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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:  933   Comments: 0
SOU 1056
Title:  SOU 1056
Description:  Former Southern NW2's 1056 and 1037 at their new home, the Continental Grain elevator in Westwego, Louisiana.
Photo Date:  9/1/1980  Upload Date: 5/23/2009 5:40:15 PM
Location:  Westwego, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SOU 1056(NW2) SOU 1037(NW2)
Views:  1496   Comments: 3
MP 1519
Title:  MP 1519
Description:  The MP only owned four SW1500's - 1518-1521 - and they were initially used in the New Orleans area. Here is the 1519 parked next to the Mississippi River levee outside the yard office at Westwego, across the river from New Orleans.
Photo Date:  12/28/1980  Upload Date: 2/16/2009 2:05:19 AM
Location:  Westwego, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MP 1519(SW1500)
Views:  833   Comments: 0
MP GP15-1 1560
Title:  MP GP15-1 1560
Description:  Missouri Pacific 1560 was parked next to the Mississippi River levee outside the yard office at Westwego, just across the river from New Orleans.
Photo Date:  12/28/1980  Upload Date: 2/16/2009 2:24:25 AM
Location:  Westwego, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MP 1560(GP15-1)
Views:  1276   Comments: 0
SP Wig-Wag
Title:  SP Wig-Wag
Description:  This Southern Pacific wig-wag crossing signal was on Fourth Street at Sala Avenue in Westwego, Louisiana.
Photo Date:  10/31/1981  Upload Date: 8/5/2017 9:51:48 PM
Location:  Westwego, LA
Author:  PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives: 
Views:  442   Comments: 0
UP 1711
Title:  UP 1711
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/19/1987  Upload Date: 6/19/2021 3:43:15 AM
Location:  Westwego, LA
Author:  Rick Coles
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  UP 1711(GP15-1)
Views:  186   Comments: 0
Avondale 4697 (Ex-SOU 1055)
Title:  Avondale 4697 (Ex-SOU 1055)
Description:  Avondale Shipyards NW2 4697 sits without trucks at Westwego, LA. The number on the number board confirms its previous identity as Southern Railway 1055.
Photo Date:  7/23/1988  Upload Date: 12/17/2017 9:29:56 PM
Location:  Westwego, LA
Author:  Christopher Palmieri
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  SOU 1055(NW2) ASYX 4697(NW2)
Views:  541   Comments: 1
ASYX 4697 (Ex-SOU 1055)
Title:  ASYX 4697 (Ex-SOU 1055)
Description:  Avondale Shipyards NW2 4697 sits without trucks at Westwego, LA. The number on the number board confirms its previous identity as Southern Railway 1055.
Photo Date:  7/23/1988  Upload Date: 12/17/2017 10:27:02 PM
Location:  Westwego, LA
Author:  Christopher Palmieri
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  ASYX 4697(NW2) SOU 1055(NW2)
Views:  957   Comments: 1
UP 2331 Westwego 01Scan
Title:  UP 2331 Westwego 01Scan
Description:  of film print of UP 2331 in Westwego, returning west to Avondale from Algiers and Harvey with a string of tank cars
Photo Date:  9/1/1996  Upload Date: 9/26/2012 12:33:09 PM
Location:  Westwego, LA
Author:  Paul Alimia
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 2331(GP38-2)
Views:  321   Comments: 0
SP Wigwag 01
Title:  SP Wigwag 01
Description:  Scan of film print of SP Wigwag guarding formfr line to Algiers on 4th Street. Tracks have already been removed. Possibly the last remaining wigwag in LA by the time of the photo.
Photo Date:  9/1/1996  Upload Date: 9/26/2012 12:31:04 PM
Location:  Westwego, LA
Author:  Paul Alimia
Categories:  Signal,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  345   Comments: 0
NC 502
Title:  NC 502
Description:  Nebraska Central RR Caboose NC 502 on an abandoned rail in Westwego, LA 03/31/06.
Photo Date:  3/31/2006  Upload Date: 3/11/2023 7:27:44 PM
Location:  Westwego, LA
Author:  Bertis Tamplain
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  63   Comments: 0
UP 8297 Big Macs
Title:  UP 8297 Big Macs
Description:  A trio of Big Macs haul an empty grain train from the grain elevator in Westwego and back to the Avondale UP Yard in Avondale this fine Sunday morning.
Photo Date:  11/17/2006  Upload Date: 3/28/2010 7:35:41 PM
Location:  Westwego, LA
Author:  Jerry Sires
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 8297(SD9043MAC)
Views:  367   Comments: 0
UP 8297
Title:  UP 8297
Description:  I knew this was too good to last. The UP was parking their empty grain trains right at River Rd and the levee in Westwego or as it is locally know, Nine Mile Point. I did manage to get some shots though of some of my favorite engines, the Big Mac's as I called them.
Photo Date:  11/17/2006  Upload Date: 3/29/2010 7:00:03 PM
Location:  Westwego, LA
Author:  Jerry Sires
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 8297(SD9043MAC)
Views:  371   Comments: 0
RLCX 1257 at Cargill in Westwego
Title:  RLCX 1257 at Cargill in Westwego
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/23/2007  Upload Date: 10/9/2017 2:52:51 PM
Location:  Westwego, LA
Author:  John Walker
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RLCX 1257(SW9)
Views:  237   Comments: 0
BNSF track geometry train in Westwego, Louisiana
Title:  BNSF track geometry train in Westwego, Louisiana
Description:  A BNSF track geometry train has just turned on the wye on UP's Gouldsboro Subdivision just across the Mississippi River from New Orleans
Photo Date:  10/2/2008  Upload Date: 10/2/2008 10:11:31 PM
Location:  Westwego, LA
Author:  The Rooster
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2703(GP39-2)
Views:  1193   Comments: 1
NC 502
Title:  NC 502
Description:  A Nebraska Central caboose sits at Westwego, La.
Photo Date:  1/9/2009  Upload Date: 7/20/2017 4:10:57 PM
Location:  Westwego, LA
Author:  Doug Wooten
Categories:  RollingStock,Transit
Locomotives: 
Views:  180   Comments: 1
NEC 502
Title:  NEC 502
Description:  A Nebraska Central caboose sits at Westwego, La.
Photo Date:  1/9/2009  Upload Date: 1/31/2009 9:30:41 AM
Location:  Westwego, LA
Author:  Doug Wooten
Categories:  RollingStock,Transit,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  334   Comments: 0
NOGC 507
Title:  NOGC 507
Description:  New Orleans & Gulf Coast GP7 that was built as New York Central #5811 a GP7 in may 1953 is at Westwego, La
Photo Date:  10/26/2009  Upload Date: 8/5/2017 7:19:17 PM
Location:  Westwego, LA
Author:  Doug Wooten
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
Locomotives:  NOGC 507(GP7)
Views:  251   Comments: 1
UP grain train at Cargill
Title:  UP grain train at Cargill
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/26/2010  Upload Date: 10/23/2010 5:53:50 PM
Location:  Westwego, LA
Author:  G Gerard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 7285(AC44CW) UP 7337(AC4460CW) UP 4546(SD70M)
Views:  791   Comments: 0
UP grain train at Cargill
Title:  UP grain train at Cargill
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/26/2010  Upload Date: 10/23/2010 5:53:51 PM
Location:  Westwego, LA
Author:  G Gerard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 7285(AC44CW) UP 7337(AC4460CW) UP 4546(SD70M)
Views:  495   Comments: 0
Cargill grain plant
Title:  Cargill grain plant
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/26/2010  Upload Date: 10/23/2010 5:53:53 PM
Location:  Westwego, LA
Author:  G Gerard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 7285(AC44CW) UP 7337(AC4460CW) UP 4546(SD70M)
Views:  762   Comments: 0
RLCX 1257 at Cargill
Title:  RLCX 1257 at Cargill
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/26/2010  Upload Date: 10/23/2010 5:53:54 PM
Location:  Westwego, LA
Author:  G Gerard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RLCX 1257(SW9)
Views:  515   Comments: 0
RLCX 1257 at Cargill
Title:  RLCX 1257 at Cargill
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/26/2010  Upload Date: 10/23/2010 5:53:55 PM
Location:  Westwego, LA
Author:  G Gerard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RLCX 1257(SW9)
Views:  262   Comments: 0
HLCX pair on NOGC?
Title:  HLCX pair on NOGC?
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/26/2010  Upload Date: 10/23/2010 5:14:19 PM
Location:  Westwego, LA
Author:  G Gerard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HLCX 1023(GP38-3) HLCX 915(GP38-3)
Views:  646   Comments: 0
HLCX 1023
Title:  HLCX 1023
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/26/2010  Upload Date: 10/23/2010 5:14:20 PM
Location:  Westwego, LA
Author:  G Gerard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HLCX 1023(GP38-3)
Views:  409   Comments: 0
HLCX 1023
Title:  HLCX 1023
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/26/2010  Upload Date: 10/23/2010 5:14:21 PM
Location:  Westwego, LA
Author:  G Gerard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HLCX 1023(GP38-3)
Views:  425   Comments: 0
HLCX 915
Title:  HLCX 915
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/26/2010  Upload Date: 10/23/2010 5:14:24 PM
Location:  Westwego, LA
Author:  G Gerard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HLCX 915(GP38-3)
Views:  381   Comments: 0
HLCX 1009
Title:  HLCX 1009
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/26/2010  Upload Date: 10/23/2010 5:14:13 PM
Location:  Westwego, LA
Author:  G Gerard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HLCX 1009(GP38-3)
Views:  527   Comments: 0
Nebraska Central Transfer Caboose #502
Title:  Nebraska Central Transfer Caboose #502
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/28/2012  Upload Date: 1/29/2012 2:13:43 PM
Location:  Westwego, LA
Author:  Mick Nussbaum
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  659   Comments: 1
Grain train waiting to be unloaded
Title:  Grain train waiting to be unloaded
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/28/2012  Upload Date: 1/29/2012 12:14:33 PM
Location:  Westwego, LA
Author:  Mick Nussbaum
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 5774(AC44CWCTE) UP 7322(AC4460CW)
Views:  595   Comments: 0
NOLR #1229
Title:  NOLR #1229
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/28/2012  Upload Date: 1/29/2012 12:33:56 PM
Location:  Westwego, LA
Author:  Mick Nussbaum
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NOLR 1229(SSB1200)
Views:  483   Comments: 0
CRGX 601
Title:  CRGX 601
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/22/2013  Upload Date: 6/1/2013 10:07:25 AM
Location:  Westwego, LA
Author:  G Gerard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRGX 601(SW8)
Views:  440   Comments: 1
NOGC 1021
Title:  NOGC 1021
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/1/2014  Upload Date: 3/4/2014 5:54:54 PM
Location:  Westwego, LA
Author:  Mike Murray
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NOGC 1021(GP38-3)
Views:  990   Comments: 0
CRGX 601
Title:  CRGX 601
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/14/2014  Upload Date: 8/19/2014 7:35:03 PM
Location:  Westwego, LA
Author:  Mike Murray
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRGX 601(SW8)
Views:  347   Comments: 0
UP 6575 Eastbound
Title:  UP 6575 Eastbound
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2016  Upload Date: 7/31/2016 12:55:32 PM
Location:  Westwego, LA
Author:  Aaron Van Amburg
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6575(AC44CW) UP 8438(SD70ACe)
Views:  213   Comments: 0
Amtrak 1
Title:  Amtrak 1
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2016  Upload Date: 7/31/2016 12:57:47 PM
Location:  Westwego, LA
Author:  Aaron Van Amburg
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Signal,Passenger,Track,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 11(P42DC) AMTK 817(P40DC)
Views:  200   Comments: 2
NS 9055
Title:  NS 9055
Description:  **NOTE** NS 7259 is a SD70ACU
Photo Date:  11/26/2016  Upload Date: 11/27/2016 12:17:23 PM
Location:  Westwego, LA
Author:  Aaron Van Amburg
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9055(C40-9W) NS 7259(SD70ACU)
Views:  303   Comments: 1
UP Local Train (1)
Title:  UP Local Train (1)
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/26/2016  Upload Date: 11/27/2016 12:21:58 PM
Location:  Westwego, LA
Author:  Aaron Van Amburg
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 1040(GP60) UP 2025(GP60)
Views:  351   Comments: 1
HLCX 1049
Title:  HLCX 1049
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/26/2016  Upload Date: 11/27/2016 12:25:19 PM
Location:  Westwego, LA
Author:  Aaron Van Amburg
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Track,Action
Locomotives:  HLCX 1049(GP38-2)
Views:  271   Comments: 3
NS 6648 Grain Train (4)
Title:  NS 6648 Grain Train (4)
Description:  My last shot of this epic grain train with a NS SD60 leader
Photo Date:  11/26/2016  Upload Date: 11/27/2016 12:27:35 PM
Location:  Westwego, LA
Author:  Aaron Van Amburg
Categories:  Roster,Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9903(C40-9W) NS 6690(SD60) NS 6648(SD60)
Views:  202   Comments: 1
UP Local Train (2)
Title:  UP Local Train (2)
Description:  The same UP local i seen earlier here he comes back to the UP Avondale Yard with more cars
Photo Date:  11/26/2016  Upload Date: 11/27/2016 12:31:06 PM
Location:  Westwego, LA
Author:  Aaron Van Amburg
Categories:  Roster,Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 2025(GP60) UP 1040(GP60)
Views:  293   Comments: 1
BNSF 5466
Title:  BNSF 5466
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/25/2023  Upload Date: 1/11/2024 11:05:41 PM
Location:  Westwego, LA
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 5466(C44-9W)
Views:  72   Comments: 0
BNSF 5466
Title:  BNSF 5466
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/25/2023  Upload Date: 1/11/2024 11:05:55 PM
Location:  Westwego, LA
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 5466(C44-9W)
Views:  81   Comments: 1

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