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Kansas City Southern

Louisiana Ry & Navigation Routes

N Baton Rouge to Torras
L&A (KCS) trackage rights after 1940

Simmesport New Cutoff

Jefferson to Waskom
29.45 miles
Built by Sherman Shreveport & Southern Ry 1900
to Missouri Kansas & Texas Ry Co of Texas 5-6-1901
to Louisiana Ry & Navigation Co of Texas 4-1-1923
to Louisiana Arkansas & Texas Ry 4-14-1930
to Kansas City Southern Ry control 1949

Greenville to Jefferson
124.00 miles
Built by East Line & Red River RR (36" gauge) 1876-1881
Converted to std gauge 1892
to Sherman Shreveport & Southern Ry 3-8-1893
to Missouri Kansas & Texas Ry of Texas 5-6-1901
to Louisiana Ry & Navigation Co of Texas 4-1-1923
to Louisiana Arkansas & Texas Ry 4-14-1930
to Kansas City Southern Ry control 1949

McKinney to Greenville
31.00 miles
Built by East Line & Red River RR as 36" ga 1882
converted to standard gauge 1892
To Sherman, Shreveport & Southern Ry 3-8-1893
to Louisiana Ry & Navigation Co of Texas 4-1-1923
to Louisiana Arkansas & Texas Ry 4-14-1930
to Kansas City Southern Ry control 1949

Simmesport to Alexandria
Built by Shreveport & Red River Valley Ry 1897-1903
to Louisiana Railway & Navigation Co 6-22-1903
to Louisiana & Arkansas Ry 1928

LR&N New Orleans to Baton Rouge
Built by Louisiana Railway & Navigation Co ca1903
to Louisiana & Arkansas Ry 1928

Maryland to Angola
Built by Louisiana Railway & Navigation Co 1903
to Louisiana & Arkansas Ry 1928
Maryland to Paloma sold to South Shore Ry 1942
Paloma to St. Francisville abandoned 1942
St. Francisville to Angola sold to West Feliciana RR late 1943
St. Francisville to Angola abandoned 1948

Baton Rouge to Maryland
Built by Louisiana Railway & Navigation Co 1903

Old Mainline to Naples
Built by Shreveport & Red River Valley Ry 1897-1903
to Louisiana Railway & Navigation Co 6-22-1903
removed 1927 upon completion of new ferry at Filston

Torras to Simmesport
Built by Louisiana Railway & Navigation Co ca1927

Alexandria to Shreveport
Built by Shreveport & Red River Valley Ry 1897-1903
to Louisiana Railway & Navigation Co 6-22-1903

Winnfield Branch
Built by Louisiana Ry & Navigation Co ca1903
ICC approved abandonment 4-2-1930

Filston

Filston wye

Louisiana & Arkansas

Dallas to Farmersville
Louisiana Arkansas & Texas Ry trackage rights on GC&SF (AT&SF)
later Kansas City Southern Ry

L&A Routes

Fomby Branch

Minden to Winnfield
Minden to Sibley built by Minden RR & Compress Co. "Minden Tap" July 1885. Sold to Arkansas, Louisiana & Southern Ry 7-9-1898 and extended north to Cotton Valley by 9-29-1898. Sold to L&A 7-14-1900.
Extended Sibley to Ashland by 9-25-1900
Extended to Goldonna by 3-1902
Completed to Winnfield 6-1-1902

Stamps to Minden
Stamps to 46.5 miles south built by Bodcaw Lbr 1894-1898
Extended to Cotton Valley by L&A 9-29-1898
Minden to Cotton Valley completed by Arkansas, Louisiana & Southern Ry 9-29-1898
AL&S sold to L&A 7-14-1900

Winnfield to Jena
39.17 mi. Winnfield to Jena, LA, built 1903

Jena to Wildsville Jct
23.68 mi. Jena to Wildsville Jct., LA, built 1913

Packton to Pineville
35.48 mi. Packton to Pineville, LA, built 1907

Minden to Shreveport
Minden to 8 miles west built by Minden East & West Ry 1905-8
Sold to Stamps Construction 3-10-1909 and extended to Shreveport 1-1-1910

Stamps to Hope
22.90 mi. Stamps to Hope, AR, built 1903

KCS Routes

Untitled Path

Lake Charles to DeQuincy
Built by Kansas City Shreveport & Gulf Ry 1897
to Kansas City Southern RR

DeQuincy to Shreveport
Built by Kansas City Shreveport & Gulf Ry 1896-97
to Kansas City Southern RR

Pt 20 miles S to AR/LA State Line
Built by Texarkana & Fort Smith Ry 1896
to Kansas City Southern RR

LA/AR State Line to Shreveport LA
Built by Kansas City Shreveport & Gulf Ry 1896

DeQuincy LA to LA/TX State Line
Built by Kansas City Shreveport & Gulf Ry 1896

Texarkana to pt 20 miles south
Built by Texarkana & Fort Smith Ry 1895
controlled by KCS

Texarkana to Red River
Built by Texarkana & Northern Ry 1885
to Texarkana & Fort Smith Ry 7-9-1889
controlled by KCS

Red River to Ashdown AR
Built by Texarkana & Fort Smith Ry 1889
controlled by KCS

Ashdown AR to Wilton AR

Wilton AR to Winthrop AR

Winthrop AR to Horatio AR

Horatio AR to Mena AR

Mena AR to Poteau OK
Completed by Kansas City Fort Smith & Southern RR 10-6-1896
to Kansas City Pittsburg & Gulf RR 1-26-1893

Poteau OK to Sallisaw OK
Completed by Kansas City Fort Smith & Southern RR 5-3-1896
to Kansas City Pittsburg & Gulf RR 1-26-1893

Sallisaw OK to Stillwell OK
Completed by Kansas City Fort Smith & Southern RR 2-9-1896
to Kansas City Pittsburg & Gulf RR 1-26-1893

Stillwell OK to Siloam Springs AR

Siloam Springs AR to Sulphur Springs AR

Sulphur Springs AR to Joplin MO

Joplin MO to Pittsburg KS
Completed by Kansas City Fort Smith & Southern RR 1893

Pittsburg KS to Hume MO

Hume MO to Amoret MO

Amoret MO to Grand View MO

Kansas City MO to Grandview MO

Kansas City Spur

Sabine River to Beaumont TX

Port Arthur to Beaumont TX

Beaumont trackage

Heavener OK to Cauthorn AR
Built by Arkansas Western RR 1901
to Arkansas Western Ry 6-1-1904
to Kansas City Southern Ry

Cauthorn AR to Waldron AR
Built by Arkansas Western RR 1902
to Arkansas Western Ry 6-1-1904
to Kansas City Southern Ry

Spiro OK to Fort Smith AR
Built by Kansas City Fort Smith & Southern Ry 1898
to Kansas City Southern Ry 3-22-1900

Fort Smith existing

KOG Jct to Baxter Springs KS

Sugar Creek Branch

Waldron to Forester AR
Built by Arkansas Western Ry ca1930
controlled by Kansas City Southern Ry
abandoned

Wilton AR to White Cliffs
KCS?

Wilton AR to river
KCS??

Horatio AR old route

Texas Jct LA to Fitzpatrick TX
Built by Kansas City Southern Ry

Lake Charles abandoned

Kansas & Missouri Ry & Terminal Co

K&MR&T
Built by Kansas & Missouri Ry & Terminal Co 1922-23
controlled by Kansas City Southern RR