| Louisville & Nashville K-5 class 4-6-2 282 was leading train No. 10 into the curve at the intersection of North Peters Street and Elysian Fields Avenue, just a few minutes after leaving the railroad's Canal Street Station. The tracks in the right foreground belonged to the Southern Pacific, while those on the other side of the train were owned by the New Orleans Public Belt. L&N 282 was a USRA design light Pacific and was one of the last 4-6-2's built for the L&N. It was one of a dozen K-5's (272-283) built by Alco-Brooks in 1924, and was retired on 8 January 1953. The steamship JAMES LYKES was docked on the other side of the Esplanade Avenue Wharf. For many years the Lykes Brothers Steamship Company had a major presence in the port here. The ship was a C1-B design cargo vessel launched by Bethlehem Shipbuilding at Sparrows Point, Maryland in 1940 and it was broken up at Panama City, Florida in 1972. (approximate day of photo) |