Katrina and the Railroads

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However, the bridge decks of NS's Ponchatrain bridge were not  
(badly?) damaged, so all they had to do was reballast the deck and  
hoist the track back on.  CSX has a lot more work to do on those  
bridges!

pete groom
On Oct 24, 2005, at 6:11 PM, nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org wrote:

Gordon, et. al.
Here are some photos I took while in MS helping out w/ the medical  
effort.  It's the CSX main line through Waveland, which is 48 miles  
east of New Orleans.  The bridge over St. Louis Bay...betw. Waveland  
and Gulfport...and the bridge over Biloxi Bay...east of Biloxi...were  
both destroyed in similar fashion to the NS bridge you  
mention...track washed completely off piers by the storm surge.   
Also, the main line through Waveland has washed out in a number of  
places, and several of these pics show houses washed right onto the  
tracks.  I threw in two shots of the pirate ship casino in Biloxi  
just for comparison.
Bucky Wilson

http://www.nwhs.org/qna/photos/Katrina.htm
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