Does anyone have a locomotive roster for the East Texas and Gulf RR? It was abandoned about 1934.

-- Jerry Dowling (jdowling@lcc.net), August 29, 1999

Answers

I noticed that my previous response was not complete. The last of the message should have said; "purchased a Manhattan Railwy locomotive #228. R&LHS Bulletin # 162, Additions and Corrections Sheet, Thomas Lawson,

-- Russell Short (russshort@aol.com), January 25, 2000.

I have a photograph of 2-6-0, looks like a Baldwin, labeled East Texas & Gulf, #53. No date, no location. From The East Texas Tram & Railroad Data Base: "Lodwick Lumber Co. chartered the East Texas and Gulf Railway on August !, 1917, to build a line through Hardin and Tyler Counties. By October, 1917, the line connected the mill at Hicksbuagh to the Texas and New Orleans at Hyatt, a distance of about four miles. The railway was not built further and was abandoned in 1934 according to Reed. Yet Zlatkovich reports that the line was pushed more than fourteen miles in 1917 from Hicks to Wurtsburgh. Five miles from Hicks to Hyatt was abandoned in 1918, six miles from Hicksbaugh to Wurtsbaugh was dropped in 1925 and the remaining three miles from Hyatt to Hicksbaugh was abandoned in 1934. Keeling lists the railway as owning seven rod locomotives and fifteen miles of track and the lumber company three rod locomotives." My data base shows that the Lodwick Lumber Co. purchased a New York Elevated Ry. that went to the East Texas & Gulf RR. (R&L

-- Russell Short (russshort@aol.com), January 22, 2000.

From my 1926 Equipment register they had three locomotives. From the 1927 ICC Evaluation they were down to one: # 52 2-6-2 Baldwin built 1919 13x22 50 tons freight This is probally c/n 52517 as its the only 2-6-2 built by Baldwin in 1919 that has 13x22" cylinders(none of the others had anywhere close to 13x22). This would make the Lodwick Lumber Co. the original owners. According to my handy dandy logging guide Lodwick Lbr. Co. was located at Lodwick, Marion County, Texas and had had a 50,000 ft capacity sawmill, 10 miles of standard gauge tracks and 1 locomotive and 11 cars. Lodwick wasn't even on a railroad, so the 10 miles was probally used as a connection with a common carrier. The ET&G was south of there is southern Tyler County, a little 9 mile road that ran from Hyatt to Hicksbaugh. Can not find any more entries in Baldwin, Alco, Lima, GC&L, SI&E or BR&L for the ET&G.

-- Donald R. Hensley, Jr. (taplines@greenepa.net), January 22, 2000.