Research: Tram & Railroad Database

Code: 169
Corporate Name: Naples and Sulphur River (Sullivan-Sanford Lumber Company)
Folk Name:
Incorporated:
Ownership: Sullivan-Sanford Lumber Company, of Cincinnati, Ohio
Years of Operation: 1906 to 1912
Track Type:
Standard Gauge Wooden Rails
Track Length: Twenty
Locations Served: Naples Morris
Counties of Operation: Titus, Morris, Red River.
Line Connections:
Track Information:
Tram Road Logging / Industrial Common Carrier Logging Camp
Equipment: One locomotive, many livestock. Keeling: one geared and two rod locomotives
History: Traylor Russell described the tram road running northwest from Naples into Titus County. Branches from the main tram snaked across the Sulphur River into Red River County near Rock Crossing and at Jones Crossing. Oxen and wagons were used for skidding sawtimber. The Strapac work identifies the road as the Naples and Sulphur River. It sold a Porter locomotive to the Dayton Lumber Company. The company went into bankruptcy in 1912.