Railroad Station Historical Society, Inc.
Extant Louisiana Railroad/Railway Structures
Recent Updates Last updated 5/4/09.
Updated towns are in red type. Contributors to this list include Tom Davidson, Brian Hadley, David Hoge, Jim Giametta, Elvin Klepzig, Tom Lucas, Norm Metcalf, Jim Ogden, Jon Richardson, George Simmons, Greg Slaton, and Thornton Waite.
City |
Railroad |
Current Location |
Type |
Current Use |
Date Built |
Track Status |
Bldg. Mat. |
Current Railroad |
Notes |
| Abbeville | T&NO (SP) | relocated to Lafayette St.in downtown | C | museum/shop | 1894 | none | wood | none | |
| Alexandria | MoPac | relocated downtown | M | city bus transfer depot | none | none | after depot burned bay windows, bricks, tiles used in exhibit | ||
| Amite | Ill. Central | on site | C | municipal | in use | brick | CN-IC | police station | |
| Amite | Ill. Central | C | private | none | wood | none | depot from Arcola | ||
| Arcadia | Ill. Central | N. Railroad Ave. | C | museum | 1910 | in use | wood | KCS | Bienville Depot Association Museum |
| Arcola | Ill. Central | moved to Amite | C | private | none | wood | none | ||
| Avondale | SP/UP/NOPB | west end of Huey P. Long Bridge | T | rr | in use | SP/UP/NOPB | West Bridge Jct. Tower | ||
| Baldwin | T&NO | moved to Patoutville | C | storage | in use | wood | UP | at sugar mill | |
| Baton Rouge | Yazoo & Mississippi Valley (Ill. Central) | 100 S. River Rd. | P | museum | 1925-6 | in use | brick/stone | CN-IC | two story, Louisiana Arts & Sciences Center, Field checked 5/09 |
| Baton Rouge | Yazoo & Mississippi Valley (Ill. Central) | 4 blocks south of depot | F | 1926 | in use | brick | CN-IC | ? | |
| Baton Rouge | KCS | C | rr | in use | conc. | KCS | |||
| Benson | KCS | relocated to median of U.S. 171 on north side of Leesville | C | for lease, former historical village | none | wood | none | Field checked 5/9/05 | |
| Bernice | CRI&P | on site | C | museum | 1899 | gone | wood | none | Depot Museum, Field checked 8/05 |
| Bogalusa | GM&O | P | 1907 | in use | brick | ||||
| Bogalusa | GM&O | F | in use | wood | |||||
| Bunkie | T&P | C | municipal | 1911 | in use | brick | UP | Two story with metal addition | |
| Caspiana | T&P | C | abandoned | wood | none | ||||
| Cloutierville | T&P | relocated at Little Eva Plantation | C | display | none | wood | none | depot from Natchez | |
| Colfax | LR&N | on site | C | business | in use | wood | KCS | altered, used seasonally by Louisiana Pecan Festival | |
| Collinston | MoPac | relocated in town | F | wood | depot from Mer Rouge | ||||
| Cotton Valley | Louisiana & Arkansas | 213 Railroad St. | C | senior center | in use | wood | Louisiana Southern | Field checked 5/06 | |
| Coushatta | LR&N/L&A/KCS | C | senior center | ||||||
| Covington | NOGN (GM&O) | on site | C | business | gone | brick | none | lawyers office | |
| Crowley | MoPac | C | business | 1907 | in use | stucco | AKDN | ||
| Cullen | KCS | on site | P | in use | brick | KCS | Field checked 5/09/05 | ||
| Cullen | KCS | on site | M | rr | in use | wood/metal | KCS | prefab freight office, Field checked 5/09/05 | |
| Cypress | T&P | relocated | C | aband. | wood | none | restored | ||
| Delhi | Ill. Central | C | business | in use | wood | lawyers office | |||
| DeQuincy | KCS | Lake Charles Ave. | C | museum | 1923 | in use | brick/stucco | KCS | DeQuincy Railroad Museum, Chamber of Commerce, on National Register, Field checked 5/09 |
| DeRidder | KCS | 120 S. Washington Ave. | C | museum | in use | brick | KCS | Beauregard Parish Museum, Field checked 5/9/05 | |
| Edgard | T&P | moved | C | storage | none | wood | none | ||
| Elton | MoPac | C | office | gone | wood | none | |||
| Eunice | S. Pacific | F | museum | wood | |||||
| Fenton | MoPac | relocated across Hwy. 165 | C | clubhouse | none | wood | none | ||
| Ferriday | MoPac | C | in use | wood | shingle siding | ||||
| Fisher | KCS | on site | C | library | in use | brick | KCS | Field Checked 5/9/05 | |
| Florien | KCS | relocated across street | C | business | nearby | wood | KCS | restored, Field checked 5/9/05 | |
| Gibsland | Louisiana and North West | on site | C | rr | in use | wood | LNW | Field checked 1/03 | |
| Gibsland | Louisiana and North West | on site | Sh | rr | in use | metal | LNW | two stall prefab, Field checked 8/01 | |
| Gonzales | KCS | moved to S.R. 30, 3/4 mi. north of I-10 | C | municipal | in use | wood | KCS | welcome center, Chamber of Commerce | |
| Gretna (New Orleans) | T&P | 3rd St./Huey Long Ave. | C | museum | in use | brick | UP | Louisiana State Railroad Museum, restored | |
Gretna |
T&P |
Sh |
business |
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Gretna |
S. Pacific |
739 4th St. |
F |
municipal |
|
|
|
|
Gretna Welcome Center |
Hammond |
Ill. Central |
NW Railroad Ave. |
C |
municipal/rr |
1912 |
in use |
brick |
CN-IC |
Amtrak stop, city offices, Field checked 3/06 |
Hammond |
Ill. Central |
4 blocks south of 1912 depot |
C |
business |
1927 |
in use |
wood |
CN-IC |
modified |
| Haynesville | Louisiana and North West | on site | C | business | in use | brick | LNW | Field checked 8/04 | |
Hodge |
CRI&P/NL&G |
at junction |
C |
rr |
in use |
brick |
KCS |
Field checked 5/9/05 |
|
| Independence | Ill. Central | C | in use | brick | CN-IC | ||||
| Jones | MoPac | relocated in town | C | part of cotton gin | none | wood | none | ||
| Kenner | Ill. Central | P | municipal | in use | brick | CN-IC | |||
| Lafayette | T&NO | 133 E. Grant St. | C | future transit center | c1912 | in use | brick | being rebuilt from remains, Amtrak stop | |
| Lake Charles | T&NO | 433 Railroad Ave. | P | rr | in use | Amtrak | Amtrak stop | ||
| Lecompte | Red River RR | C | |||||||
| Leesville | KCS | on site | C | former museum | 1916 | in use | brick/stucco | KCS | Museum of West Louisiana, Field checked 5/9/05 |
| Leesville | AT&SF | relocated to Museum of West Louisiana | M | museum | wood | section foreman's residence from Cravens | |||
| Leesville | KCS | relocated to north side in median of U.S. 171 | C | for lease | none | wood | none | depot from Benson, Field checked 5/9/05 | |
| Lettsworth | T&P | moved | C | storage | none | wood | none | ||
| Mansfield | KCS | on site | C | community offices | 1927 | in use | brick | KCS | modified, Field checked 3/03 |
| Mansura | La Ry & Nav. | C | municipal | 1924 | in use | brick/wood | KCS | ||
| Many | KCS | 750 W. Georgia Ave. | C | vacant | 1929 | in use | brick | KCS | former senior center, Field checked 4/09 |
| Marthaville | T&P | M | private | wood | railroad hotel | ||||
| Mer Rouge | MoPac | relocated to Collinston | F | none | wood | none | |||
| Minden | Louisiana & Arkansas | on site | Sh | business | 1923 | in use | brick | Louisiana Southern | locomotive shop and other buildings, Field checked 5/06 |
| Monroe | Ill. Central | Ouachita River | B | rr | in use | KCS | |||
| Monroe | MoPac | C | business | in use | brick | UP | appliance store | ||
| Monroe | MoPac | Bayou de Siard, north side of town | B | rr | in use | UP | |||
| Monroe | A&LM | Bayou de Siard, north side of town | B | rr | in use | A&LM | |||
| Montgomery | LR&N | relocated to town ball park | C | municipal | none | wood | none | community center | |
| Nachitoches | T&P | 6th Street | C | municipal | 1926 | in use | brick | UP | |
| Nachitoches | T&P | 2 blocks east of 1926 depot | C | municipal | in use | UP | city offices | ||
| Natchez | T&P | moved to Cloutierville | C | display | none | wood | none | ||
| New Iberia | T&NO | Washington St. | C | rr | c1900 | in use | brick | UP | Offices for Louisiana & Delta Railroad, Amtrak stop |
| New Orleans | NOUPT | 1001 Loyola Ave. | P | rr | 1954 | in use | Amtrak | Field checked 2/07 | |
| New Orleans (Gretna) | T&P | 3rd St./Huey Long Ave. | P | museum | in use | UP | Louisiana State Railroad Museum | ||
| New Orleans | NOUPT | at Union Station | T | rr | in use | brick | Amtrak | Clara St. Tower | |
| New Orleans | NOPB/IC/SRR | east end of Huey P. Long Bridge | T | rr | in use | CN-IC/NS/NOPB | East Bridge Jct. Tower | ||
| New Orleans | Louisiana Southern (SRR) | 1201 St. Louis St. | F | offices | 1904 | 3 story, modernized 1945, on National Register, Field checked 2004 | |||
| New Orleans | L&N | Industrial Canal, just west of Gentilly Yard, east side of town | T | rr | in use | brick | CSX | controls lift bridge and NOPB/CSX interlocking | |
| New Orleans | L&N/SRR | about 1 mi. west of Industrial Canal | T | closed | in use | brick | CSX | NE Tower | |
| New Orleans | SRR/L&N | about 2 mi. west of Industrial Canal | T | closed | in use | brick | CSX | L&N Jct. Tower | |
| New Orleans | east side of town | T | closed | in use | brick | NOUPT/NS | East City Tower | ||
| New Orleans | L&N | Industrial Canal, east edge of downtown | B | rr | in use | steel | CSX | lift bridge | |
| New Orleans | New Orleans Public Belt | Mississippi River | B | rr/hwy. | 1933 | in use | steel | UP/BNSF | through truss/deck girder, 4.4 miles long |
| Oak Grove | MoPac | on site | C | businesss | in use | UP | |||
| Oil City | KCS | relocated | C | museum | none | wood | none | Caddo-Pine Island Oil Museum | |
| Opelousas | MoPac | relocated to Le Vieux Village, 828 E. Landry | F | display | none | wood | none | ||
| Patoutville | T&NO | at sugar mill | C | business | in use | wood | UP | moved from Baldwin | |
| Plaquemine | T&P | on site | C | business | in use | brick | UP | flea market | |
| Ponchatoula | Ill. Central | C | business | in use | brick | CN-IC | |||
| Port Allen | T&P | moved back trackside | C | museum | none | wood | none | The Depot, visitors center | |
| Powhatan | T&P | C | business | wood | |||||
| Rosedale | T&P | moved back from trackside about 25 yards | C | school | in use | wood | UP | slightly modified | |
| Ruston | CRI&P | C | business | brick | bank | ||||
| Ruston | Ill. Central (Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific) | on site, downtown | C | business | c1900 | in use | wood | CN-IC | restaurant |
| Ruston | Ill. Central | C | in use | concrete | CN-IC | ||||
| Ruston | M | business | in use | CN-IC | railroad hotel | ||||
| St. James | T&P | moved back from track about 50 yards | C | storage | in use | wood | UP | at sugar cane mill | |
| Schriever | T&NO | S.R. 20/Rt. 24 | C | rr | in use | BNSF | Amtrak stop | ||
| Shreveport | Central Station (Louisiana & Arkansas) | adjacent to I 20 | P | business | 1911 | gone | brick | none | also used by SLSW, two story, Field checked 5/09 |
| Shreveport | SLSW | on site | Y | vacant | in use | wood | yard tower, Field checked 5/06 | ||
| Shreveport | SLSW | on site | Y | rr | in use | wood | yard office, Field checked 5/06 | ||
| Shreveport | SLSW | in yard | Tt | rr | in use | steel | UP | Field checked 2/09 | |
| Shreveport | KCS | Red River | B | rr | in use | KCS | |||
| Shreveport | T&P | Common St. | P | vacant | 1942 | stone block | two story, Endangered! | ||
| Slidell | Southern (New Orleans & Northeastern) | 1809/1827 Front St.? | C | business/rr | 1913, 1903? | in use | brick | Amtrak stop, renovated | |
Sorrento |
LR&N |
relocated |
C |
residence |
none |
wood |
none |
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| Spring Hill | Louisiana & Arkansas | 400 N. Giles | C | Chamber of Commerce | gone | brick | none | roof modified, Field checked 5/06 | |
Sulphur |
T&NO |
relocated to Frasch Park |
C |
display |
none |
wood |
none |
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Vallier |
SP |
east of Texico refinery, 50 yds south of tracks, on original site |
C |
in use |
wood |
BNSF |
Paridis depot |
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Vidalia |
|
Mississippi River |
B |
rr |
|
in use |
|
|
|
Vivian |
KCS |
|
C |
museum |
1921 |
in use |
brick |
KCS |
|
Winnfield |
Louisian & Arkansas |
499 E. Main |
C |
museum |
in use |
wood |
Louisiana Southern |
Louisiana Political Museum, Field checked 5/06 |
|
Winnsboro |
MoPac |
|
C |
|
|
gone |
brick |
none |
|
Zachary |
Ill. Central |
|
C |
business |
1885 |
in use |
wood |
CN-IC |
remodeled twice by railroad |
Zwolle |
KCS |
on site |
C |
museum |
1914 |
in use |
wood |
KCS |
Field checked 5/9/05 |
Compiled by M. J. Camp, Railroad Station Historical Society, Inc.
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