Tall Timber Lumber Co.

Standard gauge, -lb rail Headquarters: Stamps, Ark. Mill Location: Good Pine, LA (LaSalle Parish) Mill Capacity: 150,000 ft/day in 1917 Years of Operation: 1914-1927 Miles Operated: 20 miles in 1917 Locomotives Owned:	Also see: Trout Creek Lumber Co. Good Pine Lumber Co. Equipment:	Click Map for Larger Version
History by Tony Howe: The last of three large mills built by the William Buchanan interests in the Jena vicinity was the Tall Timber Lumber Co. Construction on the mill started in mid-1913 and was completed in January 1914. The 150,000 ft/day capacity mill was built adjacent to the Good Pine Lumber Co. The Tall Timber Lumber Co. was consolidated with the Good Pine Lumber Co. about January 1927.
Tall Timber Lumber Co.'s 70-ton Shay locomotives about 1940.
ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:     Road No.   Type   Builder   C.N.   Date   Cyls.   Dri. Dia.   Engine Wt.   Previous Ownership   Disposition   20   2-6-2   Baldwin   40277   7/1913   17x24   47   117000   New. Cost $11,100. Baldwin class 10-28¼ D 45   Trout Creek Lumber Co. #20, Trout, LA, by 3/1927.   21   2-6-2   Baldwin   34466   4/1910   15x20   46   83000   Good Pine Lumber Co. #6, Good Pine, LA Trout Creek Lumber Co. #6, Trout, LA, by 3/1912. Tall Timber Lumber Co. #21, on ? Baldwin class 10-24¼ D 77       22   69-3 Shay   Lima   2819   9/1915   3-12x12   32   138000   New.   Good Pine Lumber Co. #7, Good Pine, LA, ca. 1/1927. Scrapped ca. 1942 at Good Pine, LA.   23   69-3 Shay   Lima   2974   5/1918   3-12x12   32   138000   Woodward, Wight & Co., Ltd., New Orleans, LA, for: Trout Creek Lumber Co. #3, Trout, LA Tall Timber Lumber Co. #23, on ?   Good Pine Lumber Co. #3, Good Pine, LA, ca. 1/1927.

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