Research: Tram & Railroad Database

Code: 218
Corporate Name: R. G. Brown and J. J. Flewellen Lumber Company tram road
Folk Name:
Incorporated:
Ownership: R. G. Brown and J. J. Flewellen Lumber Company tram road
Years of Operation: 1890s to 1908
Track Type:
Standard Gauge Wooden Rails
Track Length: Eleven
Locations Served: Longview (Gregg)
Counties of Operation: Gregg and Upshur
Line Connections: Texas and Pacific at Longview
Track Information:
Tram Road Logging / Industrial Common Carrier Logging Camp
Equipment: Keeling: one narrow gauge geared locomotive
History: R. G. Brown gave a deed of trust to T. J. Freeman so that the Brown tram road could run from the western part of Longview, where the Brown sawmill was located, a total of eleven miles northerly into Upshur County. Some of Brown's sawtimber was situated twelve miles east of Gilmer on the banks of the Little Cypress Bayou. The Brown and Flewellen Lumber Company of Longview dissolved in January 1908 when R. G. Brown bought out J. J. Flewellen. The sale included a nine-mile tram that ran nine miles north from Longview, all sawmills, planers, warehouses, commissaries, etc. The sale price was $5,000. Keeling lists one narrow gauge geared steam locomotive that operated on the tram road.