My first photo of the NOGC, after getting skunked multiple times.
Former Southern Pacific 745 (now leased by the Louisiana Railway Heritage Trust to the Louisiana Steam Train Association) is about to enter the UP Avondale Yard, during its run home following its ... (more)
The fruit of America's breadbasket is unloaded in metropolitan New Orleans, to be transferred to ships and sent overseas. UP 5949 has pulled about half of its train through the elevator.
A UP crew brings this trio into a wye after some switching.
A UP crew crosses Louisiana street while backing out of a wye. We are just east of UP's Avondale Yard.