Art -
Please let us know when the river years photos are posted; I'd like to see them.

As I remember there was a gate on the starboard side of the C.B.R. to load cars on the Baton Rouge side of the river. Past that, memory fails after 40 years. I don't remember if there was a similar gate on the port side or if the car ramps were part of the dock or part of the boat. Logic says that there was also a gate of the port side that was used on the Port Allen side of the river so the cars on the foredeck wouldn't have to unload in reverse, but I really don't remember. The rest of the cars simply drove in a circle around the superstructure.

Us walkons paid our fare at a shack on the dock, then climbed to the passenger deck past racks full of puffy, mildewed, bright orange life preservers.
- Phil

The logic was worked out by building a model on an airline tray-table out of coke cans, pretzel bags, etc as other passengers slowly backed away and several flight attendents looked on warily.