Rayford Port

"So this is really it? We're gonna run away to some island, so long world, good luck with all the zombies?"

- Zoey "Ellis, you ready to meet that Zoey girl again?"

- Coach

Rayford Port was the main setting for both finales in the DLCs, The Sacrifice and The Passing. It was the point where all of the Survivors (Excluding Bill) from both Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2 met and worked together in order to achieve an objective.

History
The port was a key area in Rayford where the people there could use and rent the boats as recreation and sport on the water. It was the main source of income for Rayford where they sent and received the goods by boat and train. The big freight boats are used to unload the gravel and containers with goods (Note the "Rayford Shipping" sign). Near the port was a key bridge in Rayford that led to the main highway. The bridge itself was a lift bridge which allowed the big vessels to pass through and get to the other side.

There was a bar/lounge near the port that mainly served the dock and construction workers whenever they need to wind down and relax and a convenience store was also located just off the main road past the bridge where the customers could purchase small convenient items and drinks.

Current Status
When the Infection hit and Rayford's citizens prepared for the infection (By preparing large stockpiles of items), most of the town turned into Infected. Forced to allow CEDA to intervene, they set a command area up near the port as it served as a defensive perimeter. The agency even tried having a live Tank specimen pass through the area by train. However, the train derailed and the remaining workers became infected.

Due to the constant power outages and necessity of power to allow for an evacuation, CEDA most likely brought a few gas-powered generators in. They are used as floodlights and three are mainly used for the purpose of dropping and raising the bridge. However, once they got the generators in place, it seemed to have alerted the Horde (Similar in The Sacrifice) causing lots of Infected being drawn to the area. Therefore, CEDA and any remaining Survivors pulled out and headed to the evacuation center at Whispering Oaks Amusement Park.

Left 4 Dead Survivors
The original Survivors arrived by an EMD GP10, through the brick factory and the freight port, opening the Tank Specimen train car. Note that this Tank was different from most Tanks with a different skin tone, Green Boxers and a tattoo. They killed the Tank and made their way toward the convenience store in the north end area of Rayford Port. Once they got through the convenience store, they barricaded the door off leading to the brick factory with a grocery shelf to prevent more Infected from reaching them.

Once they got to the port, they noticed a fully stocked sailboat that they planned on using to escape from the mainland to a suitable island in the Florida Keys, its hybrid propulsion appealing to them due to the threat of fuel starvation. However, the sailboat was located on the wrong side of the bridge, and to move it they must raise the bridge first. As it occurs, though, one generator malfunctions, forcing a survivor (canonically Bill) to restart it at the cost of their own life. The Survivors waited until the Infected calmed down before venturing out to the boat and sailing away to the Florida Keys. This allowed time for them to meet the Left 4 Dead 2 Survivors.

Left 4 Dead 2 Survivors
The Survivors escaped from Savannah by taking the Jimmy Gibbs Jr. stock car from Liberty Mall. However, when they reached the town of Rayford, the Left 4 Dead Survivors raised the key bridge to allow their sailboat to pass through which prevented them from driving on. They had a short encounter on the other end of the bridge where they explained the situation and made a deal to help each other out. Once the Survivors went through the Rayford Historic Underground Tour which took them underground through the river, they left the nearby safe room to meet up with the Survivors from the west.

The entire group of Survivors had another short conversation and mentioned what tasks are needed to be done. Once they finished explaining everything to each other, the Survivors took an elevator down to the streets. The main generator that powered the bridge's raising/dropping mechanism ran out of gas and was needed to be refilled. The original Survivors held out on the second floor of a nearby building and the bridge where they covered the new group of Survivors as they found and retrieved the gas cans to fill the generator. Once they had enough gas in the generator, it activated the bridge and lowered it to allow full access to the main highway so the Survivors could drive their car across it. The Survivors said their farewells on the short and brief encounter, thanked each other for their help and hoped that they would see each other again sometime in the future.

The Left 4 Dead 2 Survivors are seen speeding away in the Jimmy Gibbs Jr. car where the original Survivors from Left 4 Dead are seen still taking a break near the bridge. However, it was assumed that they leave Rayford Port on the boat as well. (As it was seen in The Sacrifice comic).