On a spring day earlier this year, I spent the day in Hammond, Louisiana with a few friends. We were gathered at the north end of the Amtrak depot there to shoot the breeze and watch a few trains passing by. Amtrak train #59 arrived at 1:41 PM that day, headed up with one of their new ALC-42 locomotives. The train was there but a few minutes to discharge several passengers, then departed for the last leg of its trip to New Orleans. Photograph recorded on April 29, 2023.
![Amtrak #59 at Hammond, La.](https://www.lacentralrr.com/Blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Amtrak-59-Hammond-LA-Sig.jpg)
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