Shreveport is profiled in Kalmbach’s Guide to North American Hot Spots by TRAINS Senior Editor J. David Ingles. Read below for Shreveport information. Site: Shreveport, Louisiana Popular Name: Texas Junction Location: Louisiana B-1 (Rand McNally Atlas) Directions: 10 miles northwest of downtown Shreveport. From I-220 (a freeway loop around the north side of Shreveport), exit […]
Railroad: Kansas City Southern
Kansas City Southern Railway
A northbound Kansas City Southern coal train rolls through Neosha, Ark. George R. Cockle Kansas City Southern operates 3,100 track miles in 10 central and southeastern states. The railroad stretches from its namesake city south through its hub of Shreveport, La., to Port Arthur, Texas, which it reached in 1897, and from New Orleans through […]
