Memphis, Tennessee
The City of New Orleans arrives at dawn.
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Heading south into the Mississippi Delta, most of the view is flat farmland as pictured below. Passing through rural, small towns that are very run-down makes this a boring, depressing, train ride through northern Mississippi. The track is CN, ex Illinois Central single track with sidings.
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Marks, Mississippi
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Greenwood, Mississippi
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Something on Fire
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Grain Train
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Some type of agricultural product in the process of loading into a hopper.
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Blight
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Yazoo City, Mississippi
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Jackson, Mississippi
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CN Track Evaluation Car
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GTW 5820 switching the yard in RC service.
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The Bayou
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Hazlehurst, Mississippi
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Hammond, Louisiana
Illinois Central maintenance equipment - crane and flatcar.
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High flood-risk swampland south of Ponchatoula, Louisiana. The tracks have been underwater after a few of the past hurricanes.
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Manchac, Louisiana
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Lake Ponchartrain
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New Orleans skyline across Lake Ponchartrain
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I-10 Causeway
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Cancer Alley, Louisiana. Referred to the 90 petrochemical plants between Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
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New Orleans Amtrak Shops
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January 1st, 2018
New Orleans, Louisiana
Amtrak 506 at New Orleans Union Station
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Flood Control Ditch
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East Bridge Jct Tower
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CN Mays Yard
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Flood Levee
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Lake Maurepas
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January 2nd, 2018
Moonset in central Illinois
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Homewood, Illinois
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CN Markham Yard
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Chicago, Illinois
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16th St Tower
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BNSF, UP, and Metra Engines
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Chicago Skyline
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The train pulls onto the BNSF Racetrack and then shoves into the south end of Union Station.