The fleur-de-lis on the bridge fence are a nice touch. UP YAV07 10 pilots MLIGN 09 over the NS Back Belt, formerly New Orleans Terminal Company, which still serves as the de-facto terminal railro... (more)

I was pretty happy to have the 3002 leading one of the recently purchased ex-NS motors. Hopefully the C40-8's will be re-painted soon!

Raised signal boxes, climbing vines and the Public Belt = New Orleans.

UP transfer crew YAV10 13 brings MLIGN 12 across the NS Back Belt. In a quarter mile, it'll take a left turn onto CSX to Gentilly Yard.

Returning from interchange with the CN, local A72 trundles along the Back Belt.

Similar to the B&OCT, the New Orleans Terminal Company continued to serve as a conduit for other railroad's interchange long after it's integration into the Southern RR. UP YAV16 19 brings Wacros... (more)

Passing building that pre-date the United States, including the St. Louis Cathedral, the New Orleans Public Belt is another, ableit newer, institution.

NS train 345-18 tied down on the Back Belt this morning. UP crew YAV07 19 has re-crewed and is dragging the train of Alexandria & Livonia blocked freight through the a flood gate in the 17th Stre... (more)

Who wouldn't want to spend a Wednesday afternoon inspecting your railroad?

Retaining it's as delivered headlight housing, the 2976 is no stranger to New Orleans, running through town mated with an F-Unit slug shortly after delivery in 1981.

Yard crew YAV36 15 schleps AEGGN 11 across the 17th Street Canal. To the left is Pump Station No. 6, which was built in 1899 and is the most powerful pumping station in the metro area. Photo tak... (more)

An NS utility man has made a cut 37 deep for crew YAV10 16 on train MLINSL 15 to set their Linwood block on the Freight Lead at Frenchmen St.

This streetcars is just a few years away from it's 100th birthday. Thanks to the vision of those who realized streetcars were an integral part of New Orleans.

KCS' Shreveport to New Orleans/CSX freight is one of the few, if not the only, through trains that still use the Public Belt through town. Here it's curving off the CN over Hoey's Canal onto the ... (more)

Under a waning gibbous moon, MLIWX 14 crosses the 17th Street Canal. Running on the NS Back Belt as train UP10, UP yard crew YAV10 15 is taking this train of Waycross, GA & Baldwin, FL freight ac... (more)