page_title: Texas and New Orleans Railroad
section_title: Expansion 1881-1920
hierarchical_section_title: Texas and New Orleans Railroad / History / Expansion 1881-1920
caption_attribution_description: English: Published in the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
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: In 1881 C. P. Huntington, acting for the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, bought the Texas and New Orleans as well as many other railroads in the southern United States. As a result of this acquiring of railroads by Southern Pacific, The Texas and New Orleans Railroad found itself as part of a major transcontinental route. In 1882, The T&NO made over $1,500,000 and owned 36 locomotives as well as over 1000 pieces of rolling stock. Also in 1882 the T&NO acquired the 103-mile (166 km) Sabine and East Texas Railway Company. Many more companies were merged into T&NO from 1880 to 1900. In the early years of the 20th century The Texas and New Orleans built over 160 miles (260 km) of track, much of it between Cedar and Rockland, opening up a through route from Dallas to Beaumont. In 1921, the Texas State Railroad was leased in.
caption: Railroad Station at Morgan City, Louisiana (1893)
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