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| Title: |
Southern Railway Train No. 194 |
| Description: |
Southern Railway train No. 194 was heading north through Slidell, Louisiana behind Southern Pacific U33C 8782, SD45T-2 9190 and a third SP unit. This run-through train between Houston and Birmingham was just south of the Slidell station, and the track in the foreground was the south leg of the wye that had served a creosote plant along nearby Bayou Bonfouca. A creosote plant was first built here in 1892 to treat wood for the New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad’s trestle across Lake Pontchartrain. The plant closed in 1970 and the area was subsequently designated as an EPA Superfund site. After the creosote-contaminated soil was incinerated and the wye was removed, a 54-acre area west of the railroad station which once included the wye and the creosote plant was redeveloped by the city as HERITAGE PARK. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1974 Upload Date: 3/29/2022 12:27:11 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
SP 8782(U33C) |
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| Title: |
SP U33C 8782 |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific U33C 8782 was heading north passed the Southern Railway station at Slidell, Louisiana with SD45T-2 9190 and another SP unit on run-through train No. 194. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1974 Upload Date: 2/6/2020 7:52:28 PM |
| Location: |
Slidell, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
SP 8782(U33C) |
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618 Comments: 1 |
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