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File Details: AMQVm, 300 DPI, JPEG, Halftone Photograph, 1.3 Mb
| Credit: | unknown photographer |
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| Date: | 1864 |
| Equipment: | bell |
| Locations & Lines: | Louisiana ; New Orleans LA; New Orleans Opelousas & Great Western Railroad (NOO&GW) |
| Military Units: | US Military Railroads (USMRR); US Army |
| Structures & Establishments: | NOO&GW Algiers Station (New Orleans LA) |
| Transports: | boxcar; passenger car; USMRR locomotive Christopher Adams Jr.; USMRR locomotive La Fourche |
| Sources: | Smithsonian Institution |
Abdill, Civil War Railroads, p177: When the city of New Orleans was captured by Commodore Farraguts invasion fleet in April of 1862, the prizes taken included the 80 miles of 5-foot 6-inch gauge track and other properties of the New Orleans, Opelousas & Great Western Railroad… [This] view… shows the Algiers terminal while under Federal control, the photograph reportedly taken in 1864. At the left is the CHRISTOPHER ADAMS, JR., a 24 ton engine built by Rogers, Ketchum & Company in 1863, Shop No. 421; she had 12 1/2×22 inch cylinders and 72 inch drivers, and was named in honor of the first president of the New Orleans, Opelousas & Great Western. The engine at right is the LAFOURCHE, built for the road by the Taunton Locomotive Works in May, 1859, and placed in service on September 13th of that year. The LAFOURCHE weighted 20 tons, and 16×22 inch cylinders and 60 inch drivers. In this photo, the tender of the LAFOURCHE and the coach behind her are both lettered U.S.M.R.R., but the road was never actually under the United States Military Railroads control, being operated by the Quartermaster Department under the military Department of the Golf.
