Passenger Trains > Mardi Gras Route Question

When you arrive at the Gulfport, MS station, you'll cross a diamond with the CPKC Gulfport Branch.  When I rode on these trains last August (all four trains I rode were excellent), I couldn't help but notice that the diamond appeared to be set up in such a way that trains on the Gulfport Branch could not cross the CSX NO&M Sub that we were on.  So is the Gulfport Sub out of service in that area?  Also, on the east side of the Gulfport Sub, next to a parking lot, there are cobble bricks that run next to that line that look like they were part of a station platform, was there a train station on the Gulfport Sub at that location at one time?

Was it possibly an OWLS diamond?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flange-bearing_frog

mike woodruff
north platte ne

swaool Wrote:
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> Was it possibly an OWLS diamond?
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flange-bearing_frog
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> mike woodruff
> north platte ne

That's exactly what it is, I learn something new every day!  Thanks Mike!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/08/26 22:02 by Amtrak288.

CPKC does run south of the station to service the Port of Gulfport. It's just a few blocks further south. 
It has been a long time (pre-Amtrak) since any regular passenger trains ran north from Gulfport, so I'm not sure what the red brick sidewalk is for. I doubt it has been there that long. 
Thanks for riding the Mardi Gras!