While there was a variety of traffic that traveled through Jackson, Ms., on the IC-CN, there also were certain staples that were regularly represented in the cars in that yard. Among them were coil steel, paper products, pulpwood, and liquid chemicals. On this particular Summer day in 2000, all of these industry ladings were represented.
If you want to shoot the IC-CN yard in Jackson, the entire east side of the yard is accessible via Mill Street, a public-access road. One can literally drive from one end of it to the other and shoot whatever can be viewed from the road during the morning hours 12 months a year.
SR #31022 wood chip hopper north of IC-CN Yard car repair shop at the north end of the yard Jackson MS 2000
GTW #307136 coil car with new paint job and new single hood build date 11-69 in IC-CN Yard immediately south of the yard office/tower in Jackson Ms 2000
OAR #61240 52' ACF exterior-post sliding door box car rebuilt with vent for paper service in IC-CN Yard parallel to Mill Street in Jackson Ms 2000
OAR #61100 52' ACF exterior-post sliding door box car rebuilt with vent for paper service in IC-CN Yard parallel to Mill Street in Jackson Ms 2000
JHMX #95087 5-bay rapid-discharge hoppers in the IC-CN Yard parallel to Mill Street in Jackson Ms 2000
JHMX #95087 and another 5-bay rapid-discharge hopper comparing A and B ends in the IC-CN Yard parallel to Mill Street in Jackson Ms 2000
ICG #245399 52' gondola by Mill St. in the IC-CN Yard Jackson MS 2000
The west side of the yard was blocked by a sketchy neighborhood, woods, and fencing at different points. However, in the afternoon one could get a good view of cars being pulled or pushed through the yard and over the hump right below the Woodrow Wilson bridge. The foot traffic across the bridge was also sketchy, there was a low guard rail and the traffic was (for Jackson) very heavy. However, a railfan perseveres!
IC #7650 X-Mississippi Central loaded pulpwood rack being pushed over the hump in the IC-CN yard in Jackson Ms 2000
IC #7650 X-Mississippi Central loaded pulpwood rack detail shot being pushed over the hump in the IC-CN yard in Jackson Ms 2000. The MC had been merged into the IC (pre-ICG) in 1967. The original MISSISSIPPI CENTRAL lettering is beginning to appear through the black paint-over. It's quite telling that in the 33 years since the merger all that IC had done was paint out the MC lettering and add an IC number.
ICG #822656 loaded pulpwood rack being pushed over the hump in the IC-CN yard in Jackson Ms 2000
ICG #821104 loaded pulpwood rack being pushed over the hump in the IC-CN yard in Jackson Ms 2000
IC #821175 45' pulpwood bulkhead flat car being pushed over the hump in the IC-CN Yard in Jackson MS Summer 2000
ICG #822624 empty pulpwood rack being pushed over the hump in the IC-CN yard in Jackson Ms 2000
ICG #822468 empty pulpwood rack being pushed over the hump in the IC-CN yard in Jackson Ms 2000
IC #1824 empty pulpwood rack being pushed over the hump in the IC-CN yard in Jackson Ms 2000
ICG #822496 empty pulpwood rack being pushed over the hump in the IC-CN yard in Jackson Ms 2000
CSXT #496329 brand-new coil car in IC-CN Yard in Jackson MS 2000
IC #299604 coil car in IC-CN Yard in Jackson MS 2000
DVLX #4172 molten sulphur tank car being pushed over the hump in the IC-CN yard in Jackson Ms 2000
UTLX #61359 molten sulfur tank car being pushed over the hump in the IC-CN yard in Jackson Ms 2000
DVLX #4175 molten sulphur tank car being pushed over the hump in the IC-CN yard in Jackson Ms 2000
