Yesterday, I had the pleasure of seeing a CSX freight train passing between the French Quarter and the Mississippi river. The train had one engine and nearly 100 cars, mostly tankers and hoppers (also a few loaded wood chip cars). Questions come to mind. . .
Didn’t I read some years ago that trains had been prohibited from the Quarter because of the number of people there, and the possibility of a chemical leak?
Given the crescent shape of the city, why send trains through this area when it seems to be a round-about way of getting somewhere?
How could one engine pull so many cars?
Just wondering.
Thanks,
Mike