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| Title: |
Railserve SW1200 1206 |
| Description: |
Railserve Inc. (RSSX) SW1200 1206 was working at the International Paper Co. paper mill in Bastrop, Louisiana. The locomotive had been built in December 1955 as Ashley, Drew & Northern 176, was renumbered 1206 in 1979, was sold to Rail Switching Service in 1987 and became Railserve, Inc. 1206 in 1995. |
| Photo Date: |
8/1/1998 Upload Date: 11/19/2020 11:52:08 AM |
| Location: |
Bastrop, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
RSSX 1206(SW1200) |
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318 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
KCS Special |
| Description: |
Louisiana promoted the 100th anniversary of Louis Armstrong's birth - and the origins of jazz - by operating a 4-day rail tour over the Kansas City Southern from Shreveport to New Orleans. (Armstrong was actually born on 4 August 1901, so the train was a year early!) The tour showcased different styles of Louisiana music and culture for magazine travel writers, and its arrival in New Orleans coincided with the start of the 2000 Jazz and Heritage Festival. Here was the train at Gonzales with FP9’s 1 and 2, an office car, two support cars, another office car, a diner and a third office car. |
| Photo Date: |
4/28/2000 Upload Date: 7/21/2019 12:52:48 PM |
| Location: |
Gonzales, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL photo |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 1(FP9A) |
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890 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NS 8742 on the CN |
| Description: |
A grain train was rolling south at milepost 859 (on the far left) on the Canadian National’s MAIN LINE of MID-AMERICA in Hammond, Louisiana. The 103-car train was powered by Norfolk Southern C40-8 8742, GP38-2 5242 and Illinois Central GP40R 3114. |
| Photo Date: |
9/29/2000 Upload Date: 2/28/2021 6:00:38 PM |
| Location: |
Hammond, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 8742(C40-8) |
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268 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
AKDN NW2 102 |
| Description: |
In 1990, the Acadiana Railway purchased two disconnected sections of trackage from the Union Pacific and a short piece of line from the Southern Pacific, all in southwest Louisiana. Operations over these lines began on 1 June 1990 using a pair of former Burlington Northern NW2’s. The 101 had a crawfish on its cab while the 102 had a shrimp, and here was the SHRIMP UNIT with its windows boarded up. It was EMD frame number E1093-1, built in December 1948 as Colorado & Southern 153, then became Burlington Northern 403. It went to the stillborn Dixie River as the 403 and then to the Acadiana as the 102. |
| Photo Date: |
10/13/2000 Upload Date: 2/17/2021 5:27:32 PM |
| Location: |
Opelousas, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AKDN 102(NW2) |
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291 Comments: 0 |
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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. |
| Photo Date: |
10/13/2000 Upload Date: 2/24/2021 4:37:00 PM |
| Location: |
Opelousas, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AKDN 3018(GP30) |
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399 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AKDN GP7 4178 |
| Description: |
Acadiana Railway GP7 4178 had been built in October 1952 as Rock Island 1270. It was remanufactured and renumbered Rock Island 4524 on 14 June 1976, sold to the Chicago & North Western in February 1981, renumbered C&NW 4178 on 18 Aug 1981, sold to Larry's Truck Electric Service on 7 April 1998 and went to the Acadiana as the 4178 in March 2000. Here it was, being patched up after its nose had been chopped, so it could be repainted. |
| Photo Date: |
10/13/2000 Upload Date: 3/2/2021 12:45:49 PM |
| Location: |
Opelousas, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AKDN 4178(GP7) |
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290 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AKDN GP7 4128 |
| Description: |
Acadiana Railway GP7 4128 had been built in October 1951 as Rock Island 1217. It was remanufactured and renumbered Rock Island 4453 on 25 March 1976, sold to the Chicago & North Western in February 1981, renumbered C&NW 4128 on 22 Apr 1981, sold to Larry's Truck Electric Service on 27 November 1997 and shipped to the Acadiana on 19 Jun 1998. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/2000 Upload Date: 2/25/2021 6:13:48 PM |
| Location: |
Opelousas, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AKDN 4128(GP7) |
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350 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP Transfer Run |
| Description: |
A Union Pacific transfer run from the UP at Livonia, Louisiana to the Canadian National at Baton Rouge was climbing the Mississippi River Bridge across from Baton Rouge with Rio Grande GP40 3141, Southern Pacific B23-7 5105, UP GP38-2 2178, SP SD40R 7314 and 62 cars. |
| Photo Date: |
10/26/2000 Upload Date: 11/19/2020 11:46:26 AM |
| Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 7314(SD40R) MP 3178(SD40-2) SP 5105(B23-7) DRGW 3141(GP40) |
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384 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AKDN NW2 102 |
| Description: |
In 1990, the Acadiana Railway purchased two disconnected sections of trackage from the Union Pacific and a short piece of line from the Southern Pacific, all in southwest Louisiana. Operations over these lines began on 1 June 1990 using a pair of former Burlington Northern NW2’s. The 101 had a crawfish on its cab while the 102 had a shrimp, and here was the SHRIMP UNIT. It was EMD frame number E1093-1, built in December 1948 as Colorado & Southern 153, then became Burlington Northern 403. It went to the stillborn Dixie River as the 403 and then to the Acadiana as the 102. |
| Photo Date: |
5/18/2001 Upload Date: 2/17/2021 5:32:43 PM |
| Location: |
Opelousas, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AKDN 102(NW2) |
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261 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AKDN GP30 701 |
| Description: |
Acadiana Railway GP30 701 was built in February 1963 as Union Pacific 701, frame no. 7648-2. This was the fourth UP diesel to wear this number; the previous examples were a Fairbanks-Morse ERIE-BUILT A-unit from March 1948 until February 1953, a GP7 from February until November 1953 and a GP20 from July 1960 until December 1962. The 701 was one of the last GP30’s on the UP roster. It was retired on 28 July 1989 and was leased to the City of Mineral Wells, Texas three months later for service on the city owned, 22-mile long, Mineral Wells & Eastern Railroad. This line was formerly the UP/MP/T&P‘s Weatherford, Mineral Wells & Northwestern subsidiary. The 701 was sold to the city on 7 February 1990, but the railroad closed in May 1992 and the locomotive was resold to the Acadiana Railway by mid-March 1993. |
| Photo Date: |
5/18/2001 Upload Date: 2/24/2021 4:34:49 PM |
| Location: |
Eunice, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AKDN 701(GP30) |
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453 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CITY of NEW ORLEANS |
| Description: |
On 20 July 2001 19 cars on Canadian National train M-319 derailed at Ruddock, Louisiana – between New Orleans and Hammond – so the next day’s Amtrak No. 59, the southbound CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, was turned on the wye at Hammond, Louisiana and later returned north as No. 58. Here was P42 number 3 and eight cars parked on a siding across from the Hammond depot. |
| Photo Date: |
7/21/2001 Upload Date: 2/17/2021 5:47:10 PM |
| Location: |
Hammond, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 3(P42DC) |
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462 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AKDN GP7 4178 |
| Description: |
Acadiana Railway GP7 4178 had been built in October 1952 as Rock Island 1270. It was remanufactured and renumbered Rock Island 4524 on 14 June 1976, sold to the Chicago & North Western in February 1981, renumbered C&NW 4178 on 18 Aug 1981, sold to Larry's Truck Electric Service on 7 April 1998 and went to the Acadiana as the 4178 in March 2000. Here it was in a fresh coat of paint, after having its nose chopped by the Acadiana. |
| Photo Date: |
9/11/2001 Upload Date: 3/2/2021 12:48:04 PM |
| Location: |
Eunice, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AKDN 4178(GP7) |
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324 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
WP caboose 451 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
1/26/2002 Upload Date: 2/21/2015 4:35:28 PM |
| Location: |
Monroe, LA |
| Author: |
Tom Blackwell |
| Categories: |
RollingStock |
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371 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Westbound KCS Rock Train |
| Description: |
Kansas City Southern SD40M-2 621, SD40-2 659 and SD60 735 were on a westbound rock train at Monroe, Louisiana with 46 Herzog hopper cars. |
| Photo Date: |
1/27/2002 Upload Date: 3/20/2021 1:00:24 PM |
| Location: |
Monroe, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 621(SD40-3) |
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268 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
F&P SW1500 1504 |
| Description: |
Fordyce & Princeton SW1500 1504 was parked on the Arkansas Louisiana & Mississippi at Bastrop, Louisiana. The F&P and the AL&M were both owned by the Georgia Pacific Corp. and shared locomotives. The 1504 had been built in July 1966 as Rock Island 941 and was acquired by the F&P via Chrome Crankshaft Co. in February 1982. |
| Photo Date: |
1/27/2002 Upload Date: 12/1/2020 1:17:09 PM |
| Location: |
Bastrop, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
FP 1504(SW1500) |
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294 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
KCS Train No. 9 |
| Description: |
Southbound Kansas City Southern train No. 9 was heading up the Mississippi River bridge at Baton Rouge behind BNSF SD70MAC units 9423 and 9627. The train had 81 cars of mixed freight and 29 intermodal cars. |
| Photo Date: |
2/8/2002 Upload Date: 4/3/2021 11:36:01 AM |
| Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 9423(SD70MAC) BNSF 9627(SD70MAC) |
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308 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IC SD70 1024 |
| Description: |
The last locomotives purchased by the Illinois Central before it was acquired by the Canadian National were SD70’s 1020-1039, which were assembled by Super Steel Schenectady in early 1999. Here was the 1024 at Baton Rouge in 2002 in its original paint job. The CN added yellow frame stripes in 2006. |
| Photo Date: |
2/14/2002 Upload Date: 3/20/2021 12:55:03 PM |
| Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
IC 1024(SD70) |
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406 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ATSF C44-9W 685 |
| Description: |
BNSF's former Santa Fe C44-9W 685 was resplendent in its SUPERFLEET paint scheme as it, and the BNSF C44-9W 5460, were waiting for a grain train to be unloaded along the Canadian National at Reserve, Louisiana. |
| Photo Date: |
2/28/2002 Upload Date: 2/17/2021 5:36:34 PM |
| Location: |
Reserve, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 685(C44-9W) ATSF 685(C44-9W) |
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317 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BNSF C44-9W 5460 |
| Description: |
BNSF C44-9W units 5460 and 685 were waiting for a grain train to be unloaded along the Canadian National at Reserve, Louisiana. |
| Photo Date: |
2/28/2002 Upload Date: 2/17/2021 5:38:48 PM |
| Location: |
Reserve, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 5460(C44-9W) |
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152 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ADM GP10 7596 |
| Description: |
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. GP10 7596 was at their grain elevator at Reserve, Louisiana. This is along the Mississippi River and the Canadian National between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. The locomotive had been built as Pennsylvania 7261 in November 1959 under EMD serial no. 24313. It was subsequently Penn Central 7261 and then Conrail 7261, and was remanufactured by the Illinois Central Gulf’s PADUCAH SHOPS into Conrail GP10 7596 in 1978. Conrail retired it on 30 October 1995 and it eventually went to ADM, and was subsequently sold to Railserve (RSSX) in 2016. Notice that there were no steps at the other end of the locomotive! |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/2002 Upload Date: 9/19/2021 6:54:05 PM |
| Location: |
Reserve, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
ADM 7596(GP10) |
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190 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
INPR GP16 1707 |
| Description: |
Idaho Northern & Pacific GP16 1707 (frame no. 6096-4) was parked in the New Orleans & Gulf Coast yard at Belle Chasse, Louisiana, along with NO&GC GP7u 2180. The 1707 arrived on the NO&GC in October 2001 and remained there until June 2004. The locomotive had been built in April 1950 as Seaboard Air Line 1707 and was renumbered Seaboard Coast Line 887. The SCL rebuilt into Clinchfield GP16 4607 in March 1980 and it initially retained the same number on the Seaboard System, but it was later SBD 1707 and then CSX 1707. It was retired on 13 January 1993 and went to the Minnesota Commercial Railroad before moving on to the INPR. The INPR and NO&GC were both owned by the Rio Grande Pacific Corp. |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/2002 Upload Date: 9/24/2021 11:14:26 AM |
| Location: |
Belle Chasse, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
INPR 1707(GP16) |
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183 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NOLR GP7 2180 |
| Description: |
Badly-faded New Orleans & Gulf Coast GP7u 2180 (frame no. 5200-7) was parked in the New Orleans & Gulf Coast yard at Belle Chasse, Louisiana, along with Idaho Northern & Pacific GP16 1707. This unique purple paint scheme was applied by the locomotive’s previous owner, the New Orleans Lower Coast Railroad (NOLR). The 2180 began life in October 1952 as Santa Fe GP7 2799, was upgraded into ATSF 2180 in January 1980, and arrived on the NOLR in October 1994. |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/2002 Upload Date: 9/24/2021 11:15:41 AM |
| Location: |
Belle Chasse, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
NOLR 2180(GP7) |
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226 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP (T&NO) Mk-5 745 |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific (Texas & New Orleans) Mk-5 class 2-8-2 745 was undergoing restoration by the Louisiana Steam Train Association at the organization’s yard in a suburb of New Orleans. |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/2002 Upload Date: 4/11/2021 7:28:16 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
SP 745(2-8-2) TNO 745(2-8-2) |
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311 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP (T&NO) Mk-5 745 |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific (Texas & New Orleans) Mk-5 class 2-8-2 745 was undergoing restoration by the Louisiana Steam Train Association at the organization’s yard in a suburb of New Orleans. |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/2002 Upload Date: 4/11/2021 7:29:44 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
SP 745(2-8-2) TNO 745(2-8-2) |
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425 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK P42DC 91 |
| Description: |
Amtrak P42DC 91 was on train No. 58 – the northbound CITY OF NEW ORLEANS – at Hammond, Louisiana, still in its original paint scheme. |
| Photo Date: |
4/13/2002 Upload Date: 9/19/2021 6:56:30 PM |
| Location: |
Hammond, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 91(P42DC) |
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292 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CN train G-840 |
| Description: |
Canadian National grain train G-840 was northbound at Destrehan, Louisiana – en route from Council Bluffs, Iowa to the grain elevator at Helvetia, Louisiana – behind Illinois Central C40-8W 2464 and SD40-2 6137. The 2464 had been built in September 1994 as LMS 737, became IC 2464 in 2001 and was retired in 2012 after an accident on the CSX; while the 6137 had been built in March 1976 as Burlington Northern 6746, went to the IC in August 1991 and was retired in 2010. G-840 had 28 cars of mixed freight and 92 grain loads. |
| Photo Date: |
4/19/2002 Upload Date: 10/18/2021 9:32:17 AM |
| Location: |
Destrehan, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
IC 2464(C40-8W) |
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336 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IC SD70 1028 |
| Description: |
The last locomotives purchased by the Illinois Central before it was acquired by the Canadian National were SD70’s 1020-1039, which were assembled by Super Steel Schenectady in early 1999. Here was the 1028 at Baton Rouge in 2002 in its original paint job. The CN added yellow frame stripes in 2006. |
| Photo Date: |
5/14/2002 Upload Date: 3/20/2021 12:56:11 PM |
| Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
IC 1028(SD70) |
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336 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP SD40T-2 8697 |
| Description: |
Union Pacific SD40T-2 snoot 8697 was in Baton Rouge on a transfer run to the Canadian National. The unit had been built in April 1978 as Southern Pacific 8369, became UP 4427 on 23 July 1997, then UP 8697 on 25 February 2000 and was retired on 12 April 2010. |
| Photo Date: |
10/17/2002 Upload Date: 11/19/2020 11:42:44 AM |
| Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
UP 8697(SD40T-2) |
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196 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP GP60 1995 |
| Description: |
Union Pacific GP60 1995 was photographed on the former Texas & Pacific branch line at Brusly, Louisiana near Baton Rouge. The locomotive was built as Cotton Belt 9691 in April 1990, was renumbered UP 1995 on 5 May 2001 and was renumbered to UP 2098 on 10 June 2006 to clear the UP 1995 number for use on the C&NW SD70ACE Heritage Unit. |
| Photo Date: |
10/17/2002 Upload Date: 1/30/2020 1:03:02 PM |
| Location: |
Brusly, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL photo |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
UP 1995(GP60) |
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224 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP GP60 2023 |
| Description: |
Union Pacific GP60 2023 was in local service on a former Texas & Pacific branch line at Brusly, Louisiana - not too far from Baton Rouge. The locomotive had been built in Canada in April 1991 as Southern Pacific 9724, was renumbered Union Pacific 5823 in June 1998 and became UP 2023 in November 2002 so its former number could be assigned to a new GE unit. |
| Photo Date: |
10/17/2002 Upload Date: 12/31/2019 6:17:46 PM |
| Location: |
Brusly, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL photo |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
UP 2023(GP60) |
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381 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CN-IC SD40-3 6263 on M-320 |
| Description: |
CN-IC train M-320 was entering the Hammond District just north of the station at Hammond, Louisiana. The train had CN-IC SD40-3 6263, IC SD40-2 6119 and 54 cars of mixed freight bound for Baton Rouge. |
| Photo Date: |
11/12/2002 Upload Date: 8/27/2019 8:18:00 PM |
| Location: |
Hammond, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL photo |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
IC 6263(SD40-3) |
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311 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
EJ&E Coil Car 4701 |
| Description: |
Elgin Joliet & Eastern coil car (GBS) 4701 was on Canadian National train M-302 at Hammond, Louisiana, on its way to the Stupp Corporation pipe manufacturing plant at Baton Rouge. Although the EQUIPMENT REGISTER listed this car with a gross rail load (GRL) of 286,000 pounds (i.e. 100-ton trucks), the data on this car showed that it had a LD LMT of 242,600 pounds and a LT WT of 72,400 pounds for a GRL of 315,000 pounds, indicating that it was riding on 125-ton trucks. The car wore a bright yellow HOME ROAD FOR REPAIR-DO NOT LOAD sticker, but that didn’t bother the CN. After all, it was their car! |
| Photo Date: |
11/23/2002 Upload Date: 11/19/2020 11:36:40 AM |
| Location: |
Hammond, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
| Categories: |
RollingStock |
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223 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IC SD40-2 6104 |
| Description: |
Canadian National-Illinois Central SD40-2 6104 was parked at Baton Rouge. The locomotive was originally Burlington Northern 6712, built in February 1976, and was one of 44 BN units acquired by the IC after their original 15-year lease expired on 31 April 1991. The IC removed the dynamic brakes from these units, but left them on the 17 BN units it acquired the next year. |
| Photo Date: |
1/8/2003 Upload Date: 11/19/2020 11:39:27 AM |
| Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
IC 6104(SD40-2) |
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221 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IC GP38-2 9635 |
| Description: |
Canadian National-Illinois Central GP38-2 9635 was working in familiar territory at Baton Rouge. The locomotive had been built in December 1974 as ICG 9635 and was originally named the JAMES C. CLARKE. Mr. Clarke became president of the Illinois Central in 1883 and held that post for nearly five years. |
| Photo Date: |
1/8/2003 Upload Date: 11/19/2020 11:40:49 AM |
| Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
IC 9635(GP38-2) |
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188 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IC Train M-319 |
| Description: |
Canadian National train M-319 was heading north on the former Illinois Central at Hammond, Louisiana. The train originated at Geismar, Louisiana – along the Mississippi River 25 miles south of Baton Rouge – and was bound for the connection with the Norfolk Southern at Tolono Illinois. It had SD40-2’s 6114 and 6118, SD40R 6058 and SD70 1001 with 146 cars of mixed freight. |
| Photo Date: |
1/15/2003 Upload Date: 11/19/2020 11:26:24 AM |
| Location: |
Hammond, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
IC 6114(SD40-2) |
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206 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK P42DC 1 |
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Amtrak P42DC number 1 was on train 58, the northbound CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, at Hammond, Louisiana. Number 1 had been built in August 1996 and was damaged in a grade crossing accident at Longmeadow, Massachusetts on 13 March 2017. The locomotive was on a northbound snowplow extra when it struck a municipal snowplow in this community four miles south of Springfield. It was never repaired and was sold at auction in 2019. |
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1/15/2003 Upload Date: 8/28/2019 10:41:56 PM |
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Hammond, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL photo |
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Roster |
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AMTK 1(P42DC) |
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CN-IC Grain Extra |
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A southbound Canadian National-Illinois Central grain train was rolling passed milepost 859 in Hammond, Louisiana. The 120-car train was powered by SD40-2 6112, Grand Trunk SD40M-2 5951 and SD40R 6000; and was headed for a grain elevator along the Mississippi River upstream from New Orleans. The track on the left is the line to Baton Rouge. |
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1/15/2003 Upload Date: 10/11/2019 5:43:50 PM |
| Location: |
Hammond, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL photo |
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Action |
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IC 6112(SD40-2) |
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411 Comments: 1 |
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CN-IC Q-192 |
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Canadian National-Illinois Central Q-192 was heading south through Hammond, Louisiana with 87 cars of mixed freight and 12 of intermodal. Q-192 was previously IC IO-3 which had been a dedicated intermodal train between Chicago and New Orleans; but by this time most of its tonnage was mixed freight and there was very little intermodal traffic left on this route. Q-192 was powered by GTW SD40M-2 5949 and CN-IC SD40-2 6100, and the track on the left was the line to Baton Rouge. |
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2/1/2003 Upload Date: 12/31/2019 5:50:21 PM |
| Location: |
Hammond, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL photo |
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Action |
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GTW 5949(SD40-3) |
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307 Comments: 1 |
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Conagra GP18 20077 |
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Conagra GP18 20077 was working at the company's poultry feed mill along the Kansas City Southern at Arcadia, Louisiana. The locomotive was originally Texas-Mexican Railway 854 and was still wearing its KCS-inspired paint scheme. |
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5/26/2003 Upload Date: 1/9/2018 5:49:02 PM |
| Location: |
Arcadia, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL photo |
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Roster |
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CAGX 20077(GP18) |
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582 Comments: 1 |
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AAPRCO Special |
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The American Association of Private Railroad Car Owners held their 26th Annual Convention at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal on 2-4 October 2003; and the organization ran a special train from Chicago to New Orleans, with most of the route over the Kansas City Southern! Here is the 19-car special descending the Mississippi River bridge at Baton Rouge behind Amtrak P42’s 144 and 97. |
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10/1/2003 Upload Date: 1/7/2018 6:37:41 PM |
| Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL photo |
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Bridge,Passenger |
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AMTK 144(P42DC) |
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692 Comments: 0 |
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L&DRR CF7 1500 |
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Louisiana & Delta CF7 1500 was parked near the railroad’s headquarters in New Iberia, Louisiana. This locomotive began life as Santa Fe F3A 27C in May 1948, but it was rebuilt to ATSF CF7 2618 in June 1972 and sold to the L&D in December 1987. It was initially named PATOUTVILLE but it was renamed PORT OF LAKE CHARLES when it was leased to the Port of Lake Charles. |
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10/4/2003 Upload Date: 4/19/2021 11:32:05 AM |
| Location: |
New Iberia, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
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Roster |
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LDRR 1500(CF7) |
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502 Comments: 0 |
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LDRR CF7 1501 |
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Louisiana & Delta CF7 1501 CITY OF NEW IBERIA was parked near the railroad’s headquarters in New Iberia, Louisiana. The locomotive had been built in November 1946 as ATSF F3A 19L, was rebuilt by the Santa Fe into CF7 2622 in May 1972, and purchased by the L&D in December 1987. It was the second L&D unit with this name; the first one being SW1200 number 1200. |
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10/4/2003 Upload Date: 4/19/2021 11:36:22 AM |
| Location: |
Baldwin, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
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Roster |
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LDRR 1501(CF7) |
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276 Comments: 0 |
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LDRR GP38 2000 |
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Louisiana & Delta GP38 2000 was parked at the railroad’s headquarters in New Iberia, Louisiana. The unit was originally Chesapeake & Ohio 3869 built in November 1967 and it was subsequently CSX 2069, Helm Leasing (HATX) 107, Colonel's Island RR (CISD) 2000 at Mydharris, Georgia, then Rail Link (RLIX) 2000 before becoming L&D 2000 in October 2000. |
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10/4/2003 Upload Date: 4/19/2021 11:33:38 AM |
| Location: |
New Iberia, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
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Roster |
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LDRR 2000(GP38) |
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235 Comments: 0 |
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MNL GP10 16 |
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This Louisiana & Delta GP10 was parked at the railroad’s headquarters in New Iberia, Louisiana still wearing the paint scheme and number of its previous owner, the Mountain Laurel Railroad (MNL). The unit was originally Illinois Central GP9 9099, built in March 1955. It was rebuilt by the Illinois Central Gulf into GP10 8446 in March 1974, then sold as MNL 16 in February 1992. After Genesee & Wyoming Industries bought the MNL it was transferred to the L&D in January 1997, where it operated as MNL 16 for a while, before being renumbered L&D 1853. |
| Photo Date: |
10/4/2003 Upload Date: 4/19/2021 11:34:54 AM |
| Location: |
New Iberia, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
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Roster |
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MNL 16(GP10) |
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194 Comments: 0 |
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Northbound AAPRCO Special |
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This American Association of Private Railroad Car Owners (AAPRCO) special consisted of P42’s76 and 97 with 20 cars and was crossing Pass Manchac, Louisiana on the Canadian National-Illinois Central. The train had run from Chicago to AAPRCO’s 26th annual convention in New Orleans via St. Louis, Kansas City, Branson, and Shreveport, and was now returning to Chicago. The blurs on the image are actually birds in flight! |
| Photo Date: |
10/5/2003 Upload Date: 5/2/2020 4:28:34 PM |
| Location: |
Pass Manchac, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 76(P42DC) |
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545 Comments: 0 |
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AMTK B32-WH 515 |
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Amtrak B32-8WH 515 was the trailing unit on train No. 59, the southbound CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, at McComb, Mississippi. |
| Photo Date: |
11/7/2003 Upload Date: 3/20/2021 1:02:56 PM |
| Location: |
McComb, MS |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
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Roster |
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AMTK 515(B32-8WH) |
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367 Comments: 0 |
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UP Q-AVNL |
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Union Pacific train Q-AVNL (Avondale to North Little Rock) was rolling down the middle of Railroad Avenue in Plaquemine, Louisiana with SD70M 4576, C40-8 units 9334 and 9330, SD70M 4778, Norfolk Southern C40-9W 9135 and 52 covered hopper cars. |
| Photo Date: |
11/8/2003 Upload Date: 11/19/2020 12:00:53 PM |
| Location: |
Plaquemine, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
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Action |
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UP 4576(SD70M) |
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216 Comments: 0 |
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AMTK B32-8WH 516 |
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Amtrak B32-8WH 516 was nicely illuminated by the late afternoon winter sun as it made a stop in Hammond, Louisiana on train No. 58, the northbound CITY OF NEW ORLEANS. |
| Photo Date: |
12/17/2003 Upload Date: 4/3/2021 11:31:56 AM |
| Location: |
Hammond, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
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Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 516(B32-8WH) |
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291 Comments: 0 |
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CN-IC M-319 |
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CN-IC SD40-2’s 6120 and 6136 and CN-WC SD40M-2 6909 were northbound on the former Illinois Central at Hammond, Louisiana on CN train M-319. The 141-car train originated at Geismar, about 20 miles south of Baton Rouge. |
| Photo Date: |
1/13/2004 Upload Date: 11/11/2021 6:48:15 PM |
| Location: |
Hammond, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
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Action |
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IC 6120(SD40-2) |
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163 Comments: 0 |
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A&LM CF7 1514 |
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Arkansas Louisiana & Mississippi CF7 1514 was in Monroe, Louisiana without any lettering on its hood. The locomotive was previously Ashley Drew & Northern 1514, and it went to the AL&M after the AD&N was abandoned on 30 June 1996. |
| Photo Date: |
1/31/2004 Upload Date: 9/7/2021 2:49:05 PM |
| Location: |
Monroe, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
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Roster |
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ALM 1514(CF7) |
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208 Comments: 0 |
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