Sunset on the swamp

Sunset on the swamp

By Brian Schmidt | July 19, 2021

| Last updated on August 8, 2025


Passenger train on wood trestle with semaphore signals framed by moss-covered trees

Sunset on the swamp

Framed by trees heavy with Spanish moss, the eastbound Southern Pacific Sunset Limited crosses a bayou near Morgan City, La., about 80 miles west of New Orleans, in 1958. Diesels and streamlined cars came in 1950. Classic Trains collection

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