Amtrak 20 Crescent crossing Lake Pontchartrain; Part 1

[sclm046]

Reminiscent of the Florida East Coast through the Keys?

[sigair]

Yeahhh buddy! all da fishes are here.... NOOOO TRAIN!!! All dem fishes gone away

[misspeaches197819761]

yeah thats what i wanna know lol 1008

[l008comm]

What's with the boats all lined up like that?

[maintguy69]

@l008comm that's where the best fishing is

[ecksan91]

wow..

[ww2SovietRussians]

I would not want be crossing that in a storm.

[navy57]

Get a map.

This causeway has been there since before I was born seven decades ago (this concrete one is much more modern than the wooden ones I used to cross on many years ago. It roughly parallels the old US 11 bridge and The I-10 twin spans.

FYI, the track was picked up and dumped into the lake by the surge from Hurricane Katrina. N-S repaired it very shortly thereafter.

The partial destruction of the I-10 spans and what happened to this one essentially cut New Orleans off.

[Fucktheworld14020]

at dixiedragon thats what i was told sumwhere between 24 and 27 but i think thats in the middle where the highway is i guess the train goes across a smaller part

[dixiedragon54]

I always thought it was 27ish miles across Pontchartrain - is the passenger bridge 27 and the rail bridge shorter?

[orion938]

Very cool ... now I can see that I need to ride the Crescent!

[rkjeldgaard]

I was on this a few years ago. I thought the bridge would be higher but much to my surprise...then on the way back it was night and windy and I could see white caps right outside my window!!

[coashddjj2]

Amazing anyone would think to run a track through a lake like this. I enjoyed this video.

[ThomasTisdale3]

HOLY CRAP!!!! that would suck if it derailed... :(

[Chicagojoe28]

That would be awesome to get a boat and rail-fan wile one the water! Cool video!

[JgordonAmtrak1]

Their it goes, all bridge for miles, Nice!!