SOU 3166         
It's 5:55 P.M. as Southern SD45's 3166, 3132, and SD40 3170 lead train No. 222 north across the Lake Pontchartrain trestle 25 miles north of New Orleans. Even though this is officially a piggyback train, the first five car are assorted "cover cars" and behind them is a large block of LPG tank cars. These tank cars originated at Toca, Louisiana -- on a Southern branch line south of New Orleans -- and regularly moved north on No. 222 throughout the 1970's. Today is a Saturday and the train doesn't have many intermodal cars. It only has 50 cars and caboose X730.
Date: 10/19/1974 Location: North Shore, LA   Map Show North Shore on a rail map Views: 2370 Collection Of:   Michael Palmieri
Locomotives: SOU 3166(SD45)    Author:  Michael Palmieri
SOU 3166
Picture Categories: Scenic,Bridge,Action This picture is part of album:  SOU-NS
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