| This was the west (timetable north) end of the Illinois Central Gulf's MAYS YARD, just west of New Orleans, facing south. The main lines extended across the bottom of photo, with a portion of the yard office on the lower right. The wye identified the old connection with the former Harahan Yards and the Southern Pacific train ferry, which ran south towards the Mississippi River. Inside the wye were the engine servicing facilities. MAYS YARD never had a roundhouse or turntable, so steam engines were turned on the wye engines and coaled here with a clamshell crane. |