Code: | 238 |
Corporate Name: | Benton Lumber Company or Nona-Fletcher Lumber Company |
Folk Name: | |
Incorporated: | |
Ownership: | Benton Lumber Company or Nona-Fletcher Lumber Company |
Years of Operation: | 1918 to 1923 |
Track Type: |
Standard Gauge |
Wooden Rails |
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Track Length: | |
Locations Served: | Nona Hardin |
Counties of Operation: | Hardin |
Line Connections: | |
Track Information: |
Tram Road |
Logging / Industrial |
Common Carrier |
Logging Camp |
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Equipment: | Two locomotives between 1918 and 1923 |
History: | Strapac's work notes that the Benton Lumber Company of Nona, Texas, had purchased two locomotives, in 1918 and 1923. [note: the Benton Lumber Company in 1918 was the Nona-Fletcher Lumber Company.] The Brown Hardwood Lumber Company, in contract to supply Kirby Lumber Company with hardwood crossties for its tram operations, used the “Fletcher” tram road in 1922 and 1923. |