Remarks: Tied down and waiting for a new crew, KCS 695 with KCS 3237 in tow poses in front of Pete Messina's railcar restoratation shops at the KCS Railyard on Airline Highway. Visible in the background is a former NYC baggage car, currently used by Pete for storage.
Remarks: A KCS mixed freight sits slumbering at Central Avenue with HLCX and Ferromex units thrown in for color's sake. Seconds later, "A Service Cab" rolls up with the crew, and the friendly engineer is concerned that he may have gotten in my shot. Great way to start the day.
Remarks: Lights are off and nobody's home. This very mixed freight sits crewless with motors running like a ghost ship at sea. A new "swoosh" #810 is the second unit. The second car, a flat, holds two wind turbine generators. The next flat (DODX), holds a tracked military vehicle which looks like part of an old bridgelayer or tank recovery unit.
Remarks: Shot from a signalman's high rail vehicle pacing on the adjacent track, the Louisiana Steam Train Association's reborn steam locomotive (Algiers 1921) is making her first trip over the mighty Huey Long Bridge in over 50 years. She has just crested the apex over the Mississippi River and has two miles of descent before reaching the UP's Avondale Yard and a meeting with her old home rails of the former SP. This is the start of her month long tour of the state to celebrate the Lousiana Purchase Bicentennial.
Remarks: Total mix - UP bridge transfer train from Avondale to New Orleans on NOPB tracks, using BNSF Dash-9 still in ATSF livery and two leased Amtrak F40PH's (377,402).
