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L&N Train No. 10 |
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Louisville & Nashville K-5 class 4-6-2 265 was pulling train No. 10 out of Canal Street Station in New Orleans. The 265 was a USRA design light Pacific, and was the second of eight K-5's built by Baldwin in 1923 (264-271). It was retired on 1 February 1954. The track on the right belonged to the Southern Pacific, while the Illinois Central box car in the background was on a New Orleans Public Belt siding at the Bienville Street Wharf. (approximate month and day) |
Photo Date: |
6/1/1948 Upload Date: 12/7/2016 8:12:28 PM |
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New Orleans, LA |
Author: |
William Harry photo |
Categories: |
Steam,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
LN 265(4-6-2) |
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837 Comments: 1 |
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L&N Train No. 34 |
Description: |
Louisville & Nashville K-5 class 4-6-2 265 was leading train No. 34 – the combined Piedmont Limited-Gulf Wind – out of Canal Street Station in New Orleans. The Piedmont Limited was bound for New York City via the L&N, West Point Route, Southern Railway, and the Pennsylvania; but between New Orleans and Flomaton, Alabama it included cars for the Gulf Wind. This latter train operated between Flomaton and Chattahochee, Florida as L&N No. 61 and on into Jacksonville as Seaboard Air Line No. 38. The train's third car was a Seaboard coach.No. 34 left New Orleans at 5:00 P.M. and arrived in New York's Pennsylvania Station – 1,357 miles away – at 6:25 on the second morning out, while the Gulf Wind arrived in Jacksonville – 612 miles – at 9:00 on the first morning. The curved track on the extreme right belonged to the New Orleans Public Belt, the next two tracks were owned by the Southern Pacific, and the track next to No. 34 was the L&N's southbound main line. The 265 was built by Baldwin in 1923 and retired on 1 February 1954. (approximate day of photo) |
Photo Date: |
2/1/1950 Upload Date: 10/21/2016 5:04:27 PM |
Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
Author: |
William Harry photo |
Categories: |
Station,Steam,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
LN 265(4-6-2) |
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1163 Comments: 0 |
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