Combined CSX-UP runthrough trains Q-605-11 and Q-579-11 ease through Old Metairie on the NS New Orleans Terminal trackage. Power is UP SD40-2 3955, IC SD40-2 6149, UP SD40-2 B4219, & MKCX SD45 90... (more)
Lots of KCS power, along with two refurbished passenger cars, are seen here in KCS's West Yard in Metairie, Louisiana.
Passing a local oil packing plant, this daily train enters KCS' West yard.
Eastbound "Sunset Limited" descending onto the eastbank having just crossed the Mississippi River approaching East Bridge Junction. AMTK 843 (GE P42DC) is second locomotive. My 100th pic!
KCS 742 soaks in the evening sun as it rests at the disesl shop just outside of New Orleans.
IMPACT DAMAGE can be seen on the conductor's side of the City of New Orleans' locomotive. Here Train 58 is speeding out on New Orleans north bound.
Louisiana Steam Train Assoc. (LASTA) restored SP locomotive sits in KCS's yard this early foggy morning preparing for a test run.
LASTA's SP 745 sits with newer generation locomotives at KCS's roundhouse. I wonder what they've been talking about.
A military train holds waiting to cross the Huey P. Long bridge to cross the Mississippi river to the West Bank.
A lite engine move exits CN Mays Yard to cross Central Ave.
Holding the down side of the huey P. Long Bridge on the West Bank is an ex-SP GP60 and an ex-BN SD40-2.
Out of CN Mays Yard comes a train led by two leased units. The second one is a LTEX 8318 tunnel motor.
SP’s Texas and New Orleans (T&NO) subsidiary Mikado having been restored waits in the yard the day before beginning a week's worth of runs to accomplish its 300-mile certification. Additional in... (more)
This transfer train is headed by an ex C&NW locomotive. A special logo on the side has faded beyond recognition.
3 hours late, the Sunset Limited rolls up the Huey P. Long bridge west bound on it's way to California.
