Louisiana

Railroads

Louisiana Shortlines

Alexandria & Western

Alexandria to west

Arkansas & Louisiana Missouri

Monroe LA to Crossett AR
53.30 miles
Built by Arkansas Louisiana & Gulf Ry 1906-08
to Arkansas & Louisiana Midland Ry 11-30-1915
to Arkansas & Louisiana Missouri Ry 1920
to Arkansas & Louisiana Mississippi 9-27-1991
to Genessee & Wyoming 1-2004

Rolfe Jct to Hamburg AR
9.465 miles
Built by Arkansas Louisiana & Gulf Ry 1906-08
to Arkansas & Louisiana Midland Ry 11-30-1915
to Arkansas & Louisiana Missouri Ry 1920
abandonment authorized 6-21-1921

Brimstone RR & Canal Co

Sulphur Mine LA to Lockport Jct
7.50 miles
Built by Union Sulphur Co
to Brimstone RR & Canal Co 1905-06

Christie & Eastern

Untitled Path

Clinton & Port Hudson

Clinton & Port Hudson RR

Garyville Northern RR

Garyviile LA to Livingston LA
Built by Lyon Cypress Lumber Co. 1902-1915
to Garyville Northern RR 1915
extended to Livingston ca 1917
controlled by Lyon Cypress Lumber Co.
later Lyon Lumber Co.
abandoned 1932

Glenmora & Western

Gulf & Sabine River RR

Nitram to Fullerton LA
Built by Gulf & Sabine River RR 1906
controlled by Gulf Lumber Co.

Kentwood & Eastern RR

Pineview Jct to Foley
Built by Kentwood & Eastern Ry 1909-1910 as standard gauge
controlled by Brooks-Scanlon Co.
abandoned by 1916
see http://www.msrailroads.com/Kentwood_Eastern.htm

Kentwood LA to Hackley LA
Built by Isabella Lumber Co. 1892-95 as 36" gauge
to Banner Lumber Co., Ltd. 11-1-1895
to Brooks-Scanlon Co. 11-1-1905
leased to Kentwood & Eastern RR 1905
abandoned 1918
see http://www.msrailroads.com/Kentwood_Eastern.htm

Bolivar Jct to Pineview Jct
Built by Kentwood & Eastern Ry 1907-1909 as standard gauge
controlled by Brooks-Scanlon Co.
abandoned 1922
see http://www.msrailroads.com/Kentwood_Eastern.htm

Kentwood Greensburg & Southwestern

Kentwood LA to Nettles
Built Amos Kent Lumber & Brick Co. 1880-1902 as 36" gauge
to Kentwood Greensburg & South Western RR 1905
Nettles to Freiler abandoned 1912
remainder abandoned 1921
see http://www.msrailroads.com/KG&SW.htm

Kinder & Northwestern

Lake Charles Ry & Navigation
owned by Powell Lbr

Lake Providence Texarkana & Western RR

E Sondheimer Co

Leesville Slagle & Eastern

Loranger Louisiana & Northeastern RR

Genesee to Pyatts, LA
Built by Genesee Lumber Co ca1910
to Loranger Louisiana & Northeastern RR 1916
controlled by Genesee Lumber Co

Louisiana & North West RR

Magnolia AR to Homer LA
Built by Louisiana & North West RR 1897-98

Homer LA to Gibsland LA
Built by Louisiana North & South RR 1887-90
to Louisiana & North West RR 1-21-1890

Gibsland LA to Bienville LA
Built by Louisiana North & South RR 1887-90
to Louisiana & North West RR 1-21-1890
sold to North Louisiana & Gulf RR ca1949
to MidSouth Rail 9-8-1987
to Kansas City Southern RR 1-11-1994
see http://www.msrailroads.com/NL&G.htm

Natchitoches LA to Bienville, LA
Built by Louisiana & North West RR 1900-1905
Chestnut to Natchitoches abandonment approved 8-24-1921

Louisiana & Pacific

Louisiana Central

Mansfield Ry & Transportation

Mansfield LA to SW
First 8 miles built by DeSoto Land & Lumber Co 1905-07
sold to Mansfield Ry & Transportation Co 1907
next 6 miles built by Frost-Johnson Lbr Co 1907-08
sold to Mansfield Ry & Transportation Co 6-1-1909
all but 3 miles abandoned 1917

Natchez Urania & Ruston

Urania LA to Lone Hill LA
Built by Natchez Urania & Ruston Ry 1899-1903
controlled by Urania Lumber Co.

Urania LA
Built by Urania Lumber Co
to Natchez Urania & Ruston Ry 1899
retained to switch mill after logging railroad abandoned

Urania LA to Olla LA
Built by Natchez Urania & Ruston Ry 1898-99

Neame Carson & Southern

New Orleans & Lower Coast RR

Algiers LA to Alliance LA
Built by New Orleans Fort Jackson & Grand Isle Ry 1890
to New Orleans Southern & Grand Isle Ry 4-10-1911
to New Orleans & Lower Coast RR 11-29-1916
to Missouri Pacific RR control 1926
to Missouri Pacific RR 1978
to Union Pacific RR
to New Orleans & Gulf Coast Ry 3-17-1991

Alliance LA to Buras LA
Built by New Orleans Fort Jackson & Grand Isle Ry 1890
to New Orleans Southern & Grand Isle Ry 4-10-1911
to New Orleans & Lower Coast RR 11-29-1916
to Missouri Pacific RR control 1926
abandoned
route uncertain south of Empire

NO&LC Sidings & Spurs

Algiers

From 1940 Sanborn maps

New Orleans & Lower Coast RR Turntable

New Orleans Natalbany & Natchez

Slaughter LA to Amite River
Built by New Orleans Natalbany & Natchez Ry 1916-1920s
controlled by Natalbany Lumber Co.
see http://www.msrailroads.com/NON&N.htm
sold to Feliciana Eastern RR 1938
abandoned

Natalbany LA to Amite River
Built by New Orleans Natalbany & Natchez Ry 1902-1916
controlled by Natalbany Lumber Co.
see http://www.msrailroads.com/NON&N.htm

North Louisiana & Gulf RR

Bienville LA to Danville LA
First 4 miles built by D. C. Richardson-Taylor Lumber Co 1907
to Huie-Hodge Lumber Co 1909
to North Louisiana & Gulf RR 1909 and extended to Danville
controlled by Huie-Hodge Lumber Co 1906 to 1921
later Hodge-Hunt Lumber Co 1921 to 1927
later Southern Advance Bag & Paper Co 1927 to 1955
later Continental Can Co 1955 to
later Continental Forest Industries ? to 1984
later Stone Container Co 1984 to 1998
later Smurfit-Stone Container 1998-
to MidSouth Rail 9-8-1987
to Kansas City Southern RR 1-11-1994
see http://www.msrailroads.com/NL&G.htm

Hodge LA to Danville LA
Built by Huie-Hodge Lumber Co 1902
to North Louisiana & Gulf RR 1906
controlled by Huie-Hodge Lumber Co 1906 to 1921
later Hodge-Hunt Lumber Co 1921 to 1927
later Southern Advance Bag & Paper Co 1927 to 1955
later Continental Can Co 1955 to
later Continental Forest Industries ? to 1984
later Stone Container Co 1984 to 1998
later Smurfit-Stone Container 1998-
to MidSouth Rail 9-8-1987
to Kansas City Southern RR 1-11-1994
see http://www.msrailroads.com/NL&G.htm

Bienville wye

Oauchita & Northwestern RR

Oakdale & Gulf Ry

Godwin LA to Pine Prairie LA
Built by Oakdale & Gulf Ry ca1922
controlled by Forest Lumber Co and Bowman-Hicks Lumber Co
abandonment approved 11-17-1927

Godwin LA to Caney LA
Built by Forest Lumber Co and Bowman-Hicks Lbr Co 1915-16
to Oakdale & Gulf Ry 5-17-1916
controlled by Forest Lumber Co and Bowman-Hicks Lumber Co
abandonment approved 12-4-1924

Caney LA to Wards LA
Built by Forest Lumber Co and Bowman-Hicks Lbr Co 1915-16
to Oakdale & Gulf Ry 5-17-1916
controlled by Forest Lumber Co and Bowman-Hicks Lumber Co
abandonment approved 10-13-1923

Oakdale LA to Godwin LA
Built by Forest Lumber Co and Bowman-Hicks Lbr Co 1915-16
to Oakdale & Gulf Ry 5-17-1916

Oberlin Hampton & Eastern

Red River & Gulf

Longleaf to Meridian

Longleaf to LeCompte

Longleaf to Kurthwood

Kurthwood to RR&G Jct

Spur to Louisiana Saw Mill Co

Sibley Lake Bistineau & Southern

Tremont & Gulf

T&G Tremont to Woods Jct

T&G Woods Jct to Winnfield

T&G Dodson Branch
also known as Pyburn Branch
completed 1907-08
abandoned May 1915

T&G Rochelle Branch
Built by T&G 1907-08

Woods Jct to Monroe
apparently bought from Brown Paper Co but not confirmed

Victoria Fisher & Western RR

Woodworth & Louisiana Central

Path

New Orleans Public Belt RR

Huey P Long Bridge
built by New Orleans Public Belt RR 1935

NOPB Sidings & Spurs

1941 IC Property Maps

New Orleans Public Belt RR
New Orleans Public Service Inc

Cotton Warehouse Yard

Untitled Path
possibly TP-MP Terminal

Southport to Cotton Warehouse Yd

East Bridge Jct to Southport Jct

1908 Sanborns

1951 Sanborn Maps

Joint T&NO-NOPB Tracks

Texas & New Orleans RR
joint with New Orleans Public Belt RR

Untitled Path
not shown on Sanborn but had to cross IC near here

Existing

NOPB Turntable

France Yard

Elmwood Existing

Gentilly Existing

Gentilly abandoned

Louisiana Southern RR

Chalmette LA to Poydras LA
Built by Mississippi Terre-Aux-Boeuf & Lake RR 1882-86
to New Orleans & Gulf RR 10-26-1886
to New Orleans & Southern RR 7-29-1891
to Louisiana Southern Ry 6-30-1897
leased to New Orleans Texas & Mexico Ry (Gulf Coast Lines) 1911-1923
to Southern Railway control 1953

Shell Beach to Poydras LA
Built by Mexican Gulf Ry after 1845
to Southeastern RR 1-26-1867
to Mississippi Terre-Aux-Boeuf & Lake RR 12-21-1882
to New Orleans & Gulf RR 10-26-1886
to New Orleans & Southern RR 7-29-1891
to Louisiana Southern Ry 6-30-1897
leased to New Orleans Texas & Mexico Ry (Gulf Coast Lines) 1911-1923
abandoned 1930s

Poydras LA to Toca LA
Built by Louisiana Southern Ry 1950's
to Southern Ry control 1953
out of service by 2000

Poydras LA to Port Nickel LA
Built by New Orleans & Gulf RR 1886-87
to New Orleans & Southern RR 7-29-1891
to Louisiana Southern Ry 6-30-1897
leased to New Orleans Texas & Mexico Ry (Gulf Coast Lines) 1911-1923
to Southern Railway control 1953
out of service past Braithwaite by 2008

Braithwaite LA to Bohemia LA
Built by New Orleans & Gulf RR 1886-87
abandoned 1930s

Chalmette abandoned
Built by Mississippi Terre-Aux-Boeuf & Lake RR 1882-86
to New Orleans & Gulf RR 10-26-1886
to Southern Railway control 1953
abandoned

Chalmette existing
Built by Mississippi Terre-Aux-Boeuf & Lake RR 1882-86

Arabi existing

Arabi to New Orleans
abandoned by 1930's??

Arabi abandoned

Alabo St spur

Arabi spur

New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal

NOUPT Existing

LR&N New Orleans to Baton Rouge
Built by Louisiana Railway & Navigation Co ca1903
to Louisiana & Arkansas Ry 1928
to Kansas City Southern Ry control 1949
This section to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal ca1954

Chicago Rock Island & Pacific

Packton to Winnfield

Winnfield to El Dorado

Eunice to Alexandria
Built by Rock Island Arkansas & Louisiana RR 1908

Louisiana & Arkansas

LR&N Routes

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
to Kansas City Southern Ry control 1949

LR&N New Orleans to Baton Rouge
Built by Louisiana Railway & Navigation Co ca1903
to Louisiana & Arkansas Ry 1928
to Kansas City Southern Ry control 1949

L&A Southport Branch

Maryland to Angola
Built by Louisiana Railway & Navigation Co 1903
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

LR&N Sidings & Spurs

New Orleans

From 1941 IC Property Maps

Southport

Shrewsbury

From 1908 Sanborn Maps

L&A Turntable

Shrewsbury Yard

Shrewsbury Wye

LR&N Structures

From 1940 Sanborn Maps

L&A Passenger Station
L&A Rampart St Station

L&A Rampart St Station
storage and baggage rooms

L&A Rampart St Station
Sheds

L&A Freight House
Built 1936

L&A Warehouse No. 3
leased to John L. Denning & Co., Inc.

L&A Warehouse No. 5
leased to Harbor Plywood Corp.

L&A Warehouse No. 6
leased to Geo. B. Matthews & Sons, Inc. grain & feed mill

leased to Independent Warehouse Co.

leased to auto storage

L&A Roundhouse

Store Room

L&A Machine Shop

Blacksmith and Boiler House
Blacksmith & Boiler House

Flue Shed & Office

Oil House

Storage

Sand House & Bin

Untitled Polygon

Motor Car House

Dressing Room

Paint Shop

Lumber Shed

Iron Rack

Oil Tank

Southport Interlocking Tower

L&A Routes

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
merged into Kansas City Southern Ry 1939

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
merged into Kansas City Southern Ry 1939

Winnfield to Jena
39.17 mi. Winnfield to Jena, LA, built 1903
merged into Kansas City Southern Ry 1939

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

Vicksburg Shreveport & Pacific

VS&P Routes

Vicksburg to Monroe

Monroe to Shreveport
Completed 8-1-1884

Shreveport to Lorraine
T&P had trackage rights before 1900
leased to L&AofT

St Louis Southwestern

Shreveport Branch

Southern Railway

New Orleans Terminal Co

NOT Routes

Mainline-Northbound Main

Terminal Jct to Chalmette

East City Jct to Terminal Station

Terminal Jct Old NOT mainline
removed

New Orleans Terminal Sidings & Spurs
aligned to 11-29-2011 images on Google Earth
based on Southern Railway valuation maps drawn 1927 and updated through the 1970's
track numbers based on these maps

Arabi Existing

Chalmette Existing

abandoned spurs NOT Co

East City Jct to Terminal Station abandoned
Built by New Orleans Terminal Co
southbound main

1-9 abandoned

1-2 abandoned

Pontchartrain Lumber Co spur
abandoned 1927?
Still shown on 1941 IC Property Map

crossover

1-4 LR&N Interchange

1-5 LR&N Interchange

1-12 crossover

1-13 crossover

Built 11-1918 per AFE 22

2-2 crossover

Southport Branch
removed July 1925 per AFE 457

Dupont Powder Spur

4-1 East City Jct crossover
removed

6-2 Milam-Morgan Feed Co spur
926'
Shown as Sunlight Mills Inc feed mill on 1937 Sanborn Map
removed

6-3 Jahncke Service Co
940'

7-9 Stone Lumber Co

spur

Old ICC Val No 14

Trk 15
old ICC Val No 15

8-16 L&N Interchange

8-17 L&N Interchange

8-18 L&N Interchange

8-4 Terminal Yd

8-1 Terminal Yd abandoned

8-6 Terminal Yd removed

8-5 Terminal Yd removed

Freight Lead removed

8-3 Terminal Yd removed

8-8 Sewerage & Water Board

Sewerage & Water Board spur

Spur
Shown as wholesale Grocer on Sanborn map of 1951 abandoned

1-25 East City Jct wye

Original alignment East City Jct wye

Bernadotte Spurs

former Northbound Main

1-6 now Bernadotte runaround

Bernadotte spurs abandoned

former Northbound main abandoned

1-3 Chalmette Petroleum spur

Former Northbound Main removed
Section over City Park Ave removed

1-5 Crossover City Park Ave
188'

1-7 Orleans Bed Co spur
ICC Val No 6

1-21 Linde Air Products Corp spur
Built per AFE 327 dated 9-12-1922

Extended 142' south from St. Patrick St 2-1-22 AFE 305

1-9 Bernadotte Yard
old ICC Val No 21

1-10 Bernadotte Yard
old ICC Val No 19

1-11 Bernadotte Yard

1-12 Bernodotte Yard

now spur to brick yard

1-22 International Harvester Co spur
Built per AFE 80 dated 6-10-1920
retired

From 1908 Sanborn maps

Crossover

Southern Ry Bernadotte Turntable
Southern Ry (New Orleans Terminal)
Bernadotte Turntable

1-9 LR&N Interchange

Metairie Siding

Trk 1 Southbound Main

East City Jct crossover

7-13 Frenchman St Crossover

7-12 Freight Lead

L&N Northbound Main

L&N Southbound Main

Elysian Fields Crossover

8-3 Terminal Yd 1

8-5 Terminal Yd

8-6 Terminal Yd

NOT Structures

Southern Ry Terminal Station
Southern Ry Terminal Station Built 1908 also used by New Orleans Great Northern RR (later GM&N, later GM&O) Demolished ca1954 after opening of NOUPT

Southern Railway Offie Building

Southern Railway Inbound Freight House

Southern Railway Outbound Freight House

Southern Railway Warehouse
leased to A. Burglass Furniture and A. Bologna & Co.Wholesale Liquors in 1940

Southern Railway Yard Office

Southern Railway Warehouse
leased to feed warehouse, auto warehouse, cotton warehouse, furniture warehouse in 1940

Southern Railway Warehouse
leased to The Bannon Bag Co., Inc. and feed warehouse in 1940

Elevated Gate House

leased to auto repair

leased to Pelican Cold Storage & Warehousing Co. Inc. and diesel engine sales & service and tractor sales & service in 1940

Pullman Co Storehouse & Repairs

Southern Railway Bernadotte Roundhouse
also called Scott St. Roundhouse

Southern Railway Blacksmith

Southern Ry Car Repair Shed

Southern Ry Scale House

repair pit

tool house

Oil Waste House

Tool House

Coaling Tower

Southern Ry City Park Ave Station

Southern Ry City Park Ave Station Shed

Southern Ry Boiler House and Engine Room

Gate House

Shed

New Orleans & Northeastern

NO&NE Sidings and Spurs

Oliver Yard

Existing Tracks

Law 4 Extension

Law 3

Law 6

Short Crossover

Northeast Lead

Jungle Lead

Chalmette Crossover

Shop Track

Northwest Lead

2 West

Southwest Lead

Southeast Lead

19 East

1 East

1 West

3 West

Cab Track

3 East

Press

RH 3

RH 2

RH 1

East Tie-up

West Tie-up

Rip Track

Material Track

Press Street

7-Up Track

From 1951 Sanborn Maps

NO&NE

NO&NE Routes

NO&NE Mainline

Southern Pacific

T&NO Structures

T&NO Algiers Old Roundhouse

T&NO Algiers Machine Shop

T&NO Algiers Blacksmith Shop

Powerhouse

T&NO Algiers Pipe Cutting & Forging

T&NO Algiers Office & Storage

T&NO Algiers Foundry

T&NO Algiers Office

T&NO Algiers Paint & Carpenter Shop

T&NO Algiers New Roundhouse

T&NO Algiers Oil House

T&NO Algiers Storage

T&NO Algiers Carpenter Shop

T&NO Algiers Powerhouse

Crude Oil Tank
Underground

T&NO Algiers Paint & Storage Rooms

T&NO Algiers Blacksmith

T&NO Algiers Car Repair

T&NO Algiers Car House Storage

T&NO Algiers Freight House

T&NO Algiers Tinker Shop

T&NO Algiers Warehouse

T&NO Algiers Boiler Shop

T&NO Algiers Wharf & Freight Shed

T&NO Algiers Freight Shed

T&NO Algiers Ferry House

T&NO Algiers Train Shed

T&NO Algiers Coal Pier

platform

Coke Bin

Wood Sorting Shed

T&NO Ferry Incline

Coal Shed

T&NO Stables

T&NO Water Tank

T&NO Outbound Freight House

Untitled Polygon
Old T&NO Freight House
leased to J. Aron & Co coffee warehouse and Standard Warehouse Co, Inc., grocery warehouse

T&NO Inbound Freight House

T&NO Inbound Freight Shed No 3

T&NO Sidings and Spurs

1908 Sanborn

Abandoned

Texas & New Orleans RR

not shown on Sanborn Maps but had to have crossover somewhere

1908 Sanborn Maps

Texas & New Orleans RR Algiers Old Turntable

Texas & New Orleans RR Algiers Turntable

1940 Sanborn Maps

Gretna

Harvey

Marrero

Metairie

Avondale

Avondale Ferry Spur

Avondale abandoned

SP Avondale Turntable

T&NO Routes

Louisiana Lines

Avondale to Algiers

Franklin & Abbeville Sterling Branch
built by F&A 1898

Mamou Branch
Built by Louisiana Western RR 1908
to T&NO

Lake Charles & Northern
bought from Louisiana & Pacific 1908
LC&N was subsidiary of T&NO

Elks Spur

St Martinville Spur
Built by ML&T 1882

Ruth Spur

Breaux Bridge Spur

Port Barre Branch
Cade to St. Martinville built by Morgan's Louisiana & Texas 1882
St. Martinville Jct. to Arnaudville built by ML&T 1899
Arnaudville to Port Barre built by ML&T 1907

F&A Youngsville Spur

Franklin & Abbeville Ry
F&A Jct. to Murphy Station built by Franklin & Abbeville RR 1890
Murphy Station to Peebles Plantation built by F&A 1903
Peebles Plantation to Davids Jct. built by F&A 1898
Davids Jct. to Milton built by F&ARy 1910

Cypremort Branch
Built by ML&T 1884

Cypremort Branch
Baldwin to Cypremort Built by Morgan's Louisiana & Texas 1884
Cypremort to Weeks Island Built by Morgan's Louisiana & Texas 1903

Bayou Sale Branch
Built by Morgan's Louisiana & Texas 1909

Lake Arthur Branch
Built by Louisiana Western RR 1903

Eunice Branch
Built by Louisiana Western RR 1894
to T&NO

Salt Mine Branch
Built by Morgan's Louisiana & Texas 1883

Iberia & Vermillion
Built by Iberia & Vermillion RR (T&NO subsidiary) 1892

Alexandria Branch
Lafayette to Washington built by Morgan's Louisiana & Texas 1881
Washington to Cheneyville built by ML&T 1882

Baton Rouge Branch
Lafayette to Anchorage built by Morgan's Louisiana & Texas 1911
Atchafalaya Bridge destroyed flood 1927

Raceland Branch
Raceland Jct. to Raceland built by Morgan's Louisiana & Texas 1882
Raceland to Lockport built by ML&T 1905

Napoleonville Spur
Built by ML&T 1899

Thibodaux Napoleonville Branch
Shriever to Thibodaux built by Morgan's Louisiana & Texas 1879
Thibodaux to Napoleonville built by ML&T 1899

Colley Extension
Built by T&NO 1930

Houma Branch
Built by New Orleans, Opelousas & Great Western RR 1872
Sold to ML&T

T&NO Mainline Lafayette to Orange
to T&NO

T&NO Mainline Avondale to Lafayette
Algiers to Morgan City built by New Orleans, Opelousas & Great Western RR 1854-1857
Morgan City to Lafayette built by Morgan's Louisiana & Texas 1880

Abbeville Branch
Midland to Gueydan built by Louisiana Western RR 1895
Gueydan to Abbeville built by LW 1902
to ML&T

Houston East & West Texas

HE&WT Mainline

Texas & Pacific

T&P Routes

New Orleans to Alexandria

Alexandria to Shreveport

Napoleonville Branch

Thibodaux Branch

Indian Village Branch

Addis to Torras

Bnkie to Marksville

Simmesport New Cutoff

Simmesport to Mansura

Ferriday Branch

Eunice Branch

Opelousas Gulf & Northeastern

Melville to Simmesport

Crowley to Rayne

Cypress to Mansfield to NW

Shreveport West
Shreveport to Waskom completed 1-1-1900. T&P previously used trackage rights on VS&P.

Shreveport to Texarkana

Avondale to Harvey

Gretna to Gouldsboro

Ravenswood LA old alignment

Harvey to Gretna

TP-MP Terminal Ry

From 1941 IC Property Map

TP-MP Terminal Buildings

Texas & Pacific RR Passenger Depot
Texas & Pacific RR Passenger Depot Built 1916

Texas & Pacific RR Passenger Depot
Baggage & Express
Built 1916

Texas & Pacific RR Passenger Depot
Concourse and train sheds

Ice House

Storage Room

Pump House

Oil Tanks

Heating Plant

Texas & Pacific RR Outbound Freight House

Texas & Pacific RR Inbound Freight House

T&P Sidings & Spurs

Gouldsboro (Algiers)

Texas & Pacific RR

T&P Gouldsboro Turntable

T&P Gouldsboro New Turntable

T&P Gouldsboro Yard
1940 Sanborn Map just says "Full of Tracks"

Harvey-Marrero

Westwego

Existing added after 1940

New Orleans Great Northern

Old East Louisiana Mainline

Covington to Folsom
Built by East Louisiana RR 1903-1905
to New Orleans Great Northern RR 6-1-1905
to Gulf Mobile & Northern RR control 1929
leased to Gulf Mobile & Northern RR 7-1-1933

Old East Louisiana Mandeville Branch

NOGN Routes

Canal Yard
Built by Gulf Mobile & Northern RR ca1933
abandoned ca1972

Bogalusa LA to Wanilla MS
Built by New Orleans Great Northern RR 1906-1910
to Gulf Mobile & Northern RR control 1929
leased to Gulf Mobile & Northern RR 7-1-1933
to Gulf Mobile & Ohio RR 9-13-1940
to Illinois Central Gulf RR 8-10-1972
to Illinois Central RR 2-29-1988
to Canadian National RR 2-11-1998

Slidell LA to Bogalusa LA
Built by New Orleans Great Northern RR 1906
to Gulf Mobile & Northern RR control 1929
leased to Gulf Mobile & Northern RR 7-1-1933
to Gulf Mobile & Ohio RR 9-13-1940
to Illinois Central Gulf RR 8-10-1972

Pearl River to New Orleans
trackage rights on New Orleans & Northeastern RR
transferred to NOGN 1905
to GM&N 1933
to GM&O 1940

NOGN Shoreline Branch
Built by New Orleans Great Northern RR 1906-1910
to Gulf Mobile & Ohio RR 9-13-1940
to Illinois Central Gulf RR 8-10-1972

Rio LA to Tylertown MS
"Bogue Chitto Branch"
Built by New Orleans Great Northern RR 1906-1910

NOGN Sidings and Spurs

Gulf Mobile & Northern RR

N Slidell wye

N Slidell Siding

Amos spur

Maude Siding
56 cars

Florenville NW wye

Florenville South Wye

Florenville North Wye

Graham Spur

Wortham Siding
49 cars

Rio Siding
80 cars

Rio South leg wye

Sun Siding

Varnado Siding

Eagle Gravel Pit Spur

Angie Siding

Isabel Siding

Curtis Gravel Pit Spur

Tylertown

Missouri Pacific

Gulf Coast Lines

Trackage rights on Y&MV

Baton Rouge to Beaumont

New Iberia & Northern

Crowley Branch

Crowley Spur

Jefferson Island Branch

Erwinville Branch

Baton Rouge Bridge Conn

Krotz Springs old alignment

Sherberne Spur

St Louis Iron Mountain & Southern

Monroe to McGehee

Alexandria to Monroe

Lake Charles to Alexandria

Eudora & Gilbert

Farmerville & Southern

Little Rock & Monroe RR

Vidalia LA to Black River
8.67 miles Vidalia to Concordia built by Vidalia & Western RR 1881 as 36" gauge
to Natchez Red River & Texas RR 6-1-1881 and completed 15.81 miles to Black River
to Natchez & Western Ry 3-23-1904
to standard gauge 1907

Dexter MO connection

Vidalia N

New Orleans & Northwestern
NO&NW sold 9-1-1909 to St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern
StLIM&S to Missouri Pacific 5-12-1917

Kansas City Southern

KCS Routes

Lake Charles to DeQuincy

DeQuincy to Shreveport

Shreveport NW

DeQuincy

Kansas City Spur

AT&SF

Kirbyville to DeRidder
Completed by J&E 8-1-1906

Cravens to Oakdale

DeRidder to Cravens
18.00 mi.
Completed by J&E 6/1/1907

Illinois Central

Yazoo & Mississippi Valley

Y&MV Routes

Y&MV New Orleans abandoned

Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR

Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR
Trk 57

Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR
Perdido Spur

Scale track

Y&MV Sidings & Spurs

Southport Wye

Baton Rouge to New Orleans

Poydras Yard

IC Structures

1951 structures

Illinois Central Warehouse No 30

Steam Plant

Illinois Central Warehouse No 31

Yard Office

Illinois Central Warehouse No 32

Yard Office
Yard Office and dressing room Mike Palmieri Photo dated 8-15-1976

1908 Structures

Illinois Central RR Warehouse No. 3
Illinois Central RR Warehouse No. 3 Inbound Freight Mike Palmieri Photo

Illinois Central RR Warehouse No. 6
Outbound Freight

Illinois Central RR Warehouse No. 4

Outbound Freight

Inbound Freight

Illinois Central RR Wharf Shed No. 14

Illinois Central Government Roundhouse

Filter House

Office & Storage

Water Tank

1940-41 Structures

Union Station
Built
Demolished 1954
Used by:
Illinois Central RR
Texas & New Orleans RR (Southern Pacific RR)

Union Station
Union Station Train Shed

leased to New Orleans Grain & Feed Co., Inc.

leased to wholesale grocer and wholesale sash & doors

leased to wholesale grocer

Railway Express Agency

1915 Structures

Harahan Yard

Harahan Jct Interlocking Tower

Harahan Jct Transfer Shed

Harahan Hotel

Harahan Car Repair Shed

Commissary

Wood Mill

Blacksmith Shop

Machine Shop

Boiler Room

Harahan Roundhouse
20 stalls

Material Shed

Car Repair Shed

Engineer Wash Room

Office

Wash Room

Coal Bin

Pumper's Residence

Rest room
Rest Room

Scrap Shed

Sand House

Carbody Storehouse

Switchmen's House

Yard Office
Yard Office?

IC Sidings and Spurs

1941 Property Maps

Levee Yard

Illinois Central RR
St Joseph St

Illinois Central RR

Government Yard

Trk 17

E Stuy to Levee Yd

Federal Compress Spur

New Orleans Coffee Co spur

Kiecnheffer Container Co. spur

Marx Scrap Yard spur

W Stuy to Southport

Hyams Coal Co spur

New Orleans Furniture Co spur

W. G. Coyle Coal Co spur

Stuyvesant Docks Yard

Export scale

Banana scale

IC Shrewsbury to Poydras Jct

mainline
abandoned after NOUPT built

Dixie Builders Material Co spur

Singer Lumber Co spur

New Orleans Public Service Inc spur

O. M. Gwin Construction Co spur

Iron & Steel Products Co, Inc. spur

Cloverland Dairy Spur

H. G. Hill Stores spur

Y&MV Shrewsbury to Poydras Jct

Planters Fertilizer & Chemical Mfg Co (Armour)

New Orleans Car Wheel & Foundry Inc spur

International Lubricant Corp spur

Gulf Refining Co spur

Prest-O-Lite Co spur

Marine Paint Co spur

Union Paper Products Co spur

Wesson & Snowdrift Co? spur

Union Station

Illinois Central RR Government St Turntable

From 1940 Sanborns

From 1951 Sanborns

Illinois Central Stuyvesant Turntable

From 1915 Valuation Maps

gone by 1941

Trk 149?

Harahan

Avondale Track

Scale Track

Coal Chute Trk

Scale

Harahan Turntable

Trk 133A

Trk 133B

Trk 133C
Harahan Roundhouse

Trk 133D
Harahan Roundhouse

Trk 133E

Trk 133-F

Trk 133-G

Trk 133-H

Trk 133-I

Trk 133-J

Trk 133-K

Trk 133-L

Trk 133-M

Trk 133-N

Trk 133-O

Trk 133-P

Trk 133-Q

Trk 133-R

Trk 133-S

Trk 133-T

Trk 15-A

double slip switch where crosses

erased from valuation map

Trk 15-B

Chalmette

Elmwood Industrial Park

Mainline New Orleans to Kentwood

Y&MV

Clinton Branch

Baton Rouge Hammond & Eastern

BRH&E Hammond to Covington

Woodville Branch

Slaughter to Gloster
Built as New Orleans Baton Rouge Vicksburg & Memphis RR 1882
to Louisville New Orleans & Texas Ry 8-12-1884
to Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR 10-27-1892
to IC 1946
Sold to Georgia Pacific Corp and called Gloster Southern

Baton Rouge to Slaughter

Louisville & Nashville

L&N New Orleans & Mobile Subdivision

NO&M Routes

NO&M Northbound Mainline
Canal St Station to L&N Jct.
now abandoned

NO&M Mainline
Mobile AL to New Orleans LA
Built by New Orleans Mobile & Chattanooga RR 1867-70
to New Orleans Mobile & Texas RR 3-9-1871 and 4-18-1871
to Louisville & Nashville RR 10-5-1881

Pontchartrain Railroad
Built by Pontchartrain RR 1831-38
to L&N 1880

NO&M Sidings and Spurs

VS 69 Pearl River to Gentilly

Southbound Main Lee to L&N Jct
New 2nd Main (NBM) comp. 10-31-1942 per AFE 29619
Retired trk 15 and built trk 15-B

Trk 15-A Higgins Corp
Retirement comp 7-23-82

Trk 15-C Higgins Corp

Trk 15-D Michoud

Trk 15-D

Trk 15-E Higgins, Inc

Trk 16 J A Folger & Co

Trk 18 Michoud Team Trk
223' of trk 18 retired-317' of trk 17 conv to trk 18 & balance of trk 17 retired. Comp. 5-3-1921

Trk 19 Lee Siding
Before double track extended to Higgins

Trk 20 Lee House Trk
Retired 8-1942 per AFE 29619

Trk 30 Higgins, Inc.

Trk 31 Michoud

Trk 40 Laclede Steel Co.

Trk 40-A

Trk 43 Hill-Behan Lumber Co

Trk 44 LA Ind Inc
Prop retirement 3-7-1979

in place by 1980

Trk 52 New Orleans East, Inc.
Built per AFE 55489 for NOE, Inc, no date but ca 1963
Extended 50' to serve Dixie Mill Supply 11-16-64

Trk 53 Oklahoma Cement

Trk 54 Oklahoma Cement

Trk 55 Michoud

Trk 57 Air Reduction

Trk 58 Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

Trk 65 US Plywood Corp

Trk 66 The Upjon Co.

Trk 67 Dundee Cement Co

Trk 68 Dundee Cement Co.

Trk 69 Louisiana Concrete Products, Inc.

Trk 75 Swift Co

Trk 79 Anheuser Busch

Trk 81 Waste Management

Trk 84 International Petroleum Corp.

Trk 83 Air Products
in place by 1981

Trk 88 A&K Railroad Materials

Trk 89 Folger Co

Trk 89-A Folger Co

Pontchartrain RR Sidings & Spurs

MP 2

Trk 24-A
St Bernard Oil Co spur

Milepost 3

Milepost 4

Gentilly

Gentilly 2015

Trk 1 & Drill
ICC Inventory Trk 4

ICC Inventory Trk 15

ICC Inventory Trk 14

ICC Inventory Trk 109-D

ICC Inventory Trk 109-C

ICC Inventory Trk 109-B

ICC Inventory Trk 109-A

ICC Inventory Trk 109-F

ICC Inventory Trk 109-E

Ready Track

Trk 26 New Lead

Trk 21 Cut-off

Ford #2

Short Way

Long Way
Long way

Long Way
extended after turntable removed

Ford #3
ICC Inventory Trk 16-A

Tote Trk 1

Tote Trk 2

Tote Trk 3

Trk 21 Pocket

ICC Inventory trk 137
extended when turntable removed

Trk 3 Extension

Trk 5 Extension

North Wye

South Wye

Gentilly 1959

ICC Trk 4 abandoned

Trk 11 abandoned

Trk 115 abandoned

Trk 116 abandoned

Ready track abandoned

Trk 21 Cutoff abandoned

Caboose Track

Long Way abandoned
Long Way

Ford #1

Storage Track

Coal Supply Track
ICC Valuation Inventory Trk 125

Turntable

L&N Gentilly Turntable

Gentilly 1978

Louisville & Nashville RR Southbound Main

Baggage Track

from 1908 Sanborn

L&N Julia St Turntable

Louisville & Nashville RR

Louisville & Nashville RR
Trk 41?

Louisville & Nashville RR
Crossover to ML&T
1/2 owned by L&N
not on Sanborn map but verified on valuation map

not shown on Sanborn maps but verified on valuation maps

Equitable Equipment Co Spur

Bayou Candy Co
Contract 48169

not on Sanborn Map but verified on valuation maps

added after 1951

Canal St to Julia St Yd

Trk 51-C

Trk 51-D

Trk 68-B

Trk 54?

NO&M Structures

L&N Canal Street Passenger Station

L&N Canal St Station Trainshed

L&N Canal St Station

L&N Outbound Freight Depot
brick

L&N Julia St Enginehouse

L&N Inbound Freight House

L&N Freight Shed
Built 1924

L&N & Pullman Co

Louisiana Gravel Pit RRs

Unknown Pineville NE

Unk Pineville NW

Gifford-Hill Construction Co Turkey Creek

Evangeline Gravel Co Turkey Cr

Anderson Sand & Gravel Co Shiloh LA

Louisiana Eastern RR

Holloway Gravel at Arcola

Chas Black Sand & Gravel

Watson Sand & Gravel Co

Southern Sand & Gravel Co

Flint Sand & Gravel Co

possibly State Gravel Co before Flint Sand & Gravel
State Gravel Co formed 1920

Holloway Gravel Co Roseland

Roseland Sand & Gravel Co

Built plant in late 1915-early Jan 1916
owned by Jahncke Service Co

Arcola

Morse & Ory Sand & Gravel Arcola

Fluker S

Tangipahoa S

Not on 1953 aerials First appear 1980s topo
possibly Jahncke Services