The Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway was built between 1888 and 1890 and was admitted to the

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system in 1892. It ran between

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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.

References

External links

Railroads of the Illinois Central System
* Defunct Louisiana railroads Defunct Tennessee railroads Defunct Mississippi railroads Historic American Engineering Record in Mississippi Predecessors of the Illinois Central Railroad Railway companies established in 1884 Railway companies disestablished in 1892 {{US-rail-company-stub