 Advertisement for the Company, c. 1891 | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Dates of operation | 1887–1905 |
| Successor | New Orleans Great Northern Railway |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| Length | 55 miles (89 km) |
The East Louisiana Railroad (officially the East Louisiana Railroad Company), chartered in 1887, was a railroad in Louisiana and Mississippi, United States. It was formed to connect Pearl River, Louisiana, to Covington, Louisiana, and Lake Pontchartrain.[1]
The company played a key role in the 1896 case of Plessy v. Ferguson by arranging for Homer Plessy, a black man, to board a whites-only passenger car. In 1889, the company chartered trains to a boxing match between John L. Sullivan and Jake Kilrain. In 1905, it was merged into the New Orleans Great Northern Railway.
- ^ "East Louisiana Railroad Company Charter". The Times-Picayune. August 8, 1887. p. 7. Retrieved July 27, 2022.