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NOPB Baldwins working industry siding
Title:  NOPB Baldwins working industry siding
Description:  NOPB 44/51 at Flintkote siding near Industrial Canal in 1970 (no exact date)
Photo Date:  6/15/1970  Upload Date: 8/7/2009 11:41:52 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  James Selzer
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NOPB 44(DS44-660) NOPB 51(S8)
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NOPB 44 and 51
Title:  NOPB 44 and 51
Description:  New Orleans Public Belt DS-4-4-660 44 was moving S-8 51 at one of the railroad’s yards. This was less than a year before both of the locomotives were replaced by new EMD switchers and were retired. (approximate date)
Photo Date:  10/1/1970  Upload Date: 1/9/2020 4:21:35 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  NOPB 44(DS44-660)
Views:  687   Comments: 1
NOPB DS44-660 44 and SW1000 104
Title:  NOPB DS44-660 44 and SW1000 104
Description:  Shortly after the arrival of New Orleans Public Belt SW1000's 101-106 and SW1500's 151-153 in July and August 1971, several of the Baldwin switchers which had been used as trade-in credit with EMD were parked at the railroad's engine terminal, waiting to be scrapped. On the right were two of the new units along with one of the railroad's SW1200's. (approximate day)
Photo Date:  9/15/1971  Upload Date: 4/17/2017 11:37:58 AM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  James H. Selzer, Jr. photo
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  NOPB 44(DS44-660) NOPB 104(SW1000)
Views:  649   Comments: 1
NOPB DS-4-4-660 47
Title:  NOPB DS-4-4-660 47
Description:  New Orleans Public Belt Railroad number 47 was switching the south end of Claiborne Yard, along the west side of the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal. The smokestacks identified the location of the Lone Star cement plant, and were landmarks in this neighborhood for many years. The 47 was a Baldwin DS-4-4-660 built in January 1949 for $73,950. It was traded-in to EMD the year after this photo was taken and it was scrapped in New Orleans. (approximate day)
Photo Date:  10/1/1970  Upload Date: 2/20/2017 11:44:36 AM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  James H. Selzer, Jr. photo
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NOPB 47(DS44-660)
Views:  675   Comments: 0
NOPB Roundhouse October 1971
Title:  NOPB Roundhouse October 1971
Description:  Two of the Belt's Baldwins in for service. NOPB 47 and 48 are DS44-660's. For roughly 50 years the Belts roster was entirely Baldwin built steam and diesel models.
Photo Date:  5/24/1998  Upload Date: 7/17/2009 1:58:59 AM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Jim Selzer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NOPB 47(DS44-660) NOPB 48(DS44-660)
Views:  1258   Comments: 0


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