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| Last updated on August 7, 2025
A carman couples a red-and-orange Alco PA diesel to Southern Pacific’s Argonaut at the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal coach yard shortly after NOUPT opened in 1954.
Photo by James G. LaVake
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