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New Orleans

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

New Orleans Public Belt RR

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

NOPB Sidings & Spurs

1941 IC Property Maps

Untitled Path

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

Texas & Pacific

T&P Routes

New Orleans to Alexandria

Avondale to Harvey

Gretna to Gouldsboro

Harvey to Gretna
abandoned

TP-MP Terminal Ry

From 1941 IC Property Map

From 1951 Sanborn Maps

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

Tool House

Oil House

Oil Tank

Oil Tanks

Heating Plant

Texas & Pacific RR Outbound Freight House

Texas & Pacific RR Inbound Freight House

Untitled Polygon

T&P Sidings & Spurs

Gouldsboro (Algiers)

From 1908 Sanborn Maps

Texas & Pacific RR

T&P Gouldsboro Turntable

From 1940 Sanborn Maps

T&P Gouldsboro New Turntable

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

Gretna

Harvey-Marrero

From 1940 Sanborn maps

Westwego

Existing added after 1940

Texas & New Orleans RR

Louisiana Lines

Avondale to Algiers
Built by New Orleans Opelousas & Great Western RR 1852-57 as 5'6" gauge
to Charles Morgan 4-22-1870
converted to standard gauge 1872
to Morgan's Louisiana & Texas Ry & Steamship Co 4-1-1877
leased to Texas & New Orleans RR 3-1-1885
controlled by Southern Pacific RR
to Texas & New Orleans RR after 3-1-1927
merged into Southern Pacific RR 11-1-1961
to Union Pacific RR 9-11-1996

Algiers to Avondale LA
Built by New Orleans Opelousas & Great Western RR 1852-57 as 5'6" gauge
to Charles Morgan 4-22-1870
converted to standard gauge 1872
to Morgan's Louisiana & Texas Ry & Steamship Co 4-1-1877
leased to Texas & New Orleans RR 3-1-1885
controlled by Southern Pacific RR
to Texas & New Orleans RR after 3-1-1927
merged into Southern Pacific RR 11-1-1961
abandoned

Avondale to Morgan City LA
Built by New Orleans Opelousas & Great Western RR 1852-57 as 5'6" gauge
to Charles Morgan 4-22-1870
converted to standard gauge 1872
to Morgan's Louisiana & Texas Ry & Steamship Co 4-1-1877
leased to Texas & New Orleans RR 3-1-1885
controlled by Southern Pacific RR
to Texas & New Orleans RR after 3-1-1927
merged into Southern Pacific RR 11-1-1961
to Union Pacific RR 9-11-1996

T&NO Sidings and Spurs

1908 Sanborn

Abandoned

not shown on Sanborn Maps but had to have crossover somewhere

Algiers

1908 Sanborn Maps

Texas & New Orleans RR Algiers Old Turntable

Texas & New Orleans RR Algiers Turntable

1940 Sanborn Maps

Harvey

Marrero

Metairie

Avondale

Avondale Ferry Spur

Avondale abandoned

SP Avondale Turntable

T&NO Structures

From 1908 Sanborn maps

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

Shed

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

New Orleans Great Northern

NOGN Routes

Pearl River to New Orleans
East Louisiana RR trackage rights on New Orleans & Northeastern RR
transferred to NOGN 1905

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

NOGN Sidings and Spurs

Gulf Mobile & Northern RR

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

Southport

Baton Rouge to New Orleans

Poydras Yard

From 1941 IC Property Maps

IC Sidings and Spurs

Mainline New Orleans to Kentwood

1941 Property Maps

Levee Yard

Illinois Central RR
St Joseph St

Illinois Central RR

Illinois Central RR
crossover

Government Yard

Trk 17

Trk 16

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

crossover

Scale Track

Coal Chute Trk

Scale

Coal Bin

Harahan Turntable
66'

Trk 133A

Trk 133B

Trk 133C
Harahan Roundhouse

Trk 133D
Harahan Roundhouse

Trk 133E
Harahan Roundhouse

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

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:
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

20 stalls

Material Shed

Car Repair Shed

Engineer Wash Room

Office

Wash Room

Lumber Shed

Pumper's Residence

Rest room
Rest Room

Scrap Shed

Sand House

Carbody Storehouse

Switchmen's House

Yard Office
Yard Office?

Louisiana & Arkansas

LR&N Routes

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

LR&N Sidings & Spurs

Shrewsbury

L&A Turntable

Shrewsbury Yard

Shrewsbury Wye

LR&N Structures

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

Storage

Sand House & Bin

Motor Car House

Dressing Room

Paint Shop

Iron Rack

Southport Interlocking Tower

Louisville & Nashville RR

NO&M Routes

Press St Route
Built by Louisville & Nashville RR ca1952-54

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

NO&M Mainline
Mobile AL to New Orleans LA
141.17 miles
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
4.978 miles
Built by Pontchartrain RR 1831-38
to L&N 1880
abandoned 1934

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

Gentilly

Gentilly 2015

Crossover

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
abandoned

Trk 216 crossover

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

Trk 135-A

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
Trk 41?

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

Pontchartrain RR Trk 13

Canal St to Julia St Yd

Trk 51-C

Trk 51-D

Trk 68-B

Trk 54?

L& Press St Route
L&N Press St Route

Pontchartrain RR Sidings & Spurs

Spur
Shown as wholesale Grocer on Sanborn map of 1951 abandoned

spur

MP 2

St Bernard Oil Co spur

Milepost 3

Milepost 4

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 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
abandoned 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 1897
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

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 & 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
route uncertain south of Empire

NO&LC Sidings & Spurs

New Orleans & Lower Coast RR Turntable

Southern Ry

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

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

7-9 Stone Lumber Co

Old ICC Val No 14

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

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

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

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

Coaling Tower

Southern Ry City Park Ave Station

Southern Ry City Park Ave Station Shed

Southern Ry Boiler House and Engine Room

Gate House

New Orleans & Northeastern

NO&NE Routes

NO&NE Mainline

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

NO&NE

NO&NE Structures

NO&NE Enterprise Depot
Built by NO&NE rebuilt by 1950's removed by 1980's also see:

NO&NE Passenger Depot Laurel
Built by NO&NE 1913 renovated ca1995