Research: Tram & Railroad Database

Code: 83
Corporate Name: Alf Bennet Lumber Company
Folk Name:
Incorporated:
Ownership: Alf Bennet Lumber Company; Bush Brothers Lumber Company; Barrett & Cline Lumber Company
Years of Operation: ca. 1906 to ca. 1914
Track Type:
Standard Gauge Wooden Rails
Track Length: Five
Locations Served: Spring. Harris
Counties of Operation: Harris and Montgomery
Line Connections:
Track Information:
Tram Road Logging / Industrial Common Carrier Logging Camp
Equipment: Narrow gauge 20-ton Shay over 5 miles of tram with 12 log cars. Logs were transferred to standard guage I&GN cars and shipped 9 miles to the mill.
History: In 1910 Bush Brothers operated five miles of narrow gauge tram with a 20-ton Shay and twelve log cars. The logs were transferred to the standard gauge rails of the International & Great Northern and shipped nine miles to the mill where there was no log pond. Timberlands were owned in Montgomery County.