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| Title: |
N&W Excursion |
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Southern Railway combine 726 looked like it was having a problem as this Norfolk & Western excursion train was being turned on the wye at Glade Spring, Virginia. The train originated and terminated at Roanoke, and was powered by Southern Railway 2-8-2 4501. |
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8/26/1972 Upload Date: 9/20/2020 5:47:41 PM |
| Location: |
Glade Spring, VA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
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Passenger |
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| Title: |
GM&O GP38-2 748 |
| Description: |
When the Gulf Mobile & Ohio merged with the Illinois Central on 10 August 1972, the regular use of the former railroad's CANAL YARD in New Orleans was largely discontinued; but in this view about a month later GP38-2 748 was ready to head north with three hopper cars and a caboose. The elevated track on the right was the scale and the building next to it was the yard office; while the bridge in the distance is the I-10 HIGH RISE over the Industrial Canal, which is off to the right. (approximate date) |
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9/15/1972 Upload Date: 12/18/2017 5:40:34 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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GMO 748(GP38-2) |
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| Title: |
GM&O RS3 1518 |
| Description: |
The month after the Illinois Central Gulf was formed, Gulf, Mobile & Ohio RS3 1518 was parked outside Khe engine shed on the former GM&O in Bonalusa, Louisiana. The locomotive had been built in July 1950 and was assigned ICG number 1518, but it was retired March 1975 before it was ever repainted. No GM&O RS3 units were repainted as ICG lo_os. (approximlte date of photo) |
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10/1/1972 Upload Date: 7/28/2022 11:34:41 AM |
| Location: |
Bogalusa, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Roster |
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GMO 1518(RS3) |
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| Title: |
ICG No. 33 |
| Description: |
On 10 August 1972, the day of the Illinois Central-Gulf Mobile & Ohio merger, the ICG discontinued the regular operation of former GM&O trains 32 and 33 between Bogalusa and New Orleans; but the trains continued to run occasionally to serve a customer at the south end of the former GM&O Canal Yard. In this view taken shortly after the merger, No. 33 was entering the main line of the Southern Railway just south of the Slidell depot, to continue its trip to New Orleans. The roof of the depot can be seen right behind the loco.This ICG trainman had previously lined the spring switch (SS) for the siding, to comply with the "Five-Minute-Rule" and once the time was up he threw it again just as his train was about to enter the main line. Setting the switch for the siding five minutes before the train entered the main line made nearby signals go red, and this prevented mainline trains from colliding with No. 33. We know this was shortly after the ICG merger because the train was short and it wasn't running extra. Once Nos. 32 and 33 were removed from the Southern timetable, these occasional trains would have to run as extras. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
11/1/1972 Upload Date: 12/25/2016 11:44:45 AM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
GMO 724(GP38AC) |
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| Title: |
ICG Extra South |
| Description: |
About four months after the IC-GM&O merger, former GM&O GP38 731 was stopped in front of the Southern Railway's Slidell depot, preparing to run over the Southern to the former GM&O Canal Yard in New Orleans as an Extra South. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
12/15/1972 Upload Date: 12/26/2016 12:34:48 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Station |
| Locomotives: |
GMO 731(GP38AC) |
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679 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
GM&O RS2 1502 |
| Description: |
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio RS2 1502 was at the Illinois Central Gulf’s former GM&O yard in Bogal{sa, Louisiana The locomotive had been built in December 1948 and was assigned ICG number 1502, but it was retired in 1974 before it was ever repainted. No GM&O RS2 units were repainted as ICG locos. (approximate dateof photo) |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1973 Upload Date: 7/28/2022 11:45:05 AM |
| Location: |
Bogalusa, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Roster |
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GMO 1502(RS2) |
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| Title: |
GM&O Alcos |
| Description: |
About five months after the IC-GM&O merger, former GM&O RS2's 1502 and 1507 were photographed at Bogalusa, Louisiana. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
1/15/1973 Upload Date: 12/26/2016 12:45:19 PM |
| Location: |
Bogalusa, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
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GMO 1502(RS2) GMO 1507(RS2) |
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1008 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Former GM&O Buildings |
| Description: |
The photographer was standing on the Illinois Central Gulf main line, facing north, about three blocks south of the former New Orleans-Great Northern depot in Bogalusa, Louisiana. The buildings on the left of the tracks were a couple of sheds, the storeroom, and the diesel shop. The GP38 in the distance was parked next to the diesel shop and across from the depot. The large open area on the other side of these buildings had been the site of the NOGN-GM&N-GM&O locomotive shop and roundhouse. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
1/15/1973 Upload Date: 11/17/2016 10:03:18 PM |
| Location: |
Bogalusa, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
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Yard |
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| Title: |
Former GM&O Shop |
| Description: |
The photo was taken from the Illinois Central Gulf main line, facing northwest. The large building was the coach shop built by the New Orleans-Great Northern, and was the last large NOGN building on the property. Today, the only evidence that there had been a major railroad shop complex here is the name of the shopping center which was built on the land: SHOPYARD SQUARE! (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
1/15/1973 Upload Date: 11/17/2016 10:07:48 PM |
| Location: |
Bogalusa, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
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Yard |
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| Title: |
Former GM&O Freight House |
| Description: |
A couple of maintenance-of-way cars were parked next to the Illinois Central Gulf's former GM&O freight house at Bogalusa, Louisiana. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
1/15/1973 Upload Date: 11/18/2016 6:09:12 PM |
| Location: |
Bogalusa, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
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| Title: |
Southbound ICG |
| Description: |
In 1973, the year after the ICG merger, GM&O GP38 721 and GP38-2 744 lead a southbound train past the Bogalusa depot on its way to South Yard. After the merger, the ICG discontinued the regular operation of a through train from Bogalusa south to New Orleans; so almost all of the rail traffic moving into Bogalusa came in from the north on trains like this. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
1/15/1973 Upload Date: 11/17/2016 10:06:39 PM |
| Location: |
Bogalusa, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Station,Wreck |
| Locomotives: |
GMO 721(GP38AC) |
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1084 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
GM&O S2 1006 |
| Description: |
The year after the Illinois Central and the Gulf Mobile & Ohio merged into the ICG, GM&O S2 number 1006 was switching at Meridian. Although it had been assigned ICG number 1055, none of the GM&O's fifteen S1's or twelve S2's were ever repainted for the ICG, and all were retired by March 1975. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1973 Upload Date: 10/14/2020 4:05:45 PM |
| Location: |
Meridian, MS |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
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GMO 1006(S2) |
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340 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GM&O 2993 |
| Description: |
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio caboose 2993 was on a southbound Illinois Central Gulf train at Slidell, Louisiana. This was one of 11 GM&O cabs (2989-2999) built by the International Car Co. in 1970. It was renumbered ICG 199053 and then Chicago Central 199053. |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1973 Upload Date: 11/30/2010 7:26:18 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
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RollingStock |
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| Title: |
NOPB S12 61 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Belt S12 61 was the only NOPB Baldwin ever repainted in the red paint scheme introduced in 1971, and it was hardly ever used afterwards. Here it was at the railroad's engine terminal, about two and a half years before being sold to Cargill for use at their Terre Haute elevator in Reserve, Louisiana. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1973 Upload Date: 4/17/2017 11:29:52 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
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Roster |
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NOPB 61(S12) |
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1407 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Southern No. 58 |
| Description: |
A late-running Southern Railway No. 58, the New Orleans-Meridian local, was entering the siding at Slidell during a very unusual south Louisiana snowfall. The train was running with GP38 2796 and GP30 2528, and was here to meet piggyback train No. 219. The track on the other side of the 2796 was the south leg of the Slidell wye. The wye's tail track served the American Creosote Works plant, which later became an EPA Superfund site. The wye was subsequently removed. |
| Photo Date: |
2/9/1973 Upload Date: 12/2/2016 10:14:20 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
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SOU 2796(GP38) |
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| Title: |
GM&O RS1 1114 |
| Description: |
About six months after the merger which formed the Illinois Central Gulf, former Gulf Mobile & Ohio RS1 number 1114 was switching pulpwood cars at Laurel, Mississippi. (approximate day) |
| Photo Date: |
2/15/1973 Upload Date: 2/3/2017 10:31:24 AM |
| Location: |
Laurel, MS |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
GMO 1114(RS1) |
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1014 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
ICG No. 41 |
| Description: |
The locomotives for Illinois Central Gulf train No. 41 were parked on former GM&O/GM&N track at Laurel, Mississippi. The units were IC GP8 7904 with GM&O GP38's 712, 718 and 715. A crew would head north from Laurel on No.40 and turned at Union as No. 41. After switching at Laurel, a new crew was called and the train departed for Mobile. That crew would then return to Laurel the next day on No. 40. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
2/17/1973 Upload Date: 8/5/2017 9:32:35 PM |
| Location: |
Laurel, MS |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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IC 7904(GP8) |
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698 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ICG Yard |
| Description: |
Six months after the Illinois Central and the Gulf Mobile & Ohio merged into the ICG, a set of power with units from both predecessor roads was being serviced at the former GM&O yard in Meridian. GM&O GP35 605, IC GP10's 8188 and 8322, and GM&O 631 had come in from Union with train 333, which was the Meridian connection with St. Louis-New Orleans train 33. (approximate day) |
| Photo Date: |
2/17/1973 Upload Date: 3/15/2017 10:11:47 PM |
| Location: |
Meridian, MS |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
GMO 605(GP35) |
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730 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GM&O S2 1006 |
| Description: |
The year after the Illinois Central and the Gulf Mobile & Ohio merged into the ICG, GM&O S2 number 1006 was switching pulpwood flats and woodchip hoppers at Meridian. Although it had been assigned ICG number 1055, none of the GM&O's fifteen S1's or twelve S2's were ever repainted for the ICG, and all were retired by March 1975. (approximate month and day) |
| Photo Date: |
2/17/1973 Upload Date: 3/15/2017 10:25:30 PM |
| Location: |
Meridian, MS |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
GMO 1006(S2) |
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| Title: |
SOU E8A 6900 |
| Description: |
Southern E8A 6900 was on the northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT at Slidell, Louisiana. It had recently been repainted into the new green paint scheme and renumbered from 2923. It was retired in 1979 and donated to the North Carolina Transportation Museum. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1973 Upload Date: 6/28/2020 11:49:33 AM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
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Roster |
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SOU 6900(E8A) |
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| Title: |
GATX tank car 27349 |
| Description: |
GATX 27349 and 27348 being loaded from a local aquifer along the Southern Railway at Pearl River, Louisiana. The water will be bottled by OZONE WATERS in New Orleans, just 35 miles away. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
3/15/1973 Upload Date: 3/19/2016 1:16:52 PM |
| Location: |
Pearl River, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
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RollingStock |
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894 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
GM&O (ICG) GP30 510 |
| Description: |
Eight months after the Gulf Mobile & Ohio merged with the Illinois Central, former GM&O GP30 510 was parked by the sand tower at the little service area across from the former GM&O depot in Bogalusa. In the left background was a remnant of the shop buildings built here by the New Orleans-Great Norther Railroad. The ICG would eventually build a new engine house and service area at its yard on the south side of town, and the old shop area would become a shopping center named SHOP YARD SQUARE!. The 510 was never repainted as ICG 2260 and it was sold to the Paducah & Louisville in 1986. VMV rebuilt it into CSX slug 2264 in 1989.(approximate month and day) |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1973 Upload Date: 11/13/2016 1:28:14 PM |
| Location: |
Bogalusa, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
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GMO 510(GP30) |
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774 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
GM&O Units |
| Description: |
About six months after the Illinois Central-Gulf Mobile & Ohio merger, a GM&O GP35, a GP38 and a couple of Alco road switchers were parked between the depot and diesel shop at Bogalusa, Louisiana... deep in GM&O territory. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
4/4/1973 Upload Date: 12/18/2017 4:23:34 PM |
| Location: |
Bogalusa, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
GMO 647(GP35) GMO 703(GP38) |
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974 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ICG Alcos |
| Description: |
About six months after the Illinois Central-Gulf Mobile & Ohio merger, former GM&O RS3 1518 and RS2 1513 were parked in familiar territory, across the ex-GM&O main line from the Bogalusa depot. (approximate day) |
| Photo Date: |
4/15/1973 Upload Date: 1/17/2017 9:59:43 PM |
| Location: |
Bogalusa, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
GMO 1518(RS3) GMO 1513(RS2) |
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768 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NOPB SW1500 151 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Belt SW1500 number 151 was heading uprive| (westbound) with a train at the foot of Canal street. The Louisville & Nashville's passenger station - which was featured in the opening scene of the movie A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE - had been located where the electrical substation is; but very little fere looks the same. For example, the RIVERGATE convention center on the far left was was torn down and replaced ith Harrah's Casino; while the monument in front of it, which commemorated the BATTLE OF LIBERTY PLACE, was subsequently removed. (approximate day) |
| Photo Date: |
4/15/1973 Upload Date: 4/13/2017 4:40:32 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NOPB 151(SW1500) |
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1137 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Train No. 58 |
| Description: |
Amtrak train No. 58 – the northbound PANAMA LIMITED – was leaving New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal behind Illinois Central E8A 4027 and new Amtrak SDP40F 514. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
7/1/1973 Upload Date: 9/19/2021 6:48:06 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
IC 4027(E8A) |
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292 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak PANAMA LIMITED |
| Description: |
Illinois Ientral E8A 4024 and and unidentified E9B were pulling out of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal with Amtrak's northbound PANAMA LIMITED. (exact date unknown) |
| Photo Date: |
7/15/1973 Upload Date: 6/29/2016 4:10:34 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Senzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
IC 4024(E8A) |
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963 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
GM&O caboose2632 |
| Description: |
By the time this photo was taken, this car had belonged to the Illinois Central Gulf for about a year. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1973 Upload Date: 3/19/2016 1:36:05 PM |
| Location: |
Jackson, MS |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
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RollingStock |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Train No. 58 |
| Description: |
Amtrak E8A 208 was on train 58 – the northbound PANAMA LIMITED – at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal with a couple of Illinois Central units. The locomotive had been built in October 1953 as Baltimore & Ohio 32 and was renumbered B&O 1452 in 1957. After it became Amtrak 208 in 1971 it spent most of its short Amtrak career on the IC/ICG before being retired. The 208 was one of about 80 E-units retired on 28 May 1975, and it was sold for scrap to Naparano Iron & Metal in New Jersey that October. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
9/1/1973 Upload Date: 6/21/2020 1:03:22 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
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Passenger |
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510 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Panama Power |
| Description: |
Amtrak E8A 208, Illinois Central E8A 4024 and ICG E8A 4029 in Amtrak colors were backing in to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal to couple onto train No. 58, the northbound PANAMA LIMITED. The 208 was previously Baltimore & Ohio 1452 and was one of the first Amtrak units that was regularly used on the PANAMA. (approximate date of photo) |
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12/1/1973 Upload Date: 9/7/2021 2:43:09 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
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Station |
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296 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Panama Power |
| Description: |
Amtrak E8A 208, Illinois Central E8A 4024 and ICG E8A 4029 in Amtrak colors were backing in to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal to couple onto train No. 58, the northbound PANAMA LIMITED. The 208 was previously Baltimore & Ohio 1452 and was one of the first Amtrak units that was regularly used on the PANAMA. (approximate date of photo) |
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12/1/1973 Upload Date: 9/7/2021 2:43:39 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Station |
| Locomotives: |
IC 4029(E8A) ICG 4029(E8A) |
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360 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ICG Local |
| Description: |
Illinois Central GP10 8167 was on an outbound train on the ICG’s SHORE LINE DISTRICT in Mandeville, Louisiana as it made its way from Covington, to Bogalusa. The loaded pulpwood cars on the front of the train had been picked up at a woodyard about half way between Covington and Abita Springs, and were on their way to the Crown Zellerbach paper mill in Bogalusa. Pulpwood was also loaded at Lacombe, and this would be picked up further along the line. This was a former Gulf Mobile & Ohio branch. (approximate date of photo) |
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1/1/1974 Upload Date: 9/15/2020 10:09:51 AM |
| Location: |
Mandeville, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
IC 8167(GP10) |
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357 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ICG Local |
| Description: |
Illinois Central GP10 8167 was on an outbound train on the ICG’s SHORE LINE DISTRICT in Mandeville, Louisiana as it made its way from Covington, to Bogalusa. The loaded pulpwood cars on the front of the train had been picked up at a woodyard about half way between Covington and Abita Springs, and were on their way to the Crown Zellerbach paper mill in Bogalusa. Pulpwood was also loaded at Lacombe, and this would be picked up further along the line. This was a former Gulf Mobile & Ohio branch. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1974 Upload Date: 9/15/2020 10:11:23 AM |
| Location: |
Mandeville, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
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Action |
| Locomotives: |
IC 8167(GP10) |
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352 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
L&N "Five Aces" |
| Description: |
Louisville & Nashville 40-foot box car 11111 was photographed on the Missouri Pacific in New Orleans. It had a CAPY of 110,000 pounds, a LD LMT of 128,600 and a LT WT of 48,400 for a gross rail load of 177,000 pounds. The type XM car had been overhauled at the railroad’s SOUTH LOUISVILLE SHOPS in November 1972, and the little lettering on the upper left corner identified its owner as the FLORIDA NATIONAL BANK AND TRUAST COMPANY AT MIAMI. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1974 Upload Date: 11/16/2013 10:34:53 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
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RollingStock |
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1735 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ICG Shore Line Local |
| Description: |
Former Gulf Mobile & Ohio GP35 639 was powering the Illinois Central Gulf's Shore Line Local through Mandeville, Louisiana; on its way from Covington to Bogalusa. The train had just crossed U.S. Highway 190 and was now turning east towards Slidell, where it would turn north again and head up the former GM&O main line to Bogalusa. The whistle post next to those red and black CZCX (Crown Zellerbach Corporation) pulpwood cars was for Carroll Street. After the branch was abandoned in 1991 most of the right of way became the Tammany Trace trail. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
2/15/1974 Upload Date: 10/13/2017 5:57:40 PM |
| Location: |
Mandeville, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
GMO 639(GP35) |
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1499 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IC(G) GP9 9201 |
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The Illinois Central bought 26 GP9's equipped for passenger service, and all were built with a 62:15 (65 MPH) gear ratio; but this was one of four units (9200-9203) modified with high-speed 59:18 (85 MPH) gearing for use on the Chicago-Omaha line. By the time the 9201 was photographed deep in Gulf Mobile & Ohio territory - across from the Bogalusa depot - its high-speed days were long over. It was subsequently rebuilt in May 1979 as Ashley Drew & Northern GP10 1811. (approximate day) |
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2/15/1974 Upload Date: 2/7/2017 10:24:54 PM |
| Location: |
Bogalusa, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
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Roster |
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IC 9201(GP9) |
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NOUPT |
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This view of New Orleans Passenger Terminal SW8 number 3 in 1974 was an image of contrasts. To the left of the engine, covered by arches, was the terminal's unused 8-track post office annex; while on the left was Railway Express Agency, no longer served by rail and occupied by a few REA trucks. Elsewhere, the image illustrated the buildings which began altering the city's skyline over the previous 10 years. The tall building just to the left of the switcher is the 14-story office tower which had been completed in 1964 as a part of the city$s new main post office. To left left of this, in the background, is the building at number 2 Canal Street, next to the Mississippi River. This 33-story structure was completed in 1967 as the city's first skyscraper. On the very left is the 45-story Plaza Tower, completed in 1969 as the city's second skyscraper and located right across the street for the railroad station. On the left is the 51-story One Shell Square, opened in 1972 and still the tallest building in the city. In the 40-plus years since this photo was taken, the skyline has been filled with an assortment of other tall structures. (approximate date) |
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2/15/1974 Upload Date: 7/19/2016 5:11:48 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
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Station |
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NOUPT 3(SW8) |
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ICG Geeps |
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Illinois Central Gulf GP8 7715 and IC GP10 8191 were parked across from the old GM&O depot at Bogalusa, awaiting their call to duty on the Tylertown Local. This train ran south from Bogalusa seven miles to Rio and then worked its way up the Bogue Chitto Branch 42 miles to Tylertown, Mississippi. (approximate day) |
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3/15/1974 Upload Date: 2/25/2017 3:16:50 PM |
| Location: |
Bogalusa, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
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Yard |
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ICG 7715(GP8) IC 8191(GP10) |
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Southern Railway Train No. 194 |
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Southern Railway train No. 194 was heading north through Slidell, Louisiana behind Southern Pacific U33C 8782, SD45T-2 9190 and a third SP unit. This run-through train between Houston and Birmingham was just south of the Slidell station, and the track in the foreground was the south leg of the wye that had served a creosote plant along nearby Bayou Bonfouca. A creosote plant was first built here in 1892 to treat wood for the New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad’s trestle across Lake Pontchartrain. The plant closed in 1970 and the area was subsequently designated as an EPA Superfund site. After the creosote-contaminated soil was incinerated and the wye was removed, a 54-acre area west of the railroad station which once included the wye and the creosote plant was redeveloped by the city as HERITAGE PARK. (approximate date of photo) |
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4/1/1974 Upload Date: 3/29/2022 12:27:11 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
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Scenic |
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SP U33C 8782 |
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Southern Pacific U33C 8782 was heading north passed the Southern Railway station at Slidell, Louisiana with SD45T-2 9190 and another SP unit on run-through train No. 194. (approximate date of photo) |
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4/1/1974 Upload Date: 2/6/2020 7:52:28 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
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Scenic |
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SP 8782(U33C) |
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681 Comments: 1 |
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Southern FBS 115791 |
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Southern Railway bulkhead flat (AAR type FBS) 115791 was the last of 12 cars (115780-115791) rebuilt by Custom Services in Jacksonville from 9800-9999 all-door cars (LU). These were originally built by Pullman-Standard in 1961-62. (approximate date of photo) |
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4/1/1974 Upload Date: 2/6/2020 7:55:31 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
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RollingStock |
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| Title: |
Engine and Caboose |
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Former Gulf Mobile & Ohio GP38-2 753 was parked in front of the former Illinois Central station at Hammond, Louisiana with ICG caboose 199847. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1974 Upload Date: 2/6/2020 7:47:36 PM |
| Location: |
Hammond, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
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Scenic |
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GMO 753(GP38-2) |
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1166 Comments: 1 |
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SOU 6137 |
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An unusual set or power -- FP7's 6137, 6145 and 6147 -- lead the northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT over Bayou Patttasat in Slidell. During this time, it was common for FP7's to operate on the train, but there was usually one or more E-units too! (date approximate) |
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4/1/1974 Upload Date: 6/3/2009 1:37:16 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6137(FP7A) |
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2170 Comments: 1 |
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IC GP9 9054 |
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A trio of black Illinois Central units - GP9's 9054 and 9313 along with GP40 3003 - had uncoupled from a southbound ICG train at Hammond, Louisiana and run down to the depot so a crewman could exchange some paperwork with the agent there. The track on the right was the south leg of the wye, and up until 1971 this line ran all the way to Covington. (approximate day) |
| Photo Date: |
4/15/1974 Upload Date: 4/4/2017 4:27:10 PM |
| Location: |
Hammond, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
IC 9054(GP9) |
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829 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
IC Geeps |
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Illinois Central geeps 9054, 9313 and 3003 were backing onto their southbound train (on the left) after having run down to the Hammond depot to exchange some paperwork with the agent. The trainman next to the middle unit would throw the switch for the line to Baton Rouge as soon as the engines pass. The passenger cars on the left belonged to the Southeast Louisiana Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, while the geep on the right was the Hammond Switcher. This photo was taken about 20 months after the IC-GM&O merger, but this still looked just like the IC! (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
4/15/1974 Upload Date: 4/19/2017 11:27:55 AM |
| Location: |
Hammond, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
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Scenic |
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IC 9054(GP9) |
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1071 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
ICG GP38-4 9565 |
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A year and a half after the Illinois Central-Gulf Mobile & Ohio merger, freshly repainted ICG GP38-2 9565 (ex-GM&O 845) was switching in former IC territory at Hammond, Louisiana. A Cargill RENT-A-TRAIN was passing on the left, while on the extreme right were some passenger cars that belonged to the Southeast Louisiana Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. (approximate day) |
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4/15/1974 Upload Date: 4/5/2017 1:00:42 PM |
| Location: |
Hammond, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
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ICG 9565(GP38-2) |
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815 Comments: 1 |
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Southern Railway Train No. 2 |
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Southern Railway train No. 2 – the northbound SOUTHERN CRESCENT – was at the station in Slidell, Louisiana with E8A 6905, FP7A’s 6147, 6145 and 6148, and nine cars: baggage-dormitory 710, coaches 843, 828 and SCL 5467, diner 3306, 10-6 sleeping cars 2012 SALUDA RIVER, 3401 FRENCH BROAD RIVER and un-named Amtrak 2695; and dome parlor 1602. During 1974 FP7’s were often used on Nos. 1 and 2, but not this many! |
| Photo Date: |
4/26/1974 Upload Date: 4/30/2021 5:34:58 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
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SOU 6905(E8A) |
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454 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SOU 903006 |
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The Southern Railway's New Orleans work train was on the main line at Slidell, rerailing cars which had derailed on the BACK TRACK just north of the depot. The derailed cars had been on northbound local No. 58. The 903006 was a 150-ton crane built by Bucyrus as Southern D-66 (serial number 251) in March 1919. When photographed here, it had been recently converted to diesel power. Norfolk Southern subsequently donated it to the North Carolina Transportation Museum at Spencer. (date approximate) |
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5/1/1974 Upload Date: 4/2/2010 4:03:09 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
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Wreck |
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| Title: |
SOU 903006 |
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The Southern Railway's New Orleans work train was on the main line at Slidell, rerailing cars which had derailed on the BACK TRACK just north of the depot. The derailed cars had been on northbound local No. 58. The 903006 was a 150-ton crane built by Bucyrus as Southern D-66 (serial number 251) in March 1919. When photographed here, it had been recently converted to diesel power. Norfolk Southern subsequently donated it to the North Carolina Transportation Museum at Spencer. (date approximate) |
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5/1/1974 Upload Date: 4/2/2010 4:02:49 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
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Wreck |
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1189 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SOU 903006 |
| Description: |
The Southern Railway's New Orleans work train was on the main line at Slidell, rerailing cars which had derailed on the BACK TRACK just north of the depot. The derailed cars had been on northbound local No. 58. The 903006 was a 150-ton crane built by Bucyrus as Southern D-66 (serial number 251) in March 1919. When photographed here, it had been recently converted to diesel power. Norfolk Southern subsequently donated it to the North Carolina Transportation Museum at Spencer. (date approximate) |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/1974 Upload Date: 4/2/2010 4:02:16 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Wreck |
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1545 Comments: 0 |
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