New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad
GPTKB entity
Properties (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
Railroad
|
| gptkbp:associatedWith |
Railroad_expansion_in_the_South
Louisiana_economy Transportation_history_in_Louisiana |
| gptkbp:built |
1967
|
| gptkbp:collaboratedWith |
gptkb:Illinois_Central_Railroad
|
| gptkbp:founded |
1906
|
| gptkbp:geographicalFeature |
gptkb:New_Orleans,_Louisiana
|
| gptkbp:headquarters |
gptkb:New_Orleans,_Louisiana
|
| gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
Served as a major freight route
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad
|
| gptkbp:isConnectedTo |
gptkb:New_Orleans
Northeast_Louisiana |
| gptkbp:keyPeople |
gptkb:William_H._McGowan
John M. McGowan Charles H. McGowan |
| gptkbp:legacy |
Influenced modern freight transportation in the region
Part_of_the_narrative_of_American_railroads Historical_significance_in_Louisiana's_transportation_network |
| gptkbp:notableEvent |
Acquisition_by_Illinois_Central_Railroad
|
| gptkbp:operates |
gptkb:Louisiana
|
| gptkbp:operationalStatus |
Defunct
|
| gptkbp:passengerCapacity |
Coal
Manufactured goods Petroleum products Timber Agricultural_products |
| gptkbp:railwayLine |
Merged into larger rail systems
Part of the early 20th-century railroad boom Contributed_to_the_economic_development_of_Louisiana Facilitated_trade_between_New_Orleans_and_the_interior Involved_in_the_decline_of_railroads_post-World_War_II |
| gptkbp:region |
gptkb:Southern_United_States
|
| gptkbp:route |
approximately 200 miles
|
| gptkbp:serviceArea |
gptkb:New_Orleans
gptkb:Mississippi Northeast_Louisiana |
| gptkbp:services |
gptkb:Meridian,_Mississippi
|
| gptkbp:serviceType |
Freight
|
| gptkbp:successor |
gptkb:Illinois_Central_Railroad
|
| gptkbp:track |
Single track
Standard gauge |
| gptkbp:trainTypes |
Class I railroad
|