the end of the train’s journey from Alexandria, Virginia. The bridge spanned the Industrial Canal and the speed limit here was 45 mph. |
| Photo Date: |
8/27/1995 Upload Date: 7/4/2024 11:24:56 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
STEVEN PALMIERI image |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 8888(C40-9) |
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| Title: |
Amtrak RTL-II 151 |
| Description: |
In 1976 Amtrak bought seven 5-car RTL (Rohr Turboliner) trains from Rohr Industries of Chula Vista, California, and in 1994 one train was upgraded into an RTL-II. This train consisted of power car-coach 151, coach 179, coach-snack car 180, coach 181 and power car-coach 159. After five months of service in New York State, the train set out on a demonstration tour around the eastern U.S. on 21 September1995. On 26 October 1995 it was seen here arriving in New Orleans from Meridian on the Norfolk Southern at Canal Blvd. In the foreground is the rear car of NS intermodal train #221, on its way to the SP. The RTL-II was on display at NOUPT on the 27th and left on the IC on the 28th. |
| Photo Date: |
10/26/1995 Upload Date: 7/4/2024 11:16:51 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
STEVEN PALMIERI image |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 151(Turboliner) |
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| Title: |
UP SD60M 6185 on the Ro Grande |
| Description: |
Union Pacific SD60M 6185 and a pair of SD40-2’s were on a northbound train crossing the Rio Grande from Juarez, Mexico into Laredo, Texas. |
| Photo Date: |
12/28/1997 Upload Date: 6/27/2024 12:49:02 PM |
| Location: |
Laredo, TX |
| Author: |
STEVEN PALMIERI image |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 6185(SD60M) |
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| Title: |
UP SD60M 6185 on the Ro Grande |
| Description: |
Union Pacific SD60M 6185 and a pair of SD40-2’s were on a northbound train crossing the Rio Grande from Juarez, Mexico into Laredo, Texas. |
| Photo Date: |
12/28/1997 Upload Date: 6/27/2024 12:49:39 PM |
| Location: |
Laredo, TX |
| Author: |
STEVEN PALMIERI image |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 6185(SD60M) |
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31 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
KCS Train No. 54 |
| Description: |
Kansas City Southern train No. 54 was stopped on the Norfolk Southern at Marconi Drive in New Orleans. The train was powered by SD40M-2 620 and SD50 707 and was on its way from the CSX Gentilly Yard to Labarre Road in suburban Metairie, where a KCS road crew would replace the NS yard crew. All of the KCS SD40M-2 units were rebuilt with both a nose-mounted Oscitrol light and ditch lights but the Oscitrol lights were eventually removed. On the front of the train was a block of rocket motor cars transporting spent solid fuel booster sections from the Kennedy Space Center to the Morton-Thiokol plant on the Union Pacific in Corinne, Utah. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/2000 Upload Date: 6/14/2024 3:32:22 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
STEVEN PALMIERI image |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 620(SD40-3) |
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97 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GECX C44-9W Units 1843 and 1881 |
| Description: |
GECX C44-9W locos 1843 and 1881 were inbound on the BNSF-Wabtec interchange just north of the builder’s Fort Worth plant, where they would be remanufactured into Canadian National AC44C6M units. Both units have stickers listing a Canadian National class (EF-644bb for the 1843) and the 1843 also has what appears to be a former BNSF number in a black patch on its cab. |
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6/9/2024 Upload Date: 7/5/2024 8:09:08 PM |
| Location: |
Justin, TX |
| Author: |
TRAVIS BERRYMAN image |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
CN 1843(C44-9W) GECX 1843(C44-9W) |
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| Title: |
GECX C44-9W 1843 |
| Description: |
GECX (former BNSF) C44-9W loco 1843 was inbound on the BNSF-Wabtec interchange just north of the builder’s Fort Worth plant, where it would be remanufactured into a Canadian National AC44C6M. The locomotive wears a sticker listing its Canadian National class (EF-644bb) and also has what appears to be the former BNSF number in a black patch on its cab. |
| Photo Date: |
6/9/2024 Upload Date: 7/5/2024 8:10:11 PM |
| Location: |
Justin, TX |
| Author: |
TRAVIS BERRYMAN image |
| Categories: |
Roster |
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| Title: |
GECX C44-9W 1843 |
| Description: |
GECX (former BNSF) C44-9W loco 1843 was inbound on the BNSF-Wabtec interchange just north of the builder’s Fort Worth plant, where it would be remanufactured into a Canadian National AC44C6M. The locomotive wears a sticker listing its Canadian National class (EF-644bb) and also has what appears to be the former BNSF number in a black patch on its cab. |
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6/9/2024 Upload Date: 7/5/2024 8:11:05 PM |
| Location: |
Justin, TX |
| Author: |
TRAVIS BERRYMAN image |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
GECX 1843(C44-9W) |
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23 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP AC4400CWM 5802 |
| Description: |
Newly-upgraded Union Pacific AC4400CWM 5802 was outbound on the Wabtec-BNSF interchange just north of the builder’s Fort Worth plant. It had just been upgraded from the AC4400CW of the same number. |
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6/22/2024 Upload Date: 7/5/2024 8:11:54 PM |
| Location: |
Justin, TX |
| Author: |
TRAVIS BERRYMAN image |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
UP 5802(AC4400CWM) |
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35 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CN AC44C6M Units 3392, 3396, 3363 and 3350 |
| Description: |
Freshly-remanufactured Canadian National AC44C6M units 3392, 3396, 3363 and 3350 were outbound on the Wabtec-BNSF interchange just north of the builder’s Fort Worth plant. These locomotives had just been remanufactured from former GECX/BNSF C44-9W units. |
| Photo Date: |
6/29/2024 Upload Date: 7/5/2024 8:12:33 PM |
| Location: |
Justin, TX |
| Author: |
TRAVIS BERRYMAN image |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
CN 3392(AC44C6M) |
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