Tremont Lumber Co.

Tremont & Gulf Railroad (1902-1908)

Tremont & Gulf Railway (1908-1962)

Standard gauge, 60-lb rail Headquarters:  Mill Location: Tremont, LA (Lincoln Parish) Mill Capacity:  Years of Operation: 1902-1962 Miles Operated: Main line: Tremont to Winnfield, LA, 48.237 miles; branch: Pyburn to Rochelle, LA, 28. 47 miles. Locomotives Owned: 5	Equipment: 1903: Locomotives: 5. Cars: 2 passenger, 1 baggage, 2 freight, 42 other. 6/30/1914: Locomotives: 7. Cars: 3 passenger, 150 box, 110 flat, 9 service.	Click Map for Larger Version
History by Gil Hoffman: The Tremont & Gulf Railroad was chartered on ugust 18, 1902. The road was opened from Tremont to Dally, LA, 30 miles by July 1, 1903. In 1903 an extension was under construction from Eros south to Hoods Mills, about 20 miles. The road was opened to Chathamville in 1905; subsequent portions opened on April 1, 1908, and January 1, 1909. The Shreveport, Jonesboro & Natchez Railroad was purchased on April 1, 1906. The property of the Tremont & Gulf RR was sold under foreclosure on January 18, 1908. At the time of the sale, the company operated 61 miles of track. The Tremont & Gulf Railway was chartered on December 18, 1907, for 99 years, as successor to the Tremont & Gulf Railroad, and purchased the property of the Tremont & Gulf RR on April 1, 1908. The railroad was controlled by James Stanley Joyce through stock ownership. In May 1915, 10 miles of line from Dodson to Menefee Junction on the Pyburn branch were abandoned.  The Tremont & Gulf was owned by the same interests that owned the Tremont Lumber Company, which had large sawmills at Tremont, Eros and Winnfield, LA.
No. 44 at Winnfield in September 1949. The engine was bought secondhand from the L&A in 1948.		Tremont & Gulf No. 15 at Winnfield on January 25, 1952. The engine was bought from the Groveton, Lufkin & Northern in Texas in 1932.
Attractive ten wheeler No. 20 at Rochelle in March 1946. It was bought new in 1907.		T&G No. 24 at Winnfield on September 18, 1949. This engine was originally on the Groveton, Lufkin & Northern in Texas.
Tremont & Gulf No. 25 at Winnfield in June 1948. It was bought new in 1913.	2-8-0 No. 28 at Winnfield on January 27, 1952.	T&G 2-8-2 No. 30 sports a Vanderbuilt tender at Winnfield in September 1949. The engine survives today at the Texas State Ry.
January 1904 Official Guide of the Railways	September 1910 Official Guide of the Railways	January 1915 Official Railway Equipment Register- Art Richardson Collection
January 1912 Official Guide of the Railways	March 1937 Official Guide of the Railways- Tony Howe Collection
STEAM ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:     Road No.   Type   Builder   C.N.   Date   Cyls.   Dri. Dia.   Engine Wt.   Previous Ownership   Disposition   10   4-4-0   Baldwin   4770   9/1879   17x24   63       Chicago, Burlington & Quincy #338 Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs #553 Fitz-Hugh Luther Co., Chicago, IL (deaker). Tremont & Gulf R.R. #10,  in 1901. Baldwin class 8-28 C 192   Scrapped 7/6/1916.   11   2-4-0   Baldwin   19799   12/1901   12x18   42   41000   New by Tremont Lumber Co. Named Bob. Cost $5,915. Lettered “Tremont & Gulf R.R.” Baldwin class 6-18 C 13   Cartwright Logging Co. #11, Tremont, LA, by 8/1905 (leased). Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. Bellgrade Lumber Co., Isola, MS, on 7/17/1914. Later at Cary, MS. Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. #1267 St. Bernard Cypress Co., Ltd., Arabi, LA, on 4/1/1920.   12   33-2 Shay   Lima   837   11/1903   3-10x10     28   66000   New by Tremont Lumber Co. Lettered “Tremont & Gulf R.R.”   Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1056 Brown Lumber Co. #12, Hiwannee, MS, on 4/5/1916. Kola Lumber Co., Kola, MS Elton Lumber Co., Braxton, MS, in 2/1924. Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #2136, in 1/1927 and scrapped.   14   2-6-2   Baldwin   23578   1/1904   14½x20   41   82000   New by Tremont Lumber Co. Named George. Cost $8,845. Lettered “Tremont & Gulf R.R.” Baldwin class 10-22¼ D 39   Cartwright Logging Co. #14, Tremont, LA, by 5/1905 (leased). Forest Lumber Co., Oakdale, LA,by 4/1928.   15   4-6-0   Baldwin   40316   8/1913   18x26   56   134000   Groveton, Lufkin & Northern #15, Groveton, TX Tremont & Gulf Ry. #15, in 1932. Baldwin class 10-30 D 646   Oden Gravel Co. #15, Oden, LA, on 9/16/1953 (Alexandria Gravel Co.) Scrapped 12/1964.   16   2-6-2   Baldwin   27261   1/1906   16x24   44   110000   New by Tremont & Gulf R.R. Cost $9,300. Baldwin class 10-26¼ D 78   Tremont Lumber Co. #16. Tremont & Gulf Ry. #16, in 1/1913. Tremont Lumber Co. #16, on 11/19/1916. Scrapped 1950.   17   55-2 Shay   Lima   1757   11/1906   3-12x12   36   110000   New by Tremont Lumber Co. First used at Eros, LA   Later at Joyce, LA.   18   55-2 Shay   Lima   1758   11/1906   3-12x12   36   110000   New by Tremont Lumber Co. First used at Eros, LA   Later at Joyce, LA.   19   4-6-0   Baldwin   30777   5/1907   18x24   56   122700   New by Tremont & Gulf R.R. Cost $10,965. Baldwin class 10-30 D 502   Mansfield Hardwood Lumber Co., Mansfield, LA, on 9/1/1929.   20   4-6-0   Baldwin   30866   5/1907   18x24   56   123600   New by Tremont & Gulf R.R. Cost $10.965. Baldwin class 10-30 D 503   Retired to stationary boiler service. Scrapped 7/12/1948.   1st 21   2-6-2   Baldwin   31867   10/1907   15x20   46   83000   Louisiana Ry. #5, Selma, LA. Tremont & Gulf R.R. #21, on 11/19/1907. Baldwin class 10-24¼ D 64   Big Sandy Lumber Co. #21, Hull, AL Grubbs Lumber Co. #21, Hairston, AL Ingham-Burnett Lumber Co. #21, Allison, AL, on 7/26/1922. Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. #1617, on 3/8/1926. Atlantic & Carolina R.R. #7, Warsaw, NC, on 3/8/1934.   2nd 21   55-2 Shay   Lima   842   12/1903   3-12x12   36   110000   Bigelow Brothers & Walker Co. #1, Esau, AR Fourche River Lumber Co. #1, Bigelow, AR Tremont Lumber Co. #21, in 1922.  Used at Joyce, LA.   Scrapped 1927.   22   70-3 Shay   Lima   1971   8/1907   3-12x15   36   140000   Fourche River Lumber Co. #3, Bigelow, AR Tremont Lumber Co. #22, in 1922.  Used at Joyce, LA.       23   60-2 Shay   Lima   2370   9/1910   3-12x12   32   120000   New by Tremont Lumber Co. First used at Denkman, LA.   Later at Joyce, LA.   1st 24   2-6-2   A/Brooks   48835   12/1910   16x24   46   101000   New by Tremont Lumber Co.   Groveton, Lufkin & Northern 2nd #14, Groveton, TX, by 6/1919.   2nd 24   4-6-0   A/Rich.   48028   7/1910   18x26   56   143900   Groveton, Lufkin & Northern 1st #14, Groveton, TX. Tremont Lumber Co. 2nd #24.   Tremont & Gulf Ry. #24, in 1/1913. Cost $10,206.40 Dunham-Stephens, Inc. #24, Pollack, LA, on 2/17/1951. Scrapped ca. 1953.   25   4-6-0   Baldwin   40318   8/1913   19x26   54   146300   New by Tremont & Gulf Ry. Cost $12,100. Baldwin class 10-32 D 1143   Dunham-Stephens, Inc., Pollack, LA, on 4/14/1953.   26   4-6-0   Baldwin   14660   1/1896   19x24   54   123000   Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf #61 Kansas City Southern Ry. #325, on 4/1/1900. Tremont Lumber Co. #26, on 2/21/1914. Baldwin class 10-32 D 558       28   2-8-0   Baldwin   47032   11/1917   21x28   56   166000   U. S. Government for France #396 Diverted to Norfolk Navy Yard #649, Norfolk, VA. Claiborne & Polk #20, Camp Claiborne, LA S. Bender Iron Works, Shreveport, LA. Tremont & Gulf Ry. #28, in 3/1947. Baldwin class 10-36 E 1694   Temple Lumber Co. #28, Pineland, TX, on 6/26/1955.   30   2-8-2   Baldwin   46491   9/1917   21x26   54   175400   New by Tremont & Gulf Ry. Cost $29,500. Baldwin class 12-36¼ E 7   Pan American Engineering Co. Magma Arizona #7, Superior, AZ, on 3/23/1954. Retired 9/4/1968. Texas State Ry. #400, Palestine, TX, in 1974.   31   4-4-0   Baldwin   11035   7/1890   17x24   62   87200   Manistee & Grand Rapids #1 Louis Sands, Manistee, MI Michigan East & West Ry. #1, Manistee, MI, on 1/20/1914. Tremont & Gulf Ry. #31, in 2/1921. Cost $4,104.15 Baldwin class 8-28 C 782   On hand 1/1/1931.   32   2-6-0   Baldwin   16413   12/1898   18x24   54   93000   Manistee & Grand Rapids #3, Manistee, MI Michigan East & West Ry. #3, Manistee, M, on 1/20/1914. Tremont & Gulf Ry. #32, in 7/1921. Cost $5,126.01 Baldwin class 8-30 D 510   Ruston Foundry & Machine Co., Ruston, LA, on 9/24/1924.   33   Rod                           Michigan East & West Ry. #4, Manistee, MI Tremont & Gulf Ry. #22, in 1921.   Scrapped   44   4-6-0   Baldwin   37714   5/1912   22x28   57   179000   Louisiana & Arkansas #400 Re. #506 in 11/1927. Tremont & Gulf Ry. #44,  in 3/1948. Baldwin class 10-36 D 600   Scrapped 1962.   50   4-4-0   Baldwin   38054   7/1912   18x24   68   114500   Built as: Midland Pennsylvania #1, Millersburg, PA.. Cancelled and resold to: Tremont & Gulf Ry. #50, on 2/20/1913. Cost $10,400. Baldwin class 8-30 C 691   Scrapped 1950.   51   4-4-0   Baldwin   13166   1/1893   12x22   56   50000   Arkansas Southern #1 Dot, Cornie Junction, AR South Arkansas Lumber Co. #51, Jonesboro, AR, by 9/1902. Tremont Lumber Co. #51, by 7/1907. Baldwin class 8-18 C 75   Tremont & Gulf Ry. #51   55   2-6-2   Baldwin   31580   8/1907   15x24   50   100000   New by Tremont Lumber Co. Cost $9,350. Baldwin class 10-24¼ D 66

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