| Title: |
MP No. 10/IC No. 35 |
| Description: |
Missouri Pacific’s HOUSTONIAN, the overnight train between Houston and New Orleans, was arriving at Union Station in New Orleans behind Illinois Central 4-6-2 1194. The MP’s New Orleans-Houston trains operated over the Illinois Central (Yazoo & Mississippi Valley) between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Along here, these trains carried IC as well as MP numbers, so this was IC No. 35 and MP No. 10; and in the steam era they were usually powered by IC locomotives. This train consisted of a baggage car, a baggage-RPO, two coaches, a café-lounge and an 8-section / 5-double-bedroom sleeper. IC 1194 had been built by Alco’s Schenectady Works in October 1920 and it was scrapped in 1953. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1950 Upload Date: 4/25/2020 5:44:03 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
William T. Harry photo, J.G. Lachaussee collection |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
IC 1194(4-6-2) |
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