| This aerial photo of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal was taken from the PLAZA TOWER building across Loyola Avenue while the AMERICAN FREEDOM TRAIN was on display 3-9 May 1976. At this time NOUPT still looked much as it did it opened in 1954, although one major change was the addition of the PONTCHARTRAIN EXPRESSWAY across the upper portion of the image. Below the EXPRESSWAY, from left to right were Tracks 12 through 2, with the AFT on display on Track 11 and the 4449 and its tool car on Track 8. The tool car can be seen but the 4449 was hidden by the platform shed. Track 1 had been removed many years earlier to provide vehicle parking. The triangular structure in the left foreground is the service and baggage building and the building in the right foreground is the main post office. Just a few years earlier there was a roof covering six tracks in the empty area where mail was handled. The building on the right with the staggered platforms had been the express building. (approximate date of photo) |
| Date:
5/5/1976 |
Location:
New Orleans, LA Map  |
Views:
470 |
Collection Of:
 
Michael Palmieri |
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Author: ROBERT A. SCORSONE
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| Picture Categories: Scenic,Station |
This picture is part of album: ROBERT SCORSONE |