Red River & Gulf Railroad Company Equipment Register Jan 1945

Red River & Gulf Railroad Company Official Guide of Railways 1945

Red River & Gulf Railroad Company Official Guide of Railways 1945

Name/Title

Red River & Gulf Railroad Company Equipment Register Jan 1945

Entry/Object ID

2021.8.24

Tags

Library, Public, Railroad, Railway, Red River & Gulf Railroad

Scope and Content

the 1945 official guide of railways for the Red River & Gulf Co.; for engines No. 11-12

Context

Red River & Gulf Railroad Co. was created by the same stockholders of the Crowell & Spencer Lumber Co.

Collection

Red River & Gulf Railroad Company Collections

Acquisition

Accession

2021.8

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

*title of entry*, Southern Forest Heritage Museum Collection, *Accession Number*, *Exhibition Title (if it's in an exhibit)*, Southern Forest Heritage Museum, Long Leaf, LA.

Archive Details

Creator

Official Guide of the Railways

Date(s) of Creation

Jan 1945

Archive Size/Extent

50.1 KB

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Title

Red River & Gulf Railroad Company Equipment Register 1945

Description

the officials in 1945 were R. D. Crowell president in Long Leaf, H. A. White general manager in Long Leaf, I. A. Crowell second vice president in Alexandria, A. C. Crowell first vice president in Long Leaf, S. L. Wadley third vice president in Texarkana, R. D. Crowell Jr. secretary-treasurer in Long Leaf, and Richard L. Crowell attorney in Alexandria; No. 11 leaves Long Leaf at 7:45 AM and makes stops at Long Leaf Junction (8:10--2 miles), Big Cut (8:20--5 miles), Melder (8:30--6 miles), Bliss (8:45--10 miles), Elmelhine (9:05--14 miles), Lewiston (9:25--21 miles), Walding (9:35-23 miles), Stille (10:00--27 miles), Hood (10:20--32 miles), Comrade (10:35--37 miles), Mathis (10:55--44 miles), Hutton (11:00--45 miles), Alco (11:15--47 miles) and arrives at Kurthwood at 11:30 (50 miles); No. 12 arrives at Long Leaf at 4:40 PM after making stops at Long Leaf Junction (4:05), Big Cut (3:51), Melder (3:43), Bliss (3:34), Elmelhine (3:23), Lewiston (3:01), Walding (2:51), Stille (2:37), Hood (2:25), Comrade (2:11), Mathis (1:58), Hutton (1:55), Alco (1:40) and left at Kurthwood at 12:45 PM; both trains run Monday, Wednesday and Friday; operations for freight service on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at Lecompte, Holdup, and Long Leaf; connections at Long Leaf and Lecompte with Missouri Pacific Railroad, Texas & Pacific railway, Southern Pacific Lines and Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railway (LA Division)

Creator

Red River & Gulf Railroad Company, Official Guide of the Railways

Date(s) of Creation

Jan 1945

Other Names and Numbers

Other Names

Name Type

RR&G Official Guides

Other Name

194503og 0578 (3) crop

Other Numbers

Number Type

Drive

Other Number

SFHM.RR&G.2021.Drive.023

Parts

Count

1

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Robert Draughon Crowell, Robert Draughon Crowell, Jr., Idella May Allen-Crowell, Allen Caleb Crowell, Harvey A. White, Richard Lee Crowell, Susie Lee Crowell-Wadley