Louisiana Railroad Mileage, 1920. (Railroad Commission of Louisiana)
 
 
Source:Railroad Commission of Louisiana, and George Franklin Cram. 1920 Map of the State of Louisiana. Chicago, Ill: George F. Cram, 1920.
 
     
  This information was included on the railroad atlas map issued with the 1920 annual report of the Railroad Commission of Louisiana. The list notes logging railroads, sugar companies and common carriers.  
     
  Original images can be viewed here.  
     
 
A

Alexandria & Western Ry. Co. -- 18.50 mis.
Alexandria Lumber Company -- 5.00 mis.
Argyle Planting & Manufacturing Co. -- 10.00 mis.
Arkansas & Gulf Ry. -- 7.50 mis.
Arkansas & Louisiana Midland Ry. Co. -- 39.32 mis.
Arkansas Southeastern Ry. Co. -- 34.06 mis.
Ascension Red Cypress Co. -- 1.75 mis.
Athens & Southeastern Ry. -- 7.30 mis.

 
 
B

Baker-Wakefield Cypress Co. -- 9.00 mis.
Baldwin Lumber Company -- 6.00 mis.
Baldwin Lumber Company -- 8.50 mis.
Bastrop & Lake Providence Railway Co. -- 4.00 mis.
Beekman Saw Mill Company -- 6.00 mis.
Bel Lumber Company, J. A. -- 12.00 mis.
Bentley Lumber Company, J. A. -- 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 Company -- 13.00 mis.
Bowie Lumber Company -- 20.00 mis.
Bradford-Kees Lumber Company -- 5.50 mis.
Brakenridge Railway & Navigation Co. -- 11.00 mis.
Brimstone Railroad & Canal Co. -- 7.72 mis.
Brooks- Scanlon Company -- 3.00 mis.
Brooks-Scanlon Company -- 1.25 mis.
Brooks-Scanlon Company -- 14.75 mis.
Burton-Swarts Cypress Company -- 10.00 mis.

 
 
C

Calcasieu Long Leaf Lumber Co. -- 22.75 mis.
Catahoula Central Railway Company -- 9.00 mis.
Central Coal & Coke Company -- 4.50 mis.
Central Coal &. Coke Company -- 3.40 mis.
Chesbrough & Graves -- 5.05 mis.
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Ry. Co. -- 183.43 mis.
Chicago, St. Louis & New Orleans R. R. Co.-- Not an operating road. (Operated by the Illinois Central R. R. Co.)
Christie & Eastern -- 10.50 mis.
Cinclare Central Factory Railroad -- 5.50 mis.
Crowell & Spencer Lumber Co. -- 7.00 mis.
Cummings-Moberly Cypress Company. -- 8.00 mis.

 
 
D

Delhi, Baskin & Southwestern Ry. -- 8.00 mis.
Delta Northern Railroad -- 7.50 mis.
Dibert, Stark & Brown Cypress Co. -- 8.00 mis.
Dukeman Company, F. C. -- 9.00 mis.

 
 
E

East & West Louisiana Ry. Co. -- 21.50 mis.
Edgewood Land & Logging Company -- 9.50 mis.
Elm Hall & Foley Railroad -- 20.56 mis.
Enterprise Railway Co. -- 18.40 mis.

 
 
F

Franklin & Abbeville Ry. Co. -- 54.75 mis.
Frost-Johnson Lumber Company -- 11.00 mis.
Frost-Johnson Lumber Company -- 13.74 mis.
Frost-Johnson Lumber Company -- 14.00 mis.
Frost-Johnson Lumber Company -- 27.00 mis.

 
 
G

Garyville Northern R. R. Co. -- 35.00 mis.
Germain & Boyd Lumber Company --15.00 mis.
Glenmora & Western Ry. Co. -- 12.00 mis.
Globe Lumber Company -- 26.00 mis.
Goodland Cypress Company -- 5.02 mis.
Grant Timber & Manufacturing Co. -- 4.00 mis.
Great Southern Lumber Company -- 50.00 mis.
Greenlaw Lumber Company -- 5.00 mis.
Gulf & Sabine River Railroad Co. -- 34.96 mis.
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Ry. Co. -- 81.97 mis.
Gulf, Sabine & Red River R. R. -- 39.00 mis.

 
 
H

Hammond & Eastern Railroad -- 10.50 mis.
Hanson Lumber Company, The Albert -- 4.50 mis.
Houlton Lumber Company -- 25.00 mis.
Houston & Shreveport R. R. Co. -- 47.06 mis.
Hudson River Lumber Company -- 6.00 mis.

 
 
I

Iatt Lumber Company -- 3.00 mis.
Iberia & Vermilion R. R. Co. -- 23.03 mis.
Illinois Central R. R. Co. (Lessees Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans R. R. Co.) -- 330.69 mis.
Industrial Lumber Company -- 18.00 mis.
Industrial Lumber Company -- 40.00 mis.

 
 
J

Jackson Railroad Co. -- 4.60 mis.
Jasper & Eastern Ry. Co. -- Not an operating road. (Operated by the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Ry. Co.)
Jeanerette Lumber & Shingle Company -- 6.00 mis.
Jefferson Planting & M'fg Co. -- 7.00 mis.

 
 
K

Kansas City Southern Railway Co. -- 336.47 mis.
Kansas City, Shreveport & Gulf Terminal Co. -- Not an operating road -- (Operated by the Kansas City Southern Ry. Co.) -- 1.16 mis.
Kentwood & Eastern Ry. Co. -- 57.55 mis.
Kentwood, Greensburg & Southwestern R. R. Co. -- 16.20 mis.
Kimball Lumber M'fg Co. -- 16.00 mis.
Kinder & Northwestern Railroad Co. -- 17.00 mis.
King-Ryder Lumber Co. -- 11.00 mis.
Kingston Railway Co. -- 11.50 mis.
Krause & Managan Lumber Company. -- 7.00 mis.
Kyle Lumber Company -- 1.75 mis.

 
 
L

Lafourche, Raceland & Lockport R. R. -- 14.30 mis.
Lake Charles & Northern Railroad Co. -- 56.55 mis.
Lake Charles Railway & Navigation Co. -- 10.00 mis.
Lake Providence, Texarkana & Western R. R. Co. -- 8.00 mis.
Landry & Dugas -- 8.00 mis.
Leesville East & West R. R. Co. -- 17.50 mis.
Lillie Lumber Co. -- 4.50 mis.
Longville Lumber Co. -- 2.00 mis.
Loranger, Louisiana & Northeastern R. R. Co. -- 12.00 mis.
Louisiana & Arkansas Ry. Co. -- 290.34 mis.
Louisiana & Eastern Ry. -- 12.00 mis.
Louisiana & Northwest R. R. Co. - 124.92 mis.
Louisiana & Pacific Ry. Co. -- 34.34 mis.
Louisiana Logging Company -- [not noted] mis.
Louisiana Railway & Navigation Co. -- 440.67 mis.
Louisiana Saw Mill Company -- 8.50 mis.
Louisiana Southern Ry. Co. -- 79.56 mis.
Louisiana Western R. R. Co. -- 278.00 mis.
Louisville & Nashville R. R. Co. (New Orleans and Mobile Division.) -- 64.89 mis.
Lutcher & Moore Cypress Co. -- 20.00 mis.

 
 
M

Mansfield Railway & Transportation Co. -- 16.72 mis.
Martindale & Ouachita River R. R. Co. -- 17.00 mis.
Mathews, C.S -- 18.00 mis.
Mill Creek & Little River R.R.& Nav.Co. -- 10.50 mis.
Miltonberg & Southeastern -- 9.00 mis.
Mississippi Sugar Belt Ry. -- 6.70 mis.
Missouri Pacific R. R. Co. -- 688.38 mis.
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Ry. Co. of Texas (Leased from Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Ry. Co.) -- 19.29 mis.
Monroe & Southwestern Ry. Co. -- 17.41 mis.
Monroe & Texas R. R. Co. -- 8.00 mis.
Moore Planting Company, J. T. -- 5.00 mis.
Morgan's La. & Tex. R. R. & S. S. Co. -- 645.07 mis.
Morley Cypress Co. -- 3.50 mis.

 
 
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. -- 14.00 mis.
Neame, Carson & Southern Railroad Co. -- 33.98 mis.
New Iberia & Northern R. R. Co. -- 96.70 mis.
New Orleans & Lower Coast R. R. Co. (Formerly New Orleans, Ft. Jackson & Grand Isle R. R. Co.) -- 65.96 mis.
New Orleans & Northeastern R. R. Co. -- 88.92 mis.
New Orleans Great Northern R. R. Co. -- 177.99 mis.
New Orleans Terminal Co. -- 74.34 mis.
New Orleans, Natalbany & Natchez Ry. Co. -- 39.07 mis.
New Orleans, Texas & Mexico R. R. Co. -- 230.02 mis.
Newell Lumber Co. -- 8.50 mis.
North Louisiana & Gulf Ry. Co. -- 26.45 mis.

 
 
O

Oakdale & Gulf Ry Co. -- 15.02 mis.
Oberlin, Hampton & Eastern Ry. Co. -- 11.00 mis.
Old River & Kissatchie R. R. Co. -- 26.00 mis.
Orange & Northeastern -- 1.00 mis.
Orangeville & Sabine River R. R. Company -- 9.50 mis.
Orleans & Kenner Electric Ry. Co. - -12.00 mis.
Ouachita & Northwestern R. R. Co. -- 81.69 mis.
Owl Bayou Cypress Co. -- 10.00 mis.

 
 
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 mis.

 
 
R

Ramos Lumber Company. -- 4.00 mis.
Rapides Lumber Company -- 5.00 mis.
Red River & Gulf R. R. Co. -- 14.95 mis.
Red River & Rocky Mountain Ry. -- 14.00 mis.
Richland Parish Central Railway -- 5.00 mis.
Riggs Cypress Company -- 2.00 mis.
Rives Cypress Company, J. C. -- 12.00 mis.
Rogers Company, Ernest -- 9.04 mis.
Roosevelt & Western Railroad -- 9.00 mis.
Rose Hill Sugar Refining Company -- 5.13 mis.
Ruddock, Bonnet Carre & N. R. R. -- 16.00 mis.
Ruddock, Bonnet Carre & N. R. R. -- 17.00 mis.
Ruston & New Orleans Railway -- 13.50 mis.

 
 
S

Sabine & Eastern Railway Co. -- 8.00 mis.
Sabine Tram Company -- 14.00 mis.
Saint John Lumber Company -- 6.00 mis.
Saint Mary Hardwood Lumber Co. -- 0.90 mis.
Salmon Brick & Lumber Company -- 16.00 mis.
Salsburg Refining Company -- 7.00 mis.
Segura Operating Company -- 1.50 mis.
Segura Operating Company -- 15.50 mis.
Shady Side Company -- 1.70 mis.
Shady Side Company -- 16.00 mis.
Shamrock & Western Railway Co. -- 9.50 mis.
Shreveport Creosoting Company -- 1.50 mis.
Sibley, Lake Bistineau & Southern Ry. Co. -- 32.25 mis.
Smith Lumber Co., C. L. -- 7.00 mis.
Southern Railway & Navigation Co. -- 22.30 mis.
Southwestern Traction & Power Co. -- 13.38 mis.
St. Elmo, Belle Helene & La. Eastern Ry. -- 11.00 mis.
St. Louis Southwestern Ry. Co., St. Louis-San Francisco R. R. Co. (Co-Lessees New Orleans Terminal Co.) -- 53.58 mis.
St. Tammany & New Orleans Rys. & Ferry Co. -- 13.91 mis.

 
 
T

Texas & Pacific Ry. Co. -- 1,078.87 mis.
Thistlethwaite Lumber Company -- 4.25 mis.
Trans-Mississippi Terminal R. R. Co. -- 68.16 mis.
Tremont & Gulf Ry. Co. -- 82.88 mis.
Tremont Lumber Company -- 12.36 mis.
Tremont Lumber Company -- 12.50 mis.
Tremont Lumber Company -- 16.17 mis.
Trosclair, L. A. -- 10.00 mis.

 
 
U

Union Sulphur Company -- 3.66 mis.

 
 
V

Vacherie Cypress Company -- 7.00 mis.
Vicksburg, Alexandria & Southern Ry. Co. -- 10.33 mis.
Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Ry. Co. -- 232.64 mis.
Victoria, Fisher & Western R. R. Co. -- 57.00 mis.

 
 
W

Waverly Sugar Manufacturing Co. -- 5.00 mis.
White Castle & Lake Natchez Ry. -- 14.00 mis.
Williams Cypress Company, F. B. -- 7.00 mis.
Wilson & Cochran -- 5.50 mis.
Woodworth & Louisiana Central R. R. Co. -- 6.00 mis.

 
 
XYZ

Yazoo & Mississippi Valley R. R. Co. -- 357.77 mis.
Zwolle & Eastern Ry. Co. -- 30.00 mis.

 
 
 

 

 
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