Research: Tram & Railroad Database

Code:	119
Corporate Name:	Sloan tram road
Folk Name:
Incorporated:
Ownership:	L. T. Sloan and Son. L. T. and Arthur Sloan.
Years of Operation:	ca. 1880
Track Type:	Standard Gauge Wooden Rails
Track Length:
Locations Served:	Elwood or Elmwood, in Polk County.
Counties of Operation:
Line Connections:
Track Information:	Tram Road Logging / Industrial Common Carrier Logging Camp
Equipment:
History:	L. T. Sloan, and his son, Arthur, operated a sawmill at Elwood or Elmwood, in Polk County, in 1880, when the Houston East & West Texas constructed its tracks through the county. They also operated a larger sawmill at Pine Valley from about 1894 and 1900. This L. T. Sloan may be the L. T. Sloane at Phelps in 1893. Peebles states that his tram road connected with the Houston East & West Texas. It was probably an animal-powered tram.