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Midland Branch |
| Description: |
This was the beginning of the Southern Pacific's Midland Branch, looking southwest along Jefferson Street from the connection with the SUNSET ROUTE across from the former New Iberia freight house. The east leg of the wye was on the left, while the west leg is behind the power poles on the right. This track now belongs to the Louisiana & Delta. |
| Photo Date: |
3/13/1984 Upload Date: 7/1/2007 2:16:34 PM |
| Location: |
New Iberia, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
Midland Branch |
| Description: |
At I&V Junction - 5.4 miles south of New Iberia - the Southern Pacific's Midland Branch main line diverged west (on the right) while the Salt Mine Branch to Avery Island was on the straight side of the switch. As built, the I&V (Iberville & Vermillion) had trackage rights over the SP Salt Mine Branch from New Iberia to I&V Junction and then it built 15 miles of new track west to Abbeville. Once the I&V became a part of the SP, the line from New Iberia to Abbeville and beyond became the Midland Branch. New Iberia and Abbeville are the seats of Iberia and Vermillion parishes. |
| Photo Date: |
8/9/1986 Upload Date: 6/25/2007 5:14:23 PM |
| Location: |
Avery Island, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
Salt Mine Spur |
| Description: |
This spur at M.P. 9.1 on Avery Island served the plant which manufactured Tabassco Brand pepper sauce from 1905 until 1980. The new plant, completed in 1980, did not have a railroad siding. |
| Photo Date: |
9/25/1975 Upload Date: 6/30/2007 6:48:46 PM |
| Location: |
Avery Island, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
Midland Branch |
| Description: |
Barge loading dock at Avery Island salt mine. |
| Photo Date: |
4/5/1989 Upload Date: 6/18/2007 12:27:59 AM |
| Location: |
Avery Island, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Scenic,Track |
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| Title: |
Midland Branch |
| Description: |
Aerial view of salt mine at Avery Island. |
| Photo Date: |
5/26/1987 Upload Date: 6/18/2007 12:40:31 AM |
| Location: |
Avery Island, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
Midland Branch |
| Description: |
Espee and highway lift bridges over Bayou Carlin. This was on the railroad's Midland Branch at Delcambre, Louisiana. |
| Photo Date: |
4/5/1989 Upload Date: 6/25/2007 9:57:46 AM |
| Location: |
Delcambre, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
Midland Branch |
| Description: |
This was the control shed and gate on the west side of the Southern Pacific lift bridge over Bayou Carlin at Delcambre, Louisiana. This was the railroad's Midland Branch and now belongs to the Louisiana & Delta. |
| Photo Date: |
8/7/1986 Upload Date: 6/25/2007 10:25:35 AM |
| Location: |
Delcambre, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Bridge |
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| Title: |
Midland Branch |
| Description: |
Cotton Belt GP9 3873 leads a single covered hopper eastbound over the Bayou Carlin lift bridge, as the bridge tender looks on. This was at Delcambre, on the Midland Branch, and the track now belongs to the Louisiana & Delta. |
| Photo Date: |
8/7/1986 Upload Date: 6/25/2007 10:12:21 AM |
| Location: |
Delcambre, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Bridge,Track |
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SSW 3873(GP9R) |
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| Title: |
Midland Branch |
| Description: |
Looking east on the Midland Branch at Erath (M.P. 14.9). When this photo was taken the track belonged to the Southern Pacific, but now it is owned by the Louisiana & Delta. |
| Photo Date: |
8/7/1986 Upload Date: 6/25/2007 12:05:42 PM |
| Location: |
Erath, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
Midland Branch |
| Description: |
Cotton Belt GP9 3873 and one hopper car of rice head east through Erath on the Espee's Midland Branch, en route from Abbeville to New Iberia. |
| Photo Date: |
8/7/1986 Upload Date: 6/25/2007 11:44:05 AM |
| Location: |
Erath, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Action |
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SSW 3873(GP9R) |
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| Title: |
Midland Branch |
| Description: |
Texaco natural gas loading facility on the Southern Pacific's Midland Branch at West Erath, Louisiana (M.P. 16.0). |
| Photo Date: |
8/7/1986 Upload Date: 6/25/2007 11:42:20 AM |
| Location: |
Erath, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
Midland Branch |
| Description: |
Derailed hopper of rice on the Espee's Midland Branch at M.P. 16.5, between Erath and Abbeville. |
| Photo Date: |
8/7/1986 Upload Date: 5/7/2007 5:50:04 PM |
| Location: |
Abbeville, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Wreck,Track |
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| Title: |
SP Midland Branch |
| Description: |
The Espee freight house and train-order office along the Midland Branch at Abbeville, facing east. The track here was sold to the Louisiana & Delta in 1987. |
| Photo Date: |
8/14/1979 Upload Date: 4/15/2007 11:28:49 PM |
| Location: |
Abbeville, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Station,Signal,Track |
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| Title: |
SP Midland Branch |
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Southern Pacific covered hopper 496418 (for rice loading) and a privately-owned SP C-40-6 caboose 1727 were next to the railroad's freight house at Abbeville, Louisiana. The swing bridge in the background crossed the Vermilion River and has since been removed. |
| Photo Date: |
8/8/1985 Upload Date: 5/3/2007 3:15:27 AM |
| Location: |
Abbeville, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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RollingStock,Station,Track |
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| Title: |
SP Midland Branch |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific swing bridge, on the Midland Branch over the Vermilion River at Abbeville, facing west. |
| Photo Date: |
8/8/1985 Upload Date: 5/7/2007 5:51:33 PM |
| Location: |
Abbeville, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
SP Midland Branch |
| Description: |
This was the Rivianna rice mill on the Espee Midland Branch in downtown Abbeville. This track is now owned by the Louisiana & Delta. |
| Photo Date: |
8/8/1985 Upload Date: 4/16/2007 1:28:10 AM |
| Location: |
Abbeville, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
SP Midland Branch |
| Description: |
Looking east on the Southern Pacific's Midland Branch in Abbeville. The Rivianna rice mill is on the right, while a pair of former GM&O cabooses sit on a section of disconnected track on the left. |
| Photo Date: |
8/14/1979 Upload Date: 4/15/2007 11:43:40 PM |
| Location: |
Abbeville, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
SP Midland Branch |
| Description: |
A former GM&O caboose sits on a isolated piece of track along the Southern Pacific's MIDLAND BRANCH in Abbeville, Louisiana. That was the railroad's freight house in the right background. |
| Photo Date: |
8/8/1985 Upload Date: 4/16/2007 1:11:00 AM |
| Location: |
Abbeville, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
Midland Branch |
| Description: |
This was a view facing east of the former Southern Pacific freight house and siding on the Louisiana & Delta's Midland Branch in Kaplan. Nine miles of track between here and Abbeville were abandoned two years later because of a trestle fire. |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/1989 Upload Date: 6/25/2007 5:20:42 PM |
| Location: |
Kaplan, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
SP Midland Branch |
| Description: |
This was the fright house on the Southern Pacific's Midland Branch at Kaplan (M.P. 30.0). |
| Photo Date: |
8/8/1985 Upload Date: 6/25/2007 5:42:34 PM |
| Location: |
Kaplan, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Station |
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| Title: |
SP Midland Branch |
| Description: |
This was the Liberty Rice Mill along the Southern Pacific's Midland Branch at Kaplan, Louisiana. |
| Photo Date: |
8/8/1985 Upload Date: 6/25/2007 5:36:03 PM |
| Location: |
Kaplan, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
SP Midland Branch |
| Description: |
Cotton Belt covered hopper 70060 was at a rice mill in Kaplan (M.P. 30.0), along the Southern Pacific's Midland Branch. |
| Photo Date: |
8/8/1985 Upload Date: 6/25/2007 5:27:13 PM |
| Location: |
Kaplan, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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RollingStock,Track |
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| Title: |
SP Midland Branch |
| Description: |
This was a rice mill at Gueydan, milepost M.P. 45.3 on the Southern Pacific's Midland Branch. |
| Photo Date: |
8/7/1985 Upload Date: 6/25/2007 3:11:17 PM |
| Location: |
Gueydan, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
SP Midland Branch |
| Description: |
Looking north (railroad west) along the Southern Pacific's former Midland Branch at Morse, milepost 52.0. The line between Kaplan and Eunice had been been abandoned in 1978, but the track was still in place! |
| Photo Date: |
8/8/1985 Upload Date: 6/30/2007 7:24:18 PM |
| Location: |
Morse, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
SP Midland Branch |
| Description: |
Looking north (railroad west) north of Midland (M.P. 56.4) along the Southern Pacific's former Midland Branch. The track here had been abandoned in 1978. |
| Photo Date: |
2/28/1984 Upload Date: 6/30/2007 7:01:23 PM |
| Location: |
Midland, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
Midland Branch |
| Description: |
Looking north along the former Southern Pacific Midland Branch from Interstate 10 at Egan, M.P. 60.1. This track had been abandoned in 1978. |
| Photo Date: |
2/28/1984 Upload Date: 6/25/2007 10:57:53 AM |
| Location: |
Egan, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
Midland Branch |
| Description: |
This had been the north end of the Southern Pacific's MIDLAND BRANCH in Eunice, Louisiana; but the track here had been abandoned in 1978, and up until 1935 the SP continued north of here nine miles to Mamou. At one time Eunice was also served by the Rock Island and the T&P, but the only railroads here now are the Union Pacific's former MP-GCL-Frisco main line and the Acadiana Railway's former MP-GCL-Frisco branch south to Crowley. |
| Photo Date: |
6/22/1989 Upload Date: 6/25/2007 12:13:48 PM |
| Location: |
Eunice, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Title: |
SP Midland Branch |
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The former SP-Rock Island joint agency in Eunice is now a museum, complete with an Espee caboose. The Rock Island line into here from the north was abandoned in 1977 and the SP from the south in 1978. The SP north to Mamou was abandoned in 1935 and the T&P from Ville Platte went in 1943. Today the town is still served by the Union Pacific and the Acadiana. |
| Photo Date: |
6/22/1989 Upload Date: 6/25/2007 12:26:55 PM |
| Location: |
Eunice, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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