page_title: Texas and New Orleans Railroad
section_title: 1921-1961
hierarchical_section_title: Texas and New Orleans Railroad / History / 1921-1961
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo by Roger Puta
context_page_description: The Texas and New Orleans Railroad was a railroad in Texas and Louisiana. It operated 3,713 miles of railroad in 1934; by 1961, 3,385 miles remained when it merged with parent company Southern Pacific.
context_section_description: At the end of 1925 T&NO operated 545 miles of railroad; to simplify SP's corporate holdings T&NO leased the other Texas-Louisiana SP lines in 1927, including:
  Dayton-Goose Creek Railway Company
  Franklin and Abbeville Railway
  Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway
  Houston and Shreveport Railroad
  Houston and Texas Central Railway
  Houston East and West Texas Railway
  Iberia and Vermilion Railroad
  Lake Charles and Northern Railroad
  Louisiana Western Railroad
  Morgan's Louisiana and Texas Railroad and Steamship Co
  San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway
  Texas Midland Railroad
  In 1934 all of these were merged into T&NO, making it the largest Texas railroad with 3,713 miles (5,975 km) of road (not all in Texas). On November 1, 1961 the remaining 3,385 miles (5,448 km) merged into the Southern Pacific and the T&NO ceased to exist. Many people like to model the T&NO.
caption: Texas and New Orleans RR train crew on a caboose at LaCoste, TX in 1960
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