At the end of the St.Charles line, #968 is boarding for a return trip to downtown, while the 971 lays over.
This Southern freight is coming off the Huey P. Long bridge.
Coupled behind the #2001 is MP1500D #1501.
CSXT 4683 sitting in the yard at New Orleans
UP 3931 sitting short on Central Ave
It looks like the northbound Southern Crescent but it's a couple months after Amtrak took over. This engine is now in the North Carolina Transportation Museum.
LA-bound The Sunset Limited getting ready to leave New Orleans.
KCS 4009 sitting in the KCS West Yard @ New Orleans La
KCS 2049 sitting in KCS West Yard New Orleans
ex-NYC observation Wingate Brook. Built by Budd in 1949 as a 5 double bedroom buffet lounge observation. I believe it ran on one of the two last Twentieth Century Ltd in 1967.
Leaving on a New Orleans - Hattiesburg,Ms trip with an all heavyweight consist - those were the days!
Westbound - 4 SDP40F on the Sunset was very unusual