Research: Tram & Railroad Database

Code:	183
Corporate Name:	Charles L. Kelty tram road
Folk Name:
Incorporated:
Ownership:	Charles L. Kelty and W. H. Bonner
Years of Operation:	1880s
Track Type:	Standard Gauge Wooden Rails
Track Length:	Four
Locations Served:	Keltys Angelina
Counties of Operation:	Angelina
Line Connections:
Track Information:	Tram Road Logging / Industrial Common Carrier Logging Camp
Equipment:
History:	The Lufkin Daily News, in 1940, narrated the history of the Kelty tram road: “The first logging railroad in Angelina County was built by Charles L. Kelty, who operated a small sawmill at Keltys, Texas. It was four miles long, extending from the Kelty mill to Boiler Spring, about four miles southwest of Lufkin near what is now the Old Union Church, to a dense stand of timber.”