Canadian National manifest train A419 rolls northbound over the Pass Manchac drawbridge in late afternoon light.

Union Pacific Local LLD41, is seen here stopped on the Bridge over Bayou Teche in Port Barre, LA. Getting ready to make a reverse move where they can switch out a customer before heading back east... (more)

Northbound City of New Orleans crosses the Pass Manchac drawbridge with my favorite heritage unit on the point.

Southbound City of New Orleans

AKDN GP30 #3018 is seen here sitting in Ville Platte, LA.

KCS grain train just outside of Deramus Yard along the shores of Cross Lake in Shreveport.

KCS Veterans Unit leads train MKCSH15 through Mooringsport, Louisiana over Caddo Lake on its first trip south after being unveiled last Monday on Veterans Day.

Delta Southern CF7s 104 and 101 stand at Tallulah, Louisiana in October 2003 with a cut of interchange cars to be handed off to KCS. (Slide Scan)

The St. Charles streetcar line of the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority is a wonderful historical flashback thanks to classic cars built in the 1920s. Ninety-four-year-old NORTA car 926 carri... (more)

In the Fall, this spot just looks beautiful. We don't get much color in the South, but this spot sports more than most down in this area.

Grand Truck Western 4910 leads CN 9624 out of the CN yard.

There's still no better way to get around town. Streetcars like the 900 Series made by Perley A. Thomas Car Works, and the replicas like the one seen here, are synonymous with New Orleans. And aft... (more)

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As far as trains are concerned, it don't get more New Orleans than a Riverfront Streetcar and the Public Belt.

Amtrak's Crescent rolls under an old cantilever signal bridge, the last of its kind west of Birmingham. So far, it has survived the PTC signal massacre, with no evidence of imminent replacement.