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By:Michael Palmieri
Dates:1/1/1973 - 12/31/1999
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80-ton GE
Title:  80-ton GE
Description:  This General Electric drawing from May 1937 illustrates the basic appearance for 80-tonner serial numbers 12184-12188, which were buil} in October and November 1937 as demonstrators for the Cummins Engine Co. (Note that the step locations varied or changed over time.) Serial numbers 12184, 12186 agd 12188 were subsequently sold to Republic Steel, while 12185 and 12187 went to the Northeast Oklahoma Railroad as 254 and 253, and in 1949 they became Louisiana Soushern 505 and 504. Both of these units were scrapped at Chatham Iron and Metal in Savannah, Georgia.
Photo Date:  4/29/1937  Upload Date: 6/11/2018 4:36:54 PM
Location:  Erie, PA
Author:  unknown
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NEO 253(80Tonner) LSO 504(80Tonner) LSO 505(80Tonner) NEO 254(80Tonner)
Views:  984   Comments: 2
Louisiana Southern 501
Title:  Louisiana Southern 501
Description:  Louisiana Southern 501 was a 44-ton locomotive built by General Electric in December 1941. Most GE locomotives of this design weighed 45 tons, but the railroad specified that the 501 only weigh 44 tons to insure that it could be operated without a fireman. It cost $24,150, was eventually sold to the Pacolet Manufacturing Co. at Pacolet, SC and later went to Willamette Industries at Taylor, LA. (approximate date)
Photo Date:  1/1/1947  Upload Date: 2/9/2017 2:40:56 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  unknown
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  LSO 501(45Tonner)
Views:  590   Comments: 2
AT&N RS1 111
Title:  AT&N RS1 111
Description:  Brand-new Alabama Tennessee & Northern RS1 number 111 was on the Nickel Plate Road at/Conneaut, Ohio en rhute from the Alco plant at Schenectady, New York to the AT&N.
Photo Date:  8/23/1947  Upload Date: 2/5/2018 5:08:24 PM
Location:  Conneaut, OH
Author:  PAUL W. PRESCOTT photo
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  ATN 111(RS1)
Views:  767   Comments: 0
NL&G SW8 37
Title:  NL&G SW8 37
Description:  North Louisiana & Gulf SW8 number 37 was photographed inside the railroad's engine house at North Hodge, Louisiana. NL&G 37 and 38 were built at EMD's Cleveland Plant in December 1953 to replace a pair of 70-ton GE's which had been wrecked the previous month.
Photo Date:  8/15/1969  Upload Date: 8/17/2018 5:02:52 PM
Location:  Hodge, LA
Author:  KEN M. ARDINGER photo
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NLG 37(SW8)
Views:  553   Comments: 0
Gifford-Hill 204
Title:  Gifford-Hill 204
Description:  Gifford-Hill Alco RS1 number 204 was at the company's gravel pit located along the McComb District of the Illinois Central 80 miles north of New Orleans. The locomotive was built in January 1945 as Minneapolis & St. Louis 1144 and was later renumbered Mt&SL 204, before being sold to the Jahnke Service Co. at this location.
Photo Date:  8/7/1970  Upload Date: 4/27/2017 10:28:53 PM
Location:  Tangipahoa, LA
Author:  Joe Brockmeyer photo
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  GH 204(RS1)
Views:  672   Comments: 1
Gifford-Hill 88
Title:  Gifford-Hill 88
Description:  Gifford-Hill Alco HH900 number 88 was at the company's gravel pit located along the McComb District of the Illinois Central 80 miles north of New Orleans. The locomotive was built in January 1939 as Birmingham Southern 50 and was later renumbered BS 88, before being sold to the Jahnke Service Co. at this location.
Photo Date:  8/7/1970  Upload Date: 4/27/2017 10:13:51 PM
Location:  Tangipahoa, LA
Author:  Joe Brockmeyer photo
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  GH 88(HH1000)
Views:  834   Comments: 1
SPCC 11
Title:  SPCC 11
Description:  Southern Peru Copper Corp. RS11 No. 11 was parked next to the Kansas City Southern engine house at West Yard. The locomotive was originally high-nose Southern Pacific 5725 and then 2905, and was on its way from Morrison-Knudsen in Boise, Idaho to South America. Between June and September 1974 MK rebuilt SP 2905, 2912 and 2934 as SPCC 11-13. This unit had been completed on 29 July.
Photo Date:  8/16/1974  Upload Date: 5/18/2010 3:35:48 PM
Location:  Metairie, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SPCC 11(RS11)
Views:  1303   Comments: 0
TO&E SW900 D4
Title:  TO&E SW900 D4
Description:  Texas Oklahoma & Eastern SW900 D-4 was originally a DeQueen & Eastern unit but it was subsequently relettered, as indicated by the rectangle of newer paint below its cab window. The unit was confirmed as frame number 6529-2 and serial number 19528, built in May 1954. It was parked next to the DQ&E's former depot at Dierks, Arkansas.
Photo Date:  2/9/1975  Upload Date: 7/28/2017 5:41:11 PM
Location:  Dierks, AR
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  TOE D4(SW900)
Views:  424   Comments: 0
DQ&E GP35 D6
Title:  DQ&E GP35 D6
Description:  The D-6 was the only GP35 bought new by the DeQueen & Eastern / Texas Oklahoma & Eastern, and was photographed outside the DQ&E shop at DeQueen, Arkansas. The D6 was confirmed as serial no. 29359, built in May 1964.
Photo Date:  2/9/1975  Upload Date: 6/7/2009 9:03:17 PM
Location:  De Queen, AR
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  DQE D6(GP35)
Views:  1248   Comments: 0
Braswell S3 101
Title:  Braswell S3 101
Description:  Braswell Sand & Gravel S3 number 101 was photographed in a gravel pit along the Kansas City Southern at Wilton, Arkansas. The locomotive was Alco serial No. 78786 ! built in September 1951 ! as W.R. Grace-Davidson Chemical Division 101, and went from Braswell to Texana Tank Car 101 at Texarkana.
Photo Date:  2/9/1975  Upload Date: 2/8/2017 5:51:14 PM
Location:  Wilton, AR
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BRASWELL 101(S3)
Views:  430   Comments: 2
TO&E GP40 D-14
Title:  TO&E GP40 D-14
Description:  Texas Oklahoma & Eastern GP40 D-14 and GP40-2 D-15 were parked outside the DeQueen locomotive service shed on a sunny Sunday afternoon. Alongside were DQ&E cabs 81 and 82, former Kansas City Southern cars.
Photo Date:  2/9/1975  Upload Date: 4/4/2017 10:00:48 AM
Location:  De Queen, AR
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  TOE D14(GP40) TOE D15(GP40-2)
Views:  585   Comments: 1
TO&E GP40-2 D-20
Title:  TO&E GP40-2 D-20
Description:  On a cool Sunday afternoon in February a workman was plugging in the engine heaters on Texas Oklahoma & Eastern GP40-2's D-20 and D-16 so the prime movers would not freeze during the night. The switch engine was TO&E SW900 D-4, and the building was the DeQueen & Eastern's former Dierks depot.
Photo Date:  2/9/1975  Upload Date: 4/4/2017 10:19:53 AM
Location:  Dierks, AR
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  TOE D20(GP40-2)
Views:  353   Comments: 1
De Queen & Eastern GP40 D7
Title:  De Queen & Eastern GP40 D7
Description:  The D-7 was the first of four GP40's bought new by the DeQueen & Eastern / Texas Oklahoma & Eastern, and was photographed outside the DQ&E shop at DeQueen, Arkansas. The two railroads subsequently bought three new GP40-2's and three ex-Conrail GP40's. The D-7 was confirmed as frame no. 5704-1 and serial no. 31855, built in August 1966.
Photo Date:  2/9/1975  Upload Date: 7/6/2009 11:17:21 AM
Location:  De Queen, AR
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives: 
Views:  1372   Comments: 0
DQ&E Shop Building
Title:  DQ&E Shop Building
Description:  The was a DeQueen & Eastern shop building in DeQueen.
Photo Date:  2/9/1975  Upload Date: 4/4/2017 10:14:56 AM
Location:  De Queen, AR
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives: 
Views:  241   Comments: 0
TASD HH900 371
Title:  TASD HH900 371
Description:  Terminal Railway-Alabama States Docks Alco HH900 371 was being dismantled within the Port of Mobile. The locomotive was built in March 1937 as Birmingham Southern 83 (serial 68789) and was sold to Montpelier Stone in 1961 before going to the TASD in 1964. BS 86 ended up as TASD 372.
Photo Date:  5/25/1975  Upload Date: 12/17/2017 1:52:56 PM
Location:  Mobile, AL
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  TASD 371(HH1000)
Views:  497   Comments: 0
Alabama State Docks
Title:  Alabama State Docks
Description:  Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks Alco S4 541 and 25-ton GE 522 were parked outside of the railroad's shop. The 541 had been built new for the railroad, but the 522 was previously Alabama Grain Elevator 521 and was acquired by the TASD in 1965.
Photo Date:  5/26/1975  Upload Date: 3/31/2017 3:31:34 PM
Location:  Mobile, AL
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  TASD 541(S4) TASD 522(25 Tonner)
Views:  596   Comments: 1
TASD SHOP
Title:  TASD SHOP
Description:  In this view of the Terminal Railway-Alabama State Docks diesel shop, S2 491 was in the Auburn University blue-and-orange paint scheme and S4 541 was in the University of Alabama red-and-white scheme, while the hood of S2 451 on the left was in the later all-black scheme.
Photo Date:  5/26/1975  Upload Date: 4/18/2017 3:08:04 PM
Location:  Mobile, AL
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  TASD 491(S2) TASD 541(S4)
Views:  453   Comments: 1
AN 711
Title:  AN 711
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/28/1975  Upload Date: 10/28/2188 12:20:47 PM
Location:  Port Saint Joe, FL
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  AN 711(SW9)
Views:  886   Comments: 1
AN 718
Title:  AN 718
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/28/1975  Upload Date: 5/24/2009 12:21:46 PM
Location:  Port Saint Joe, FL
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives: 
Views:  1031   Comments: 1
ASAB 502
Title:  ASAB 502
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/28/1975  Upload Date: 5/24/2009 12:25:16 PM
Location:  Panama City, FL
Author:  Michlel Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  ASAB 502(GP7)
Views:  1044   Comments: 1
Bunge SW1 202
Title:  Bunge SW1 202
Description:  Bunge Corp. SW1 202 was being used at the company's grain elevator in Galveston. It was serial number 8614, built in April 1949 as Galveston Wharves 202.
Photo Date:  9/25/1975  Upload Date: 9/7/2017 3:47:20 PM
Location:  Galveston, TX
Author:  TODD MINSK photo
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BUNGE 202(SW1)
Views:  767   Comments: 0
Bunge SW1 204
Title:  Bunge SW1 204
Description:  Bunge Corp. SW1 204 was being used at the company's grain elevator in Galveston. It was frame no. 6041-2, built as Galveston Wharves 204.
Photo Date:  9/25/1975  Upload Date: 9/7/2017 4:04:00 PM
Location:  Galveston, TX
Author:  TODD MINSK photo
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BUNGE 204(SW1)
Views:  696   Comments: 0
Bunge GE
Title:  Bunge GE
Description:  This Bunge Corp. un-numbered 25-ton GE was being used at Galveston, Texas. The unit was built under serial no. 30970 in April 1951 as Birdsboro Slag Products number 2 at Birdsboro, Pennsylvania.
Photo Date:  9/25/1975  Upload Date: 9/7/2017 4:34:22 PM
Location:  Galveston, TX
Author:  TODD MINSK photo
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BUNGE NONE(25 Tonner)
Views:  835   Comments: 0
Trackmobile
Title:  Trackmobile
Description:  This classic TRACKMOBILE was at an unidentified industry along the Illinois Central Gulf (former IC) at Kentwood, Louisiana. The community later gained notoriety as the home of Britney Spears.
Photo Date:  4/24/1976  Upload Date: 12/6/2017 3:36:16 PM
Location:  Kentwood, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives: 
Views:  184   Comments: 0
FC&G SW900 900
Title:  FC&G SW900 900
Description:  Here was the Illinois Central Gulf’s lone SW900 still looking just like it did as Fernwood Columbia & Gulf 900. The FC&G was one of three Mississippi short lines that were included in the 1972 merger of the Gulf Mobile & Ohio with the Illinois Central. Although it was assigned ICG number 900, it was never repainted. It was sold to Kansas short line Hutchinson & Northern in 1983, where it received a 2-tone blue variation of its FC&G scheme and was renumbered 6.
Photo Date:  5/8/1976  Upload Date: 3/6/2019 2:36:22 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives: 
Views:  771   Comments: 2
AD&N 102
Title:  AD&N 102
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/20/1977  Upload Date: 10/21/2007 3:52:46 PM
Location:  Crossett, AR
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  ADN 102(SW900)
Views:  1588   Comments: 1
AD&N 176
Title:  AD&N 176
Description:  This SW1200 was built in December 1955, and received this special paint scheme for the U.S. bicentennial. It was later renumbered AD&N 1206, and then sold to Rail Switching Service as RSS 1206.
Photo Date:  2/20/1977  Upload Date: 5/22/2009 9:04:54 PM
Location:  Crossett, AR
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  ADN 176(SW1200)
Views:  1097   Comments: 0
E&W 19
Title:  E&W 19
Description:  The builder's plate on El Dorado & Wesson S1 No. 19 identified this loco as Alco serial number 69385, built in December 1940. It was originally Messena Terminal 8, one of 15 S1's built under show order E-1816 (serial nos. 69378-69392) between October 1940 and January 1941. S1 production began in May 1940, so this was a very early example of this model.
Photo Date:  2/20/1977  Upload Date: 5/24/2009 12:28:03 PM
Location:  El Dorado, AR
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  EDW 19(S1)
Views:  938   Comments: 0
A&NR 12
Title:  A&NR 12
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/1978  Upload Date: 5/22/2009 3:03:26 PM
Location:  Lufkin, TX
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  ANR 12(S4)
Views:  1637   Comments: 2
LSS S4 18
Title:  LSS S4 18
Description:  Lone Star Steel S4 number 18 was built as Houston Belt & Terminal 21. HB&T incorrectly numbered it LSS 20, but the steel company renumbered it 18.
Photo Date:  7/31/1978  Upload Date: 1/9/2018 10:16:27 PM
Location:  Lone Star, TX
Author:  TODD MINSK photo
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  LSSX 18(S4)
Views:  486   Comments: 1
H&N S1 No. 4
Title:  H&N S1 No. 4
Description:  Hutchinson & Northern S1 No. 4 was Alco 73353, built in June 1945 as South Omaha Terminal Railway No. 1 and bought by the H&N in December 1969. The car on the left was Rock Island coach 344 GOLDEN CYMBAL, built by Pullman-Standard in 1947 and retired in 1971.
Photo Date:  8/1/1978  Upload Date: 9/21/2010 7:27:15 PM
Location:  Hutchinson, KS
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  HN 4(S1)
Views:  814   Comments: 1
H&N S1 No. 5
Title:  H&N S1 No. 5
Description:  Hutchinson & Northern No. 5 was Alco 73579, built in July 1945 as South Omaha Terminal Railway No. 4 and was bought by the H&N in December 1969.
Photo Date:  8/1/1978  Upload Date: 9/21/2010 7:27:53 PM
Location:  Hutchinson, KS
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  HN 5(S1)
Views:  610   Comments: 1
CRI&P 344 Golden Cymbal
Title:  CRI&P 344 Golden Cymbal
Description:  Former Rock Island Coach 344 GOLDEN CYMBAL and an unidentified caboose were in the Hutchinson & Northern Railway yard at Hutchinson, Kansas.
Photo Date:  8/1/1978  Upload Date: 9/21/2010 7:28:15 PM
Location:  Hutchinson, KS
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  1237   Comments: 2
Hutchinson & Northern
Title:  Hutchinson & Northern
Description:  Hutchinson & Northern S1 numbers 4 and 5 were tied up at the railroad's yard in Hutchinson, Kansas. No. 4 was Alco 73353 and No. 5 was Alco 73579, built in June and July 1945 as South Omaha Terminal Railway 1 and 4. They were bought by the H&N in December 1969 to replace electric locomotives.
Photo Date:  8/1/1978  Upload Date: 9/21/2010 7:26:50 PM
Location:  Hutchinson, KS
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  HN 4(S1) HN 5(S1)
Views:  1197   Comments: 2
KCC 773
Title:  KCC 773
Description:  Kennecott Copper Corp. 125-ton GE electric 773 on a empty train inside the copper mine. The locomotive was built in November 1955 as KCC 873. The big numbers were a big help for Kennecott employees and visiting railfans!
Photo Date:  8/4/1978  Upload Date: 2/20/2009 8:13:01 PM
Location:  Bingham Canyon, UT
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCCX 773(125Tonner)
Views:  1050   Comments: 2
KCC 905
Title:  KCC 905
Description:  Kennecott Copper Corp. GP39-2 905 and MP15AC 906 power a loaded train under the catenary, en route from the copper mine at Bingham Canyon to the smelter at Magma.
Photo Date:  8/4/1978  Upload Date: 2/20/2009 11:14:23 PM
Location:  Bingham Canyon, UT
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCCX 905(GP39-2) KCCX 906(MP15AC)
Views:  1624   Comments: 2
M&PP 19
Title:  M&PP 19
Description:  Manitou & Pike's Peak 2-unit railbus number 19 at the summit of Pike's Peak. Units 18 and 19 were built by the Swiss Locomotive & Machine Works, and entered service in 1976.
Photo Date:  8/10/1978  Upload Date: 8/27/2010 5:44:04 PM
Location:  Pikes Peak, CO
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  MPP 19(Railbus)
Views:  414   Comments: 0
MSE 63
Title:  MSE 63
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/18/1978  Upload Date: 5/24/2009 12:33:57 PM
Location:  Moss Point, MS
Author:  Todd Minsk photo
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MSE 63(C420)
Views:  947   Comments: 0
Ideal Cement
Title:  Ideal Cement
Description:  This un-numbered 25-ton GE worked along the west bank of the Industrial Canal. It was built for Ideal as serial no. 10977 in May 1951, and was previously used at Ada, Oklahoma and Superior, Nebraska.
Photo Date:  12/26/1978  Upload Date: 3/1/2010 6:16:16 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Todd Minsk
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  IDEAL 0(25 Tonner)
Views:  974   Comments: 0
Lone Star GE
Title:  Lone Star GE
Description:  This 45-ton General Electric loco was built unddr serial number 32121 in December 1953. It had spent its entire life working for Lone Star at a cement plant along the Industrial Canal in New Orleans.
Photo Date:  12/26/1978  Upload Date: 5/8/2017 12:54:29 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  TODD MINSK photo
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  LONE STAR(45Tonner)
Views:  437   Comments: 0
Celotex 7
Title:  Celotex 7
Description:  This unmarked Alco S3 was built in November 1953 as Davenport, Rock Island & Northwestern No. 7. The Celotex Corp. bought it in 1976 to replace their 1929-vintage 4-wheel boxcab Porter No. 3 at their Westwego plant.
Photo Date:  12/27/1978  Upload Date: 2/22/2010 11:29:38 AM
Location:  Westwego, LA
Author:  Todd Minsk
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CELOTEX 7(S3)
Views:  840   Comments: 0
ITCO 2
Title:  ITCO 2
Description:  Intracoastal Terninal Co. 45-ton GE No. 2 was working along the Intracoastal Waterway (Harvey Canal) in Harvey, Louisiana -- across the Mississippi River from New Orleans. The locomotive was General Ebectric serial No. 15294, built in December 1941 as Weldon Springs Ordnance Works No. 1 near St. Louis. It was subsequently renumbered U.S. Army 7325 and then U.S. Air Force 7325. Last used by the USAF at Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City, Louisiana; it became Avondale Shipyard No. 3 before moving to ITCO.
Photo Date:  12/27/1978  Upload Date: 3/1/2010 6:15:30 PM
Location:  Harvey, LA
Author:  Todd Minsk
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  ITCO 2(45Tonner)
Views:  959   Comments: 0
MSE 65
Title:  MSE 65
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/28/1978  Upload Date: 2/19/2009 8:27:49 PM
Location:  Moss Point, MS
Author:  Todd Minsk photo
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MSE 65(GP38-2)
Views:  707   Comments: 0
Goldin Industries 2
Title:  Goldin Industries 2
Description:  This was Goldin Industries No. 2 at Gulfport, Mississippi. The little loco was a 15-ton Brookville Model BCL, serial number 2646, built in July 1941 as Ingalls Shipyard NL-2 at Pascagoula, Mississippi. It was subsequently Goldin & Schwartz Scrap Co. 2 and the Goldin Industries 2.
Photo Date:  12/28/1978  Upload Date: 12/28/2017 4:52:50 PM
Location:  Gulfport, MS
Author:  TODD MINSK photo
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  GOLDIN 2(BL14CG)
Views:  461   Comments: 0
Model 40
Title:  Model 40
Description:  Built on 29 August 1942 as U.S. Army 7953, this little loco was one of only 11 Model 40 diesel-electric switchers built by the Electro-Motive Corporation and its successor, the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors. Built between August 1940 and April 1943, each 4-wheel unit weighed between 40 and 44 tons and was powered by two 150HP Detroit Diesel Model 6-71 truck engines. It looks like serial number 2285 spent its entire life in southeast Louisiana. Known owners included the Gulf South Warehouse Co. in New Orleans (which may have been its original assignment for the U.S. Army), American Creosote at Southport, and the Green Brothers' Coastal Sand & Gravel operation at Lacombe, where it was photographed in derelict condition.
Photo Date:  1/2/1979  Upload Date: 2/7/2010 12:10:32 PM
Location:  Lacombe, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives: 
Views:  1716   Comments: 0
RE S2 1049
Title:  RE S2 1049
Description:  Railway Equipment Leasing Co. S2 1049 was parked on a siding along the Illinois Central Gulf in the Baton Rouge area, without a front coupler or some steps. Relco units were very common along the ICG between here and New Orleans because of the many industries along the Mississippi. The locomotive was built in June 1948 as Seaboard Air Line 1432 before becoming Seaboard Coast Line 48, and it had been retired in August 1976.
Photo Date:  3/8/1979  Upload Date: 9/4/2017 4:07:57 PM
Location:  Baton Rouge, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  RE 1049(S2)
Views:  289   Comments: 0
Farmers Export 581
Title:  Farmers Export 581
Description:  Farmers Export GP7 581 looks much as it did as Frisco 581, except perhaps for the liberal coating of grain dust!
Photo Date:  6/5/1979  Upload Date: 3/2/2010 1:48:39 AM
Location:  Ama, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  FARMERS 581(GP7)
Views:  1409   Comments: 1
Galveston Wharves SW1 205
Title:  Galveston Wharves SW1 205
Description:  Galveston Wharves SW1 205 had been built in August 1951 as serial number 14985 ! and was subsequently sold to Farmland Industries, Inc. as FLIX 205.
Photo Date:  9/25/1979  Upload Date: 4/29/2017 12:19:56 PM
Location:  Galveston, TX
Author:  TODD MINSK photo
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  GVSR 205(SW1)
Views:  458   Comments: 0
Galveston Wharves SW1001 301
Title:  Galveston Wharves SW1001 301
Description:  Galveston Wharves (GWF) SW1001 301 was built in October 1975 ! as serial number 756080-1 ! The railroad had been owned by the City of Galveston, but it was sold to Rail Management Corp. in 1987 and renamed Galveston Railroad (GVSR). All of RMC's 14 shortline railroads was subsequently acquired by G&W Industries in 2005.
Photo Date:  9/25/1979  Upload Date: 4/29/2017 12:32:11 PM
Location:  Galveston, TX
Author:  TODD MINSK photo
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives: 
Views:  940   Comments: 0
Houston Compressed Steel 27
Title:  Houston Compressed Steel 27
Description:  Houston Compressed Steel No. 27 was Whitcomb serial 60217, a 50-ton model 50DE57A built in February 1943 for the Defense Plant Corp. for use at Sheffield Steel in Houston.
Photo Date:  9/26/1979  Upload Date: 12/22/2017 5:30:47 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  TODD MINSK photo
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  HCSX 25(50-DE-58a-1)
Views:  875   Comments: 0


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