The Harvey Yard to Gouldsboro Yard job trundles down 4th Street, one of two sections of active street running in town.
A pair of New Orleans & Gulf Coast Geep's sit quietly at the Gouldsboro Yard in Gretna, LA. We're on the Gouldsboro-Myrtle Grove line which date as far back as 1891 when it was built by the New Or... (more)
With 87 tank cars on the drawbar, NOGC's Harvey-Gouldsboro Job trundles through the streets of Gretna.
The first section of a UP grain train heads through the second section of street running, on it's way to the end of the line at the CHS Myrtle Grove Grain Terminal.
Just another weekday with a train running down the street in Gretna, LA.
NOGC #915 departs for Belle Chasse down Madison Street in Gretna, Louisiana with the Crescent City Connection looming in the background. This was formerly the Texas and Pacific, later Missouri Pac... (more)
A LASTA Crew member prepares to assist with photo ops for attendees at Gretna Fest, 2010. 745 was stationed close to her birthplace of Algiers, and had to do some street running to pose here. Fest... (more)
One of the perils of street-running . . . occasionally some people park too close to the tracks, and the train comes to a halt. Here, NOGC 500 and 505 idle while the owner of the truck hollers, "... (more)
Few things are more iconic of New Orleans area railroading than the street-running in the city of Gretna. The NOGC leases this stretch of ex-SP track on Fourth Street from the UP. One street clo... (more)
UP 8297 leads a grain train past the retired Southern Pacific station in Gretna. The banner advertises the 75th anniversary parade of the Krewe of Alla on January 6th, the start of Carnival (Mard... (more)
NOGC 1036, 500, and 505 head down Monroe Street with 88 loaded grain cars, headed to Myrtle Grove
NOLR 1229 is heading down the street to retrieve a tank car they had to leave on the main line coming up from Belle Chasse.
You might want to move to the side, boys, she's coming whether you like it or not!
The sun rises and shines on the former Southern Pacific Depot now used as a visitor's center in Gretna, Louisiana.
An IC caboose is on display outside the Gretna Louisiana Vistor's Center. The center is a former Southern Pacific Depot that has been moved to this location.