Katrina and the Railroads
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Wed Oct 26 12:00:12 EDT 2005
Wow! Some pictures. We in the northeast feel for you in the south. But I
quess you have to be there. God bless all those volunteers.
Tom Anson
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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!
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> pete groom
> On Oct 24, 2005, at 6:11 PM, nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org wrote:
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> 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
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> -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">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.=A0 CSX has a lot =
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> size=3D"2">Gordon, et. al.<BR> Here are some photos I took while in MS =
> helping out w/ the medical effort.=A0 It's the CSX main line through =
> Waveland, which is 48 miles east of New Orleans.=A0 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.=A0 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.=A0 I threw in two shots of the pirate ship casino in =
> Biloxi just for comparison.<BR> Bucky Wilson<BR><BR> <A =
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