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NOPB DS-4-4-660 49 |
| Description: |
New Orleans Public Belt DS-4-4-660 number 49 was switching a wharf along the Mississippi River near the Louisville & Nashville station. The locomotive had been built as Baldwin serial no. 73897 in January 1949 at a cost of $73,950 and was the third of three units built for the NOPB that month. It was retired in 1971, traded in to EMD and was scrapped by a contractor in New Orleans. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
5/5/1950 Upload Date: 6/12/2019 1:16:49 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
J. PARKER LAMB photo |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NOPB 49(DS44-660) |
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| Title: |
NOPB 45 and 49 |
| Description: |
Three retired New Orleans Public Belt Baldwin DS4-4-660 locomotives were parked at the railroad’s engine terminal, awaiting their demise. The NOPB had just used eight Baldwin locos as trade-in credit on a like number of new EMD switchers, and the old units would soon be scrapped by a contractor at a siding on the railroad. (approximate date, slide processed October 1971) |
| Photo Date: |
10/15/1971 Upload Date: 10/25/2019 10:02:31 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NOPB 45(DS44-660) NOPB 49(DS44-660) |
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403 Comments: 1 |
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