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ICG Washer (2) |
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This was the locomotive washer at the Illinois Central Gulf's NORTH BATON ROUGE YARD. |
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10/3/1977 Upload Date: 2/12/2010 5:35:00 PM |
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Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
ICG Washer (1) |
| Description: |
This was the locomotive washer at the Illinois Central Gulf's NORTH BATON ROUGE YARD. |
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10/3/1977 Upload Date: 2/12/2010 5:35:34 PM |
| Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Yard |
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| Title: |
Fuel Tanks |
| Description: |
ICG North Baton Rouge Yard |
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10/3/1977 Upload Date: 2/12/2010 5:50:32 PM |
| Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Yard |
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| Title: |
Sand Tower |
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This was the sand tower, sand storage tower and sand transport hopper car at the Illinois Central Gulf's North Baton Rouge Yard. |
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10/3/1977 Upload Date: 2/12/2010 5:52:43 PM |
| Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Yard |
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| Title: |
ICG Yard Building |
| Description: |
North Baton Rouge Yard |
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10/3/1977 Upload Date: 2/12/2010 5:36:14 PM |
| Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Yard |
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| Title: |
Shed |
| Description: |
Wooden shed at the ICG North Baton Rouge Yard |
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10/3/1977 Upload Date: 2/14/2010 10:20:39 AM |
| Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Yard |
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| Title: |
ICG Switchers |
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Five years after the IC-GM&O merger these ICG SW9's at North Baton Rouge Yard were still painted IC black, but they had had their green diamond cab emblems removed. In 1981 these were rebuilt into SW14's 1489 and 1484, and continued to work for many more years. |
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10/3/1977 Upload Date: 2/2/2010 2:11:07 PM |
| Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Yard |
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ICG 474(SW9) ICG 470(SW9) |
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| Title: |
Pile Driver |
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ICG flat car 101213, pile driver 100461, and tender 101214 at the North Baton Rouge Yard. |
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10/3/1977 Upload Date: 2/3/2010 2:52:17 PM |
| Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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RollingStock |
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| Title: |
ICG Yard Buildings |
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The tall pointy building on the right is the Louisiana State Capitol. |
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10/3/1977 Upload Date: 2/12/2010 5:34:01 PM |
| Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Yard |
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| Title: |
Y&MV Derot (1) |
| Description: |
Never mind what the inscription says, this was the Illinois Central depot at Baton Rouge! It was completed in 1926, and in 1928 it was being used by 22 trains a day: 14 Yazoo & Missfssippi Valley (IC), six Gulf Coast Lines (MP) and two Texas & New Orleans (SP) trains. Passenger service on the Espee ended around 1931 and on the IC in 1950, but MP traons ran until 1967. The building was subsequently acquired by the City of Baton Rouge and leased to the Louisiana Arts and Science Center (now the Louisiana Art and Science Muse}m). |
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10/3/1977 Upload Date: 3/24/2010 10:46:25 AM |
| Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
Y&MV Depot (2) |
| Description: |
This Illinois Central depot at Baton Rouge was completed in 1926, and in 1928 it was being used by 22 trains a day: 14 Yazoo & Mississippi Valley (IC), six Gulf Coast Lines (MP) and two Texas & New Orleans (SP) trains. Passenger service on the Espee ended around 1931 and on the IC in 1950, but MP trains ran until 1967. The building was subsequently acquired by the City of Baton Rouge and leased to the Louisiana Arts and Science Center (now the Louisiana Art and Science Museum). |
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10/3/1977 Upload Date: 3/24/2010 10:46:41 AM |
| Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
Y&MV Depot (3) |
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This Illinois Central depot at Baton Rouge wcs completed in 1926, and in 1928 it was being used by 22 trains a day: 14 Yazoo & Mississippi Valley (IC), six Gulf Coast Lines (MP) and two Texas & New Orleans (SP) trains. Passenger service on the Espee ended around 1931 and on the IC in 1950, but MP trains ran until 1967. The building was subsequently acquired by the City of Baton Rouge and leased to the Louisiana Arts and Science Center (now the Louisiana Art and Science Museum). On the right is the rear of ex-IC office car No. 4. From 1975 to 2007 it was part of a display train parked next to the building. |
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10/3/1977 Upload Date: 3/24/2010 10:46:57 AM |
| Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieqi |
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Station |
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| Title: |
KCS Station |
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This was the "old" KCS passenger depot in Baton Rouge, located on the north side of Government Street. The railroad moved its passenger operations into its new yard office on Foss Street around 1968, but that didn't last long as all KCS passenger service ended when the SOUTHERN BELLE was discontinued in November 1969. |
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10/4/1977 Upload Date: 1/26/2010 11:57:30 AM |
| Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
KCS Yard Office |
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The new KCS yard office and freight house on Foss Street originally included passenger accomodations, but these weren't used for very long. The building was completed in about 1968, and passenger service ended in November 1969. The previous passenger depot was on Government Street. |
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10/4/1977 Upload Date: 1/26/2010 9:48:34 AM |
| Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
KCS Switchers |
| Description: |
KCS SW1500 4352 and NW2 4225 rest under the sand tower at the Baton Rouge yard. |
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10/4/1977 Upload Date: 1/26/2010 9:54:06 AM |
| Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Yard |
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KCS 4352(SW1500) |
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| Title: |
IC 8177 |
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This ICG train had come into Baton Rouge from the south and was parked at the south end of North Baton Rouge Yard, on the south leg of the wye connection with the line to Hammond. The locomotives were IC GP10 8177, Precision GP9 1703 and GM&O GP38 702. |
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2/8/1979 Upload Date: 2/15/2010 12:24:51 PM |
| Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Action |
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IC 8177(GP10) |
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| Title: |
IC GP9 9325 |
| Description: |
Geeps being services at Baton Rouge. |
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5/17/1979 Upload Date: 7/29/2010 4:25:32 PM |
| Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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IC 9325(GP9) |
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| Title: |
ICG Power |
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Illinois Central Gulf GP9's 9325 and 9331, GP10 8071 and GP40 3061/SD40 6070 were at the railroad's engine terminal in Baton Rouge. |
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5/17/1979 Upload Date: 7/29/2010 4:25:51 PM |
| Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Yard |
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IC 3061(GP40) IC 8071(GP10) IC 9325(GP9) |
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| Title: |
IC GP10 8023 |
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GP10 8023 rests next to the ICG turntable at Baton Rouge. Facing us are GP9 9325, GP10 8071 and GP40 3061. |
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5/17/1979 Upload Date: 7/29/2010 4:26:14 PM |
| Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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IC 8023(GP10) |
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| Title: |
Y&MV Depot (6) |
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ICG caboose 199607 was on the rear of a northbound train stopped along the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge. It was probably waiting to get into North Baton Rouge Yard. Notice how the railroad track works its way up to the top of the levee. The red brick building on the right is the Louisiana Arts and Science Museum, which includes the former IC depot; and the passenger cars under the platform are no longer there. The tall building in the center of the photo is the Louisiana state capitol. |
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9/5/1979 Upload Date: 2/14/2010 10:18:52 AM |
| Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Track |
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| Title: |
IC Freight Station |
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This was the west side of the former Illinois Central freight station at Baton Rouge, as viewed from the south end. We are at the intersection of South River Road and Mayflower Street, facing northeast. The ICG main line between Baton Rouge and New Orleans is right on the other side of River Road, and the Mississippi River levee was directly behind the photographer. The building was later incorporated into the short-lived CATFISH TOWN development, and has since been incorporated into the BELLE OF BATON ROUGE CASINO. |
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9/5/1979 Upload Date: 2/14/2010 10:23:00 AM |
| Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Station |
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| Title: |
Freight Station |
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This was the northeast corner of the former Illinois Central freight station on France Street, near the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge. The building was later incorporated into the short-lived CATFISH TOWN development, and has since been incorporated into the BELLE OF BATON ROUGE CASINO. |
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9/6/1979 Upload Date: 2/14/2010 10:21:15 AM |
| Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
Y&MV Depot (5) |
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This southbound train is on the ICG main line from Baton Rouge to New Orleans. On the left is the Mississippi River levee, while the building on the right is a museum located in the former IC depot. |
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10/9/1980 Upload Date: 2/14/2010 10:15:49 AM |
| Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Track |
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| Title: |
Bridge |
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East approach to the Mississippi River Bridge at Baton Rouge. The bridge is owned by the State of Louisiana and is used by the KCS and UP. The highway is U.S 190 and the railroad on the lower level was the ICG, now the CN. |
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10/9/1980 Upload Date: 2/14/2010 10:14:41 AM |
| Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Bridge |
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| Title: |
GM&O 709 |
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A northbound Illinois Central Gulf train passes under the bridge which carries Interstate Highway 10 over the Mississippi River. The locomotives are GM&O GP38's 709 and 711, and ICG GP38-2 9628. The grade crossing is South Boulevard, and the tracks in the foreground served the railroad's freight house. |
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3/5/1981 Upload Date: 1/31/2010 5:39:02 PM |
| Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Scenic |
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GMO 709(GP38) |
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| Title: |
ICG SD40 6054 |
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A trio of ICG units and their train were parked on the Baton Rouge District main line, between North Baton Rouge Yard and the former Y&MV passenger depot. The Mississippi River is right on the other side of the tracks, and the locomotives have been uncoupled from their train to provide access to the river. The engines were SD40 6054, GP8 7727 and GP38 9516. |
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8/6/1981 Upload Date: 2/13/2010 4:11:10 PM |
| Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Action |
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ICG 6054(SD40) |
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| Title: |
UTC Dome |
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In 1956 the Union Tank Car Company began to design a revolutionary tank car maintenance shop which would be constructed along the Kansas City Southern “D” Line at Alsen, just north of Baton Rouge. The shop would be enclosed in a geodesic dome 384 feet in diameter and 128 feet high; and when it was completed in October 1958, it was the world’s largest clear-span structure. The main feature of the shop was a circular transfer table which served 30 maintenance positions; and the design was considered so successful that Union built a similar structure at Wood River, Illinois in 1961.Unfortunately, the transfer table was designed for 1950-size cars, and it could not accommodate the longer cars which came along soon after it was built. Union sold the property to the Kansas City Southern in 1990; but the railroad was more interested in the land than the dome, which sat vacant and deteriorated. In November 2007, just one year before it would have been eligible for placement on the National Register of Historic Places, KCS obtained a demolition permit from the City of Baton Rouge and quickly razed the dome. |
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12/3/1984 Upload Date: 12/10/2016 5:38:52 PM |
| Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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