Texas and New Orleans Railroad

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The Texas and New Orleans Railroad was a major regional rail carrier in Texas and Louisiana that became a key component of the Southern Pacific system in the American Southwest.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct railroad
railroad company
becamePartOf Southern Pacific Railroad
surface form: Southern Pacific Transportation Company

Southern Pacific Railroad
surface form: Southern Pacific system
connectedCity Beaumont, Texas
Dallas, Texas
Houston, Texas, United States
surface form: Houston, Texas

New Orleans
surface form: New Orleans, Louisiana

San Antonio, Texas
connectedState Louisiana
Texas
country United States of America
surface form: United States
gauge standard gauge
headquartersLocation Houston, Texas, United States
surface form: Houston, Texas
industry rail transport
operatedIn Louisiana
Texas
operatedRoute Houston–Beaumont
Houston–Dallas
Texas and Pacific Railway
surface form: Houston–El Paso (via Southern Pacific connections)

Houston–San Antonio
New Orleans–Houston
ownerOf railroad right-of-way in Louisiana
railroad right-of-way in Texas
parentCompany Southern Pacific Railroad
surface form: Southern Pacific Transportation Company
partOf Southern Pacific Overland Route
surface form: Southern Pacific’s transcontinental route
predecessor Houston and Texas Central Railroad
surface form: Houston and Texas Central Railway

Texas and New Orleans Railroad self-linksurface differs
surface form: Morgan’s Louisiana and Texas Railroad and Steamship Company
primaryCommodity agricultural products
general merchandise
lumber
petroleum products
providedService freight transportation
passenger transportation
railNetworkRole bridge line between Texas and the lower Mississippi Valley
railroadClass Class I railroad
regionServed southwestern United States
surface form: American Southwest

Gulf Coast of the United States
surface form: Gulf Coast
role major regional rail carrier in Texas and Louisiana
servedPort Port of Houston
Port of New Orleans
significance key component of Southern Pacific’s east–west main line between California and New Orleans
trackGauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in
transportMode rail

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Southern Pacific Railroad ownedSubsidiary Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Los Angeles–New Orleans rail corridor historicallyUsedBy Texas and New Orleans Railroad
SP owned Texas and New Orleans Railroad
subject surface form: Southern Pacific Railroad
Texas and New Orleans Railroad predecessor Texas and New Orleans Railroad self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Morgan’s Louisiana and Texas Railroad and Steamship Company