A Union Pacific grain train was heading south on the New Orleans & Lower Coast Branch in Gretna, Louisiana. Missouri Pacific GP38-2 2076, UP B30-7A 237 and EMD GP38-2 825 were beside Belle Chase Highway (Louisiana Highway 23) with 102 covered hoppers for the grain elevator along the Mississippi River at Myrtle Grove. This line was sold to the New Orleans Lower Coast in March 1991 and resold to the New Orleans & Gulf Coast in April 1999. |
Date:
7/23/1988 |
Location:
Gretna, LA Map ![Show Gretna on a rail map](/images/map_us.gif) |
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This picture is part of album: 1988 Scans - CMP |