List of Louisiana railroads

The following railroad companies operate in the U.S. state of Louisiana.

Common freight carriers[]

Acadiana Railway (AKDN)
Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi Railroad (ALM)
Baton Rouge Southern Railroad (BRS)
(BBAY)
BNSF Railway (BNSF)
Canadian National Railway (CN) through subsidiary Illinois Central Railroad (IC)
CG Railway (CGR)
CSX Transportation (CSXT)
Delta Southern Railroad (DSRR)
(GOGR)
Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS)
Louisiana and Delta Railroad (LDRR)
Louisiana and North West Railroad (LNW)
Louisiana Southern Railroad (LAS)
New Orleans and Gulf Coast Railway (NOGC)
New Orleans Public Belt Railroad (NOPB)
Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) through subsidiary Alabama Great Southern Railroad (AGS)
Ouachita Railroad (OUCH)
(PRLC)
Timber Rock Railroad (TIBR)
- Operates the
Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
(ZEE)

Private freight carriers[]

East Camden and Highland Railroad

Laurel Valley & Rousseau Station Railroad (n.g. plantation railroad connecting Barker & Lepine properties along Bayou LaForche to one another[mainly cane fields to sugar mill] and to S.P. trunk line).

Passenger carriers[]

Amtrak (AMTK)
New Orleans Regional Transit Authority

Defunct railroads[]

Name	Mark	System^{[nb 1]}	Miles	From	To	Successor	Notes
Alexandria and Western Railway	A&W		18.50	1909	1925
	AJC&S	RI		June 29, 1897	1899	Arkansas Southern Railroad
		MP		1892	1893


Angola Transfer Company		KCS		1906	1929

Arkansas, Louisiana and Gulf Railroad				1914	1915	N/A	Leased the Arkansas, Louisiana and Gulf Railway
Arkansas, Louisiana and Gulf Railway	AL&G			1906	1915	Arkansas and Louisiana Midland Railway
Arkansas and Louisiana Midland Railway	A&LM			1915	1920	Arkansas and Louisiana Missouri Railway
Arkansas and Louisiana Missouri Railway	A&LM, ALM			1920	1991	Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi Railroad
		KCS		1897	1900	Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad

Arkansas Southern Railroad	ASRR	RI		1892	1905		The Arkansas Southern Railroad (formed August 29, 1892) consolidated with the Alexandria, Junction City & Shreveport Railway Company in March of 1899, continuing as the Arkansas Southern Railroad Company. Consolidated with the Arkansas Southern Extension Railway, and the Little Rock Southern Railway Company into the Rock Island, Arkansas and Louisiana Railroad on October 31, 1905.^[1]
		SSW		1887	1887
		RI		1903	1905		Formed November 28, 1903
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway	ATSF			1965	1996	Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
		MP		1898	1900	Texas and Pacific Railway
			4.00
Baton Rouge Grosse Tete and Opelousas Railroad							^[2]
		IC		1900	1946	Illinois Central Railroad
				1908		N/A
				1904		N/A
			24.00	1904		N/A

			7.72	1905	1931	N/A
		KCS	16.50 miles	1880	1897		Reference note:^[3]
	CLGR			1981	1987
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad	RI, ROCK	RI	183.43	1947	1980	, South Central Arkansas Railway	Liquidated in January 1980, parts taken over by the Union Pacific railroad between Brinkley and West Memphis and also by the Little Rock and Western railroad between Little Rock and Danville.^[4]
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway	RI	RI		1906	1948	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad		IC		1878	1951	Illinois Central Railroad
			10.50	1917	1934	N/A	From the ghost town of Sandel on the Kansas City Southern Railroad line approximately twelve miles to the mill site at Peason. A line was extended east to connect with the Red River and Gulf Railroad at Kurthwood, with connections to Lecompte.^[5]

Clinton and Port Hudson Railroad		IC		1833	1889	Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway
Colfax and Northern Railway				1901	1903		Chartered on July 10, 1901 from Aloha to Winnfield. Abandoned prior to the Louisiana and Arkansas Railway merger.
		MP		1905	1910
		IC		1877	1878

		MP		1902	1903	Texas and Pacific Railway
				1906		N/A
East Camden and Highland Railroad	EACH			1983	1990	Ouachita Railroad
		GM&O		1887	1905

				1903		N/A
		MP		1903	1909	St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
Fernwood & Gulf Railroad			44	March 31, 1906	1972	Illinois Central Gulf	Fernwood & Gulf Railroad became Fernwood, Columbia & Gulf Railroad April 17, 1920, with 44 miles (71 km) of track. See: Fernwood Lumber Company^[6] The FC&G purchased the unique Brill Model 30 rail bus Car(M-1) in 1930. M-3 had a Ford V-8. Car No.6 was a Jim Crow car.^[7]
		SP			1903
		SP		1903	1934	Texas and New Orleans Railroad
				1915	1932	N/A
	G&W
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway		ATSF		1906	1965	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad	GM&N	GM&O		1933	1940	Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad	GM&O	GM&O		1940	1972	Illinois Central Gulf Railroad

				1906	1927	N/A

		MP		1887	1893
		MP		1893	1893	St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
	HEWT	SP		1891	1934	Texas and New Orleans Railroad
		MP		1909	1956	Missouri Pacific Railroad
	I&V	SP		1891	1934	Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Illinois Central Railroad	IC	IC		1883	1972	Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad	ICG			1972	1988	Illinois Central Railroad

		ATSF		1904	1948	Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
				1853	1864
Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad		KCS		1895	1900	Kansas City Southern Railway
		KCS		1894	1935	Kansas City Southern Railway
		KCS		1897		N/A
		MP		1887	1902
					1922	N/A
	K&E			1906	1922	N/A
				1905	1921	N/A


				1908		N/A

	LC&N	SP		1906	1934	Texas and New Orleans Railroad
				1911	1930	N/A


		MP		1903	1909	St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
Little Rock Southern Railway Company				1903			November 28,1903
				1916	1926	N/A

						N/A
		KCS		1903	1934	Louisiana and Arkansas Railway
Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad		KCS		1898	1902	Louisiana and Arkansas Railway
Louisiana and Arkansas Railway	L&A, LA	KCS		1902	1992	Kansas City Southern Railway
				1904		N/A
		MP		1868	1870
		MP		1856	1868
		MP		1904	1907	Texas and Pacific Railway
Louisiana Midland Railway	LOAM			1974	1981	N/A
Louisiana Midland Railway		IC		1945	1967	Illinois Central Railroad
					1908	N/A
				1885	1890	Louisiana and North West Railroad
				1904	1926	N/A
Louisiana Southern Railway	LSO	SOU		1897	1993	Alabama Great Southern Railroad
	LW	SP		1878	1934	Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Louisville and Nashville Railroad	L&N, LN	L&N		1880	1983	Seaboard System Railroad
Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway		IC		1884	1892	Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad
Mandeville and Sulphur Springs Railroad		SOU		1868	1870	New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad
				1905		N/A
				1881	1959	N/A
		MP		1902	1903	St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
		SOU		1837	1867	Southeastern Railroad
	MDR			1987	1993	Kansas City Southern Railway
MidSouth Rail Corporation	MSRC			1986	1993	Kansas City Southern Railway
				1905		N/A
		KCS		1882	1898
		KCS		1906	1909	Louisiana and Arkansas Railway
		MP		1896	1900	Texas and Pacific Railway
		SOU		1877	1886
	MKTT	MKT		1901	1923
				1902	1914
Missouri Pacific Railroad	MP	MP		1917	1997	Union Pacific Railroad
				1904		N/A

Morgan's Louisiana and Texas Railroad		SP		1869	1878
	ML&T	SP		1877	1934	Texas and New Orleans Railroad
						N/A
		MP		1881	1897
				1899	1970	N/A
		MP		1904	1905	St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
		MP		1887	1893
		MP		1885	1887
		MP		1893	1894
		MP		1894	1901	Texas and Pacific Railway
	NC&S			1914	1929	N/A
	NI&N	MP		1909	1956	Missouri Pacific Railroad
		MP		1907	1909
		MP		1869	1881
		IC		1878	1886	Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
		SOU		1901	1903
		MP		1888	1911
	NOGN	GM&O		1905	1933
		GM&O		1933	1983	Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
		SOU		1886	1891
New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad		IC		1853	1874
		IC		1877	1878	Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
New Orleans Lower Coast Railroad	NOLR			1991	1999	New Orleans and Gulf Coast Railway
	NLC	MP		1916	1978	Missouri Pacific Railroad
		IC		1881	1884	Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway
		L&N, MP, SP		1868	1871
		GM&O		1912	1913	N/A
		L&N, MP, SP		1871	1881	, Louisville and Nashville Railroad,
				1902	1938	N/A
		MP		1886	1890
New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad	N&NE	SOU		1870	1969	Alabama Great Southern Railroad
		MP		1902	1909	St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
		MP		1890	1902
New Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western Railroad		SP		1852	1869	Morgan's Louisiana and Texas Railroad
		MP		1876	1881	Texas and Pacific Railway
		IC		1874	1877
		SOU		1902	1903
		SOU		1891	1897	Louisiana Southern Railway
		MP		1908	1911
		MP		1911	1916

	NOT	SOU		1903	1993	Alabama Great Southern Railroad
		MP		1910	1916	New Orleans, Texas and Mexico Railway
New Orleans, Texas and Mexico Railway		MP		1916	1956	Missouri Pacific Railroad
		SOU		1895	1901
North Louisiana and Gulf Railroad	NL&G, NLG			1906	1987		Subsidiary of the Huie-Hodge Lumber Company. Acquired smaller lines like Louisiana & North West in the 1940s. Acquired by Kansas City Southern but name still survives as a leased asset.^[8]
North Louisiana and Texas Railroad		IC		1868	1875	Vicksburg, Shreveport and Texas Railroad
	O&G		11.6	February 7, 1916	November 17, 1927	N/A	Leased tracks from Forest Lumber Company and the Bowman-Hicks Lumber Company. The capital stock was owned by the two companies. Oakdale to Oakdale Junction, Godwin, Boone, Caney, and Wards. Connections at Oakdale: Missouri Pacific Railroad and Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe Railway, at Wards: Missouri Pacific RR.^[9]


		MP		1904	1915	Texas and Pacific Railway
				1905	1947	N/A
Pontchartrain Railroad		L&N		1830	1935	N/A
Red River Railroad		MP		1835	1878
				1905	1954	N/A
				1904		N/A


		RI		1905	1948	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
				1909		N/A

		SOU		1834
		SSW		1887	1891	St. Louis Southwestern Railway
		MP		1894	1895
		MP		1895	1899
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway		MP		1891	1917	Missouri Pacific Railroad
St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad		SLSF		1905	1913	N/A
St. Louis Southwestern Railway	SSW	SSW		1891	1997	Union Pacific Railroad
		MP		1902	1909	St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
Seaboard System Railroad	SBD			1983	1986	CSX Transportation
		MKT		1900	1901

		SSW		1887	1887
		SP		1883	1890
		KCS		1897	1903
				1900	1942	N/A
South Central Arkansas Railway	SCK			1982	1983	East Camden and Highland Railroad
Southeastern Railroad		SOU		1855	1882

Southern Pacific Company	SP	SP		1961	1969	Southern Pacific Transportation Company
Southern Pacific Company		SP		1885	1901	N/A
		MP		1862	1872	Texas Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Transportation Company	SP	SP		1969	1998	Union Pacific Railroad

		MP		1895	1901	Texas and Pacific Railway
Texas and New Orleans Railroad	T&NO, TNO	SP		1927	1961	Southern Pacific Company
Texas Pacific Railroad		MP		1872	1872	Texas and Pacific Railway
Texas and Pacific Railway	T&P, TP	MP		1872	1976	Missouri Pacific Railroad
	TPMP	MP		1924	1978	Missouri Pacific Railroad
				1905		N/A
		MP		1912	1914
		MP		1914	1924
		IC		1902	1908
	T&G	IC		1907	1959	Illinois Central Railroad
Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railroad		IC		1879	1901	Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railway
Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railway	VS&P	IC		1901	1959	Illinois Central Railroad
Vicksburg, Shreveport and Texas Railroad		IC		1852	1879	Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railroad
				1902		N/A
		MP		1876	1881
		MP		1881	1881
West Feliciana Railroad		IC		1831	1888	Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway
				1944	1948	N/A

				1900	1926	N/A
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad		IC		1892	1946	Illinois Central Railroad


				1904	1922	N/A

Special notes:

1. Mileage not noted separately is retrieved from the Railroad Commission of Louisiana; Louisiana Railroad Mileage, 1920
2. Other railroads and companies.^[10]

New Orleans and Carrollton Railroad

References[]

^ Farnsworth, Robert S. (Dec 11, 2017). The Grand Western Railroad Game: The History of the Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroads: Volume I: The Empire Years: 1850 Up to the Great War. Dorrance Publishing. p. 236. ISBN 9781480927070. Retrieved 2019-05-19.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Baton Rouge Grosse Tete and Opelousas Railroad (pp. 88)
^ Calcasieu, Vernon and Shreveport Railroad- Retrieved 2019-05-13
^ Encyclopedia of Arkansas: Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad- Retrieved 2019-05-13
^ US War Archives: Peason
^ Fernwood & Gulf Railroad- Retrieved 2010-04-05
^ FC&G rail bus- Retrieved 2020-04-05
^ North Louisiana and Gulf Railroad- Retrieved 2019-05-13
^ Mississippi Rails: Oakdale and Gulf Railway- Retrieved 2019-05-19
^ Louisiana Logging Railroads- Retrieved 2019-05-19

Notes[]

^ This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.

General references[]

Association of American Railroads (2003), Railroad Service in Louisiana (PDF). Retrieved May 9, 2005.
Hilton, George W. (1990). American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2369-9.
I.C.C. Tap Line Case Logging Railroad Summaries. Texas Transportation Archive. Retrieved May 20, 2007.

[2] Farnsworth, Robert S. (Dec 11, 2017). The Grand Western Railroad Game: The History of the Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroads: Volume I: The Empire Years: 1850 Up to the Great War. Dorrance Publishing. p. 236. ISBN 9781480927070. Retrieved 2019-05-19.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[3] Baton Rouge Grosse Tete and Opelousas Railroad (pp. 88)

[4] Calcasieu, Vernon and Shreveport Railroad- Retrieved 2019-05-13

[5] Encyclopedia of Arkansas: Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad- Retrieved 2019-05-13

[6] US War Archives: Peason

[7] Fernwood & Gulf Railroad- Retrieved 2010-04-05

[8] FC&G rail bus- Retrieved 2020-04-05

[9] North Louisiana and Gulf Railroad- Retrieved 2019-05-13

[10] Mississippi Rails: Oakdale and Gulf Railway- Retrieved 2019-05-19

[11] Louisiana Logging Railroads- Retrieved 2019-05-19

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