East Louisiana Railroad

Standard Gauge Headquarters: New Orleans, later at Covington Years of Operation: 1886-1905 Predecessor Roads: Poitevent & Favre Lumber Co. Successor Roads: New Orleans Great Northern Miles Operated: Main line: Pearl River, LA to Covington, LA, 25 miles; Mandeville Branch: Mandeville Jct. to Mandeville, LA, 11.3 miles; trackage rights (NO&NE RR), New Orleans to Pearl River, LA, 36.0 miles — total operated 72.3 miles. Locomotives Owned:	Equipment 6/30/1892: Locomotives: 5. Cars: 13 passenger, 3 baggage, etc., 12 box, 5 stock, 40 timber, 1 caboose. 6/30/1902: Locomotives: 3. Cars: 10 passenger, 2 baggage, etc., 5 box, 2 stock, 4 flat, 17 other, 3 service.	Click Map for Larger Version
HISTORY by Gil Hoffman: The East Louisiana Railroad was incorporated in Louisiana on July 7, 1887, to build and operate a railroad from Pearl River, LA to Abita Springs, LA and beyond to Covington, LA and other points in Louisiana and Mississippi. The main line from Pearl River, LA to Abita Springs, LA, 20 miles, was purchased in 1887 from John Poitevent and J. A. Favre. The line from Abita Springs to Covington, LA, 4.20 miles, was built during 1887 and 1888. The branch from Mandeville Junction to Mandeville, LA was begun in 1888 and completed on May 29, 1892. Several short branch lines were built between 1901 and 1904. The line from Ramsay, LA to Horse Branch, LA, 4.68 miles, was purchased from the Greenlaw Lumber Company in 1904.  The company was sold to the New Orleans & Great Northern Railroad on June 1, 1905 and absorbed by that line.  REFERENCE  1.  ”New Orleans Great Northern Railroad Company,” Valuation Docket No. 305, Interstate Commerce Commission Reports, Vol. 133, p. 825-61.
		January 1904 Official Guide of the Railways
ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:     Road No.   Type   Builder   C.N.   Date   Cyls.   Dri. Dia.   Engine Wt.   Previous Ownership   Disposition   2   Rod   Porter                   36000   Secondhand. In service by 6/1887.       3   2-6-0   Porter   723   1/1886   11x16   36   36000   New. Named Pearl River.   Sold to unknown. New boiler and 14" extension front sent from factory, 1/18/1923.   4   Rod   Baldwin                   40000   Secondhand. In service by 6/1887.       5   Rod   Baldwin                   40000   Secondhand. In service by 6/1887.       6   4-4-0   New York   364   5/1888   18x24           New. Cost $6,700.       7   4-4-0   New York   466   4/1889   18x24           New. Cost $6,700.

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