SP 745 welcomes visitors at the annual Steam Fest behind Audubon Zoo in New Orleans. The hoses are running an antique marine steam engine on display from Ellsworth Corporation's collection.

A LASTA Crew member prepares to assist with photo ops for attendees at Gretna Fest, 2010. 745 was stationed close to her birthplace of Algiers, and had to do some street running to pose here. Fest... (more)

Bisso #2 departs it’s former home at Bisso Towing Company on May 3rd, 2010. Turner Industries provided the muscle, while LASTA members Richie Jacobs and “Mr. Charlie” Gholar provided the engineeri... (more)

"Mr. Charlie" oversees the salvage of Bisso #2, tender first, in a "roll on-roll off" transportaion manuever. The 1907 Alco 0-6-0 and tender were salvaged by the Louisiana Steam Train Association ... (more)

AMTK #71 leads the Sunset with a standard consist up the Huey P. Long approach at Central Avenue.

A friendly engineer wearing a cowboy hat rolls towards the crossing at Central Avenue

Amtrak 115 and the Sunset glides past the New Orleans Public Belt's maintenance yard at Central Avenue, on it's way up the Huey Long bridge. The bridge is undergoing a massive reconstruction to ad... (more)

A couple of "Yellow Bonnets" pass East Bridge Tower on a hot day in June, on their way up the Huey P Long Bridge.

Transfer run from New Orleans East idles, waiting for a crew swap on a sunny afternoon in New Orleans. This businesslike paintjob could use a little scrubbing, as it's showing a grimy nose today.

"I've been everywhere, man..I've been everywhere.." 2 pages worth of pics of this engine on Railpictures.net. It's fascinating to see all the places these engines visit. Among 21's travels: Illino... (more)

A Norfolk Southern mixed freight tiptoes quitely through the ritzy neighborhoods of Old Metairie, careful not to blow its horn for fear of disturbing the residents.

On the "Back Belt", and awaiting their turn to cross I-10, a few horses sit alongside City Park. Several art deco bridges are in place along this line, some a little worse for wear.

Rumbling quietly (a "No Horn" zone) through Old Metairie, a high hood NS unit approaches Metairie Road headed for the bridges over the 17th Street Canal and I-10 - past the cemetaries. Thanks to m... (more)

A transfer run from the New Orleans Public Belt to U.P's Avondale Yard creeps by a CN Hi-Rail truck as it approaches Central Avenue crossing on it's way up the Huey P. Long Bridge. This shot offer... (more)

Pete Messina's shop at the KCS railyard off of Airline Highway, houses lots of interesting equipment from time to time. Here you see his NYC Bonnie Brook with a "New England States" tail sign, rou... (more)