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 |
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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 |
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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. |