A hostler tops off the fuel tank of an Illinois Central E unit at the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal locomotive facility in 1954. The E unit will go out later on the Panama Limited to Chicago.
Photo by James G. La Vake
Refueling at New Orleans
By Faith Finfrock | September 11, 2025
Feeding a diesel rail giant… Remember that the IC’s flagship train became an all-sleeper streamliner in 1942.
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