Salmen Brick & Lumber Co.

Slidell & Bayou LaCombe Railroad

Standard gauge, 56-lb rail

Headquarters: Slidell, LA

Mill Location: Slidell, LA (St. Tammany Parish)

Mill Capacity: 100,000 ft/day in 1916

Years of Operation: by 1906-1922

Miles Operated: 16 miles in 1910

Locomotives Owned

Equipment:

1907: 14 miles + 4 miles under construction, 2 locomotives, 1 McGiffert loader.

1910: 16 miles + 8 miles under construction, 3 locomotives, 60 cars, 1 McGiffert loader.

 

 

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History by Tony Howe:

The Salmen Brothers, Fritz, Jacob and Albert, relocated from Handsboro, MS to Slidell and opened a large brick plant on the west side of town in the 1880's. They later built a sawmill adjacent to the brick plant in 1890. A new double band sawmill was built in 1915-16 that had a 100,000 ft per day capacity. The original logging railroad ran north-northwest from the mill in west Slidell, crossing the NOGN Shore Line Branch at Bonfouca. Logging spurs were built off of the NOGN between Covington and Folsom, LA, and the company had trackage rights on the NOGN to run log trains to the mill at Slidell.

Salmen's log camp near Red Bluff in 1916.

Another view at the Salmen logging camp.

 

 

 

 

Salmen Brick & Lumber 2-6-0 No. 12 at Slidell.

Builder's view of Alco 2-6-0 No. 12 in 1914. 

Photo of Salmen 10 (2-truck Shay) after it was sold to the Pacific Northwest here.

 

Baldwin 4-6-0 No. 4 was bought from Southern Iron & Equipment in Atlanta in 1905.

 

 

ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:

 

 

Road No.

 

Type

 

Builder

 

C.N.

 

Date

 

Cyls.

 

Dri. Dia.

 

Engine

Wt.

 

Previous Ownership

 

Disposition

 

?

 

2-4-0T

 

Baldwin

 

12223

 

9/1891

 

12x18

 

38

 

40000

 

Eastman, Gardiner & Co. Nancy, Laurel, MS

Built as an 0-6-0T, rebuilt to 2-4-0T in 1894.

Salmen Brick & Lumber Co., Ltd., Slidell, LA,

by 7/1902.                                                            

Baldwin class 6-18 D 10

 

Rosa Lumber Co. #1, Rosa Spur, MS,

by 6/1905.

Lacey Lumber Co. #5 Nancy, Carriere, MS,

by 1/1912.

W. B. Harbeson Lumber Co. Nancy,

De Funiak Springs, FL, by 2/1922.

 

1

 

0-4-0T

 

Porter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20000

 

Unknown.

Salmen Brick & Lumber Co. #1, on ?

 

 

 

4

 

4-6-0

 

Baldwin

 

 

 

 

 

18x24

 

 

 

 

 

Lehigh Valley #

Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #335

Slidell & Bayou Lacombe R.R. #4,

on 12/30/1905.

 

 

 

5

 

0-4-0T

 

Porter

 

3609

 

9/1906

 

9x14

 

27

 

29000

 

New. Built 31" gauge.

 

Slidell Brick & Tile Co. #5, Slidell, LA

Mark Smith, Fayette, MS

 

9

 

36-2

Heisler

 

Heisler

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

72000

 

Unknown.

Salmen Brick & Lumber Co. #9, on ?

 

For sale 8/1/1921.

 

10

 

50-2

Shay

 

Lima

 

2707

 

6/1913

 

3-11x12

 

32

 

100000

 

New.

 

For sale 8/1/1921.

O. W. Brown, Seattle, WA (dealer), ca. 1/1924.

Workman Creek Logging Co. #2, South Elma, WA

Lytel Logging Co., Ocosta, WA, by 10/1935.

 

12

 

2-6-0

 

A/Brooks

 

54560

 

2/1914

 

19x26

 

56

 

140000

 

New via A. Baldwin & Co., New Orleans, LA

 

Great Southern Lumber Co. #9, Bogalusa, LA

Bogalusa Paper Co. #9, Bogalusa, LA

Gaylord Container Corp. #9, Bogalusa, LA.

 

14

 

2-6-0

 

Baldwin

 

 

 

1908

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unknown.

Salmen Brick & Lumber Co. #14, on ?

 

 

 

?

 

70-3 Shay

 

Lima

 

2223

 

2/1910

 

3-12x15

 

36

 

140000

 

Parsons Pulp & Lumber Co. #1, Dobbin, WV

Champion Lumber Co. #1, Crestmont, NC

Suncrest Lumber Co. #1, Sunburst, NC,

on 12/18/1918.

Salmen Brick & Lumber Co., on ?

 

For sale 8/1/1921.

J. J. Newman Lumber Co. 3rd #2, Hattiesburg, MS

Scrapped 1940.

 

?

 

50-2

Shay

 

Lima

 

2553

 

7/1912

 

3-11x12

 

32

 

100000

 

Kirby Lumber Co. #60, Browndell, TX

Salmen Brick & Lumber Co., on ?

 

For sale 8/1/1921.

O. W. Brown, Seattle, WA (dealer)

M.- B. Logging Co. #1, Markham, WA,

by 7/1926.

Scrapped 1939.

 

?

 

0-6-0

 

Richmond

 

2587

 

1896

 

19x24

 

50

 

 

 

Alabama Great Southern R.R. #1439

Re. #107.

Belt Railway of Chattanooga #4,

on 4/1/1916.

Southern Ry. #7059

Salmen Brick & Lumber Co., in 3/1923.

 

 

 

?

 

2-6-0

 

Rogers

 

5074

 

10/1895

 

18x24

 

57

 

117000

 

New Orleans & Western #1, Port Chalmette, LA

New Orleans Terminal Co. #103, New Orleans, LA

Southern Ry. #7079

Salmen Brick & Lumber Co., in 3/1923.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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