Research: Tram & Railroad Database

Code: 222
Corporate Name: R. H. Lee tram road at Lola
Folk Name:
Incorporated:
Ownership: R. H. Lee tram road at Lola
Years of Operation: 1890s
Track Type:
Standard Gauge Wooden Rails
Track Length: Unknown
Locations Served: Lola Nacogdoches
Counties of Operation: Nacogdoches
Line Connections:
Track Information:
Tram Road Logging / Industrial Common Carrier Logging Camp
Equipment: Tram road, sixteen cars, two log wagons and twelve oxen.
History: The R. H. Lee at Lola operation near LaNana operated two sawmills: the Long Leaf mill on the tracks of the HEWT, about five miles south of Nacogdoches, and a second mill about two and a miles to the east of the tracks. The mill were supported by a planer at the Long Leaf. Logging was done with a tram road, sixteen cars, two log wagons and twelve oxen.