Newest addition to NOPB roster is a 1967 GP40 acquired from Point Comfort & Northern (ex-L&N 3020, CSX 6816, see 198717).

Looking more like a RR Museum, a "St Charles" streetcar and New Orleans Public Belt's restored Wabash coach (with Boise MP1500D 2008) wait at their respective French Quarter stations. The St Charl... (more)

The tracks belong to the CSX, but the crew works for Union Pacific. The QLIHL is built by the UP at its hump yard at Livonia, Louisiana, and its destination is Hamlet, North Carolina, on the CSX.... (more)

With the passing of the 2nd 'annivesary' of Katrina, a panoramic view of what train crews endured during the early post-storm months. NOPB 1501 has since been repainted to celebrate 100 years of ... (more)

KCS piggyback train heading to New Orleans West Yard intermodal facility with 657 614 624 power. The trestle survived Katrina; the intermodal operations did not.

NOPB's 1501 (May 1997 order #24001) has been repainted from black to red and renumbered 2008 for the Belt's 1908-2008 100-year celebration. It's lined-up with NOPB 2002 (MP2000d) and SW 1500's 151... (more)

Oakway SD60 9093 in-cab view

One of 5 refurbished and newly painted PCRC F40PH's (ex- AMT 313) being loaded by a Intermarine ship for transit to Panama. Owned by KCS, compare this PCRC scheme introduced in 2001 with the new K... (more)

Amtrak heavy freight train? UP 3934 with Amtrak F40PH's 242 and 281 (also UP 5550,3755) heads onto east bank approach of the Huey Long Bridge.

Cab interior for NOPB 2001 Boise MP2000D (700069-12). The Belt has been replacing its aging EMD SW1000 and SW1500 engines purchased new in 1971 with Boise engines.

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.

NOPB SW1500 152 and the roundhouse have both been refurbished since this 1997 view

Amtrak's northbound CRESCENT, just a minute or so after leaving NOUPT, leaves the NOUPT track and enters the NS "Back Belt" mainline on a Sunday morning as a southbound NS freight that will soon b... (more)

A fresh Union Pacific crew boards CSX train Q-145, the Atlanta to Los Angeles stack train, at Marconi Drive in New Orleans on the Norfolk Southern's Back Belt line, a frequent crew change point fo... (more)