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Code:	181
Corporate Name:	Southern Lumber Company tram road
Folk Name:
Incorporated:
Ownership:	Southern Lumber Company.
Years of Operation:	1910
Track Type:	Standard Gauge Wooden Rails
Track Length:	About ten
Locations Served:	Myrtle Marion
Counties of Operation:	From Caddo Parish, Louisiana into Marion County
Line Connections:
Track Information:	Tram Road Logging / Industrial Common Carrier Logging Camp
Equipment:	Unknown
History:	Along with the Black Bayou Railroad operating into Orange County from Myrtistown, Louisiana, the Southern Lumber Company, according to Marion County records, also ran a tram line from Myrtle, Caddo Parish, into Marion County along Caddo Lake. In 1910, the company leased tram rails and other materials from the Kansas City Southern.