by edward | Jun 19, 2025 | Uncategorized
Amtrak City of New Orleans 59 4-June-2025, inbound passing through Jefferson, Louisiana, on its way to Union Passenger Terminal (NOL) in downtown New Orleans. AMTK 331 is a Siemens ALC-42 “Charger.” I don’t go out to record people living dangerously....
by edward | Jun 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
BNSF, Ferromex, and KCS power this Back Belt run. Mixed freight consist running westbound on the Norfolk Southern “Back Belt” in New Orleans, 30-April-2025. Motive power: BNSF 5064 – GE C44-9W FXE 4057 – EMD SD70ACe KCSM 4091 EMD SD70ACe BNSF...
by edward | Sep 26, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Bernadotte Yard contained a roundhouse for Southern Railway. Southern Railway Roundhouse Section of a Sanborn Fire Map for Mid-City New Orleans, from 1950-1951, showing a roundhouse and turntable facility. The roundhouse stood inside Southern Railway’s...
by edward | Aug 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
Phase IV Heritage 184 in the lead on this morning’s Crescent #20 Phase IV Heritage 184 A Heritage engine pulled the Crescent out of New Orleans (NOL) this morning (3-August). It’s been a while since one of the Heritage units led the long-haul route. The...
by edward | Apr 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
Public Belt MOW Equipment at Central Avenue in Jefferson Public Belt Equipment Trainspotting is a great way to get outside and remain socially distant, particularly on a Saturday. Unless there’s a need for emergency track work, the area at Central Avenue, under...
by edward | Apr 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
The mission of this site is to be a repository for photos, maps, ephemera, and stories related to railroads in the metro New Orleans area. I got the idea to start this site from reading the “Louisiana Railroad History” group on Facebook. One of the members...
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