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Southern Railway Terminal (New Orleans)

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As such, it was the "front door" to New Orleans for many passengers from the Northeast for most of the first half of the 20th century. The Gulf Mobile & Ohio Little Rebel trains also operated into Terminal Station.
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and the New Orleans Terminal Company. It was the terminus for many of Southern's premier trains, most notably the
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The station was demolished in 1956 after all passenger service was relocated to the new
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Ports (Baltimore, Brunswick, Charleston, Gulfport, Jacksonville, and Savannah)
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From New Orleans, Southern provided service to the following areas:
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Postcard - Southern Railroad Terminal seen from atop Roosevelt Hotel
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Northern Gateway (Cincinnati, Louisville and Washington D.C.)
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Transportation buildings and structures in New Orleans
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Railway stations in the United States closed in 1954
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Railway stations in the United States opened in 1905
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New Orleans City of Old Romance and New Opportunity
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New Orleans, Louisiana
29°57′23″N 90°04′23″W / 29.9565°N 90.0731°W / 29.9565; -90.0731
Southern Railway (US)
Southern Railway
New Orleans
Cincinnati
Seabrook
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Southern Railway
neutral ground
Basin Street
Canal Street
Daniel Burnham
Union Station
New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad
Crescent
Union Passenger Terminal


"Crescent City Choo Choo"
"The Disappearance of Storyville"
Article from The American Architect (1909) with floor plan
Categories
Transportation buildings and structures in New Orleans
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1905
Demolished railway stations in the United States
Former Southern Railway (U.S.) stations
Former railway stations in Louisiana

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