Train Engine #2 and Car Abandoned on Levee

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Specifications

	T&P #	2
	Builder	Rogers
	Build Date	9-1869
	Wheel Type	4-4-0
	Photo Credit	The Grace Museum - The Portal to Texas History
	Date	January 1, 1961
	Category	Steam Engine

Remarks

Orig. Memphis El Paso & Pac. #2 "Paris"

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Description

Photograph of an abandoned train engine and attached car, viewed from the side. The number "2" and text "T.P.-M.P.T.R.R. OF N.O." are visible on the car. Tall grass surrounds the front. Trees line the background. Handwritten text below the image says, "(T.P.-M.P.-T.RR of N.O. #2) Abandoned on levee behind Audubon Park, New Orleans LA. At Bisso Coal & Towing Co. Jan 1961 Transfer switcher at New Orleans, LA. Alco Richmond #42929 BLT Jun 1907 for Trinity & Brazos RR #76, sold to Texas Pacific - Missouri Pacific Terminal RR of New Orleans #2, sold to Bisso Coal & Towing Co. N.O. #2."

Golson, Wilbur T. [Train Engine #2 and Car Abandoned on Levee], photograph, January 1961; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth822634/: accessed March 5, 2020), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Grace Museum.