Code: | 135 |
Corporate Name: | Beaumont Lumber & Shingle Company tramroad. W. C. Gray, president; E. C. Wiess, vice-pres.; N. N. Crary, secretary; T. S. Reed, treasurer; John N. Gilbert, director. |
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Ownership: | Beaumont Lumber & Sbingle Company |
Years of Operation: | 1905 to 1920 |
Track Type: |
Standard Gauge |
Wooden Rails |
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Track Length: | Several |
Locations Served: | Beaumont Jefferson |
Counties of Operation: | Near the head of Brake's Bayou in Jefferson. |
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Track Information: |
Tram Road |
Logging / Industrial |
Common Carrier |
Logging Camp |
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Equipment: | 1920: one locomotive and twenty flatcars |
History: | The American Lumberman reported in 1906 that Beaumont Shingle & Lumber Company operated a logging railroad. Strapnac's work reported that the Beaumont Shingle and Lumber Company operated at least one Baldwin (2-6-0) locomotive and twenty flatcars. The company stopped its sawmill operation in 1920 and put up the logging equipment for sale in January 1920. The twenty flatcars had each a 60,000-pound capacity. |