Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway

The Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway was built between 1888 and 1890 and was admitted to the Illinois Central Railroad system in 1892. It ran between Memphis, Tennessee, and New Orleans, Louisiana, through Vicksburg, Mississippi, and Baton Rouge.

Companies

Iterations of the Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway include:

Clinton and Port Hudson Railroad 1889
Mississippi Valley and Ship Island Railroad 1884
*Grand Gulf and Port Gibson Railroad 1881
Mobile and Northwestern Railroad 1891
Natchez, Jackson and Columbus Railroad 1890
West Feliciana Railway 1889

Legacy

The subsidiary Clinton and Port Hudson Railroad is commemorated by the Old Hickory Railroad, a narrow-gauge tourist railway in Jackson, LA.