4-6-0 #106 Engine

#106 engine

#106 engine

Name/Title

4-6-0 #106 Engine

Entry/Object ID

2021.6.4

Tags

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

Description

the 4-6-0 #106 engine of the Red River & Gulf Railroad Co. at Long Leaf

Photograph Details

Subject

#106 engine

Subject Person or Organization

Red River & Gulf Railroad Company

Subject Place

City

Long Leaf

State/Province

Louisiana

Continent

North America

Context

Red River & Gulf Railroad Co. was created by the same stockholders of the Crowell & Spencer Lumber Co.; Longleaf Mill was one of the branches for the Crowell & Spencer Lumber Co.; is the location of SFHM and #106 is still stored here today

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

Artist

Baldwin Locomotive Works

Role

Builder

Date made

May 1961

Time Period

20th Century

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

Under photograph

Transcription

Red River and Gulf / Longleaf, LA / May 1961 4-6-0 #106

Material/Technique

Label

Other Names and Numbers

Other Names

Name Type

Cecil Cook Photos

Other Name

RR&G #106 corrected

Other Numbers

Number Type

Drive

Other Number

SFHM.Cook.2020.Drive.004

Parts

Count

1

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Crowell & Spencer Lumber Company

Related Entries

Notes

2020.1.177 2020.1.178 2021.2.7 2021.2.8 2021.4.3

Research Notes

Person

Everett Lueck

Notes

From Baldwin Locomotives in June 1923; was the last engine bought by RR&G at $29,520; was used to haul freight trains from Long Leaf to Kurthwood for 22 years; September 1945 it began running from Long Leaf to Lecompte and was used sometimes by Crowell Long Leaf Lumber to haul log trains from Meridian to Long Leaf; its last run was in March 29/31 1953