Red River & Gulf Railroad Company Equipment Register 1927

Red River & Gulf Railroad Company Official Guide of Railways 1927

Red River & Gulf Railroad Company Official Guide of Railways 1927

Name/Title

Red River & Gulf Railroad Company Equipment Register 1927

Entry/Object ID

2021.8.11

Tags

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

Scope and Content

the 1927 official guide of railways for the Red River & Gulf Co.; for engines No. 11-12; comes with a map of the railroad

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 1927

Archive Size/Extent

166 KB

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Title

Red River & Gulf Railroad Company Equipment Register 1927

Description

the officials in 1927 were C. T. Crowell president in Los Angeles, H. A. White general manager in Lecompte, I. A. Crowell first vice president in Alexandria, R. D. Crowell secretary and general superintendent in Long Leaf, R. D. Crowell treasurer in Lecompte, A. B. Spencer traffic manager in Lecompte, S. M. Harper auditor in Lecompte, Hakenyos & Scott attorneys in Alexandria, James Welch chief surgeon in Long Leaf, W. A. Horne trainmaster in Long Leaf, and J. J. Bridges roadmaster in Long leaf; 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) Dusenbury (11:20--48 miles) and arrives at Kurthwood at 11:30 (50 miles); No. 12 arrives at Long Leaf at 10:10 AM after making stops at Long Leaf Junction (10:00), Big Cut (9:40), Melder (9:27), Bliss (9:17), Elmelhine (9:05), Lewiston (8:45), Walding (8:38), Stille (8:20), Hood (8:00), Comrade (7:40), Mathis (7:20), Hutton (7:15), Alco (7:00), Duesnbury (6:15) and left at Kurthwood at 6:10 AM; both trains run daily except on Sundays; operations for freight service at Lecompte, Togo, Holdup, Long Leaf, Louisiana Junction, Conrete Hill, Bolton, Audebert, Cocodrie and Meridian; connections at Long Leaf, Lecompte and Meridian 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 1927

Other Names and Numbers

Other Names

Name Type

RR&G Official Guides

Other Name

192711og 1266 crop

Other Numbers

Number Type

Drive

Other Number

SFHM.RR&G.2021.Drive.011

Parts

Count

1

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Caleb T. Crowell, Alexander B. Spencer, Idella May Allen-Crowell, Robert Draughon Crowell, Harvey A. White