Research: Tram & Railroad Database

Code: 363
Corporate Name: Groveton, Kickapoo & Gulf Railroad Company
Folk Name:
Incorporated:
Ownership: Trinity County Lumber Company, Joyce Lumber Company and other lumber industry interests. This railway had earlier been named the Texas Northerrn Railway Company.
Years of Operation: 1890
Track Type:
Standard Gauge Wooden Rails
Track Length: 7.5
Locations Served: Groveton (Trinity)
Counties of Operation: Trinity, Angelina
Line Connections: Trinity & Sabine at Trinity
Track Information:
Tram Road Logging / Industrial Common Carrier Logging Camp
Equipment: 1890: 7.5 miles of track
History: The Groveton, Kickapoo & Gulf Railroad Company, an 7.5-mile tram road owned by the Trinity County Lumber Company in 1890, would eventually become the Groveton, Lufkin, & Northern Railway Company.