The following railroad companies operate in the U.S. state of Louisiana.
{{TOC right}}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).
Name | Mark | System[1] | From | To | Successor | Notes | Alexandria and Western Railway | A&W | 1909 | 1925 |
Alexandria, Junction City and Shreveport Railroad | RI | 1897 | 1899 | Arkansas Southern Railroad |
Alexandria and St. Louis Railway | MP | 1892 | 1893 | Houston, Central Arkansas and Northern Railway |
Alexandria, Woodworth and Beaumont Railway |
Anacoco Valley Railway |
Angola Transfer Company | KCS | 1906 | 1929 | Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company |
Arkansas and Gulf Railroad | | N/A |
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 |
Arkansas, Louisiana and Southern Railway | KCS | 1897 | 1900 | Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad |
Arkansas Southeastern Railway |
Arkansas Southern Railroad | RI | 1899 | 1905 | Rock Island, Arkansas and Louisiana Railroad |
Arkansas and Southern Railway | SSW | 1887 | 1887 | St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway |
Arkansas Southern Extension Railway | RI | 1903 | 1905 | Rock Island, Arkansas and Louisiana Railroad |
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | ATSF | ATSF | 1965 | 1996 | Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway |
Avoyelles Railroad | MP | 1898 | 1900 | Texas and Pacific Railway |
Bastrop and Lake Providence Railway |
Baton Rouge, Hammond and Eastern Railroad | IC | 1900 | 1946 | Illinois Central Railroad |
Bernice and Northwestern Railway | 1908 | | N/A |
Black Bayou Railroad | 1904 | | N/A |
Bodcaw Valley Railway | 1904 | | N/A |
Boston and Little River Railway |
Brimstone Railroad and Canal Company | 1905 | 1931 | N/A |
">Calcasieu, Vernon and Shreveport Railroad | KCS | | 1897 | Kansas City, Shreveport and Gulf Railway |
Central Louisiana and Gulf Railroad | CLGR | 1981 | 1987 | MidLouisiana Rail Corporation |
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad | RI, ROCK | RI | 1947 | 1980 | Central Louisiana and Gulf Railway, South Central Arkansas Railway |
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 |
Christie and Eastern Railway | 1917 | 1934 | N/A | From Sandel on the Kansas City Southern Railroad line approximately twelve miles to the mill site. A line was extended east to connect with the Red River and Gulf Railroad at Kurthwood, with connections to Lecompte.[2] |
Cinclare Central Factory Railroad |
Clinton and Port Hudson Railroad | IC | 1833 | 1889 | Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway |
Colfax and Northern Railway | 1901 | 1903 | Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company | Chartered on July 10, 1901 from Aloha to Winnfield. Abandoned prior to the Louisiana and Arkansas Railway merger. |
Colorado Southern, New Orleans and Pacific Railroad | MP | 1905 | 1910 | New Orleans, Texas and Mexico Railroad |
Commercial Transit Company | IC | 1877 | 1878 | New Orleans Belt Railroad |
Delhi, Baskin and Southwestern Railway |
Donaldsonville and Napoleonville Railway | MP | 1902 | 1903 | Texas and Pacific Railway |
Dorcheat Valley Railroad | 1906 | | N/A |
East Camden and Highland Railroad | EACH | 1983 | 1990 | Ouachita Railroad |
East Louisiana Railroad | GM&O | 1887 | 1905 | New Orleans Great Northern Railroad |
Englewood, Alexandria and Southwestern Railroad |
Enterprise Railway | 1903 | | N/A |
Farmerville and Southern Railroad | MP | 1903 | 1909 | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway |
Franklin and Abbeville Railroad | SP | | 1903 | Franklin and Abbeville Railway |
Franklin and Abbeville Railway | SP | 1903 | 1934 | Texas and New Orleans Railroad |
Garyville Northern Railroad | 1915 | 1932 | N/A |
Glenmora and Western Railway | 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 |
Gulf, Sabine and Red River Railroad |
Gulf and Sabine River Railroad | 1906 | 1927 | N/A |
Helena Southwestern Railroad | |
Houston, Central Arkansas and Northern Railroad | MP | 1887 | 1893 | Alexandria and St. Louis Railway |
Houston, Central Arkansas and Northern Railway | MP | 1893 | 1893 | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway |
Houston and Shreveport Railroad | HEWT | SP | 1891 | 1934 | Texas and New Orleans Railroad |
Iberia, St. Mary and Eastern Railroad | MP | 1909 | 1956 | Missouri Pacific Railroad |
Iberia and Vermilion 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 |
Jackson Railroad |
Jasper and Eastern Railway | ATSF | 1904 | 1948 | Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway |
Jefferson and Lake Pontchartrain Railroad | 1853 | 1864 |
Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad | KCS | 1895 | 1900 | Kansas City Southern Railway |
Kansas City, Shreveport and Gulf Railway | KCS | 1894 | 1935 | Kansas City Southern Railway |
Kansas City, Shreveport and Gulf Terminal Company | KCS | 1897 | | N/A |
Kansas City, Watkins and Gulf Railway | MP | 1887 | 1902 | St. Louis, Watkins and Gulf Railway |
Kentwood and Eastern Railroad | | 1922 | N/A |
Kentwood and Eastern Railway | K&E | 1906 | 1922 | N/A |
Kentwood, Greensburg and South Western Railroad | 1905 | 1921 | N/A |
Kinder and Northwestern Railroad |
Kingston Railroad |
Lake Charles Railway and Navigation Company | 1908 | | N/A |
Lake Charles and Leesville Railway |
Lake Charles and Northern Railroad | LC&N | SP | 1906 | 1934 | Texas and New Orleans Railroad |
Lake Providence, Texarkana and Western Railroad | 1911 | 1930 | N/A |
Leesville East and West Railroad |
Leesville, Slagle and Eastern Railway |
Little Rock and Monroe Railway | MP | 1903 | 1909 | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway |
Loranger, Louisiana and Northeastern Railroad | 1916 | 1926 | N/A |
Loring and Western Railway |
Louisiana Railway | | N/A |
Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company | 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 |
Louisiana Central Railroad | 1904 | | N/A |
Louisiana Central Railroad of Louisiana | MP | 1868 | 1870 | New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Vicksburg Railroad |
Louisiana Central Stem Railway | MP | 1856 | 1868 | Louisiana Central Railroad of Louisiana |
Louisiana East and West Railway | MP | 1904 | 1907 | Texas and Pacific Railway |
Louisiana Midland Railway | LOAM | 1974 | 1981 | N/A |
Louisiana Midland Railway | IC | 1945 | 1967 | Illinois Central Railroad |
Louisiana Nickel Plate Railway | 1908 | N/A |
Louisiana North and South Railroad | 1885 | 1890 | Louisiana and North West Railroad |
Louisiana and Pacific Railway | 1904 | 1926 | N/A |
Louisiana Southern Railway | LSO | SOU | 1897 | 1993 | Alabama Great Southern Railroad |
Louisiana Western 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 |
Mangham and Northeastern Railway | 1905 | | N/A |
Mansfield Railway and Transportation Company | 1881 | 1959 | N/A |
Memphis, Helena and Louisiana Railroad | MP | 1902 | 1903 | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway |
Mexican Gulf Railway | SOU | 1837 | 1867 | Southeastern Railroad |
MidLouisiana Rail Corporation | MDR | 1987 | 1993 | Kansas City Southern Railway |
MidSouth Rail Corporation | MSRC | 1986 | 1993 | Kansas City Southern Railway |
Mill Creek and Little River Railway and Navigation Company | 1905 | | N/A |
Minden Railroad and Compress Company | KCS | 1882 | 1898 | Arkansas, Louisiana and Southern Railway |
Minden East and West Railway | KCS | 1906 | 1909 | Louisiana and Arkansas Railway |
Mississippi and La Fourche Railway | MP | 1896 | 1900 | Texas and Pacific Railway |
Mississippi, Terre-aux-Boeuf and Lake Railroad | SOU | 1877 | 1886 | New Orleans and Gulf Railroad |
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway of Texas | MKTT | MKT | 1901 | 1923 | Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company |
Missouri and Louisiana Railroad | 1902 | 1914 | Neame, Carson and Southern Railroad |
Missouri Pacific Railroad | MP | MP | 1917 | 1997 | Union Pacific Railroad |
Monroe and Southwestern Railway | 1904 | | N/A |
Monroe and Texas Railroad |
Morgan's Louisiana and Texas Railroad | SP | 1869 | 1878 | Morgan's Louisiana and Texas Railroad and Steamship Company |
Morgan's Louisiana and Texas Railroad and Steamship Company | ML&T | SP | 1877 | 1934 | Texas and New Orleans Railroad |
Natchez, Ball and Shreveport Railway | | N/A |
Natchez, Red River and Texas Railroad | MP | 1881 | 1897 | Natchez and Western Railway |
Natchez, Urania and Ruston Railway | 1899 | 1970 | N/A |
Natchez and Western Railway | MP | 1904 | 1905 | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway |
Natchitoches Railroad | MP | 1887 | 1893 | Natchitoches and Red River Valley Railroad |
Natchitoches Land and Railway Company | MP | 1885 | 1887 | Natchitoches Railroad |
Natchitoches and Red River Valley Railroad | MP | 1893 | 1894 | Natchitoches and Red River Valley Railway |
Natchitoches and Red River Valley Railway | MP | 1894 | 1901 | Texas and Pacific Railway |
Neame, Carson and Southern Railroad | NC&S | 1914 | 1929 | N/A |
New Iberia and Northern Railroad | NI&N | MP | 1909 | 1956 | Missouri Pacific Railroad |
New Iberia, St. Martin and Northern Railroad | MP | 1907 | 1909 | New Iberia and Northern Railroad |
New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Vicksburg Railroad | MP | 1869 | 1881 | New Orleans Pacific Railway |
New Orleans Belt Railroad | IC | 1878 | 1886 | Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad |
New Orleans Belt and Terminal Company | SOU | 1901 | 1903 | New Orleans Terminal Company |
New Orleans, Fort Jackson and Grand Isle Railroad | MP | 1888 | 1911 | New Orleans Southern and Grand Isle Railway |
New Orleans Great Northern Railroad | NOGN | GM&O | 1905 | 1933 | New Orleans Great Northern Railway |
New Orleans Great Northern Railway | GM&O | 1933 | 1983 | Illinois Central Gulf Railroad |
New Orleans and Gulf Railroad | SOU | 1886 | 1891 | New Orleans and Southern Railroad |
New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad | IC | 1853 | 1874 | New Orleans, St. Louis and Chicago Railroad |
New Orleans, Jackson and Northern Railroad | IC | 1877 | 1878 | Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad |
New Orleans Lower Coast Railroad | NOLR | 1991 | 1999 | New Orleans and Gulf Coast Railway |
New Orleans and Lower Coast Railroad | NLC | MP | 1916 | 1978 | Missouri Pacific Railroad |
New Orleans and Mississippi Valley Railroad | IC | 1881 | 1884 | Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway |
New Orleans, Mobile and Chattanooga Railroad | L&N, MP, SP | 1868 | 1871 | New Orleans, Mobile and Texas Railroad |
New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago Railroad | GM&O | 1912 | 1913 | N/A |
New Orleans, Mobile and Texas Railroad | L&N, MP, SP | 1871 | 1881 | Louisiana Western Railroad, Louisville and Nashville Railroad, Morgan's Louisiana and Texas Railroad and Steamship Company |
New Orleans, Natalbany and Natchez Railway | 1902 | 1938 | N/A |
New Orleans, Natchez and Fort Scott Railway | MP | 1886 | 1890 | New Orleans and Northwestern Railway |
New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad | N&NE | SOU | 1870 | 1969 | Alabama Great Southern Railroad |
New Orleans and Northwestern Railroad | MP | 1902 | 1909 | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway |
New Orleans and Northwestern Railway | MP | 1890 | 1902 | New Orleans and Northwestern Railroad |
New Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western Railroad | SP | 1852 | 1869 | Morgan's Louisiana and Texas Railroad |
New Orleans Pacific Railway | MP | 1876 | 1881 | Texas and Pacific Railway |
New Orleans, St. Louis and Chicago Railroad | IC | 1874 | 1877 | New Orleans, Jackson and Northern Railroad |
New Orleans and San Francisco Railroad | SOU | 1902 | 1903 | New Orleans Terminal Company |
New Orleans and Southern Railroad | SOU | 1891 | 1897 | Louisiana Southern Railway |
New Orleans Southern Railway | MP | 1908 | 1911 | New Orleans Southern and Grand Isle Railway |
New Orleans Southern and Grand Isle Railway | MP | 1911 | 1916 | New Orleans and Lower Coast Railroad |
New Orleans, Spanish Fort and Lake Railroad |
New Orleans Terminal Company | NOT | SOU | 1903 | 1993 | Alabama Great Southern Railroad |
New Orleans, Texas and Mexico Railroad | MP | 1910 | 1916 | New Orleans, Texas and Mexico Railway |
New Orleans, Texas and Mexico Railway | MP | 1916 | 1956 | Missouri Pacific Railroad |
New Orleans and Western Railroad | SOU | 1895 | 1901 | New Orleans Belt and Terminal Company |
North Louisiana and Gulf Railroad | NL&G, NLG | 1906 | 1987 | MidLouisiana Rail Corporation |
North Louisiana and Texas Railroad | IC | 1868 | 1875 | Vicksburg, Shreveport and Texas Railroad |
Oakdale and Gulf Railway | O&G | 1916 | 1927 | N/A |
Oberlin, Hampton and Eastern Railway |
Old River and Kissatchie Railway |
Opelousas, Gulf and Northeastern Railway | MP | 1904 | 1915 | Texas and Pacific Railway |
Ouachita and Northwestern Railroad | 1905 | 1947 | N/A |
Pontchartrain Railroad | L&N | 1830 | 1935 | N/A |
Red River Railroad | MP | 1835 | 1878 | New Orleans Pacific Railway |
Red River and Gulf Railroad | 1905 | 1954 | N/A |
Red River and Rocky Mount Railway | 1904 | | N/A |
Robeline and Sabine Pass Railway |
Rochelle and Western Railway |
Rock Island, Arkansas and Louisiana Railroad | RI | 1905 | 1948 | Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad |
Roosevelt and Western Railroad | 1909 | | N/A |
Sabine and Northern Railway |
St. Bernard Railroad | SOU | 1834 | | Mexican Gulf Railway |
St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway | SSW | 1887 | 1891 | St. Louis Southwestern Railway |
St. Louis, Avoyelles and Southwestern Railroad | MP | 1894 | 1895 | St. Louis, Avoyelles and Southwestern Railway |
St. Louis, Avoyelles and Southwestern Railway | MP | 1895 | 1899 | Avoyelles Railroad |
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 |
St. Louis, Watkins and Gulf Railway | MP | 1902 | 1909 | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway |
Seaboard System Railroad | SBD | 1983 | 1986 | CSX Transportation |
Sherman, Shreveport and Southern Railway | MKT | 1900 | 1901 | Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway of Texas |
Shreveport, Alexandria and Southwestern Railway |
Shreveport and Arkansas Railway | SSW | 1887 | 1887 | Arkansas and Southern Railway |
Shreveport and Houston Railway | SP | 1883 | 1890 | Houston and Shreveport Railroad |
Shreveport and Red River Valley Railway | KCS | 1897 | 1903 | Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company |
Sibley, Lake Bisteneau and Southern Railway | 1900 | 1942 | N/A |
South Central Arkansas Railway | SCK | 1982 | 1983 | East Camden and Highland Railroad |
Southeastern Railroad | SOU | 1855 | 1882 | Mississippi, Terre-aux-Boeuf and Lake Railroad |
Southern Railway and Navigation Company |
Southern Pacific Company | SP | SP | 1961 | 1969 | Southern Pacific Transportation Company |
Southern Pacific Company | SP | 1885 | 1901 | N/A |
Southern Pacific Railroad | MP | 1862 | 1872 | Texas Pacific Railroad |
Southern Pacific Transportation Company | SP | SP | 1969 | 1998 | Union Pacific Railroad |
Teche Railroad and Sugar Company |
Texarkana, Shreveport and Natchez Railway | 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 |
Texas Pacific – Missouri Pacific Terminal Railroad of New Orleans | TPMP | MP | 1924 | 1978 | Missouri Pacific Railroad |
Tioga and Southeastern Railway | 1905 | | N/A |
Trans-Mississippi Terminal Company | MP | 1912 | 1914 | Trans-Mississippi Terminal Railroad |
Trans-Mississippi Terminal Railroad | MP | 1914 | 1924 | Texas Pacific – Missouri Pacific Terminal Railroad of New Orleans |
Tremont and Gulf Railroad | IC | 1902 | 1908 | Tremont and Gulf Railway |
Tremont and Gulf Railway | 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 |
">Victoria, Fisher and Western Railroad | 1902 | | N/A |
Vidalia and Lake Concordia Railroad and Steamboat Transportation Company | MP | 1876 | 1881 | Vidalia and Western Railroad |
Vidalia and Western Railroad | MP | 1881 | 1881 | Natchez, Red River and Texas Railroad |
West Feliciana Railroad | IC | 1831 | 1888 | Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway |
West Feliciana Railway | 1944 | 1948 | N/A |
White Castle and Lake Natchez Railway |
Woodworth and Louisiana Central Railway | 1900 | 1926 | N/A |
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad | IC | 1892 | 1946 | Illinois Central Railroad |
Zachary and Northeastern Railroad |
Zimmerman, Leesville and Southwestern Railway |
Zwolle and Eastern Railway | 1904 | 1922 | N/A |
1. ^This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.
2. ^US War Archives: Peason