Red River & Gulf Railroad Company Equipment Register 1925

Red River & Gulf Railroad Company Official Guide of Railways 1925

Red River & Gulf Railroad Company Official Guide of Railways 1925

Name/Title

Red River & Gulf Railroad Company Equipment Register 1925

Entry/Object ID

2021.8.9

Tags

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

Scope and Content

the 1925 official guide of railways for the Red River & Gulf Co.; for engines No. 1-2; 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.

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 1925

Archive Size/Extent

258 KB

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Title

Red River & Gulf Railroad Company Equipment Register 1925

Description

the officials in 1925 were C. T. Crowell president in Los Angeles, H. A. White auditor and general manager in Lecompte, A. B. Spencer first vice president and traffic manger in Lecompte, G. W. Bottoms second vice president in Texarkana, 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, Hakenyos, Hunter & 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. 1 leaves Long Leaf at 10:30 AM and makes stops at Long Leaf Junction (10:40--2 miles), Big Cut (10:47--5 miles), Bruce (10:55--7 miles), Bliss (11:05--10 miles), Elmelhine (11:17--14 miles), Lewiston (11:30--21 miles), Walding (11:37-23 miles), Stille (11:48--27 miles), Hood (12:01--32 miles), Comrade (12:12--37 miles), Mathis (12:33--44 miles), Hutton (12:35--45 miles), Alco (12:45--47 miles) Dusenbury (12:47--48 miles) and arrives at Kurthwood at 12:59 (50 miles); No. 2 arrives at Long Leaf at 4:50 PM after making stops at Long Leaf Junction (4:40), Big Cut (4:30), Bruce (4:22), Bliss (4:16), Elmelhine (4:05), Lewiston (3:50), Walding (3:43), Stille (3:32), Hood (3:21), Comrade (3:10), Mathis (2:58), Hutton (2:55), Alco (2:24), Duesnbury (2:42) and left at Kurthwood at 2:35 PM; both trains run daily; 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 1925

Other Names and Numbers

Other Names

Name Type

RR&G Official Guides

Other Name

192503og 1269 (1) crop

Other Numbers

Number Type

Drive

Other Number

SFHM.RR&G.2021.Drive.009

Parts

Count

1

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

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