Louisiana Rails
CP 7025 / Morganza, LA
Every year in the rainy season of south Louisiana, there is usually a conversation or debate as wether to open the Morganza Flood Control Structure. Completed in 1954, the flood control system stretched out at an impressive 127 steel gates over 4,159 feet in length. Controlled by the US Army Corp of Engineers, it has only been opened twice in its storied history (1973 and 2011). The Morganza Spillway separates the overflowed banks of the Mississippi River from the Atchafalaya Basin. The Kansas City Southern Railway track speed over the structure is 40mph. OKCCPBR.
CP 7025 / Morganza, LA
Every year in the rainy season of south Louisiana, there is usually a conversation or debate as wether to open the Morganza Flood Control Structure. Completed in 1954, the flood control system stretched out at an impressive 127 steel gates over 4,159 feet in length. Controlled by the US Army Corp of Engineers, it has only been opened twice in its storied history (1973 and 2011). The Morganza Spillway separates the overflowed banks of the Mississippi River from the Atchafalaya Basin. The Kansas City Southern Railway track speed over the structure is 40mph. OKCCPBR.