The Texas & New Orleans Railroad
New! Interlocker Tower Abandonment

Markers show approximate centers of abandoned routes.

Abandonments

This abandoned route has associated pictures. El Paso, Texas (Abandoned Rails of El Paso)
States: Texas
This abandoned route has historical information.This abandoned route has a map. Garrett to Paris (The Texas Midland Railroad)
States: Texas
This abandoned route has historical information.This abandoned route has associated pictures.This abandoned route has associated ICC filings. Kenedy to Houston
States: Texas
Information is needed for this abandoned route. Nacogdoches to Loeb
States: Texas
Legend: New! Updated Featured History Pictures Map Filing Unknown

Texas Interlocking Towers

The Texas & New Orleans Railroad was served by these interlocker towers in Texas:

Nbr Location Railroads Type Authorized Retired
5 Houston T&NO, SA&AP C 12/4/1802
Consolidated into Tower 139 in 1940
11 Orange (West Orange) T&NO, O&NW M 6/27/1903
25 Houston I-GN, T&NO, HB&T, HE&WT E 9/29/1903
Operated alongside Tower 26; abandoned in the late 1920s
26 Houston I-GN, T&NO, HB&T, HE&WT E 9/29/1903
Demolished on November 10, 2001
31 Beaumont (Connell) T&NO, T&FtS M 10/1/1903
32 Beaumont T&NO, GB&KC E 1/28/1904
39 Kaufman T&NO, TM 6/16/1904 1928
68 Houston (Englewood Yard) GH&SA, T&NO M 3/3/1907
Still standing in its original location
74 Beaumont T&NO, BSL&W M 5/15/1908
Two installations existed; the second one was situated alongside a waiting room for Amtrak
87 Houston (Englewood Yard) T&NO, HB&T M 4/19/1911
103 Beaumont (Chaison) T&NO, T&FtS C 10/8/1915
107 Dallas (South Tower) UT, StL&SF, MKT, StL&SW, CRI&G, T&NO, H&TC P 10/1/1916
Tower still standing; used in tandem with Tower 106 to control Dallas Union Terminal; two towers led to removal of Tower 57. Now owned by DART.
110 Dayton T&NO, TV&N, DGC 6/2/1917 1927
113 Hyatt T&NO, ET&G 4/17/1923 1923
120 Port Arthur T&NO, T&FtS C 9/28/1925
139 Houston I-GN, T&NO, HB&T E 12/20/1928
143 Devers (R. M. Lumber Co.) T&NO C 4/5/1923 1928
155 Grayburg T&NO, BSL&W C 7/19/1929 1933
182 Prosser (Lufkin) T&NO, A&NR M 1936
184 Corsicana StL&SW, T&NO E 1937 1988
Located less than 1,000 feet from Tower 72
185 Diboll (Southern Pine Lumber) T&NO
187 Waxahachie (T&NO Compress Track) T&NO, B-RI
191 Marlin MP, T&NO A 1946 1956
193 Sinton StL&SW, StLB&M, T&NO A 1946
196 El Paso (Union Depot) T&NO E 1950
Tower still standing
200 Athens StL&SW, T&NO A 1952 1981
Cabin-type interlocker still standing
201 Jacksonville StL&SW, T&NO
202 Cleveland GC&SF, T&NO A 1954
204 Richardson (Arapaho Spur) AT&SF, T&NO A 1955 1988
Constructed but never used
207 Houston (Maury Street) T&NO E 1958
Tower still standing; consolidated into Tower 26
208 Houston T&NO, HB&T E 1955
210 Houston (Collingsworth Street) T&NO, HB&T E 1961
Consolidated into and remotely controlled by Tower 26 in 1961
211 Corpus Christi (MP Junction) MP, T&NO A 1960

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