Research: Tram & Railroad Database

Code: 191
Corporate Name: Trekell and Rounds Lumber Company
Folk Name:
Incorporated:
Ownership: Trekell and Rounds Lumber Company
Years of Operation: 1900 to 1903
Track Type:
Standard Gauge Wooden Rails
Track Length: Unknown
Locations Served: South of Tenaha Shelby
Counties of Operation: Shelby
Line Connections:
Track Information:
Tram Road Logging / Industrial Common Carrier Logging Camp
Equipment: At least a small Shay engine
History: The History of Shelby County noted that the “Trickle and Round Lumber Company” owned land about two miles south of Timpson in 1903. A Nacogdoches newspaper report identifies the company as Trekell and Rounds Lumber Company. In July, 1900, George B. Dickens died from injuries he had received about two weeks earlier injured by the wheels of a “dinkie” on the company tram road.