At Kansas City Southern's West Yard, two SD40-2s finish up switching the yard.
Kansas City Southern SD40s - New Orleans, LA by
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KCS 3219 - Metairie, LA by
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Switcher Engines
Kansas City Southern Switchers - West Yard, Metairie, LA by
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Eastbound NS Mixed Freight with 6 engines.
NS 2558 - under Earhart Expy, Metairie, LA by
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6 NS Engine Lashup - Metairie, LA by
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East Bridge Junction in Metairie is the New Orleans equivalent of "Delray" in Detroit in every way that counts; active tower, all railroads in the city converge, most trains in single location in the city if not in the state, near a RR bridge over a river, under a highway, bisected by a side street, in a rough looking but realistically safe neighborhood.
East Bridge Junction by
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A KCS Mixed Freight waits for a signal.
KCS 4769 - Metairie, LA by
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CN Mays Yard Switching
CN switching Mays Yard - Harahan, LA by
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CN Mays Yard by
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UP Avondale Yard
Yard switching with old GE Slug.
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UP Y153 - Avondale, LA by
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Union Pacific Avondale Yard switcher by
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Tanker on Flatcar
Tanker on Flatcar - Avondale, LA by
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Eastbound Mixed Freight
UP 4317 - Avondale, LA by
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On the BNSF side, a Mixed Freight is tied down with a very dusty leader.
BNSF & UP - Avondale, LA by
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BNSF 7900 - Avondale, LA by
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At the other end of the yard, an eastbound BNSF Train comes out of the yard and climbs the grade on the monstrous Huey Long Bridge over the Mississippi River with Army Tanks.
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BNSF 7122 - Huey Long Bridge by
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BNSF, NS, CSX - Huey Long Bridge by
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Army Tanks on Huey Long Bridge by
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After descending from the Bridge, the train waits for a signal at East Bridge Jct.
BNSF 7122 - Metairie, LA by
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Army Tanks on Flatcar by
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BNSF - East Bridge Jct, Huey Long Main by
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In Manchac, the southbound Amtrak City of New Orleans crosses the drawbridge over the waterway between Lake Maurepas and Lake Ponchartrain.
Amtrak City of New Orleans - Lake Maurepas by
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After meeting their southbound counterpart, the northbound City of New Orleans crosses the bridge with a CN Freight following.
Amtrak 109 - Middendorfs by
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CN Mixed Freight - Manchac, Louisiana by
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