Rio Grande Video Library
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Date: August 24, 1991
Train: NS Yard Job Host Railroad: NS Locomotives: DRGW 3123 Location: New Orleans, Louisiana A C.M. Palmieri Video - ©Meridian Speedway Productions |
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DRGW 3123 – Switching Oliver Yard at Press Street – August 24, 1991
The south end of the NS Oliver Yard in New Orleans is particularly under-photographed for several reasons. First is safety – I have been there several times while weapons were fired…close! And second, train frequency. There is very little through traffic. Generally if there is any train activity it is an NS locomotive being used to switch the south yard lead.
On this day an NS yard job was using DRGW GP40 3123 to switch! A very unlikely visitor to this little seen corner of the railroad world! I decided some footage was in order. This switching move blocks the very busy St. Claude Avenue. Unhappy motorists and pedestrians often turn down parallel side roads to try to beat the train to the next crossing.
Either way, the sound of a turbocharged EMD is always rewarding, and seeing one decorated for the Rio Grande in the ghetto…awesome! The brick building at Chartres Street speaks to the history of this part of New Orleans, not far from the famous French Quarter.
The south end of the NS Oliver Yard in New Orleans is particularly under-photographed for several reasons. First is safety – I have been there several times while weapons were fired…close! And second, train frequency. There is very little through traffic. Generally if there is any train activity it is an NS locomotive being used to switch the south yard lead.
On this day an NS yard job was using DRGW GP40 3123 to switch! A very unlikely visitor to this little seen corner of the railroad world! I decided some footage was in order. This switching move blocks the very busy St. Claude Avenue. Unhappy motorists and pedestrians often turn down parallel side roads to try to beat the train to the next crossing.
Either way, the sound of a turbocharged EMD is always rewarding, and seeing one decorated for the Rio Grande in the ghetto…awesome! The brick building at Chartres Street speaks to the history of this part of New Orleans, not far from the famous French Quarter.
