The Acadian was the name of a passenger train of the Southern Pacific which ran daily as a night train between New Orleans, Louisiana, and Houston, Texas. The Acadian was one of several passenger trains, including the Sunset Limited and Argonaut, which operated over the eastern end (east of Houston) of the "Sunset Route".[1][2] The 1956 iteration of the Acadian (which ran as #4 eastbound and #3 westbound) departed Houston at 9:45 pm and arrived in New Orleans at 7:20 am the following morning, while the westbound train departed New Orleans at 9:20 pm and arrived in Houston 7:10 am.[3][4] The Southern Pacific ended the Acadian in 1956.[5]
acadian, train, acadian, name, passenger, train, southern, pacific, which, daily, night, train, between, orleans, louisiana, houston, texas, acadian, several, passenger, trains, including, sunset, limited, argonaut, which, operated, over, eastern, east, housto. The Acadian was the name of a passenger train of the Southern Pacific which ran daily as a night train between New Orleans Louisiana and Houston Texas The Acadian was one of several passenger trains including the Sunset Limited and Argonaut which operated over the eastern end east of Houston of the Sunset Route 1 2 The 1956 iteration of the Acadian which ran as 4 eastbound and 3 westbound departed Houston at 9 45 pm and arrived in New Orleans at 7 20 am the following morning while the westbound train departed New Orleans at 9 20 pm and arrived in Houston 7 10 am 3 4 The Southern Pacific ended the Acadian in 1956 5 AcadianOverviewService typeInter city railStatusDiscontinuedLocaleSouthern United StatesFirst service1936Last service1956Former operator s Southern Pacific RailroadRouteTerminiNew Orleans LouisianaHouston TexasDistance travelled363 miles 584 km Average journey time9 hoursService frequencydailyTrain number s 4 eastbound 3 westbound Line s usedSunset RouteOn board servicesSeating arrangementsChair cars and coachesSleeping arrangementsOpen sections drawing rooms and compartments 1947 Observation facilitiesObservation loungesTechnicalTrack gauge4 ft 8 1 2 in 1 435 mm Route mapvteLegend New Orleans Boutte Des Allemands Raceland Junction Lafourche Schriever Gibson Bouef Morgan City Berwick Patterson Bayou Sale Franklin Baldwin Jeanerette New Iberia Cade Broussard Lafayette Rayne Crowley Midland Mermentau Jennings Roanoke Welsh Iowa Lake Charles Sulphur Vinton LouisianaTexas Orange Beaumont Nome Devers Liberty Dayton Crosby HoustonReferences edit Weiskopf Douglas L 2009 Rails Around Houston Arcadia p 97 ISBN 9780738558844 Southern Pacific July 1947 timetable tables 8 24 and page 17 PDF Vandervoort Bill Houston s passenger trains of the past Chicago Transit amp Railfan Web Site Retrieved March 15 2010 Vandervoort Bill New Orleans s passenger trains of the past Chicago Transit amp Railfan Web Site Retrieved March 15 2010 Palmieri Michael M 2004 The Argonaut The Louisiana Rail Site Archived from the original on April 11 2010 Retrieved March 15 2010 nbsp This United States train or rolling stock related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Acadian train amp oldid 1158912288, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
