| This was the former Gulf Mobile & Ohio station at Rio, Louisiana. This was along the Illinois Central Gulf's BOGALUSA DISTRICT seven miles south of Bogalusa and 55 miles from New Orleans. There never was much at Rio, but up until 1980 it was the junction where the 40-mile BOGUE CHITTO DISTRICT from Tylertown, Mississippi connected with the main line to New Orleans. The main line, in the foreground, was previously the NEW ORLEANS DISTRICT of the GM&O's LOUISIANA SUBDIVISION, and was abandoned by the IC in 1994. |