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| Illinois Central Railroad Scrapbook And Occasionally Other Railroads posted An unknown photographer snapped this aerial view of the Vicksburg Shreveport & Pacific shops at Monroe, Louisiana. The exact date is unknown, but is believed to be from the late 1920's. As its name indicates, the VS&P ran between Vicksburg, Mississippi, and Shreveport, Louisiana, and had ambitions of reaching even further west. The VS&P was chartered in 1879 to take over the North Louisiana and Texas Railroad. The VS&P and the Alabama & Vicksburg Railway were under common ownership, and it wasn't uncommon for locomotives and rolling stock to be swapped between the two roads. In 1926 both the roads were leased to the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley (an IC subsidiary). In 1959 both the VS&P and A&V were formally merged into the Illinois Central Railroad. All of the shop buildings seen here have been razed, but many of the concrete foundations can easily be seen on satellite photos. The old VS&P mainline was spun off to Mid-South Rail in 1986, and then in 1994 was taken over by the Kansas City Southern and became part of the "Meridian Speedway" linking KCS and Norfolk Southern. Photographer unknown, Cliff Downey coll. Keith Peeples: Looks like you can see the Missouri Pacific crossing in the top right hand corner. |
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| 1957/58 Monroe North Quad @ 24,000 |
It looks like at least one of the roundhouse pits has not been filled in.
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