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Owner: VMV
Model:EMD SDP45Built As:EL 3658 (SDP45)
Serial Number:36662Order No:7246
Frame Number:7246-5Built:8/1970
Other locos with this serial:  CR 6689(SDP45) EL 3658(SDP45) VMV 6689(SDP45)
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NS No. 193
Title:  NS No. 193
Description:  Norfolk Southern No. 193 (and later 393) was the run-through train from Birmingham to Houston via the SP. Here it was stopped on the NS at the Marconi Drive underpass, waiting for a clear route to the Huey P. Long Bridge about five miles away. When it got to the east end of the bridge, an SP crew would get on and take it cross the Mississippi River to their Avondale Yard. This train had SP SD45T-2 9309, along with former Conrail SDP45's 6688 and 6689 which the SP was leasing from VMV Enterprises. These SDP45's were originally Erie Lackawanna units, and when their lease expired Conrail retired them. Along the way, the 6688 had an accident and its long hood was replaced with one made for an SD45-2.
Photo Date:  3/27/1988  Upload Date: 11/30/2016 10:11:00 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives:  SP 9309(SD45T-2) VMV 6688(SDP45) VMV 6689(SDP45)
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