|
Texas & New
Orleans |
| The charter was granted to a
predecessor road in 1856. Construction began in 1858 and the name
changed to Texas & New Orleans in 1859, with the intent of
connecting Houston and New Orleans. Construction was completed between
Houston and Orange, Texas in May 1862 (after the Confederate Government
had advanced $15,000 in February), though there is some evidence that it
was not completed all the way to Orange.
The route from Houston to New Orleans was a high priority one for the
Confederate government and work to connect the two cities was pushed
early in the war. It was dropped in the spring of 1862 with the capture
of New Orleans. Even so, about 1,000 soldiers were assigned to protect
and maintain the Texas & New Orleans.
In order to keep the road operating, the Confederate Government
advanced $208,000 in 8% Confederate bonds to the company, in exchange
for a mortgage on the road and exclusive use of the road. Scheduled service was
maintained until mid-1863 and sporadic service until early 1864. Despite
the tradition that rails were removed to build fortifications, they were
still on the beds in 1870 when the property was inspected as part of a
court case.
|
| Black's Number |
100 (map)
(map) (map)
(map) (map)
(map) |
| Track |
111 miles of 5 foot 6 inch gauge 54-58# T-rail |
| Locomotives |
4; 4 named |
| Cars |
67 |
| Stations |
9 |
| Officers |
Some |
| Employees |
|
| Bridges |
2 |
| Significant Documents |
| NP, BB 1-8-61 |
| NP, CC 1-8-61 |
| NP, BB 1-8A-61 |
| NP, DH 1-9-61 |
| NP, GN 1-12-61 |
| NP, HT 1-22-61 |
| NP, HT 1-29-61 |
| TX, T&NO 2-2-61 |
| NP, GTN 2-5C-61 |
| NP, HT 2-5B-61 |
| NP, HT 2-5C-61 |
| NP, HT 2-12D-61 |
| NP, GN 3-5A-61 |
| NP, GTN 3-5-61 |
| NP, HT 3-5-61 |
| NP, HT 3-12C-61 |
| NP, GTN 3-19-61 |
| NP, GN 4-6-61 |
| NP, HT 4-9A-61 |
| NP, DH 4-17B-61 |
| TX, H&TC 4-20-61 |
| NP, CC 5-10-61 |
| NP, HT 5-29-61 |
| NP, HT 5-29B-61 |
| NP, DH 6-19-61 |
| ORN Vol. 16, Page 829 |
| NP, HT 7-17-61 |
| NP, HT 8-7-61 |
| NP, GN 8-20A-61 |
| NP, CCT 8-31A-61 |
| NA,
T&NO 9-10-61 |
| NA,
RR 9-26-61 |
|
NA, H&TC
9-26-61 |
| NP, GCGW 10-15-61 |
|
NA, QMR
11-6-61 |
| NP, HT 11-6-61 |
| NP, HT 11-27-61 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 4, Page 158 |
|
NA, QM
11-25A-61 |
|
NA, QMR
11-25A-61 |
|
NA, DT
12-13-61 |
| NA,
T&NO 12-25-61 |
| NP, HT 1-1-62 |
|
NA, QMSW
1-23-62 |
| NP, SG 2-15-62 |
| NA,
T&NO 2-21-62 |
| NA,
T&NO 2-21A-62 |
| OR Series 4, Vol. 1, Page 1073 |
| OR Series 4, Vol. 1, Page 1108 |
| OR Series 4, Vol. 1, Page 1113 |
|
NA, DT
5-12-62 |
| NA,
T&NO 5-13-62 |
|
NA, DT
5-29-62 |
| NP, HT 6-6-62 |
| NP, HT 6-13-62 |
|
NA, T&NO
5-7-62 |
| NP, SAN 7-14-62 |
| NP, HT 7-21-62 |
| NP, HT 9-12-62 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 15, Page 143 |
| NA, ENG 11-1-62 |
|
NA, ENG
11-12A-62 |
| NA,
RRB 11-29A-62 |
| NA,
T&NO 12-5-62 |
| NA,
T&NO 12-5A-62 |
|
NA, DTNMA
12-9-62 |
|
NA,
HT&T 12-18-62 |
| NA,
RR 12-20-62 |
|
NA, ENGR
1-25-63 |
|
NA, DTNMA
1-27-63 |
| NA, ENG 1-29-63 |
|
NA, ENGR
2-6-63 |
| NA, ENG 2-17-63 |
| NA, ENG 2-17A-63 |
| NA,
ENG 2-20-63 |
| NP, HT 2-25-63 |
| NP, HT 4-3-63 |
| NA,
T&NO 4-9-63 |
| NA,
T&NO 4-9A-63 |
| NA,
T&NO 4-9B-63 |
| NA,
T&NO 4-25-63 |
| NA,
T&NO 4-27-63 |
| NA,
T&NO 4-27A-63 |
|
NA, DETX
5-16-63 |
|
NA, DTM
5-18-63 |
| NP, HT 5-18-63 |
|
NA, DETX
5-22-63 |
|
NA, DTM
5-23-63 |
|
NA, DETX
6-5-63 |
|
NA, DETX
6-16-63 |
| NA, ENG 6-17-63 |
| NA, ENG 6-17D-63 |
|
NA, QMR
6-17-63 |
|
NA, DTM
6-23-63 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 26, Part 2, Page 101 |
|
VHS,
T&NO 7-9-63 |
| NA,
RRB 7-16-63 |
|
NA, DT
7-28-63 |
| NA,
RRB 7-30A-63 |
| NA,
T&NO 8-1-63 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 26, Part 2, Page 133 |
|
NA, DETX
8-8-63 |
| NP, HT 8-10-63 |
|
NA, RRB
8-17-63 |
|
NA, RRB
8-22C-63 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 26, Part 2, Page 209 |
|
NA, RR
9-8F-63 |
|
NA, DETX
9-11-63 |
|
NA, DT
9-11-63 |
| NA, TX 9-12-63 |
|
NA, DT
9-15-63 |
|
NA, DETX
9-17-63 |
|
NA, H&TC
9-18-63 |
|
NA, DT
9-20-63 |
|
NA,
T&NO 9-20A-63 |
| NA,
G&HJ 9-21-63 |
| NA,
RRB 9-29A-63 |
| NA,
T&NO 9-20-63 |
| NA,
T&NO 9-27-63 |
|
NA, DT
10-2-63 |
|
NA, DT
10-2A-63 |
|
NA, DETX
10-3-63 |
|
NA, DETX
10-9-63 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 26, Part 2, Page 298 |
|
NA, DT
10-14A-63 |
|
NA, DT
10-14B-63 |
|
NA, DETX
10-18-63 |
|
NA, DT
10-18-63 |
| NA,
T&NO 10-27-63 |
|
NA, DTNMA
10-29-63 |
|
NA, DT
11-1-63 |
|
NA, DTNMA
11-12-63 |
|
NA, RR
11-13A-63 |
|
NA, DTNMA
11-15-63 |
|
NA, DETX
11-16-63 |
| NP, HT 11-20-63 |
| NA,
RRB 11-23-63 |
| NP, SG 11-23-63 |
| NA,
RRB 11-26-63 |
|
NA, RR
12-1B-63 |
|
NA, DT
12-3-63 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 26, Part 2, Page 527 |
|
NA, DT
12-31-63 |
|
NA, DTNMA
1-3-64 |
|
NA, DTNMA
1-7-64 |
| NA,
T&NO 1-8-64 |
|
NA, DT
1-27-64 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 22, Part 2, Page 1128 |
|
NA, DT
3-11-64 |
|
NA, DT
3-12A-64 |
|
NA, DT
3-17-64 |
|
NA, RR
4-16-64 |
| NA,
RR 4-20-64 |
|
NA, DT
5-28-64 |
|
NA, DT
6-25-64 |
| NA,
RRB 6-14A-64 |
|
NA, DT
8-11-64 |
|
NA, DT
8-16-64 |
| NA,
RRB 8-29-64 |
| NA,
T&NO 8-30-64 |
|
NA, DT
9-28-64 |
|
NA, DETX
12-18-64 |
|
NA, DT
12-20-64 |
|
NA, DT
12-21-64 |
|
NA, DT
1-27-65 |
|
NA, DT
1-31-65 |
|
NA, DT 2-4-65 |
|
NA, DT
2-11-65 |
| NP, HT 2-22A-65 |
| NP, GDN 2-23-65 |
|
NA, DT 3-2-65 |
|
NA, DT 3-7-65 |
|
NA, DT 3-8-65 |
|
NA, DT
3-13-65 |
|
NA, DT
3-25-65 |
|
NA, DT
3-27-65 |
|
NA, DT
3-29-65 |
|
NA, DT
3-30-65 |
|
NA, DT
4-10B-65 |
| NA,
T&NO 4-24-65 |
|
NA, DT 5-3-65 |
|
NA, DT
5-15-65 |
|
NA, DT
5-16-65 |
|
