| This was a view from the north end of MidSouth Rail's BALLGROUND YARD near the Mississippi community of that name. The yard was built by the Illinois Central c. 1967 to serve a new International Paper mill just to the south. This was on a 29-mile line opened between Valley and Redwood Junction in 1967 as the REDWOOD DISTRICT and was the last major line constructed by the IC. Most of the district was abandoned in 1975, but the southern end remained in place to service the paper mill. |