Louisiana Railroad Mileage, 1914. (Railroad Commission of Louisiana)
 
 
Source:Railroad Commission of Louisiana, and George Franklin Cram. 1914 Map of the State of Louisiana. Chicago, Ill: George F. Cram, 1914.
 
     
  This information was included on the railroad atlas map issued with the 1914 annual report of the Railroad Commission of Louisiana. The list notes logging railroads, sugar companies and common carriers.  
     
  Original images can be viewed here [PDF].  
     
 
A
Alexandria & Western Ry. Co. -- 14.00 mis.
Alexandria Lumber Co. -- 5.00 mis.
Argyle Planting & Manufacturing Co. -- 10.00 mis.
Arkansas & Gulf Ry. -- 7.50 mis.
Arkansas Southeastern Railroad Co. -- 34.06 mis.
Arkansas, Louisiana & Gulf Ry. Co. -- 44.08 mis. mis.
Athens & Southeastern Ry. -- 7.30
 
B
Baker-Wakefield Cypress Co. -- 9.00 mis.
Baldwin Lumber Co. -- 6.00 mis.
Baldwin Lumber Co. -- 8.50 mis.
Beekman Saw Mill Co. -- 6.00 mis.
Bel Lumber Co. -- 12.00 mis.
Bentley Lumber Co. -- 34.00 mis.
Bienville Lumber Co. -- 14.00 mis.
Big Creek R.R. -- 19.20 mis.
Big Pine Lumber Co. -- 13.00 mis.
Bodcaw Valley R. R -- 24.00 mis.
Boleyn Lumber Co. -- 13.00 mis.
Bowie Lumber Co. -- 20.00 mis.
Bradford-Kees Lumber Co. -- 5.50 mis.
Brakenridge Ry. & Navigation Co. -- 11.00 mis.
Brimstone Railroad & Canal Co. – 8.27 mis.
Brooks-Scanlon Co. -- 1.25 mis.
Brooks-Scanlon Co. -- 14.75 mis.
Brooks-Scanlon Co. -- 3.00 mis.
Burton-Swarts Cypress Co. -- 10.00
 
C
Calcasieu Long Leaf Lumber Co. -- 22.75 mis.
Catahoula Central Ry. Co. -- 9.00 mis.
Central Coal & Coke Co. -- 3.40 mis.
Central Coal & Coke Co. -- 4.50 mis.
Chesbrough & Graves -- 5.05 mis.
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Ry. Co. – 183.75 mis.
Chicago, St. Louis & New Orleans R.R. Co.  (Operated by the Illinois Central R.R. Co.)
Cinclare Central Factory Railroad -- 5.50 mis.
Crowell & Spencer Lumber Co. -- 7.00 mis.
Cummings-Moberly Cypress Co. -- 8.00
 
D
Delhi, Baskin & Southwestern Ry. -- 8.00 mis.
Delta Northern Railroad -- 7.50 mis.
Dibert, Stark & Brown Cypress Co. -- 8.00 mis.
Dorcheat Valley R.R. Co. – 16.50 mis.
F. C. Dukeman Co. -- 9.00
 
E
East & West Louisiana Ry. Co. -- 21.50 mis.
Edgewood Land & Logging Co. -- 9.50 mis.
Elm Hall & Foley Railroad -- 20.56 mis.
Enterprise Ry. Co. – 18.40 mis.
Ernest Rogers Co. – 9.04
 
F
Franklin & Abbeville Ry. Co. -- 52.61 mis.
Frost-Johnson Lumber Co. -- 11.00 mis.
Frost-Johnson Lumber Co. -- 13.74 mis.
Frost-Johnson Lumber Co. -- 14.00 mis.
Frost-Johnson Lumber Co. -- 27.00
 
G
Genesee Lumber Co. – 12.00 mis.
Germain & Boyd Lumber Co. -- 15.00 mis.
Glenmora & Western Ry. Co. – 13.00 mis.
Globe Lumber Co. -- 26.00 mis.
Goodland Cypress Co. -- 5.02 mis.
Great Southern Lumber Co. -- 50.00 mis.
Greenlaw Lumber Co. -- 5.00 mis.
Gulf & Sabine River Railroad Co. – 47.11 mis.
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Ry. Co. – 63.94 mis.
Gulf, Sabine & Red River R. R -- 39.00
 
H
Hammond & Eastern Railroad -- 10.50 mis.
Albert Hanson Lumber Co. -- 4.50 mis.
Houlton Lumber Co. -- 25.00 mis.
Houston & Shreveport R.R. Co. – 47.04 mis.
Hudson River Lumber Co. -- 6.00
 
I
Iatt Lumber Co. -- 3.00 mis.
Iberia & Vermilion R.R. Co. – 23.09 mis.
Iberia, St. Mary & Eastern R.R. Co. – 47.47 mis.
Illinois Central R.R. Co. (Lessees Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans R.R. Co.) – 345.90 mis.
Industrial Lumber Co. -- 18.00 mis.
Industrial Lumber Co. -- 40.00
 
J
Jackson Railroad Co. -- 4.60 mis.
Jasper & Eastern Ry. Co. (Operated by the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Ry. Co.)
Jeanerette Lumber & Shingle Co. -- 6 00 mis.
Jefferson Planting & Mfg. Co. -- 7.00
 
K
Kansas City Southern Ry. Co. – 332.61 mis.
Kansas City, Shreveport & Gulf Terminal Co. (Operated by the Kansas City Southern Ry. Co.) – 1.16 mis.
Kentwood & Eastern Ry. Co. -- 59.76 mis.
Kentwood, Greensburg & Southwestern Ry. Co. -- 16.20 mis.
Kimball Lumber Mfg. Co. -- 16.00 mis.
King-Ryder Lumber Co. -- 11.00 mis.
Kingston Ry. Co. -- 11.50 mis.
Krause & Managan Lumber Co. -- 7.00 mis.
Kyle Lumber Co. -- 1.75
 
L
Lafourche, Raceland & Lockport R.R. -- 14.30 mis.
Lake Charles & Northern Railroad Co.         53.95 mis.
Lake Charles Ry. & Navigation Co. -- 20.25 mis.
Lake Providence, Texarkana & Western -- 3.50 mis.
Landry & Dugas -- 8.00 mis.
Leesville East & West R.R. Co. -- 15.50 mis.
Lillie Lumber Co. -- 4.50 mis.
Longville Lumber Co. -- 2.00 mis.
Louisiana & Arkansas Ry. Co. -- 247.35 mis.
Louisiana & Eastern Ry. -- 12.00 mis.
Louisiana & Northwest R.R. Co. -- 105.89 mis.
Louisiana & Pacific Ry. Co. -- 31.05 mis.
Louisiana Logging Company – [mileage not noted] mis.
Louisiana Ry. & Navigation Co.   430.50 mis.
Louisiana Saw Mill Co. -- 8.50 mis.
Louisiana Southern Ry. Co. (New Orleans, Texas & Mexico, Lessee) mis.
Louisiana Western R.R. Co. -- 276.51 mis.
Louisville & Nashville R.R. Co. (New Orleans & Mobile Division.) -- 63.51 mis.
Lutcher & Moore Cypress Co. -- 20.00 mis.
Lyons Cypress Lumber Co. -- 20.00
 
 
M
Mansfield Ry. & Transportation Co. -- 15.85 mis.
Martindale & Ouachita River R.R. Co. -- 17.00 mis.
C. S. Matthews -- 18.00 mis.
Mill Creek & Little River R.R. & Navigation Co. -- 10.50 mis.
Milliken & Southwestern R.R. Co. -- 5.50 mis.
Mississippi Sugar Belt Ry. -- 6.70 mis.
Missouri & Louisiana Railroad Co. -- 20.75 mis.
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Ry. Co. of Texas. (Leased from Vlcksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Ry. Co.) -- 19.29 mis.
Monroe & Southwestern Ry. Co. – 17.41 mis.
J. T. Moore Planting Co. -- 5.00 mis.
Morgan's La. & Tex. R.R. & S. S. Co. – 642.23 mis.
Morley Cypress Co. -- 3.50
 
N
Napoleon Cypress Co. -- 9.00 mis.
Natalbany Lumber Co. -- 7.50 mis.
Natchez, Ball & Shreveport Ry. Co. -- 55.00 mis.
Natchez, Tangipahoa & Gulfport Ry. Co. -- 16.00 mis.
Natchez, Urania & Ruston Ry. Co. – 16.00 mis.
New Iberia & Northern R.R. Co. – 73.08 mis.
New Orleans & Northeastern R.R. Co. – 87.12 mis.
New Orleans Great Northern R.R. Co. – 178.26 mis.
New Orleans Southern & Grand Isle Ry. Co. (Formerly New Orleans, Ft. Jackson & Grand Isle R.R. Co.) – 65.77 mis.
New Orleans Terminal Co. – 70.62 mis.
New Orleans, Natalbany & Natchez Ry. Co. – 39.07 mis.
New Orleans, Texas & Mexico R.R. Co. – 285.88 mis.
North Louisiana & Gulf R.R. Co. – 26.45
 
O
Oberlin, Hampton & Eastern Ry. Co. -- 10.00 mis.
Old River & Kissatchie R.R. Co. -- 26.00 mis.
Opelousas, Gulf & Northeastern Ry. Co. – 64.31 mis.
Orangeville & Sabine River R.R. Co. -- 9.50 mis.
Ouachita & Northwestern R.R. Co. – 68.22 mis.
Owl Bayou Cypress Co. -- 10.00
 
P
Pennamich Lumber Co. -- 5.75 mis.
Pine Tree Lumber Co. -- 13.00 mis.
Pontchartrain Railroad Co. (Branch of the Louisville & Nashville R.R. Co.) – 10.79 mis.
Port Barre Lumber Co. -- 6.00 mis.
Powell Brothers & Sanders Co. -- 7.00
 
R
Ramos Lumber Co. -- 4.00 mis.
Rapides Lumber Co. -- 5.00 mis.
Red River & Gulf R.R. Co. – 12.75 mis.
Red River & Rocky Mountain Ry. -- 14.00 mis.
Richland Parish Central Ry. -- 5.00 mis.
Riggs Cypress Co. – 2.00 mis.
J. C. Rives Cypress Co. – 12.0 mis.
Roosevelt & Western Railroad – 9.00 mis.
Rose Hill Sugar Refining Co. – 5.13 mis.
Ruddock, Bonnet Carre & Northern R. R – 17.00 mis.
Ruddock, Bonnet Carre & Northern R.R. – 16.00 mis.
Ruston & New Orleans Ry. – 13.50
 
S
Sabine & Eastern Ry. Co. – 8.00 mis.
Sabine Tram Co. – 14.00 mis.
Saint Elmo, Belle Helene & Louisiana Eastern Ry. – 11.00 mis.
Saint John Lumber Co. – 6.00 mis.
Saint Mary Hardwood Lumber Co. – 0.90 mis.
Salmon Brick & Lumber Co. – 16.00 mis.
Salsburg Refining Co. – 7.00 mis.
Segura Operating Co. – 1.50 mis.
Segura Operating Co. – 15.50 mis.
Shady Side Co. – 1.70 mis.
Shady Side Co. – 16.00 mis.
Shamrock & Western Ry. Co. – 9.50 mis.
Shreveport Creosoting Co. – 1.50 mis.
Sibley, Lake Bistineau & Southern Ry. Co. – 30.75 mis.
C. L. Smith Lumber Co. – 7.00 mis.
Southern Ry. & Navigation Co. – 22.30 mis.
St. Louis & San Francisco R.R. Co. (Co-Lessees New Orleans Terminal Co.)
St. Louis Southwestern Ry. Co. – 54.02 mis.
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Ry. Co. – 693.35 mis.
St. Tammany & New Orleans Ry. & Ferry Co. – 13.91
 
T
Texas & Pacific Ry. Co. – 1, 004.42 mis.
Thistlethwaite Lumber Co. – 4.25 mis.
Tioga & Southeastern Ry. Co. – 21.00 mis.
Tremont & Gulf R.R. Co. – 93.87 mis.
Tremont Lumber Co. – 12.36 mis.
Tremont Lumber Co. – 12.50 mis.
Tremont Lumber Co. – 16.17
L. A. Trosclair – 10.00 mis.
 
U
Union Sulphur Co. – 3.66
 
V
Vacherie Cypress Co. – 7.00 mis.
Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Ry. Co. – 232.60 mis.
Victoria, Fisher & Western R.R. Co. – 56.00
 
W
Waverly Sugar Manufacturing Co. – 5.00 mis.
White Castle & Lake Natchez Ry. – 14.00 mis.
F. B. Williams Cypress Co. – 7.00 mis.
Wilson & Cochran – 5.50 mis.
Woodworth & Louisiana Central Ry. Co. – 24.00 mis.
Wyatt & Donavan Railroad – 14.00
 
XYZ
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley R.R. Co. – 344.27 mis.
Zwolle & Eastern Railroad Co. – 31.00
 
 
 

 

 
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