| Name |
Mark |
System[nb 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 |
| Cinclare Central Factory Railroad |
|
|
|
|
|
| Clinton and Port Hudson Railroad |
|
IC |
1833 |
1889 |
Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway |
| 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 |
| 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 |
