Texas and New Orleans Railroad

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The Texas and New Orleans Railroad was a major regional rail carrier in Texas and Louisiana that became a key component of the Southern Pacific system in the American Southwest.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct railroad ⓘ
railroad company ⓘ
becamePartOf Southern Pacific Transportation Company ⓘ
Southern Pacific system ⓘ
connectedCity Beaumont, Texas ⓘ
Dallas, Texas ⓘ
Houston, Texas ⓘ
New Orleans, Louisiana ⓘ
linked to: New Orleans

San Antonio, Texas ⓘ
connectedState Louisiana ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
headquartersLocation Houston, Texas ⓘ
industry rail transport ⓘ
operatedIn Louisiana ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
operatedRoute Houston–Beaumont ⓘ
Houston–Dallas ⓘ
Houston–El Paso (via Southern Pacific connections) ⓘ
Houston–San Antonio ⓘ
New Orleans–Houston ⓘ
ownerOf railroad right-of-way in Louisiana ⓘ
railroad right-of-way in Texas ⓘ
parentCompany Southern Pacific Transportation Company ⓘ
partOf Southern Pacific’s transcontinental route ⓘ
predecessor Houston and Texas Central Railway ⓘ
Morgan’s Louisiana and Texas Railroad and Steamship Company ⓘ
primaryCommodity agricultural products ⓘ
general merchandise ⓘ
lumber ⓘ
petroleum products ⓘ
providedService freight transportation ⓘ
passenger transportation ⓘ
railNetworkRole bridge line between Texas and the lower Mississippi Valley ⓘ
railroadClass Class I railroad ⓘ
regionServed American Southwest ⓘ
Gulf Coast ⓘ
role major regional rail carrier in Texas and Louisiana ⓘ
servedPort Port of Houston ⓘ
Port of New Orleans ⓘ
significance key component of Southern Pacific’s east–west main line between California and New Orleans ⓘ
trackGauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in ⓘ
transportMode rail ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

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Southern Pacific Railroad → ownedSubsidiary → Texas and New Orleans Railroad ⓘ
Los Angeles–New Orleans rail corridor → historicallyUsedBy → Texas and New Orleans Railroad ⓘ
Southern Pacific Railroad → owned → Texas and New Orleans Railroad ⓘ
subject linked to: SP
Texas and New Orleans Railroad → predecessor → Morgan’s Louisiana and Texas Railroad and Steamship Company ⓘ
linked to: Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Union Station (Houston) → servedRailroad → Texas and New Orleans Railroad ⓘ
subject linked to: Union Station
AC-9 articulated steam locomotives → operator → Texas and New Orleans Railroad ⓘ
Houston–Beaumont rail corridor → historicallyServedBy → Texas and New Orleans Railroad ⓘ
subject linked to: Houston–Beaumont