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New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Vicksburg Railroad: Louisiana Central Stem Railway: MP: 1856 1868 Louisiana Central Railroad of Louisiana: Louisiana East and West Railway: MP: 1904 1907 Texas and Pacific Railway: Louisiana Midland Railway: LOAM 1974 1981 N/A Louisiana Midland Railway: IC: 1945 1967 Illinois Central Railroad: Louisiana Nickel Plate ...
Pontchartrain Rail-Road was the first railway in New Orleans, Louisiana. Chartered in 1830, the railroad began carrying people and goods between the Mississippi River front and Lake Pontchartrain on 23 April 1831. It closed more than a hundred years later.
The East Louisiana Railroad (officially the East Louisiana Railroad Company), chartered in 1887, was a railroad in Louisiana and Mississippi, United States. It was formed to connect Pearl River, Louisiana, to Covington, Louisiana, and Lake Pontchartrain. [1] The company played a key role in the 1896 case of Plessy v.
The main line was New Orleans to Bohemia, Louisiana, about 50 miles. [5] However, the line had total trackage of 65.1 miles by the early 1920s. [ 6 ] The line was leased to the New Orleans, Texas and Mexico Railway , operated by the Gulf Coast Lines , on February 1, 1911; [ 5 ] but, the National Railway Labor Board ruled in the 1920s that the ...
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The Louisiana and Arkansas Railway (reporting mark LA) was a railroad that operated in the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. The railroad's main line extended 332 miles, from Hope, Arkansas to Shreveport and New Orleans. Branch lines served Vidalia, Louisiana (opposite Natchez, Mississippi), and Dallas, Texas.
The New Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western Railroad (NOO&GW) was chartered in 1852. Construction began at Algiers , across the Mississippi River from New Orleans , in late 1852. By 1857, the track had reached Brashear (now Morgan City ) on Berwick Bay , and this remained the end of the line for over 20 years. [ 1 ]
The LM consisted of a 76.7-mile branch line from Packton, Louisiana, to Vidalia, Louisiana, from the Louisiana and Arkansas Railway. Passenger service was discontinued in 1953. On April 28, 1967, the Illinois Central Railroad absorbed the Louisiana Midland as part of its absorption of the Mississippi Central Railroad.