| 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) |
| Date:
4/1/1974 |
Location:
Slidell, LA Map  |
Views:
287 |
Collection Of:
 
Michael Palmieri |
| Locomotives: |
Author: JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image
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| Picture Categories: Scenic |
This picture is part of album: JAMES SELZER |