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Research: Tram & Railroad Database
Code:
350
Corporate Name:
T. S. Garrison tram road
Folk Name:
“The Calico Road”
Incorporated:
Ownership:
Years of Operation:
Track Type:
Standard Gauge
Wooden Rails
Track Length:
Locations Served:
Shelby
Counties of Operation:
Line Connections:
Track Information:
Tram Road
Logging / Industrial
Common Carrier
Logging Camp
Equipment:
History:
According to People, Places & Happenings, Thomas Smith Garrison had a sawmill outside of Timpson. Tradition reported that Garrison could get to his mill on his tram road, known as “the Calico Road,” by hand car.