Sunset Limited - Route

Route

The tracks between New Orleans and Florida include part of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, and the Southern Pacific Railroad; they are now owned by CSX Transportation, BNSF Railway, and the Union Pacific Railroad. The name Sunset Limited traces its origins to the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway, which was known as the Sunset Route as early as 1874.

The train uses the following route segments, identified here by the names of their original owners:

Route Original owner Current owner
Orlando, Florida–Sanford, Florida South Florida Railroad (ACL) CSX
Sanford–DeLand, Florida Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway (ACL) CSX
DeLand–Jacksonville, Florida Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway (ACL) CSX
Jacksonville–Chattahoochee, Florida Florida Central and Western Railroad (SAL) CSX
Chattahoochee–Pensacola, Florida Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad (L&N) CSX
Pensacola–Flomaton, Alabama Pensacola Railroad (L&N) CSX
Flomaton–Mobile, Alabama Mobile and Montgomery Railway (L&N) CSX
Mobile–New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans and Mobile Railroad (L&N) CSX
New Orleans–Lafayette, Louisiana Morgan's Louisiana and Texas Railroad and Steamship Company (SP) BNSF
Lafayette–Lake Charles, Louisiana Louisiana Western Railroad (SP) BNSF
Lake Charles–Orange, Texas Louisiana Western Railroad (SP) UP
Orange–Houston, Texas Texas and New Orleans Railroad (SP) UP
Houston–El Paso, Texas Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway (SP) UP
El Paso–Los Angeles, California Southern Pacific Railroad UP

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