TheNew Orleans and Northeastern Railroad (reporting markNONE) was aClass I railroad inLouisiana andMississippi in theUnited States. The railroad operated 196 miles (315 km) of road from its completion in 1883 until it was absorbed by theAlabama Great Southern Railroad subsidiary of theSouthern Railway in 1969.
The New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad was incorporated in 1868 in Louisiana (under the name ofMandeville and Sulphur Springs Railroad until 1870[1]) and in 1871 in Mississippi.[2] No track was built, however, and the company's land lay unused until 1881, when control of the company was acquired by theAlabama, New Orleans, Texas and Pacific Junction Railways Company.[2] Construction on the line began in 1882. The line opened in 1883 and extended 196 miles from New Orleans toMeridian, Mississippi.[2]
In 1916 theSouthern Railway acquired the NO&NE, which had been marketed as a portion of theQueen and Crescent Route since the 1880s.[2] From that point on the NO&NE owned or were assigned locomotives and other equipment with Southern lettering, but they carried NO&NE sublettering until the line was merged into the Alabama Great Southern in the late-60s, at which time sublettering was changed to AGS.
In 1960, NO&NE reported 746 million net ton-miles of revenue freight and 13 million passenger-miles; at the end of that year it operated 203 miles of road and 368 miles of track.
In 1969, as part of an effort to simplify its corporate structure, theSouthern Railway'sAlabama Great Southern Railroadoperating subsidiary merged with the NO&NE, ending its existence on paper.[2]
The line remains in operation today.[when?] After a merger, theSouthern Railway changed its name to theNorfolk Southern Railway in 1990.
