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The parent company of the independent Gulf Coast Lines was the New Orleans, Texas and Mexico Railway, incorporated in Louisiana on February 28, 1916, which bought the property and assets of the Frisco-owned New Orleans, Texas and Mexico Railroad. The NOT&M was headquartered in New Orleans, and owned or leased a number of other railroads in ...
The route was distinct in contrast to other routes running west from New Orleans to major Texas cities. It ran northwest-ward from New Orleans to northwest Louisiana and to the major North Texas cities of Dallas and Fort Worth with continuing service to El Paso on the Missouri Pacific's Texas Eagle, whereas other east-west trains from New ...
The Gulf Coast Limited operated over a 145-mile (233 km) route from New Orleans to Mobile, hugging the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.The majority of this route is now owned by CSX Transportation (NO&M Subdivision), save a few miles around the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal and East City Junction, which are owned by Amtrak and the Norfolk Southern Railway, respectively. [1]:
New Orleans, Texas and Mexico Railroad: MP: 1910 1916 New Orleans, Texas and Mexico Railway: New Orleans, Texas and Mexico Railway: MP: 1916 1956 Missouri Pacific Railroad: New Orleans and Western Railroad: SOU: 1895 1901 New Orleans Belt and Terminal Company: North Louisiana and Gulf Railroad NL&G, NLG 1906 1987 MidLouisiana Rail Corporation
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The New Orleans and Texas Line dominated this steamship market for a few years. [5] Columbia offered three classes of passenger travel: accommodations on deck, in the standard cabin, or in the main cabin, which was described in the journal of Mary Austin Holley, a distant relative of Stephen F. Austin. She described fine linens, silver and ...
The New Orleans and Gulf Coast Railway Company (NOGC) is a short-line railroad headquartered in Belle Chasse, Louisiana.It is a subsidiary of the Rio Grande Pacific Company and operates two former Union Pacific Railroad (UP) branch lines located outside New Orleans, Louisiana.
The western portion of the Gulf Wind route from Mobile to New Orleans was briefly served by Amtrak's Gulf Coast Limited from 1984 to 1985, and again from 1996 to 1997. The Gulf Wind route had no scheduled passenger train service between Jacksonville and Flomaton until the revived and extended tri-weekly Sunset Limited was inaugurated by Amtrak ...