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Beaumont Lumber & Shingle Company tramroad. W. C. Gray, president; E. C. Wiess, vice-pres.; N. N. Crary, secretary; T. S. Reed, treasurer; John N. Gilbert, director. cla

The American Lumberman reported in 1906 that Beaumont Shingle & Lumber Company operated a logging railroad. Strapnac’s work reported that the Beaumont Shingle and Lumber Company operated at least one Baldwin (2-6-0) locomotive and twenty flatcars. The company stopped its sawmill operation in 1920 and put up the logging equipment for sale in January 1920. The twenty flatcars had each a 60,000-pound capacity.

Code

135

Corporate Name:

Corporate Name:

Folk Name:

Incorporated:

Ownership:

Beaumont Lumber & Sbingle Company

Years of Operation:

1905 to 1920

Track Type:

Track Type:

Track Length:

Several

Locations Served:

Beaumont Jefferson

Counties of Operation:

Near the head of Brake’s Bayou in Jefferson.

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Track Information:

Track Information:

Equipment:

1920: one locomotive and twenty flatcars

History:

The American Lumberman reported in 1906 that Beaumont Shingle & Lumber Company operated a logging railroad. Strapnac’s work reported that the Beaumont Shingle and Lumber Company operated at least one Baldwin (2-6-0) locomotive and twenty flatcars. The company stopped its sawmill operation in 1920 and put up the logging equipment for sale in January 1920. The twenty flatcars had each a 60,000-pound capacity.

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