Amtraks northbound Cresent is about a half hour out of New Orleans crossing Lake Ponchartrain near the community of Back Bay, LA

It's 7:50AM and Amtraks northbound Crescent has just about completed its trip across Lake Pontchartrain as it begins its run for New York.

AMTK 205 and 7 With Tr. #20 (NB Crescent) on Lake Pontchartrain This is the Norfolk Southern's (ex-SOU) 5-mile long trestle off of which Katrina washed the tracks. NS fished them out of th... (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)

"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)

The Panama Limited awaits its 4:30PM departure for Chicago.

Amtrak's Panama Limited, with a former Seaboard observation car, waits for its 4:30 PM departure for Chicago.

Southbound City of New Orleans with 76/308

The City of New Orleans departs New Orleans.

The westbound SUNSET LIMITED crosses the Atchafalaya River on Ash Wednesday. The Atchafalaya River is the main distributary of the Mississippi River, diverting about 30% of that river's flow to t... (more)

The northbound Crescent reaches the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain, leaving the New Orleans skyline behind.

Northbound City of New Orleans with 514 on point and 45/76/354

Sunset Ltd heading west over Huey Long Bridge