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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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135
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Ownership:
Beaumont Lumber & Sbingle Company
Years of Operation:
1905 to 1920
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Track Length:
Several
Locations Served:
Beaumont Jefferson
Counties of Operation:
Near the head of Brake’s Bayou in Jefferson.
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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.