The first section of a UP grain train heads through the second section of street running, on it's way to the end of the line at the CHS Myrtle Grove Grain Terminal.
Just another weekday with a train running down the street in Gretna, LA.
Train HYGB crosses over Harvey Canal Number One, which connects the Mississippi River to the Intracoastal Waterway and is lined with barge shipping & maintenance facilities.
The Harvey to Gouldsboro job heads east with a solid train of 54 tank cars.
My first photo of the NOGC, after getting skunked multiple times.
NOGC #915 departs for Belle Chasse down Madison Street in Gretna, Louisiana with the Crescent City Connection looming in the background. This was formerly the Texas and Pacific, later Missouri Pac... (more)
In busier times, I'm sure the twin track drawbridge was necessary. Now, just 2 daily trains cross the bridge, with occasional grain trains to spice things up a bit.
One of the perils of street-running . . . occasionally some people park too close to the tracks, and the train comes to a halt. Here, NOGC 500 and 505 idle while the owner of the truck hollers, "... (more)
Few things are more iconic of New Orleans area railroading than the street-running in the city of Gretna. The NOGC leases this stretch of ex-SP track on Fourth Street from the UP. One street clo... (more)
NOGC 1036, 500, and 505 head down Monroe Street with 88 loaded grain cars, headed to Myrtle Grove
NOLR 1229 is heading down the street to retrieve a tank car they had to leave on the main line coming up from Belle Chasse.
NOGC 504, a still in its grey paint from the Qwest Corporation, and NOGC 501 have just pulled a cut of tank cars over the Harvey Canal drawbridge seen in the back. This track is the beginning of ... (more)
You might want to move to the side, boys, she's coming whether you like it or not!
NOGC's ex-UP switcher pushes a string of cars under the Crescent City Connection that crosses the Mississippi River.