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Viewing Album: Railroad Ferries in Louisiana
By:
Paul Alimia
Dates:
1/1/1938 - 12/31/1956
Album Info:
Railroad ferries operated in the past by various railroads in Louisiana.
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Title:
SP Algiers to Esplanade Ave.Ferry landing
Description:
SP RR ferry dock at Esplanade Ave circa 1910
Photo Date:
10/13/1909
Upload Date:
10/13/2008 1:30:09 PM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
Unknown
Categories:
RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
705
Comments:
0
Title:
SP mastodon Ferry postcard
Description:
The Mastodon was the largest RR ferry barge at the time of its use, approximately 1910s to the mid 1930s, prior to the opening of the Huey P. Long Bridge in late 1935. The crossing went from Avondale to Harahan, about ten miles upriver from New Orleans. 1913 postcard.
Photo Date:
12/31/1913
Upload Date:
1/13/2017 12:26:09 PM
Location:
Avondale, LA
Author:
unknown
Categories:
Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
212
Comments:
0
Title:
SP Mastodon 1913 postcard
Description:
1913 postcard of the SP Mastodon was the largest RR ferry barge at the time of its use, approximately 1910s to the mid 1930s, prior to the opening of the Huey P. Long Bridge in late 1935. The crossing went from Avondale to Harahan, about ten miles upriver from New Orleans.
Photo Date:
12/31/1913
Upload Date:
1/13/2017 12:27:50 PM
Location:
Avondale, LA
Author:
Paul Alimia
Categories:
Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
207
Comments:
0
Title:
SS Seatrain New Orleans 1929
Description:
Steamer ferry ship Seatrain at Belle Chaisse, south of New Orleans. on the west bank.
Photo Date:
5/1/1929
Upload Date:
1/13/2017 12:39:06 PM
Location:
Belle Chasse, LA
Author:
Unknown
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
258
Comments:
0
Title:
SeaTrain facility under construction
Description:
From Mike Palmieri: This facility was built by the Overseas Railway Corp. in 1928 to load railroad cars onto a ship -- the S.S. SEATRAIN -- for movement to Havana, Cuba. It was located on the west bank of the Mississippi River downstream from New Orleans; and was served by the New Orleans & Lower Coast Railroad, a subsidiary of the Missouri Pacific. Overseas Railway Corp. became Seatrain Lines, and service was expanded to New Jersey in 1932. Service to Cuba ended around 1960 and to New Jersey in 1964. The facility was finally scrapped at the beginning of the twenty-first century, although the trestle and concrete foundation remain.
Photo Date:
5/1/1929
Upload Date:
1/13/2017 12:42:56 PM
Location:
Belle Chasse, LA
Author:
unknown
Categories:
Steam,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
321
Comments:
0
Title:
New Orleans - Havana ferry. Photo date estimated.
Description:
Seatrain Ferry ship that traveled between New Orleans and Havana, Cuba.
Photo Date:
12/31/1929
Upload Date:
1/14/2017 6:40:36 PM
Location:
Belle Chasse, LA
Author:
Unknown
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
292
Comments:
0
Title:
SP Mastodon loading cars
Description:
The Mastodon was the largest RR ferry barge at the time of its use, approximately 1910s to the mid 1930s, prior to the opening of the Huey P. Long Bridge in late 1935. The crossing went from Avondale to Harahan, about ten miles upriver from New Orleans. Photo date estimated.
Photo Date:
6/1/1930
Upload Date:
1/14/2017 6:56:54 PM
Location:
Avondale, LA
Author:
Paul Alimia
Categories:
Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
222
Comments:
0
Title:
SP Mastodon crossing river
Description:
The Mastodon was the largest RR ferry barge at the time of its use, approximately 1910s to the mid 1930s, prior to the opening of the Huey P. Long Bridge in late 1935. The crossing went from Avondale to Harahan, about ten miles upriver from New Orleans. Photo date estimated.
Photo Date:
6/1/1930
Upload Date:
1/14/2017 6:53:24 PM
Location:
Avondale, LA
Author:
Unknown
Categories:
Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
195
Comments:
0
Title:
SP Mastodon
Description:
The Mastodon was the largest RR ferry barge at the time of its use, approximately 1910s to the mid 1930s, prior to the opening of the Huey P. Long Bridge in late 1935. The crossing went from Avondale to Harahan, about ten miles upriver from New Orleans. Photo date estimated.
Photo Date:
12/31/1930
Upload Date:
1/13/2017 12:24:04 PM
Location:
Avondale, LA
Author:
Paul Alimia
Categories:
Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
270
Comments:
0
Title:
SP Mastodon 1930
Description:
The Mastodon was the largest RR ferry barge at the time of its use, approximately 1910s to the mid 1930s, prior to the opening of the Huey P. Long Bridge in late 1935. The crossing went from Avondale to Harahan, about ten miles upriver from New Orleans.
Photo Date:
12/31/1930
Upload Date:
1/13/2017 12:30:27 PM
Location:
Avondale, LA
Author:
unknown
Categories:
Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
217
Comments:
0
Title:
SP Mastodon loading
Description:
SP Mastodon ferry unloading passenger cars on the east bank of the Mississippi River. The Huey P. Long bridge can be seen in the background. Photo likely taken in 1935, prior to the bridge opening that December.
Photo Date:
6/1/1935
Upload Date:
1/14/2017 6:45:54 PM
Location:
Harahan, LA
Author:
Paul Alimia
Categories:
Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
152
Comments:
0
Title:
SP Mastodon docking 1935
Description:
SP ferry Mastodon docking on the east bank of the Mississippi River, ten miles north of New Orleans. Huey P. Long bridge seen in background. Photo from 1935, prior to the bridge opening that December.
Photo Date:
6/1/1935
Upload Date:
1/14/2017 6:50:03 PM
Location:
Harahan, LA
Author:
Paul Alimia
Categories:
Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
142
Comments:
0
Title:
TP ferry Gouldsboro 1938.
Description:
Texas & Pacific rail ferry SS Gouldsboro operated in New Orleans, connecting their station at Annunciation and Race streets with their rail terminus on the west back at Gouldsboro yard in Algiers. For 60 years, from 1882 until 1942, the Texas & Pacific relied on ferries to carry freight and passengers between Algiers on the west bank of the Mississippi River and New Orleans. The Gouldsboro was originally built as an ironclad Union gunboat called the Chickasaw, which fought at the battle of Mobile Bay. After the war it was rebuilt as a car ferry and placed in service by the New Orleans Pacific (later the T&P) in February 1882.
Photo Date:
1/1/1938
Upload Date:
8/17/2012 2:36:20 PM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
Unknown
Categories:
RollingStock,Steam
Locomotives:
Views:
500
Comments:
0
Title:
1939 New Orleans Map ferries
Description:
1939 New Orleans map showing the ferry crossings
Photo Date:
12/31/1939
Upload Date:
1/14/2017 6:36:42 PM
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Author:
USGS map
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
175
Comments:
0
Title:
MP George Walker
Description:
Photo Date:
12/31/1956
Upload Date:
1/13/2017 1:58:46 PM
Location:
Vidalia, LA
Author:
Paul Alimia
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
169
Comments:
0
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