Red River & Gulf Railroad Company Equipment Register Nov 1916

Red River & Gulf Railroad Company Official Guide of Railways 1916

Red River & Gulf Railroad Company Official Guide of Railways 1916

Name/Title

Red River & Gulf Railroad Company Equipment Register Nov 1916

Entry/Object ID

2021.8.6

Tags

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

Scope and Content

the 1916 official guide of railways for the Red River & Gulf Co.; for engines No. 1-3

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

Nov 1916

Archive Size/Extent

91 KB

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Title

Red River & Gulf Railroad Company Equipment Register 1916

Description

the officials in 1916 were C. T. Crowell president in Los Angeles, H. A. White auditor and general manager in Lecompte, A. B. Spencer vice president and traffic manager in Lecompte, J. S. Crowell secretary and general superintendent in Long Leaf, R. D. Crowell treasurer in Lecompte, J. B. Evans real estate and tax agent in Long Leaf, W. W. Whittington jr. general agent in Alexandria, Andrews, Hakenyos & Scott attorneys in Alexandria, and H. C. Jones chief surgeon in Long Leaf; No. 3 leaves Lecompte at 1:30 PM and makes stops at Togo (1:50--5 miles), Holdup (2:01--6 miles), Forest Hill (2:40--9 miles), and arrives at Long Leaf at 3:00 PM (12 miles); No. 1 leaves at Long Leaf at 5:30 AM and makes stops at Louisiana Junction (5:35--13 miles), Audebert (5:40--14 miles), Cocodrie (6:15--20miles), Causey (6:35--21 miles), and arrives at Meridian at 6:50 (24 miles); No. 2 has a connection at Long Leaf; it first leaves at Meridian at 7:30 AM and stops at Causey (7:50), Cocodrie (8:15), Audebert (8:50), and Louisiana Junction (9:25) before changing connections at Long Leaf at 9:30 AM; No. 2 then leaves Long Leaf at 11:00 AM and makes stops at Forest Hill (11:20), Holdup (12:01), Togo (12:10), and makes it final destination at Lecompte at 12:30 PM; No. 2 can also make a connection switch at Bolton at 9:05 AM and stop at Concrete Hill (9:20) to Louisiana Junction (9:25) and arrive at Long Leaf by 9:30 to make the way to Lecompte (12:30 PM); all three trains run daily except on Sundays; at Long Leaf, Lecompte, Louisiana Junction, Bolton and Meridian they can make connections with St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway, Texas & pacific, Southern Pacific and Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway (LA Division)

Creator

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

Date(s) of Creation

Nov 1916

Other Names and Numbers

Other Names

Name Type

RR&G Official Guides

Other Name

191711og 1291 crop

Other Numbers

Number Type

Drive

Other Number

SFHM.RR&G.2021.Drive.006

Parts

Count

1

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Caleb T. Crowell, Alexander B. Spencer, James Stamps Crowell, Robert Draughon Crowell, Harvey A. White