| |
|
|
|
|
Mike Palmieri's
LOUISIANA·RAIL·SITE
"WHERE THE EAST MEETS THE
WEST IN THE
SOUTH"
|
|
|
A · R I D E · O N · T H E · H-NWOBAR-1-26A
|
|
P A G E T W O -- T H E H
U E Y P . L O N G B R I D G
E
|
| |
|
The 934 is smokin' it up as it
digs in for the Huey P. Long Bridge's 1.25% grade. The locomotives are
passing the bridge gang working on the westbound track. Notice the
portable toilet on one of the work cars! There's no place else to go up
here.
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The 934 displays its
sensational Superfleet paint scheme. It is one of 152 C40-8W's
built for the Santa Fe between October 1992 and October 1993. These units
will retain their original numbers on the BNSF, but their
Superfleet paint scheme will be replaced with
orange-and-green.
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The 960 is the lowest numbered of
the C44-9W's delivered to the BNSF in the railroad's original
Heritage paint scheme. There were 164 units in this group, built
between July 1996 and January 1997. They are numbered 960-1123, right
behind Santa Fe C40-8W's 800-951.
|
|
|
|
| |
|
This photo was taken at almost the same moment as the one above and
gives a conductor's view of the bridge's east approach. The structure is
owned by the New Orleans Public Belt, as is the industrial siding at
ground level on the left.
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Approaching the superstructure of
the bridge, the crest of the grade is visible up ahead. The bridge was
designed to provide 135 feet of vertical clearance above the Mississippi
River's average high-water line.
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Viewed from the rear door of Santa
Fe 934, H-NWOBAR-1-26A rolls through the "high curve" on the bridge's west
approach. The bridge is 4.4 miles long, from abutment to abutment, and was
dedicated on 16 December 1935.
|
|
|
|
|
|
NEXT PAGE · PREVIOUS PAGE · HOME
PAGE
|