NOUPT 1         
New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal number 1 was one of three SW8's built for NOUPT in December 1953. Number 2 was sold to Jones & Laughlin Steel in around 1960, but 1 and 3 survived long enough to receive Amtrak paint. They were sold to NASA in August 1990 and provided parts to maintain the space agency's fleet of ex-Air Force SW8's at the Kennedy Space Center.
Date: 12/27/1974 Location: New Orleans, LA   Map Show New Orleans on a rail map Views: 1179 Collection Of:   Michael Palmieri
Locomotives: NOUPT 1(SW8)    Author:  Michael Palmieri
NOUPT 1
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Earl Hampton General This photo is dated 1974......guess the Superdome was under construction by then. That orange structure behind NOUPT 1 is the advertising sign which is still there today on the NW corner of the dome lot. Nice shot. 4/21/2010 12:15:01 PM

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