Texas, Louisiana, & Mississippi Railway

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Texas, Louisiana, & Mississippi
File:TL&M Phase 2 Logo.png
NAS System Map.png
System map overlaying of Current North American Rail Lines.
Reporting markTL&M, TLMZ, TLMX
Dates of operationMarch 12, 1981; 43 years ago (1981-03-12)–present
PredecessorList of Predecessor Railroads of the TL&M
Track gauge4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length32,500 miles (52,300 km)
Parent CompanyTL&M Co.
HeadquartersHouston, Texas
Websitetlmrail.com

The Texas, Louisiana, & Mississippi Railway (Reporting Mark: TL&M, TLMZ, TLMX) is a Class I Railroad that runs in the Deep South region of the United States. The TL&M has 50,000 Empolyees and __,000+ Miles of Trackage and is Headquartered in Houston Texas and is under TL&M Co. The System was formed on March 12th, 1981 by a Merger of 3 Railroads. The TL&M has _ railroad lines, with the largest being the "Texan"

History

TL&M Merger

TL&M Paint Schemes

Operations

Yards and facilities

Subdivisions

Safety

Equipment

Locomotives

The TL&M currently owns 390 locomotives with those being: 50 SD40-2s 20 GP7s 3 C40-9Ws (Testing for C44-9W) 30 C44-9Ws 20 AC4400CWs 10 AC4400EVs (Pre-Production ES44AC) 20 AC4460CWs (Rebuilt from AC6000CW) 10 C40-8s 20 SD70Ms 50 SD70MACs (Being rebuilt into SD70MACes) 50 SD70ACes 50 ES44ACs 40 ES44C4s 10 ET44ACs

Cars

Accidents and Incidents