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Midland Branch
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
Categories:  Track
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Midland Branch
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
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 3873(GP9R)
Views:  1537   Comments: 2
Midland Branch
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
Categories:  Track
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Views:  824   Comments: 0
LDRR 2000
Title:  LDRR 2000
Description:  New Iberia local NI1 near MP 16 on Midland Branch returning to New Iberia from Abbeville with loads of rice. GP10s typically serve this line. This is the only day I recall seeing any power larger than a GP10 on this branch.
Photo Date:  8/25/2004  Upload Date: 10/23/2008 9:56:06 AM
Location:  Erath, LA
Author:  Brian LaFleur
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Locomotives:  LDRR 2000(GP38)
Views:  716   Comments: 0
Erath Sugar Vulcan
Title:  Erath Sugar Vulcan
Description:  This un-numbered Erath Sugar Co. loco was switching the company's mill along the Southern Pacific's Midland Branch at Erath, Louisiana. The loco had been built by Vulcan as serial number 4322 in August 1941. It was b 175-horsepower, 30-ton diesel-mechanical unit, built for use by the U.S. Navy at Corpus Christi, Texas. This mill closed in 1969. (unknown date)
Photo Date:  12/12/2016  Upload Date: 12/12/2016 6:17:13 PM
Location:  Erath, LA
Author:  DAVID ELLZEY photo
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  ERATH NONE(0-4-0T)
Views:  609   Comments: 0
Crossties At West Erath
Title:  Crossties At West Erath
Description:  Some crossties are stacked along the branch mainline just west of Mack Switch Road, just west of the Mack track at West Erath.
Photo Date:  11/24/2017  Upload Date: 11/25/2017 11:17:21 AM
Location:  Erath, LA
Author:  James Robichaux
Categories:  Track
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Views:  166   Comments: 0
Crossties At West Erath
Title:  Crossties At West Erath
Description:  Some crossties are stacked along the branch mainline just east of Mack Switch Road, at the west switch of the Mack track at West Erath.
Photo Date:  11/24/2017  Upload Date: 11/25/2017 11:25:24 AM
Location:  Erath, LA
Author:  James Robichaux
Categories:  Track
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Views:  189   Comments: 0


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