The engineer waves as he cruises eastbound in SP 7872 at Frenchmen Street on the Norfolk Southern's New Orleans Terminal.
SP 7859 leads a wesbound train into the Sunset off of the NS New Orleans Terminal at Shrewsbury. That is Causeway Blvd. overhead.
Ready to head out on the main.
SP 7822 leads 8 additional motors past sister motor SP 7777 at East Bridge, the foot of the Huey P. Long Bridge across the Mississippi River.
Looking sharp in Speed Lettering paint, SP B30-7s 7876, 7835, and 7874 ease a transfer towards the CSX Gentilly Yard on a beautiful day.
On a typical hot and muggy Louisiana day, 6 EsPee motors prepare to tackle the Huey P. Long bridge as they cross Central Avenue and hit the east approach. Power is SP 7792, 7763, 7813, 7760, 7300... (more)
On the day of the UP/SP merger, this Avondale to Houston manifest train splits the intermediate signals at Des Allemands with 9 motors: 7833, 7825, 7849, 7857, 7865, 7789, 7762, 7795, and 7445. W... (more)
Gettin a good scrub !
CSX lends a hand to a late Amtrak Silver Star.
A northbound UP ballast train on the Duncan Sub waits for a track warrant to roll into Chico. Local rock quarrying operations have bleached the ground with limestone dust.
A772 Local rolls by the P811 installing concrete ties on #2 track north of Jacksonville Amtrak Station [D70 f5 105mm 1/400]
A big cat leads the way.
