Acadian (train)

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| name = Acadian

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| type = Inter-city rail

| status = Discontinued

| locale = Southern United States

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| first = 1936

| last = 1956

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| formeroperator = Southern Pacific Railroad

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| start = New Orleans, Louisiana

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| end = Houston, Texas

| distance = {{convert|363|mi|km}}

| journeytime = 9½ hours

| frequency = daily

| trainnumber = 4 (eastbound)
3 (westbound)

| line_used = Sunset Route

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| seating = Chair cars and coaches

| sleeping = Open sections, drawing rooms and compartments [1947]

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| observation = Observation lounges

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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".{{cite book| title=Rails Around Houston| first1=Douglas L.| last1=Weiskopf| year=2009| publisher=Arcadia| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tIyHzZhPwNQC| page=97| isbn=9780738558844}}{{cite web|title=Southern Pacific July 1947 timetable, tables 8, 24 and page 17 |url=http://streamlinermemories.info/SP/SP47-7TT.pdf}} 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.{{cite web| url=http://web.me.com/willvdv/chirailfan/stbchou.html| title=Houston's passenger trains of the past| first1=Bill| last1=Vandervoort| work=Chicago Transit & Railfan Web Site| accessdate=March 15, 2010}}{{cite web| url=http://web.me.com/willvdv/chirailfan/stbcnor.html| title=New Orleans's passenger trains of the past| first1=Bill | last1=Vandervoort| work=Chicago Transit & Railfan Web Site| accessdate=March 15, 2010}} The Southern Pacific ended the Acadian in 1956.{{cite web| url=http://sunset-limited.com/lrs/Argonaut.html| first1=Michael M.| last1=Palmieri| date=2004| access-date=March 15, 2010| title=The Argonaut| work=The Louisiana Rail Site| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100411054009/http://sunset-limited.com/lrs/Argonaut.html| archive-date=April 11, 2010| url-status=dead}}