New Orleans, Mobile & Texas

Standard Gauge

Headquarters: 

Years of Operation: 1871-1881

Predecessor Roads:  New Orleans, Mobile & Chattanooga

Successor Roads: Louisville & Nashville

Miles Operated:  

 

 

 
Construction of the railroad between Mobile and New Orleans was started by the New Orleans, Mobile & Chattanooga Railroad in 1869, and it was completed in 1871. That year, the name of the railroad was changed again to the New Orleans, Mobile & Texas Railroad. The Louisville & Nashville Railroad  leased the NOM&C on May 8, 1880, and bought the railroad at a mortgage foreclosure sale on October 5, 1881.

 

Source: Where CSX Goes to Sea by Jerry Lachaussee and Parker Lamb, Trains magazine, January 1987

 

 

  

 

  

 
 

 

  

 

  

 
 

 

  

 

  

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

                                     HOME                                              ABOUT  US                                              LINKS           

 

Hit Counter

 

For more information contact Tony Howe at howe6818@bellsouth.net or David S. Price at dsprice46@bellsouth.net

All content on Mississippi Rails website is copyrighted by us or the individual or institution noted on the image or accompanying text. Please contact us below for permission to use any image or information contained on this website. Mississippi Rails is not affiliated with any railroad. 

©2009 Mississippi Rails