|
New Orleans, Jackson
& Great Northern |
| The road was chartered in 1852.
Though fully operational when the war started, it was still expanding,
with grading underway in Mississippi to connect to the Mobile & Ohio
near Aberdeen (a leg that was not completed until after the war). When
the war started, it was one of the best roads in the Confederacy. It
actually had 7 locomotives and 11 passenger cars in reserve for an
expected increase in traffic.
When New Orleans fell under the guns of Farragut's fleet in April
1862, the road spent four frantic days hauling troops, supplies and
equipment out of the city to the north. Only when General Butler's
troops finally arrived on shore did the removal stop.
For the rest of the war, the road operated with Ponchatoula as its
southern terminal. There were numerous Union attempts to disrupt the
road, and, little by little, it ceased to operate. By the end of the
war, the road had only 4 locomotives (2 partially burned) and 40 cars on
a limited piece of track.
|
| Black's Number |
88 (map) |
| Track |
206 miles of 5 foot gauge of unknown type
and weight (some of it was 68 lbs) |
| Locomotives |
45; 45 names |
| Cars |
607 |
| Stations |
24 |
| Officers |
Many |
| Passengers |
1861 |
| Locomotive Usage |
1861 |
| Tredegar Purchases |
All |
|
Bridges |
Two |
| Produce Deliveries |
1862 |
| Annual Reports |
|
| Significant Documents |
| NP, DD 1-1B-61 |
| NP, MAP 1-18-61 |
| NP, MAP 1-19B-61 |
| NP, NODC 2-6-61 |
| NP, NODC 2-6B-61 |
| NP, NUA 2-11A-61 |
|
NA, RRB
2-15-61 |
| NP, NODC 2-15-61 |
| NP, NODC 3-4A-61 |
| NP, NODC 4-15-61 |
| NP, NODC 4-16A-61 |
|
NP,
NODC 4-16B-61 |
|
NA, QMR
4-20-61 |
|
OR Series 4, Vol. 1, Page 237 |
| NA, NOJ&GN 5-1-61 |
|
NA,
NOJ&GN 5-2-61 |
| NP, NODC 5-18-61 |
| NP, NODC 6-24-61 |
| NA,
NOJ&GN 6-x-61 |
| B9, DEB 6-xA-61 |
| NP, DD 7-2A-61 |
| NP, AC 7-6A-61 |
| NP, RD 7-10B-61 |
|
NA,
NOJ&GN 7-x-61 |
|
NA, QMR
9-3-61 |
| NP, NOTP 10-2-61 |
|
NA, RR
10-16-61 |
|
NA, QM
10-23-61 |
| NP, VC 11-25A-61 |
| NP, NODC 11-29-61 |
| AL, NOJGN 12-31-61 |
| NP, HCG 1-1-62 |
| NP, NOTP 1-1-62 |
| NP, NOTP 1-8A-62 |
| NA, QM 1-10-62 |
|
NA, QM
1-14A-62 |
|
NA, QM
1-14B-62 |
| NP, NOTP 1-14A-62 |
| NP, NOTP 2-14-62 |
| NP, NOTP 2-14A-62 |
|
NA, QMR
1-16-62 |
| NP, NOTP 2-23-62 |
| AR, NOJ&GN 2-28-62 |
| NP, NOTP 2-28A-62 |
| NP, DD 3-1-62 |
| NP, RD 3-6A-62 |
| NP, NOTP 3-8-62 |
| NP, RD 3-10-62 |
| NP, MAP 3-15A-62 |
| NA,
NOJ&GN 3-17-62 |
| NA,
SM 3-19C-62 |
| NA,
SM 3-20A-62 |
| NA,
SM 3-20D-62 |
| NA,
SM 3-20E-62 |
| NA,
SM 3-20G-62 |
| NP, NOTP 3-30A-62 |
| NP, NOTP 4-3-62 |
| NP, NOTP 4-3B-62 |
| NA,
NOJ&GN 4-4-62 |
| NP, NODC 4-4-62 |
| NP, NOTP 4-5-62 |
|
NA, QMR
4-10-62 |
| NP, NOTP 4-11-62 |
| NP, NOTP 4-13-62 |
| OR Series 4, Vol. 2, Page 483 |
| OR Series 4, Vol. 2, Page 487 |
| NP, NOTP 4-16-62 |
| NP, NOTP 4-20-62 |
| NP, NOTP 4-23B-62 |
|
NA, RR
4-24-62 |
| NP, DD 4-30-62 |
|
NA, QMR
6-11-62 |
|
NA, WD 7-2-62 |
| NA,
NOJ&GN 7-14-62 |
| NA,
SM 7-27-62 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 15, Page 803 |
|
NA, QMR
10-9-62 |
|
NA, DMEL
10-22-62 |
|
NA, DMEL
10-22A-62 |
|
NA,
NOJ&GN 10-22-62 |
|
NA, DMEL
10-30-62 |
|
NA, DMEL
11-12-62 |
|
NA, DMEL
11-27A-62 |
|
NA,
NOJ&GN 11-28-62 |
|
NA,
NOJ&GN x-xx-62 |
|
NA, DMEL
1-5-63 |
|
NA, DMEL
1-6A-63 |
|
NA, DMEL
1-6B-63 |
|
NA, DMEL
1-19-63 |
|
NA, DMEL
1-23-63 |
| NA,
NOJ&GN 1-23-63 |
| NA,
NOJ&GN 2-6-63 |
|
NA, DMEL
2-7-63 |
| NA,
NOJ&GN 2-7-63 |
| ORN Series 2, Vol. 1, Page 754 |
|
NA, DMEL
3-21B-63 |
|
NA, DMEL
3-22-63 |
|
NA, DMEL
3-24D-63 |
|
NA, DMEL
3-24E-63 |
|
NA, DMEL
3-24F-63 |
|
NA, DMEL
3-24G-63 |
|
NA, DMEL
3-25-63 |
|
NA, DMEL
4-3-63 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 24, Part 3, Page 791 |
|
NA, DMEL
4-28-63 |
| NP, MAP 4-28-63 |
| NP, VW 4-29-63 |
| NP, VW 4-29A-63 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 24, Part 3, Page 804 |
|
NA, DMEL
5-1-63 |
| NP, MAP 5-1-63 |
|
NA, DMEL
5-2A-63 |
| NP, VW 5-2A-63 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 24, Part 1, Page 547 |
| NA,
NOJ&GN 5-4-63 |
|
NA, DMEL
5-8A-63 |
|
NA, DMEL
5-11-63 |
|
NP, SR
5-12B-63 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 24, Part 3, Page 871 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 24, Part 3, Page 1005 |
|
NP, SR
5-22-63 |
| NP, WJ
5-25-63 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 24, Part 3, Page 934 |
| NP, RS 6-12-63 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 24, Part 3, Page 984 |
| NP, AC 7-1-63 |
|
NP, SMN
7-4-63 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 52, Part 2, Page 512 |
|
NP, SMN
7-24A-63 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 24, Part 2, Page 661 |
| NP, RD
7-27-63 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 24, Part 3, Page 1036 |
|
NA, DMEL
8-1-63 |
| NP, RD 8-3-63 |
| NP, RS 8-4-63 |
| NP, RD 8-24-63 |
| NP, MAP 8-25-63 |
| NP, MAP 8-25A-63 |
|
NP, MAP
8-26-63 |
| NP, RS 8-26-63 |
| NP, RD 8-29A-63 |
|
NP, MAP
9-1-63 |
|
NA, AOM
9-3-63 |
| NP, RS 9-3-63 |
| NA,
M&T 9-7-63 |
|
NA, RR
9-11-63 |
| NP, AMC 9-19-63 |
|
NP, MAP
9-25-63 |
|
NA, QMR
10-11A-63 |
|
NA, ENG
10-23E-63 |
| NA,
RR 10-24-63 |
| NP, MAP 11-2-63 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 31, Part 3, Page 630 |
|
NA, DW
11-12-63 |
| NA,
NOJ&GN 11-30-63 |
| NA, ENG 12-10-63 |
| NA,
NOJ&GN 12-11-63 |
|
NA, QMR
1-24-64 |
| NA,
RR 1-28-64 |
| NA, ENG 2-4-64 |
| NA,
NOJ&GN 2-4-64 |
| NA,
RRB 2-4A-64 |
| NA,
NOJ&GN 2-8-64 |
|
NA,
NOJ&GN 3-18-64 |
|
NA, RRBT
4-16-64 |
|
NA, DMEL
4-20-63 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 32, Part 3, Page 832 |
|
NA,
DAMELA 4-29B-64 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 39, Part 2, Page 565 |
|
NA, DAMELA
5-1-64 |
|
NA, RRBT
5-4-64 |
|
NA, RRBT
5-4A-64 |
|
NA, RRBT
5-5-64 |
|
NA, RRBT
5-6-64 |
| NA,
NOJ&GN 5-7-64 |
| NP, MAP 5-13-64 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 39, Part 2, Page 607 |
|
NA, DAMEL
5-18-64 |
| NP, CM 5-20-64 |
| NP, MAP 5-30-64 |
| NP, MAP 6-8-64 |
| NP, MAR 6-24-64 |
|
NA, DAMEL
8-5-64 |
| NA,
RR 8-19-64 |
| NA, QM 9-9-64 |
| NA,
RR 10-29A-64 |
| NA,
RR 10-31B-64 |
| NA, QM 1-25A-65 |
|
NA, DAMEL
4-12-65 |
|
NP,
NODP 5-14-65 |
|
NP,
NODP 5-9-65 |
|
NP,
NODP 5-21-65 |
|
NP,
NODP 6-4-65 |
|