Morganza Mornings
KCS 1 and company haul the CPKC Holiday Express southbound over the massive Morganza spillway bridge just north of Morganza, Louisiana. Road foreman Smith and engineer Lendermon have the train well in hand as they head for the 1600 display at Montegut siding in Laplace, Louisiana. Morganza was one of the must haves on the sprint from Shreveport to Laplace on a clear December morning. The Morganza spillway is a giant flood control project that can divert the Mississippi River away from the populous of Baton Rouge, and eventually New Orleans, by diverting water towards the Atchafalaya basin when the Mississippi floods bad enough to warrant the opening of the massive floodgates located here. The KCS New Orleans subdivision and Louisiana highway one fly over the top of the spillway as seen here.
Hopefully this year we can have a repeat performance of this train before it's all said and done.
Thanks for looking!
Morganza Mornings
KCS 1 and company haul the CPKC Holiday Express southbound over the massive Morganza spillway bridge just north of Morganza, Louisiana. Road foreman Smith and engineer Lendermon have the train well in hand as they head for the 1600 display at Montegut siding in Laplace, Louisiana. Morganza was one of the must haves on the sprint from Shreveport to Laplace on a clear December morning. The Morganza spillway is a giant flood control project that can divert the Mississippi River away from the populous of Baton Rouge, and eventually New Orleans, by diverting water towards the Atchafalaya basin when the Mississippi floods bad enough to warrant the opening of the massive floodgates located here. The KCS New Orleans subdivision and Louisiana highway one fly over the top of the spillway as seen here.
Hopefully this year we can have a repeat performance of this train before it's all said and done.
Thanks for looking!