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Busted flat in Baton Rouge
Posted on 5/23/18 at 2:36 pm
Posted on 5/23/18 at 2:36 pm
Where would one wait for a train in BR in the 1960s? One of the more iconic songs from the Woodstock generation, and there is not even a place to catch a train in BR?
Me and Bobby McGee
Written by Kris Kristoferson. No. 1 on charts sung by Janis Joplin.
Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waitin' for a train
And I's feelin' near as faded as my jeans
Bobby thumbed a diesel down, just before it rained
It rode us all the way to New Orleans
Me and Bobby McGee
Written by Kris Kristoferson. No. 1 on charts sung by Janis Joplin.
Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waitin' for a train
And I's feelin' near as faded as my jeans
Bobby thumbed a diesel down, just before it rained
It rode us all the way to New Orleans
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Posted on 5/23/18 at 2:38 pm to Minnesota Tiger
It’s a song. Texarkana is not a mile from Louisiana either. It’s about 90 miles. You just got to roll with it.
Posted on 5/23/18 at 2:38 pm to Minnesota Tiger
quote:
and there is not even a place to catch a train in BR?
That's why
quote:
Bobby thumbed a diesel down, just before it rained
It rode us all the way to New Orleans
Posted on 5/23/18 at 2:39 pm to Minnesota Tiger
On Florida Blvd. At the greyhound bus station.
Posted on 5/23/18 at 2:39 pm to Minnesota Tiger
Am-Trak station off Florida Boulevard
you should try to use the google machine more
you should try to use the google machine more
Posted on 5/23/18 at 2:39 pm to Minnesota Tiger
Southern Belle.
Posted on 5/23/18 at 2:41 pm to Minnesota Tiger
I am pretty sure there was a train that went back and forth from BR to NO. I live right outside of baton rouge and when my dad was a teenager, that's now they would always get to NO.. By train.
Posted on 5/23/18 at 2:41 pm to Minnesota Tiger
probably just hoped on with chinhoyang
Posted on 5/23/18 at 2:41 pm to Rouge
Google says you need to ride a bus to catch a train though.
Posted on 5/23/18 at 2:43 pm to Minnesota Tiger
that you, caleb?
Posted on 5/23/18 at 2:44 pm to Minnesota Tiger
Southern Belle
quote:
RouteStart
Kansas City, Missouri
Stops
Joplin, Texarkana, Shreveport, Alexandria, Baton Rouge
End New Orleans, Louisiana
Posted on 5/23/18 at 2:45 pm to Minnesota Tiger
quote:
Google says you need to ride a bus to catch a train though.
I live about 20 miles south of Baton Rouge. Like I said, my dad, when he was a teenager (which was in the late 50s and 60s), he and his friends would take the train to get to and from New Orleans. It was one of two ways to get to New Orleans back then.. The other was airline Hwy.
Posted on 5/23/18 at 2:45 pm to Minnesota Tiger
quote:
Written by Kris Kristoferson
GOAT songwriter
Posted on 5/23/18 at 2:47 pm to Minnesota Tiger
Windshield wipers turpentine....... 
Posted on 5/23/18 at 2:52 pm to dyslexic
quote:
Windshield wipers turpentine.....
There's a bathroom on the right.
Posted on 5/23/18 at 2:52 pm to LSUballs
quote:
It’s a song. Texarkana is not a mile from Louisiana either. It’s about 90 miles. You just got to roll with it.
For a significant part of my life, I misheard the lyrics as "an hour from Texarkana" which could make sense. They should've run with that
This post was edited on 5/23/18 at 2:54 pm
Posted on 5/23/18 at 2:58 pm to OweO
OK, this is pretty cool. Your post got me to more googling and it seems the museum at 100 S. River Rd. is an old train station. Yazoo and Mississippi line. The lyrics hold up!
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The depot was built in 1925 for the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company which was later acquired by the Illinois Central Railroad. The brick and stone depot was designed in a Classic Revival style. The depot was used for passenger service until 1971. The building is now owned by the City of Baton Rouge, has been restored and houses the the Louisiana Arts and Science Museum. The depot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
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The depot was built in 1925 for the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company which was later acquired by the Illinois Central Railroad. The brick and stone depot was designed in a Classic Revival style. The depot was used for passenger service until 1971. The building is now owned by the City of Baton Rouge, has been restored and houses the the Louisiana Arts and Science Museum. The depot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
Posted on 5/23/18 at 3:00 pm to Minnesota Tiger
Used to have an old Pullman car there that was somewhat preserved/restored.
Wish BR to NOLA rail service would be a thing again.
Wish BR to NOLA rail service would be a thing again.
Posted on 5/23/18 at 3:06 pm to LSUballs
quote:
It’s a song. Texarkana is not a mile from Louisiana either. It’s about 90 miles. You just got to roll with it.
And don't stop believing that there's a South Detroit.
Posted on 5/23/18 at 3:07 pm to johnnydrama
Born and raised there baw
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