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Northeast Texas Railway Company , rfd to as North Texas Railway Company

The Red Water Lumber Company of Gus Munz operated a band sawmill in Red Water, southwest of Texarkana, in Bowie County, beginning about 1899. With connections to the St. Louis & Southwestern, Munz’s tramline ran for more than eighteen miles to Munz, in Cass County, from Redwater, in Boiwe County. In 1902, the logging tram was chartered as a common carrier named the Northeast Texas Railway Company. The Railroad Commission of Texas dropped its recognition in 1908. Zlatkovich reports that the road had been abandoned in 1907. The timber at Munz had probably been cut out by 1907, and the Red Water Lumber Company dismantled and went away.

A Cass County Deed of Trust record in 1906 refers to the Munz shortline as the North Texsa Railway Company.


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59

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Red Water Lumber Company with Gus Munz

Years of Operation:

1899 to 1908

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Track Length:

Eighteen miles

Locations Served:

Red Water

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The Bowie County shortline ran a little more than eighteen miles to the community of Munz in Cass County

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History:

The Red Water Lumber Company of Gus Munz operated a band sawmill in Red Water, southwest of Texarkana, in Bowie County, beginning about 1899. With connections to the St. Louis & Southwestern, Munz’s tramline ran for more than eighteen miles to Munz, in Cass County, from Redwater, in Boiwe County. In 1902, the logging tram was chartered as a common carrier named the Northeast Texas Railway Company. The Railroad Commission of Texas dropped its recognition in 1908. Zlatkovich reports that the road had been abandoned in 1907. The timber at Munz had probably been cut out by 1907, and the Red Water Lumber Company dismantled and went away.

A Cass County Deed of Trust record in 1906 refers to the Munz shortline as the North Texsa Railway Company.


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