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Jerry Sires's Collection
 
5/19/2024
 
 
 
 
 
By:Jerry Sires
Dates:1/1/2009 - 1/2/2009
Album Info:An assortment of industrial units from around the New Orleans area.
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ADM Growmark Grain Elevator
Title:  ADM Growmark Grain Elevator
Description:  Fresh out the paint shop, this former Frisco engine is still alive and kicken in Ama, LA, near Avondale, LA.
Photo Date:  9/11/2006  Upload Date: 4/9/2010 2:10:52 AM
Location:  Ama, LA
Author:  Jerry Sires
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  ADMX 581(GP7)
Views:  1178   Comments: 2
RLCX 1257
Title:  RLCX 1257
Description:  Switching cars at the paper mill in Bastrop, Louisiana located near the Arkansas/Louisiana border.
Photo Date:  11/24/2006  Upload Date: 4/9/2010 2:12:18 AM
Location:  Bastrop, LA
Author:  Jerry Sires
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RLCX 1257(SW9)
Views:  556   Comments: 5
ADM Growmark Grain Elevator
Title:  ADM Growmark Grain Elevator
Description:  This is one of two engines that once served the ADM Growmark elevator located in Ama, LA. The elevator also has a former Frisco high nose GP-9 that was originally in Frisco colors then years later blue replace the red and now the whole engine is gray with yellow trim. I don't know if the little engine here is still at this location.
Photo Date:  1/1/2009  Upload Date: 5/4/2009 3:36:38 AM
Location:  Ama, LA
Author:  Jerry Sires
Categories:  Roster
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Views:  687   Comments: 2
Alco
Title:  Alco
Description:  Beker Industries is another of the Taft, LA chemical corridor plants. This engine is no longer on their property.
Photo Date:  1/1/2009  Upload Date: 5/4/2009 3:37:01 AM
Location:  Taft, LA
Author:  Jerry Sires
Categories:  Roster
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Views:  165   Comments: 0
Ma Pa Tout
Title:  Ma Pa Tout
Description:  L&D lineup in New Iberia. The Ma Pa Tout serves one of the local sugar mills. The CF-7 is an L&D engines as well as the Mountain Laurel.
Photo Date:  1/1/2009  Upload Date: 5/4/2009 3:37:33 AM
Location:  New Iberia, LA
Author:  Jerry Sires
Categories: 
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Views:  221   Comments: 2
Railway Switching Services
Title:  Railway Switching Services
Description:  Back in the old days it was Railco leasing old power to the plants and elevators. Today its RSS, Railway Switching services. This switcher is removing the destinctive blue tank cars of Union Carbide to the interchange track for the MP. RSS had two switchers in the Taft, LA plant at one time.
Photo Date:  1/1/2009  Upload Date: 5/4/2009 3:37:56 AM
Location:  Taft, LA
Author:  Jerry Sires
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  RSSX 110(SW1200)
Views:  390   Comments: 1
Ryan Walsh
Title:  Ryan Walsh
Description:  Another New Orleans set of switcher that are no longer around are the Ryan Walsh switchers, #1 and #2. Ryan Walsh was a bulk terminal located near the Gentilly L&N yard and handled primarily coal that was loaded onto ships for transport overseas. Note the chevrons, this is what identified one engine from the other. The engines were later painted a dark blue with yellow handrails before being retired and the terminal shutdown.
Photo Date:  1/1/2009  Upload Date: 5/4/2009 3:38:22 AM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Jerry Sires
Categories:  Roster,Yard
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Views:  191   Comments: 0
Star Tracker 3
Title:  Star Tracker 3
Description:  As the Star plant in Taft, LA was doubled in size, a third engine was added as seen here with this shot of a chopped nose former UP GP-9. The engines were named StarTracker 1, 2 and 3.
Photo Date:  1/1/2009  Upload Date: 5/4/2009 3:38:49 AM
Location:  Taft, LA
Author:  Jerry Sires
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  RE 1611(GP9)
Views:  226   Comments: 0
Railway Switching Services
Title:  Railway Switching Services
Description:  Another leasing company is Rail Serve. This former IC GP is spotting some tank cars at the Vista Chemicals tank car loading rack in West Lake, LA, across the river from Lake Charles in western Louisiana.
Photo Date:  1/1/2009  Upload Date: 5/4/2009 3:39:09 AM
Location:  Westlake, LA
Author:  Jerry Sires
Categories:  Yard,Action
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Views:  391   Comments: 1


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