Talk:Pontchartrain Railroad

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I started the article at "Pontchartrain Rail-Road" as this hyphenated version seems to be the original name from earliest documents. I'll make redirects from "Pontchartrain Railroad" and "Pontchartrain Railway". -- Infrogmation 15:36, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

There seem to be a lot more contemporary references to it as one word. By way of comparison, the charter for the Long Island Rail Road called it "Long-Island Rail-Road", and the charter for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad called it "Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road". --NE2 12:14, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

"Rail-Road" is in the original founding doccuments, so I'd say that was the original official name. "Railroad" became the standard word later in the 19th century, and no doubt that spelling became more common in the line's later years. I don't particularly object to the more modern spelling for the article, but certainly think the original spelling should be mentioned in this article and used in the sections refering to its early years. -- Infrogmation (talk) 12:19, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

It's not clear whether this was the "original official name", since "Rail Road", "Rail-Road", and "Railroad" seems to be almost interchangeable even in the early days. I can't be sure, since the text of the law isn't coming up, but it appears that the original charter was actually for the Pontchartrain Rail Road. --NE2 12:42, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Track gauge

What was the track gauge? Peter Horn User talk 21:39, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Good question! I couldn't find the answer with a quick google. And was the gage the same for the whole history? I don't know. I'll make one educated guess: it was probably NOT the same gage as New Orleans streetcars; otherwise the route would have likely been turned into a streetcar line. Infrogmation (talk) 22:30, 19 September 2011 (UTC)