Evening Light on the Spillway
The KCS Business train is seen here crossing over the massive Bonnet Carre' Spillway bridge in Norco, Louisiana. The Spillway is a flood control project that keeps New Orleans from (in theory) flooding when the Mississippi River rises. It creates a diverging channel for southbound water to flow into Lake Ponchatrain a mile or two to our north. For the two railroads that cross it the spillway created the need for some massive bridges to be built in order to span across the massive structure. The northernmost bridge is the former Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad, now KCS. This day the old, decrepit, and rickety trestle was carrying outbound company brass back to Shreveport. This particular move only had business train staff onboard, and thus it got held up for just about every possible train on rival railroad CN before they could leave New Orleans. It didn't take them long after to get out here, and for the 6 or so of us on the western end of the bridge the results proved spectacular. The telephoto angle here brings into perspective just how long the bridge is. On this April day it was dry as a bone underneath. This is something, that according to the locals, isn't super common.
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Evening Light on the Spillway
The KCS Business train is seen here crossing over the massive Bonnet Carre' Spillway bridge in Norco, Louisiana. The Spillway is a flood control project that keeps New Orleans from (in theory) flooding when the Mississippi River rises. It creates a diverging channel for southbound water to flow into Lake Ponchatrain a mile or two to our north. For the two railroads that cross it the spillway created the need for some massive bridges to be built in order to span across the massive structure. The northernmost bridge is the former Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad, now KCS. This day the old, decrepit, and rickety trestle was carrying outbound company brass back to Shreveport. This particular move only had business train staff onboard, and thus it got held up for just about every possible train on rival railroad CN before they could leave New Orleans. It didn't take them long after to get out here, and for the 6 or so of us on the western end of the bridge the results proved spectacular. The telephoto angle here brings into perspective just how long the bridge is. On this April day it was dry as a bone underneath. This is something, that according to the locals, isn't super common.
Thanks for looking!