Texas & New Orleans

by A.D. McLennan


Table of Contents

Acknowledgements6
Preface7
Chapter 1, Development of SP Lines in Texas and Louisiana9
Chapter 2, Steam Power33
Chapter 3, El Paso to San Antonio77
Chapter 4, San Antonio to Houston113
Chapter 5, Dallas & Austin Divisions145
Chapter 6, Victoria Division189
Chapter 7, The East Texas Piney Woods221
Chapter 8, Houston to New Orleans255
Chapter 9, Houston and Galveston Terminals307
Chapter 10, Dieselization and Merger with Pacific Lines341
Appendix 1, Line Profiles360
Appendix 2, Locomotive Rosters361
Appendix 3, Map, Competing Lines372
Bibliography375
Index377