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)

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 eng... (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)

KCS1 of the KCS Southern Belle Business Train with the N.O. Plaza Tower as a backdrop. Just across the platform sits the Grande Luxe Express Charter Train. Walking between the two was like being i... (more)

NYC's Bonnie Brook with a "New England States" tailsign at Pete Messina's Shop

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.

From 2 different eras, 2 different faces of passenger equipment.

"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 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)

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

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

A KCS mixed freight sits slumbering at Central Avenue with HLCX and Ferromex units thrown in for color's sake. Seconds later, "A Service Cab" rolls up with the crew, and the friendly engineer is c... (more)

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)

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