One early morning I set out for Riverbend, where streetcars turn from St. Charles Avenue onto Carrollton Avenue. I was amazed to see a pileup of six streetcars stopped in their tracks on St. Charles.
I started photographing and saw an official with reflective vest heading in my direction. He muttered, “Nobody communicates with nobody!” I asked him why the streetcars had stopped, and he replied, “Workers were supposed to trim the trees on Carrollton, but they forgot to tell us they hadn’t done it yet!” He shook his head in frustration.
Weary conductor awaits solution to traffic jam
Concrete angel with Mardi Gras beads prays for solution to traffic jam
Freight trains glide through the Crescent City along the Mississippi River, wailing their bluesy chords day and night, spreading the lonesome.
Boxcar lounge . . .
Dublin Park at Riverbend. The fountain was dry, the park vacant. Maybe it was just too darned hot.
Locomoting the locomotives
A fleet of Union Pacific locomotives hitches a ride along the NOPB railroad, perhaps heading to pasture or overhaul. (Backstory below)
Twenty years ago, Union Pacific graphically redesigned its locomotives to honor the victims of 9/11. Note the design flaw above: engine heat has damaged and discolored the oversized and ill-placed American flags.
In the new design, a more modest size and position of the flag proves a better strategy. In life as in patriotism.
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All photos by Camille Martin
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