Two KCS pups working the yard in Baton Rouge. These SW1500s sounded great working the yard. Even though it is just a yard job pulling down, myself and the guys were thrilled to get a shot of these... (more)

The trio of KCS F-units lead CPKC’s Christmas Train east across Crew Lake in Start, LA. on their way to Jackson, MS. For their first stop of the 2024 holiday tour.

The northbound Crescent incurs an 11 minute delay while trying to cross Lake Pontchartrain due to the NS not lowering the drawbridge in advance of its daily scheduled departure. Once a train is be... (more)

Kansas City Southern's Holiday Express climbs the Huey P. Long bridge on the approach to the Mississippi River at Baton Rouge, LA

A trio of KCS EMD's in the form of SD40-2 #3205, GP40-2 #2951 & SD40-2 #3206 bring local LL60 across the Bonnet Carré Spillway on their way back to NOLA from Baton Rouge, LA.

Kansas City Southern's Holiday Express speeds across the wooden trestle at Crew Lake near Start, LA nearing its next stop at Monroe.

Returning CN Mays Yard with interchange traffic, third trick yard job Y305 passes Pump Station 6 on trackage rights over the NS Back Belt.

MNOEWB 21 with YAV10 21 yard crew handling the New Orleans transfer, crossing the Huey P Long Bridge... I'm pretty sure it's the steepest railraod grade in Louisiana and also the highest railroad ... (more)

KCS 3961 leads a westbound mixed train through Sibley Louisiana crossing over one of the many bridges just west of town.

Lake Pontchartrain is a brackish estuary located in southeastern Louisiana. It covers an area of 630 square miles with an average depth of 12 to 14 feet. Its roughly 39x24 miles wide and length, a... (more)

The Bonnet Carré Spillway is a flood control operation in the Lower Mississippi Valley, located in St. Charles Parish, LA. The spillway allows floodwaters from the Mississippi River to flow into ... (more)

BNSF 7178 crossing the swing bridge over Calcasieu River on the UP Lafayette Sub, with Lake Charles beyond and I-10 above and beyond. Would like to know more about this location. What the co... (more)

Mismatched Geeps. Union Pacific Railroad GP40N 1364 (née-DRGW 3109, GP40-2, 12/1972) and 1080 (née-SP 9732, GP60,5/1991) were headed from Westlake towards towards the UP yard in Lake Char... (more)

After a mostly cloudy day a small group of us gathered at the western end of the Kansas City Southern's Bonnet Carre Spillway bridge to shoot the outbound business train as they began their deadhe... (more)

When you begin meeting trains in New Orleans at one pm, and don't escape the confines of UP and CN at their various snared junctions, you tend to end up much later out of town than you thought. Su... (more)