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Viewing Album:  1980s Southern Pacific leased power
 
By:Robert Powers
Dates:1/1/1987 - 8/1/1994
Album Info:In the late 1980s, the Cotton Belt line through Shreveport saw a wide variety of foreign power -- often units from leasing companies that still bore their original color schemes.
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SOO Line in Shreveport
Title:  SOO Line in Shreveport
Description:  A grungy gray day in Shreveport sees a pair of northern locomotives deep in the South.
Photo Date:  2/1/1987  Upload Date: 8/6/2017 2:20:13 AM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SOO 757(SD40-2)
Views:  608   Comments: 0
Milwaukee Road in Shreveport
Title:  Milwaukee Road in Shreveport
Description:  13 years after this photo, I actually moved to Milwaukee for grad school.
Photo Date:  2/1/1987  Upload Date: 8/6/2017 2:22:07 AM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  293   Comments: 0
Rio Grande in Shreveport
Title:  Rio Grande in Shreveport
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/1/1987  Upload Date: 8/6/2017 2:27:59 AM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  DRGW 3016(GP30)
Views:  603   Comments: 0
Rio Grande in Shreveport
Title:  Rio Grande in Shreveport
Description:  My second time catching this foreign GP30 rolling down the Cotton Belt - southbound alongside Mansfield Road.
Photo Date:  3/15/1987  Upload Date: 8/6/2017 2:30:58 AM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  DRGW 3016(GP30)
Views:  487   Comments: 0
Santa Fe in Shreveport
Title:  Santa Fe in Shreveport
Description:  Santa Fe reaked of southwestern desert exoticism, so I was pretty stoked to see this thing roll by.
Photo Date:  3/15/1987  Upload Date: 8/6/2017 2:33:44 AM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  ATSF 8042(C30-7)
Views:  476   Comments: 1
Rio Grande in Shreveport
Title:  Rio Grande in Shreveport
Description:  Baird Road, south Shreveport
Photo Date:  5/1/1987  Upload Date: 8/6/2017 2:36:25 AM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  DRGW 3137(GP40) SSW 7257(GP40-2)
Views:  615   Comments: 2
Burlington Northern lease units
Title:  Burlington Northern lease units
Description:  Northbound, at Bert Kouns, south Shreveport. A lot of SD45s entered leasing service around this time.
Photo Date:  5/15/1987  Upload Date: 8/6/2017 2:38:06 AM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BN 6470(SD45) BN 6436(SD45)
Views:  750   Comments: 0
Rio Grande in Shreveport
Title:  Rio Grande in Shreveport
Description:  Alongside Mansfield Road
Photo Date:  6/1/1987  Upload Date: 8/6/2017 2:39:50 AM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  DRGW 3086(GP40)
Views:  600   Comments: 1
Burlington Northern lease unit
Title:  Burlington Northern lease unit
Description:  NHL 6546 is an ex-BN unit. Baird Road, south Shreveport
Photo Date:  6/8/1987  Upload Date: 8/6/2017 2:44:06 AM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BN 6546(SD45) BN 6546(SD45)
Views:  407   Comments: 0
MoPac lease unit on the Cotton Belt
Title:  MoPac lease unit on the Cotton Belt
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/8/1987  Upload Date: 8/6/2017 2:49:08 AM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MP 3050(SD40) SP 7863(B30-7)
Views:  716   Comments: 1
Union Pacifc and KYLE on the Cotton Belt
Title:  Union Pacifc and KYLE on the Cotton Belt
Description:  In less than a decade, this line would become home rails for that Union Pacific unit.
Photo Date:  6/30/1987  Upload Date: 8/6/2017 2:55:50 AM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 3259(SD40-2)
Views:  516   Comments: 0
Norfolk Southern in Shreveport
Title:  Norfolk Southern in Shreveport
Description:  Years later this would become pretty common, but at this point, NS on the Cotton Belt was a novelty.
Photo Date:  6/30/1987  Upload Date: 8/6/2017 2:53:52 AM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 2742(GP38)
Views:  464   Comments: 0
Southern Railway in Shreveport
Title:  Southern Railway in Shreveport
Description:  Apologies for the quality. Its only to show how many different lines motive power wound up in Shreveport!
Photo Date:  6/30/1987  Upload Date: 8/6/2017 2:51:26 AM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SOU 2754(GP38)
Views:  586   Comments: 0
NS on the SP
Title:  NS on the SP
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/1/1987  Upload Date: 8/6/2017 2:57:50 AM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 5124(GP38-2)
Views:  588   Comments: 0
Ex-Southern in Shreveport
Title:  Ex-Southern in Shreveport
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/10/1988  Upload Date: 8/6/2017 3:10:08 AM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SOU 3112(SD45)
Views:  418   Comments: 0
UP on the future UP
Title:  UP on the future UP
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/10/1988  Upload Date: 8/6/2017 3:01:29 AM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 3745(SD40-2)
Views:  439   Comments: 0
Rio Grande in Shreveport
Title:  Rio Grande in Shreveport
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/10/1988  Upload Date: 8/6/2017 3:04:56 AM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  DRGW 3079(GP40) SP 7446(SD45R)
Views:  710   Comments: 1
Ex-Southern in Shreveport
Title:  Ex-Southern in Shreveport
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/10/1988  Upload Date: 8/6/2017 3:06:37 AM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 8567(SD40T-2) SOU 3143(SD45)
Views:  580   Comments: 0
Conrail lease unit in Shreveport
Title:  Conrail lease unit in Shreveport
Description:  Bert Kouns, south Shreveport
Photo Date:  3/15/1988  Upload Date: 8/6/2017 3:13:11 AM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  VMVX 6695(SDP45)
Views:  501   Comments: 0
Ex-BN, now NHL, Shreveport
Title:  Ex-BN, now NHL, Shreveport
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/15/1988  Upload Date: 8/6/2017 3:15:29 AM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BN 6540(SD45)
Views:  450   Comments: 0
Ex-Southern
Title:  Ex-Southern
Description:  Former Southern Railway SD45 at Williamson Way, south Shreveport
Photo Date:  5/1/1988  Upload Date: 8/6/2017 2:17:10 AM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SOU 3110(SD45) SSW 7771(B36-7)
Views:  773   Comments: 0
Rio Grande in Shreveport
Title:  Rio Grande in Shreveport
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/15/1988  Upload Date: 8/6/2017 3:19:10 AM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  DRGW 3102(GP40-2)
Views:  557   Comments: 1
Ex-Southern in Shreveport
Title:  Ex-Southern in Shreveport
Description:  Crabapple Road, south Shreveport; second sighting of this HLC lease unit
Photo Date:  5/15/1988  Upload Date: 8/6/2017 3:21:26 AM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SOU 3112(SD45)
Views:  430   Comments: 0
Burlington Northern lease unit
Title:  Burlington Northern lease unit
Description:  NHL 6546 is northbound at the Linwood Junction near downtown Shreveport. Her National Helm Leasing patch has worn off since I saw her the previous summer, allowing the old BN logo to show through.
Photo Date:  6/1/1988  Upload Date: 8/6/2017 3:25:12 AM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BN 6546(SD45)
Views:  478   Comments: 0
Southern on the Southern Pacific
Title:  Southern on the Southern Pacific
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/1988  Upload Date: 8/6/2017 3:27:19 AM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SOU 3116(WD45)
Views:  452   Comments: 1
Burlington Northern 669something
Title:  Burlington Northern 669something
Description:  Due to some inconsiderate shop worker, the world will never know what the exact number of the former Burlington Northern in this blurry photo. Tragic. (6690 is my best guess looking at other photos of the ex-BN 669* units online.)
Photo Date:  6/1/1988  Upload Date: 8/6/2017 3:29:00 AM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  WC 6690(SD45)
Views:  504   Comments: 1
Ex-Conrail in Shreveport
Title:  Ex-Conrail in Shreveport
Description:  Under lease
Photo Date:  6/15/1988  Upload Date: 8/6/2017 3:30:34 AM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 3073(GP40)
Views:  411   Comments: 0
KYLE on Espee
Title:  KYLE on Espee
Description:  Baird Road, south Shreveport
Photo Date:  6/15/1988  Upload Date: 8/6/2017 3:32:02 AM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KYLE 3106(GP40)
Views:  536   Comments: 0
Ex-Southern in Shreveport
Title:  Ex-Southern in Shreveport
Description:  At this point I think Id seen more leased former Southern units than actual ones.
Photo Date:  9/15/1988  Upload Date: 8/6/2017 3:38:52 AM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  VMV 3160(SD45)
Views:  528   Comments: 0
KYLE and MoPac on the Cotton Belt
Title:  KYLE and MoPac on the Cotton Belt
Description:  A KYLE unit, bracketed by two Missouri Pacific locomotives, rolls across the grade crossing at Baird Road. My second sighting of this unit.
Photo Date:  10/1/1988  Upload Date: 8/6/2017 3:42:39 AM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KYLE 3106(GP40) MP 3041(SD40) MP 3034(SD40)
Views:  892   Comments: 0
Ex-Conrail in Shreveport
Title:  Ex-Conrail in Shreveport
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/7/1988  Upload Date: 8/6/2017 3:45:03 AM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6689(SDP45)
Views:  488   Comments: 0
Rio Grande in Shreveport
Title:  Rio Grande in Shreveport
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/7/1988  Upload Date: 8/6/2017 3:46:36 AM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  257   Comments: 1
CSX 3123, far from home
Title:  CSX 3123, far from home
Description:  This massive lashup of engines included at least 4 SP units, this lost CSX U-boat, and a crudely patched-over ex-KCS unit. Theyre southbound heading for Houston, rolling through the south Shreveport suburbs.
Photo Date:  6/1/1991  Upload Date: 11/19/2015 7:57:01 PM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 3123(B23-7) SP 7307(SD40R) KCS 781(GP40)
Views:  987   Comments: 0
Ex-KCS on the Cotton Belt, at this point owned by Morrison Knudsen who would eventually rebuild it.
Title:  Ex-KCS on the Cotton Belt, at this point owned by Morrison Knudsen who would eventually rebuild it.
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/1991  Upload Date: 8/6/2017 3:52:27 AM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 781(GP40)
Views:  681   Comments: 0
Rio Grande caboose
Title:  Rio Grande caboose
Description:  My first successful pan shot! I finally learned to stand in front of all the cars, signs and obstructions.... just in time for my early train photography career to end as my teenage years pulled me in other directions.
Photo Date:  6/15/1991  Upload Date: 8/6/2017 3:56:29 AM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  552   Comments: 0
Ex-Conrail in Shreveport
Title:  Ex-Conrail in Shreveport
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/15/1991  Upload Date: 8/6/2017 3:54:04 AM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 3210(GP40) SP 7782(B30-7)
Views:  601   Comments: 0
Seaboard System in Shreveport
Title:  Seaboard System in Shreveport
Description:  HLCX 2586, a former Seaboard System unit, is switching cars at the south city limit, Williamson Way. Also in evidence: the new action logo, and the sad disappearance of the classic Espee lighting clusters, replaced by a boring revoling rooftop light.
Photo Date:  8/1/1994  Upload Date: 8/6/2017 1:57:49 AM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 7804(B30-7) HLLX 2586(GP38-2)
Views:  699   Comments: 2

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