Summit
Lumber Co. ?-1915
Arkansas
& Southeastern Railroad 1904-1915
Standard Gauge
Headquarters: El Dorado, Ark.
Years of Operation: 1904-1915
Predecessor Roads:
Successor Roads: none
Miles Operated: 28 miles
Locomotives Owned:
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Equipment
1906:
39 miles, 4 locomotives, 60 cars.
1907: 60 miles + 10 miles
under construction, 4 locomotives, 70 cars, 1 McGiffert and 1 American
loader.
1910:
85 miles, 4 locomotives, 70 cars, 1 McGiffert and 1 American loader.
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HISTORY by Gil Hoffman:
The Arkansas & Southeastern
Railroad was incorporated on Nov. 15, 1904, with $500,000 in capital stock
fully paid in. The railroad was laid with 35 and 60-lb rail extending from
Randolph, La. , in a southeasterly direction about 28 miles to Farmerville.
At Randolph the line connected with the Rock Island and at Farmerville with
the Iron Mountain. At McKay, 17 miles from the mill, the A&SE connected
with the unincorporated logging road of the Summit Lbr. Co. The lumber
company had trackage rights over the A&SE using 3 locomotives to haul
logs.
The line was constructed several
years before the incorporation of the A&SE and was built to serve the
mill of the Summit Lbr. Co. at Randolph and was controlled by that company
through ownership of the majority of its capital stock.
A mixed train which carried a few
passengers was run daily in each direction. The railroad also issued a time
table. No mail or express was hauled.
In 1911 the equipment consisted of
2 locomotives, 18 flat cars, 1 combination car, 1 motor car and 73 log cars.
The Summit Lbr. Co. went bankrupt
in mid-1915 and its property was sold at public auction at Randolph on July
17, 1915. This included 3 locomotives and 24 miles of tramroad. The mill was
destroyed by fire in May 1916. The property was sold at foreclosure in
October 1916 to the Security Trust Co., of Detroit, Mich.
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ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:
Road
No.
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Type
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Builder
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C.N.
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Date
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Cyls.
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Dri.
Dia.
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Engine
Wt.
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Previous
Ownership
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Disposition
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1
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2-6-0
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Baldwin
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13212
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2/1893
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12x18
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40
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40000
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Brooks Brothers &
Co. #1, Traders’ Hill, GA
Columbus
Southern Ry., Columbus, GA
Summit
Lumber Co. #1, on >
Baldwin class 8-18 D 83
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For sale 7/19/1902, for
$2,500.
Charles
A. & John V. Baptist, Luther, LA
Ruddock Orleans Cypress
Co., New Orleans, LA, by 5/1905.
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2
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45-2
Shay
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Lima
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875
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3/1904
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3-11x12
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32
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90000
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New.
Named Hercules.
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Valley Lumber Co.,
Reader, AR
Scrapped
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3
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40-2
Shay
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Lima
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383
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4/1892
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3-11x12
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29½
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80000
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Oregon & Texas R.R.
#383, Cammal, PA
C.
B. Howard & Co. #3, Emporium, PA,
ca.
1900 (Emporium & Rich Valley R.R.).
Summit Lumber Co. #3, in
10/1903.
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Columbus Lumber Co. #4,
Columbus, MS
Exploded
9/11/1922.
Scrapped by 5/6/1926, at
Steens, MS.
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4
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2-6-0
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Baldwin
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16x22
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Unknown.
East
St. Louis Locomotive & Machine Shop Co. (dealer).
Summit Lumber Co. #4, in
1/1906.
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5
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2-4-2
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Baldwin
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10049
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6/1889
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13x20
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42
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52000
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Kansas City &
Independence Rapid Transit Co. #6, Kansas City, MO. Dummy type.
Summit
Lumber Co. #5, by 5/1905.
Baldwin class 8-20¼ C
14
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6
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4-6-0
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New
York
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325
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2/1888
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18x24
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51
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112450
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Western New York &
Pennsylvania R.R. #107
Re.
#118 in 1891.
Southern
Iron & Equipment Co. #585,
on
4/9/1907.
Summit
Lumber Co. #6, on 10/30/1907.
Cost
$5,250.
Lettered “Arkansas
Southeastern”
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