Southern Railway Park in Faubourg Treme

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Southern Railway Park stood just off from the tracks leading to Terminal Station. Southern Railway Park Franck Studios photos of Basin Street turning towards the lake in the late 1950s. The two parking tracks inside Southern Railway Park are visible on the left. Prior to 1954, railroad tracks leading out of Terminal Station at Canal and Basin Streets followed Basin, down to just before St. Louis Street. They turned lakebound at that point, heading into Mid-City. They connected with the "Back Belt" tracks, where trains turned east to cross the Industrial Canal and Lake Pontchartrain. Terminal Station The New Orleans...