(rshsdepot) FW: Info On Biloxi Freight/Passenger Depot

[MCamp_@_utnet.utoledo.edu]

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> From: 	rstanov_@_connect.net
> Sent: 	Monday, June 10, 2002 10:52 AM
> To: 	MCamp_@_UTNet.UToledo.Edu
> Subject: 	Re: Info On Biloxi Freight/Passenger Depot
> 
Pleas e-mail Robert if you have pictures of the older L&N depots.  I
checked my files and only could come up with the newer passenger depot.
Thanks.
Mark J. Camp
> > 
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> > > From:         rstanov_@_connect.net
> > > Sent:         Sunday, June 9, 2002 11:00 PM
> > > To:   mcamp_@_geology.utoledo.edu
> > > Subject:      Info On Biloxi Freight/Passenger Depot
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > > Thank you for your comprehensive listing of Mississippi depots.
> There
> > >
> > > were quite a few in Mississippi!
> > >
> > > I have a rather unique request:  I am currently researching an
> area
> > > of Biloxi that I plan to include on my N scale L&N layout. I am
> > > seeking ANY information or photographs of the L&N passenger depot
> > > (pre-1964) and the 2 story brick freight depot directly across the
> > > mainline (north) of the L&N passenger depot.
> > >
> > > The Biloxi L&N passenger depot had many similar features to the
> Ocean
> > > Springs
> > > L&N depot, but had many unique features that set it apart from the
> > > others
> > > along the mainline between Mobile, Alabama and New Orleans,
> Louisiana.
> > >
> > > I am a native of Biloxi, Mississippi, living in Dallas, Texas.  My
> > > emails and
> > > phone calls to the main library in Biloxi (where photos may exist)
> > > have
> > > proven
> > > fruitless.  As a child and adolescent, I lived on Reynoir Street
> > > (where
> > > the
> > > freight/passenger depots originally stood).  The freight depot was
> > > razed
> > > in
> > > 1974 (I was 4 at the time)...so my memory fails me as to WHAT it
> > > looked
> > > like.
> > >
> > > If you could help in any way, I would be most greatful.
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > > Robert :)
> > >
> 
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