Groveton, Lufkin and Northern Railway
The Groveton, Lufkin and Northern Railway (GL&N) was a standard gauge U.S. shortline railroad located in East Texas. Originally chartered on May 15, 1908, as the Texas Northern Railway Company, it changed its name on August 17, 1908.
On December 1, 1908, the GL&N purchased the 21-mile (34 km) private logging railroad between Groveton and Vair from the Trinity County Lumber Company, its corporate parent; the rail line had been built in 1900 by lumber company owner James Stanley Joyce to serve the company sawmill near Groveton.[1][2][3] The sawmill, one of the largest in the Southern United States, was the predominant local employer.[4] The GL&N upgraded the railroad in 1909 and obtained operating rights on the Texas South-Eastern Railroad from Vair to Lufkin. In 1926, the GL&N reported owning three locomotives and 104 cars, with passenger earnings of $8,000 ($137,684 in 2023) and freight earnings of $233,000 ($4.01 million in 2023).[2]
At Groveton, the GL&N interchanged with a branch line of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway which later became independent as the Waco, Beaumont, Trinity and Sabine Railway (WBT&S).[5][6]
By the late 1920s, timber in the area had become badly depleted.[4][6] The Trinity County Lumber Company was able to maintain operations longer than other local lumber companies, but finally capitulated and shut down the sawmill at midnight on December 31, 1930.[4] In 1931, the sawmill was dismantled, the population of Groveton plummeted from around 4,000 to 1,046, and GL&N revenue drastically fell.[2][4] The GL&N was abandoned sometime between 1931 and 1934.[a]
References
Notes
Citations
- ^ a b c Durrenberger 1988, p. 91.
- ^ a b c d Young, Nancy (January 1, 1995) [1952]. "Groveton, Lufkin and Northern Railway". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
- ^ Maxwell 1998, p. 73.
- ^ a b c d Hensley, Patricia B. (January 1, 1995) [1952]. "Groveton, TX". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
- ^ Durrenberger 1988, pp. 90–91.
- ^ a b Werner, George C. (January 1, 1995) [1952]. "Waco, Beaumont, Trinity and Sabine Railway". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
- ^ Maxwell 1998, p. 81.
Bibliography
- Durrenberger, Cyril (July 1988). "A railroad you can model: The Wobble, Bobble, Turnover & Stop". Model Railroader. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing Company.
- Maxwell, Robert S. (1998). Whistle in the Piney Woods: Paul Bremond and the Houston, East and West Texas Railway. Denton, Texas: East Texas Historical Association and University of North Texas Press. ISBN 1-57441-061-X.
External links
- Texas State Historical Association
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