Last week I posted a photo of some trackwork machinery clearing the mainline for an oncoming train. The location is milepost 859 on the Canadian National line running through Hammond, Louisiana. And it’s a rainy Saturday in February of 2004. We didn’t have to wait long for the train to arrive, a loaded coal freight headed up with two (former) Illinois Central SD40-2 locomotives.
Note the consecutive locomotive numbers, 6101 and 6102, with the 6101 showing off its CN paint job (and note the IC subscript at the bottom of the cab). The 6102 would soon also wear this new paint.
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A CN train in Louisiana; sign of the times…Roger Sekera
Roger, we have TWO Canadian railroads in Louisiana, and both run to and through New Orleans and Baton Rouge. The Canadian Pacific gobbled up the Kansas City Southern not too long ago. Yep, it’s a sign of the times. 🙁
-Jack