List of Louisiana Railroads

Railroad Name Start Date End Date
Alexandria and St. Louis Railway 1892 1893
Alexandria and Western Railway 1909 1925
Alexandria, Junction City and Shreveport Railroad 1897 1899
Angola Transfer Company 1906 1929
Arkansas Southern Extension Railway 1903 1905
Arkansas Southern Railroad 1892 1905
Arkansas and Louisiana Midland Railway 1915 1920
Arkansas and Louisiana Missouri Railway 1920 1991
Arkansas and Southern Railway 1887 1887
Arkansas, Louisiana and Gulf Railroad 1914 1915
Arkansas, Louisiana and Gulf Railway 1906 1915
Arkansas, Louisiana and Southern Railway 1897 1900
Avoyelles Railroad 1898 1900
Baton Rouge, Hammond and Eastern Railroad 1900 1946
Bernice and Northwestern Railway 1908 Unknown
Black Bayou Railroad 1904 Unknown
Bodcaw Valley Railway 1904 Unknown
Brimstone Railroad and Canal Company 1905 1931
Calcasieu, Vernon and Shreveport Railroad Unknown 1897
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway 1880 1948
Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad 1878 1951
Christie and Eastern Railway 1917 1934
Clinton and Port Hudson Railroad 1833 1889
Colorado Southern, New Orleans and Pacific Railroad 1905 1910
Commercial Transit Company 1877 1878
Donaldsonville and Napoleonville Railway 1902 1903
Dorcheat Valley Railroad 1906 Unknown
East Louisiana Railroad 1887 1905
Enterprise Railway 1903 Unknown
Farmerville and Southern Railroad 1903 1909
Franklin and Abbeville Railroad Unknown 1903
Franklin and Abbeville Railway 1903 1934
Garyville Northern Railroad 1915 1932
Gulf and Sabine River Railroad 1906 1927
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway 1873 1965
Houston and Shreveport Railroad 1891 1934
Houston, Central Arkansas and Northern Railroad 1887 1893
Houston, Central Arkansas and Northern Railway 1890 1893
Iberia and Vermilion Railroad 1891 1934
Iberia, St. Mary and Eastern Railroad 1909 1956
Illinois Central Railroad 1851 1972
Jasper and Eastern Railway 1904 1948
Jefferson and Lake Pontchartrain Railroad 1853 1864
Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad 1893 1900
Kansas City, Shreveport and Gulf Railway 1894 1935
Kansas City, Shreveport and Gulf Terminal Company 1897 Unknown
Kansas City, Watkins and Gulf Railway 1887 1902
Kentwood and Eastern Railroad Unknown 1922
Kentwood and Eastern Railway 1906 1922
Kentwood, Greensburg and South Western Railroad 1905 1921
Lake Charles Railway and Navigation Company 1908 Unknown
Lake Charles and Northern Railroad 1906 1934
Lake Providence, Texarkana and Western Railroad 1911 1930
Little Rock and Monroe Railway 1903 1909
Loranger, Louisiana and Northeastern Railroad 1916 1926
Louisiana Central Railroad 1904 Unknown
Louisiana Central Railroad of Louisiana 1868 1870
Louisiana Central Stem Railway 1856 1868
Louisiana East and West Railway 1904 1907
Louisiana Nickel Plate Railway Unknown 1908
Louisiana North and South Railroad 1885 1890
Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company 1903 1934
Louisiana Southern Railway 1897 1993
Louisiana Western Railroad 1878 1934
Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad 1898 1902
Louisiana and Arkansas Railway 1902 1992
Louisiana and Pacific Railway 1904 1926
Louisville and Nashville Railroad 1850 1983
Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway 1884 1892
Mandeville and Sulphur Springs Railroad 1868 1870
Mangham and Northeastern Railway 1905 Unknown
Mansfield Railway and Transportation Company 1881 1959
Memphis, Helena and Louisiana Railroad 1902 1903
Mexican Gulf Railway 1837 1867
Mill Creek and Little River Railway and Navigation Company 1905 Unknown
Minden East and West Railway 1906 1909
Minden Railroad and Compress Company 1882 1898
Mississippi and La Fourche Railway 1896 1900
Mississippi, Terre-aux-Boeuf and Lake Railroad 1877 1886
Missouri Pacific Railroad 1917 1997
Missouri and Louisiana Railroad 1902 1914
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway of Texas 1891 1923
Monroe and Southwestern Railway 1904 Unknown
Morgan's Louisiana and Texas Railroad 1869 1878
Morgan's Louisiana and Texas Railroad and Steamship Company 1877 1934
Natchez and Western Railway 1904 1905
Natchez, Red River and Texas Railroad 1881 1897
Natchez, Urania and Ruston Railway 1899 1970
Natchitoches Land and Railway Company 1885 1887
Natchitoches Railroad 1887 1893
Natchitoches and Red River Valley Railroad 1893 1894
Natchitoches and Red River Valley Railway 1894 1901
Neame, Carson and Southern Railroad 1914 1929
New Iberia and Northern Railroad 1909 1956
New Iberia, St. Martin and Northern Railroad 1907 1909
New Orleans Belt Railroad 1878 1886
New Orleans Belt and Terminal Company 1901 1903
New Orleans Great Northern Railroad 1905 1933
New Orleans Pacific Railway 1876 1881
New Orleans Southern Railway 1908 1911
New Orleans Southern and Grand Isle Railway 1911 1916
New Orleans Terminal Company 1903 1993
New Orleans and Gulf Railroad 1886 1891
New Orleans and Lower Coast Railroad 1916 1978
New Orleans and Mississippi Valley Railroad 1881 1884
New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad 1870 1969
New Orleans and Northwestern Railroad 1902 1909
New Orleans and Northwestern Railway 1884 1902
New Orleans and San Francisco Railroad 1902 1903
New Orleans and Southern Railroad 1891 1897
New Orleans and Western Railroad 1895 1901
New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Vicksburg Railroad 1869 1881
New Orleans, Fort Jackson and Grand Isle Railroad 1888 1911
New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad 1852 1874
New Orleans, Jackson and Northern Railroad 1877 1878
New Orleans, Mobile and Chattanooga Railroad 1866 1871
New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago Railroad 1909 1915
New Orleans, Mobile and Texas Railroad 1871 1881
New Orleans, Natalbany and Natchez Railway 1902 1938
New Orleans, Natchez and Fort Scott Railway 1886 1890
New Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western Railroad 1852 1869
New Orleans, St. Louis and Chicago Railroad 1874 1877
New Orleans, Texas and Mexico Railroad 1910 1916
New Orleans, Texas and Mexico Railway 1916 1956
North Louisiana and Gulf Railroad 1906 1987
North Louisiana and Texas Railroad 1868 1875
Oakdale and Gulf Railway 1916 1927
Opelousas, Gulf and Northeastern Railway 1904 1915
Ouachita and Northwestern Railroad 1905 1947
Pontchartrain Railroad 1830 1935
Red River Railroad 1835 1878
Red River and Gulf Railroad 1905 1954
Red River and Rocky Mount Railway 1904 Unknown
Rock Island, Arkansas and Louisiana Railroad 1905 1948
Roosevelt and Western Railroad 1909 Unknown
Sherman, Shreveport and Southern Railway 1893 1901
Shreveport and Arkansas Railway 1887 1887
Shreveport and Houston Railway 1883 1890
Shreveport and Red River Valley Railway 1897 1903
Sibley, Lake Bisteneau and Southern Railway 1900 1942
Southeastern Railroad 1855 1906
Southern Pacific Company 1885 1969
Southern Pacific Railroad 1856 1955
St. Bernard Railroad 1834 Unknown
St. Louis Southwestern Railway 1891 1997
St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad 1896 1916
St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway 1880 1891
St. Louis, Avoyelles and Southwestern Railroad 1894 1895
St. Louis, Avoyelles and Southwestern Railway 1895 1899
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway 1874 1917
St. Louis, Watkins and Gulf Railway 1902 1909
Texarkana, Shreveport and Natchez Railway 1895 1901
Texas Pacific Railroad 1871 1872
Texas and Pacific Railway 1872 1976
Tioga and Southeastern Railway 1905 Unknown
Trans-Mississippi Terminal Company 1912 1914
Trans-Mississippi Terminal Railroad 1914 1924
Tremont and Gulf Railroad 1902 1908
Tremont and Gulf Railway 1907 1959
Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railroad 1879 1901
Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railway 1901 1959
Vicksburg, Shreveport and Texas Railroad 1852 1879
Victoria, Fisher and Western Railroad 1902 Unknown
Vidalia and Lake Concordia Railroad and Steamboat Transportation Company 1876 1881
Vidalia and Western Railroad 1881 1881
West Feliciana Railroad 1831 1888
Woodworth and Louisiana Central Railway 1900 1926
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad 1882 1946
Zwolle and Eastern Railway 1904 1922