Rebel Route to Tennessee #TrainThursday

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Gulf, Mobile, and Northern's Rebel Route connected New Orleans to Jackson, Tennessee. Rebel Route The "Rebel," operated by Gulf, Mobile, and Northern Railroad, at Terminal Station in Faubourg Treme, late 1930s, early 1940s. It's unclear whether this train is departing on a northbound run, or backing into the station, arriving on the southbound run. Trains approaching Terminal Station used a "wye" track on St. Louis Street to change directions. The inbound train entered the wye, then backed in. Passengers exited onto Canal Street, across from Krauss Department Store. The Route The Gulf, Mobile, and Northern operated the Rebel from 1935...