2-6-2 #1 Engine

#1 engine

#1 engine

Name/Title

2-6-2 #1 Engine

Entry/Object ID

2021.6.10

Tags

Crowell Lumber Co.s, Equipment, Machinery, Photo, Railroad, Railway, Red River & Gulf Railroad

Description

a2-6-2 (not a 4-4-0) #1 engine of the Louisiana Eastern railroad; in the Shiloh Yard; in the Amite location; originally was #1 of the Red River & Gulf Railroad Co.

Photograph Details

Subject

#1 engine

Subject Person or Organization

Red River & Gulf Railroad Company

Context

Red River & Gulf Railroad Co. was created by the same stockholders of the Crowell & Spencer Lumber Co.; it was actually Meridian Lumber Co. that sells #1 (or what they renamed #101) to the Louisiana Eastern Railroad

Collection

Cecil Cook Photo Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2021.6

Source or Donor

Cecil Cook

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

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

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Cecil Cook

Role

Photographer

Date made

May 1961

Time Period

20th Century

Notes

Amite City, LA

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Label

Location

Under photograph

Transcription

Louisiana Eastern Railroad / Shiloh Yard near Amite (Amite City), Louisiana / May 1961 4-4-0 #1 (formerly Red River and Gulf Railroad)

Material/Technique

Label

Other Names and Numbers

Other Names

Name Type

Cecil Cook Photos

Other Name

RR&G #104 corrected

Other Numbers

Number Type

Drive

Other Number

SFHM.Cook.2020.Drive.010

Parts

Count

1

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Crowell & Spencer Lumber Company

Research Notes

Person

Everett Lueck

Notes

About 1915 Red River & Gulf Railroad Co. trades #1 with Meridian Lumber Co. Meridian Lumber Co. renames #1 to #101. Meridian Lumber Co. for their trade, gave Red River & Gulf Railroad Co. their 4-6-0 #101.