The L&N Terminal operated from 1902 to 1954.
L&N Terminal 1950s
Let’s unpack a couple of Canal Street photos, specifically, the L&N Terminal. The Louisville and Nashville Railroad began Canal Street operations in 1902. They used the original Pontchartrain Railroad station on Elysian Fields prior to that. The photo above is from the early 1950s. Since the city demolished this terminal in 1954, the photo dates around 1950-1951. The Humming Bird pulls through the terminal. It discharged its passengers and now crosses Canal Street to the railroad’s service tracks on the uptown side. A crew assembled the next day’s train in their yard. The locomotives pulled the train back into the terminal, pointing east/downriver.
This photo shows the Humming Bird departing New Orleans. It traveled along the Gulf Coast, turning north in Alabama, to Birmingham. From there, it ran to Cincinnati. Amtrak plans to revive the Gulf Coast part of the Humming Bird for its New Orleans-Mobile “Mardi Gras” route.
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