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| Title: |
Amtrak No. 24 |
| Description: |
It's 6:42 on a Thursday evening and the eastbound GULF COAST LIMITED is being passed up by the rush-hour traffic on Interstate 10. Today's train is much longer than the typical 3- or 4-car consist, because of a special group that came in today or which has made reservations for tomorrow. Train No. 24 is on the NOUPT Eastern Connection, descending from the Metairie Road overpass, and is just beginning its trip to Mobile. Notice the blue 1984 Louisiana World Exposition signs on the right. The train was introduced shortly before the Fair opened and was discontinued shortly after the Fair closed. |
| Photo Date: |
5/31/1984 Upload Date: 1/2/2010 1:52:31 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 703(P30CH) |
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3832 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
WB SUNSET |
| Description: |
It's 5:50 P.M. and Amtrak train No. 1 -- the westbound SUNSET -- is making its station stop at Lafayette. Today's train had P30CH units 701 and 723 with eight cars. |
| Photo Date: |
6/2/1984 Upload Date: 12/17/2009 2:52:38 AM |
| Location: |
Lafayette, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 701(P30CH) |
| Views: |
1232 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak P30CH Units |
| Description: |
P30CH units 719 and 704 were parked on a ready track at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, while the 703 was sitting next to the sand tower. |
| Photo Date: |
9/6/1984 Upload Date: 1/3/2020 3:27:27 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 719(P30CH) |
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662 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SDP40F 611 |
| Description: |
By the time this photo was taken of Amtrak 611 (and 631) most of Amtrak's 150 SDP40F units had been traded in on F40PHR's. The 611 and 631 had been used in work train service in Michigan, and were in storage at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. Less than a year after this photo was taken the 611 was traded in of F40's 391-400, which were built in July and August 1985. The 631 lasted a little longer, and was one of the last nine SDP40F's to be retired. These were used as trade-in credit on F40's 401-409, which were built between December 1987 and February 1988. |
| Photo Date: |
9/6/1984 Upload Date: 2/26/2010 5:01:15 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
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1822 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Train No. 23 |
| Description: |
At 09:50-55 on Saturday 5 January 1985 the original version of Amtrak train No. 23 - the westbound GULF COAST LIMITED - was stopped on the Seaboard System at the East New Orleans shelter. This was located along U.S. 90 just east of the railroad's GENTILLY YARD. The train was made up of P30CH 718, Heritage Fleet coach 4008, Amfleet coaches 21151 and 21229, and food-service car 20011. This was two days before the train's last run, and the Heritage Fleet coach was added for any extra traffic. |
| Photo Date: |
1/5/1985 Upload Date: 9/2/2017 5:53:10 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 718(P30CH) |
| Views: |
580 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak SW8 747 |
| Description: |
Amtrak SW8 747 was built at EMD’s Plant No. 3 in Cleveland, Ohio in February 1953 as New York Central 9623. It was subsequently Penn Central 8623 in 1968, and Conrail 8623 in 1976, and in May 1983 it was one of four SW8’s Conrail traded to Amtrak for a pair of E8A’s. It arrived in New Orleans in Nov 1984 where it received the new paint job shown here. It was last used on 3 February 1994, was sold that September and left NOUPT in December. New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal's three SW8’s 1-3 were also made in Cleveland. |
| Photo Date: |
10/5/1985 Upload Date: 5/24/2018 1:06:15 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 747(SW8) |
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543 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
AMTK E9A 468 |
| Description: |
Amtrak E9A 468 was built as Union Pacific 909 in September 1961, and it was among the last E-units produced, as only ten more were built after it. The locomotive was leased to Amtrak as the 1414 in May 1972, and sold to them as the 414 in December 1973. The unit was not included in Amtrak’s final big E-unit auction of 1981, and was parked at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal for the next six years. When this photo was taken, the 414 had recently been renumbered 468 in small numerals at the rear; but never operated with this number. It was finally sold and left NOUPT in 1987, and was acquired by the Louisiana Railway Heritage Trust in 2009. |
| Photo Date: |
10/5/1985 Upload Date: 6/30/2017 4:42:03 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 468(E9A) |
| Views: |
676 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Train No. 1 |
| Description: |
At 15:40 on Saturday 14 December 1985 the westbound SUNSET LIMITED was heading out of New Orleans on the Illinois Central Gulf at East Bridge Junction. The train was made up of P30CH units 706 and 718, baggage car 1151, dormitory-coach 39901, and Superliner coach 34055, diner 38020 and sleeper 32027; but it was missing its usual 10-6 transcontinental sleeper. |
| Photo Date: |
12/14/1985 Upload Date: 9/2/2017 6:11:06 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 706(P30CH) |
| Views: |
333 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Westbound SUNSET |
| Description: |
It's a couple of minutes before five o'clock, and the westbound SUNSET is making its station stop at New Iberia, Louisiana. The train consists of F40's 242 and 204, baggage car 1229, deadheading coach-baggage 31005, dormitory-coach 39954, coach 34100, lounge 33020, diner 38011, sleepers 32043 and 32034, and private car CANNON BALL. During this time, the SUNSET's usual power was a pair of P30CH's; but for some reason, the eastbound train had come east with these two EMD's the previous day; and now they were heading back home to California. |
| Photo Date: |
4/5/1989 Upload Date: 2/26/2010 3:52:21 PM |
| Location: |
New Iberia, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 242(F40PHR) |
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1297 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Westbound SUNSET |
| Description: |
B32-8WH units 503 and 514 lead the westbound SUNSET across Bayou Ramos, just east of Morgan City, Louisiana. A dead-heading Amfleet coach is the first car in the 9-car train. |
| Photo Date: |
7/19/1993 Upload Date: 12/17/2009 2:24:13 AM |
| Location: |
Ramos, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 503(B32-8WH) |
| Views: |
1094 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Train 58 |
| Description: |
Because of some problem on the CN-IC, Amtrak train 58 - the northbound CITY OF NEW ORLEANS - was leaving its namesake over the Norfolk Southern. The train was seen here on the NS Outer Belt at milepost 4, near the Marconi Drive underpass, about 15 minutes after it left New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. The CITY had Amtrak 77 for power and would run as NS train R20 to Hattiesburg, where it would get on the CN-IC Beaumont District and then regain its regular route at Jackson, Mississippi. |
| Photo Date: |
10/8/2001 Upload Date: 2/8/2017 5:17:30 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 77(P42DC) |
| Views: |
441 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Train No. 58 |
| Description: |
Amtrak train 58, the northbound CITY OF NEW ORLEANS was making its scheduled stop at Hammond, Louisiana. The train consisted of P42’s 166 and 72 with nine cars: MHC 1436, mail storage car 1754, sleepers 32002 and 32009 GEORGE M. PULLMAN, diner 38008, lounge 33005, and coaches 31591, 34018 and 31006. |
| Photo Date: |
4/27/2002 Upload Date: 10/6/2018 12:46:29 PM |
| Location: |
Hammond, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 166(P42DC) |
| Views: |
313 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Northbound CRESCENT |
| Description: |
Amtrak train 20, the northbound CRESCENT, was approaching the north end of Norfolk Southern’s 5-mile bridge over Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana. The train consisted of P42DC’s 73 and 9 with eight cars: Amfleet coaches 25035, 25052 and 25106, Amfleet lounge 28008, Viewliner diner 68002 ATLANTA, un-named Viewliner sleepers 62008 and 62029, and Viewliner baggage car 61007. |
| Photo Date: |
11/9/2019 Upload Date: 11/21/2019 3:05:58 PM |
| Location: |
North Shore, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 73(P42DC) |
| Views: |
325 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak No. 58 |
| Description: |
Amtrak train No. 58 -- the northbound CITY OF NEW ORLEANS -- crosses Central Avenue at 60 MPH, on its way out of the New Orleans area. The train has F40 373, GP40TC 198, and ten cars. The ex-GO Transit geeps were regularly used on the train at this time. East Bridge Tower is visible in the distance on the right. |
| Photo Date: |
2/11/1990 Upload Date: 1/25/2010 12:21:10 PM |
| Location: |
Jefferson, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 373(F40PHR) AMTK 198(GP40TC) |
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788 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Train No. 1 |
| Description: |
Amtrak’s westbound SUNSET was pulling out of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal right on time at one o’clock in the afternoon with an A-A-B-A set of former Southern Pacific F-units and nine cars. The first three locos: FP7A 113 (ex-6449), FP7A 110 (ex-6446) and F7B 161 (ex-8291), were freshly-painted in Amtrak colors, while the last unit, FP7 6459, still looked like an SP engine; but it would soon become Amtrak 122. The train consisted of baggage car 1102, hi-level coaches 9920, 9932 and 9900, dormitory-bar-lounge car 3394, Northern Pacific diner 463, and sleeping cars 2361 REGAL CITY, 2635 PACIFIC SPRAY and 2608 PACIFIC CREST. |
| Photo Date: |
11/2/1973 Upload Date: 8/23/2020 12:42:48 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 113(FP7A) |
| Views: |
908 Comments: 2 |
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