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Louisiana Southern Railway Company

nopb_state The Louisiana Southern Railway Company was chartered in 1897 as the successor to several defunct southeast Louisiana shortlines that operated below New Orleans along the Mississippi River, including the Mississippi River Terre aux Boeuf & Lake, the New Orleans & Gulf, and then the New Orleans & Southern in 1892. At its peak, successor Louisiana Southern operated a mainline that extended 45 miles, from Elysian Fields Avenue in New Orleans to Pointe a la Hache in Plaquemines Parish, with a 15 mile branch from Poydras Junction to Shell Beach on Lake Borgne. For twelve years, beginning in 1911, the property was leased to the New Orleans, Texas & Mexico Railroad Company. Independent operation followed, struggling until a war-era boost in traffic made the line profitable and attractive for purchase. Through its regional subsidiary, New Orleans & Northeastern, the Southern Railway acquired the shortline in 1953.

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See also our complete Louisiana Southern scrapbook in Shortlines

Louisiana Southern #5

  • builder:Baldwin Locomotive Works
  • arrangement:4-4-0 American
  • built:Dec 1891, Baldwin #12352
  • fuel:_________
  • notes:
  • 15x22 cylinders, 56" drivers
  • blt New Orleans & Southern #5
    to Louisiana Southern #5, Feb 1897
  • builder

    Louisiana Southern #6

  • builder:Baldwin Locomotive Works
  • arrangement:4-4-0 American
  • built:Dec 1891, Baldwin #12353
  • fuel:_________
  • notes:
  • 15x22 cylinders, 56" drivers
  • blt New Orleans & Southern #6
    to Louisiana Southern #6, Feb 1897
  • builder

    Louisiana Southern #8

  • builder:Baldwin Locomotive Works
  • arrangement:4-4-0 American
  • built:Jul 1870, Baldwin #2194
  • fuel:_________
  • notes:
  • 16x24 cylinders, 60" drivers
  • blt St. Louis, Vandalia & Terre Haute #21
    to Louisiana Southern #8
    tender lettered "Gulf Coast Lines"
  • builder

    Louisiana Southern #10

  • builder:Baldwin Locomotive Works
  • arrangement:4-4-0 American
  • built:Sep 1876, Baldwin #3992
  • fuel:_________
  • notes:
  • 17x24 cylinders, 63" drivers
  • blt Texas & Pacific #43
    renumbered Texas & Pacific #519, 1882
    renumbered Texas & Pacific #43, 1886
    to Louisiana Southern #10, 1910
  • builder

    Louisiana Southern #11

  • builder:Danforth & Cooke
  • arrangement:4-4-0 American
  • built:Feb 1881, Cooke #1154
  • fuel:_________
  • notes:
  • blt New Orleans Pacific #63
    to Texas & Pacific #63, 1881
    renumbered #530, 1882; later #63, 1886
    to Louisiana Southern #11, 1915
  • Louisiana Southern #12

  • builder:Baldwin Locomotive Works
  • arrangement:2-6-0 Mogul
  • built:Sep 1887, Baldwin #8790
  • fuel:oil/water
  • notes:
  • 19x24 cylinders, 56 1/2" drivers
  • blt St. Louis & San Francisco #214
    to New Orleans Texas & Mexico #314
    to New Iberia & Northern #45, May 1916
    to Louisiana Southern #12, Sep 1923
  • builder

    Louisiana Southern #13

  • builder:Baldwin Locomotive Works
  • arrangement:2-6-0 Mogul
  • built:Mar 1914, Baldwin #41168
  • fuel:oil/water
  • notes:
  • 18x24 cylinders, 54" drivers
  • blt Cape Girardeau Northern #11
    to Birmingham Rail & Locomotive
    to Louisiana Southern #13, Jan 1925
  • builder

    Louisiana Southern #14

  • builder:American Locomotive Company
  • arrangement:2-6-0 Mogul
  • built:Sep 1913, Baldwin #53978
  • fuel:oil/water
  • notes:
  • 18x24 cylinders, 54" drivers
  • blt Cape Girardeau Northern #9
    to Birmingham Rail & Locomotive
    to Louisiana Southern #14, Jan 1925
  • builder

    Louisiana Southern #16

  • builder:ALCo - Schenectady
  • arrangement:2-8-0 Consolidation
  • built:_________
  • fuel:oil/water
  • notes:
  • 18x26 cylinders, 57" drivers
  • blt for Texas Central
    to Missouri Kansas & Texas #685
    to Louisiana Southern 16
    retired, Dec 1948
    to Westwego Salvage Co, Aug 1950
  • builder

    Louisiana Southern #17

  • builder:Cooke Locomotive Works
  • arrangement:4-6-0 Ten-wheeler
  • built:May 1901, Cooke #2402
  • fuel:oil/water
  • 20x24 cylinders, 61" drivers
  • notes:
  • blt Missouri Pacific #765
    renumbered Missouri Pacific #2516
    to New Orleans & Lower Coast #2516
    to Louisiana Southern #17, Mar 1948
    retired, Oct 1948
    to Southern Scrap, New Orleans, July 1953
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    This page was updated on 2019-05-31