by edward | Sep 15, 2025 | Amtrak, Mardi Gras, NS Back Belt
Three Amtrak trains running along the path of the New Canal, now I-10, with apologies to Little Feat. Amtrak trains on a Monday morning Amtrak Mardi Gras #24, and Crescent #20, departing Union Passenger Terminal (NOL), Monday morning, 15-September-2025. After the...
by edward | Apr 11, 2025 | Intermodal, NS Back Belt
Amazon shipping containers are modern inspiration in Back Belt intermodal. Back Belt intermodal Seems like it’s been a while since an intermodal consist came past Lakeview on the Norfolk Southern Back Belt. Back Belt intermodal indicates freight passing through....
by edward | Mar 25, 2025 | Amtrak, Crescent, NS Back Belt
Sunday’s Amtrak Crescent #20 included a couple of deadhead cars. New Orleans to New York on the Amtrak Crescent #20 Amtrak’s incarnation of the Crescent continues one of the oldest “name train” routes in the country. Here’s #20, crossing...
by edward | Oct 5, 2023 | Amtrak, Crescent, NS Back Belt
A back belt fire disrupts trains and autos. Back Belt fire A back belt fire broke out on the Canal Boulevard underpass on Monday, 2-October-2023, around 6pm. NOFD documented the fire on Twitter. By Wednesday, 4-October, the damage to the tracks appears to be repaired....
by edward | Dec 19, 2021 | Amtrak, Crescent, NS Back Belt
AMTK 100, in Midnight Blue Anniversary livery. Midnight Blue Anniversary Caught the third of six Amtrak’s P42-DC “Genesis” locomotives painted to celebrate the railroad’s fiftieth anniversary, pulling the Crescent. This is AMTK 100, along with...
by edward | Oct 28, 2021 | Amtrak, Crescent, NS Back Belt
Amtrak’s 50th anniversary celebrated by the Crescent #20. Amtrak’s 50th Amtrak Crescent #20 celebrates Amtrak Crescent #20, about 20 minutes after departing Union Passenger Terminal, New Orleans (NOL). P42DCs AMTK 75 and 161 pull a consist of 3...
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