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Pictures of SP 616
Owner:
Southern Pacific
Model:
Alco 4-6-2
Built As:
TNO 926 (4-6-2)
Serial Number:
53327
Order No:
B-1328
Frame Number:
reblt to 25X28 cylinders, 77"
Built:
4/1913
Notes:
Brooks 04/1913 as TNO 926, to T&NO 616 in 05/23, sfs 01/53
Other locos with this serial:
SP 616(4-6-2)
TNO 616(4-6-2)
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Title:
SP (T&NO) Train No. 12
Description:
Southern Pacific (Texas & New Orleans) train No. 12 – the
NEW ORLEANS LIMITED
– was boarding the carfloat
MASTODON
at Avondale, Louisiana for a ride across the Mississippi River and a connection with the Illinois Central. The train was about 12 miles from its destination at Union Station in New Orleans. No. 12 was an overnight train from Houston and included sleeping cars from Minneapolis (via Rock Island’s
MID-CONTINENT SPECIAL
), Houston and Lake Charles. This was one of 12 passenger trains which crossed the river here each day, but the ferry was discontinued in December 1935, when the Huey P. Long Bridge opened. The locomotive was P-6 class 4-6-2 built by Alco-Brooks in 1913 as the 926; it was renumbered 616 in 1923 and was sold for scrap at Houston in 1953. (date unknown)
Photo Date:
1/1/1925
Upload Date:
1/7/2022 7:15:24 PM
Location:
Avondale, LA
Author:
unknown
Categories:
Action
Locomotives:
SP 616(4-6-2)
TNO 616(4-6-2)
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Title:
SP 616
Description:
Southern Pacific (T&NO) 616 near New Orleans, LA date unknown
Photo Date:
1/1/1950
Upload Date:
11/23/2017 9:06:41 PM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
Frank C. Phillips
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SP 616(4-6-2)
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