Research: Tram & Railroad Database

Code: 164
Corporate Name: Oden Lumber Company tram road
Folk Name:
Incorporated:
Ownership: J. M. and M. E. Oden
Years of Operation: 1907
Track Type:
Standard Gauge Wooden Rails
Track Length: Ten
Locations Served: Flanagan Rusk
Counties of Operation: Rusk and Panola
Line Connections:
Track Information:
Tram Road Logging / Industrial Common Carrier Logging Camp
Equipment: 1907: a ten-mile steel tramroad, a locomotive, five log cars, a hand car, a push car, etc., at Boren.
History: J. M. and M. E. Oden operated a sawmill at Flanagan, in Rusk County, after 1900. Their tram road ran from Flanagan for twelve miles to Boren in Panola County. In January, 1907, it consisted of a ten-mile steel tramroad, a locomotive, five log cars, a hand car, a push car, etc., at Boren. The sawmill was located at Flanagan.