Smith County.kmz

Smith County

Railroads

Saratoga to Wisner
Branch was originally built out of Laurel by Eastman, Gardiner & Co., owners of a large sawmill in Laurel. It was originally called the Laurel & Northwestern until it was sold to the G&SI in 1899, who completed the line from Taylorsville to Saratoga in 1900.
see http://www.msrailroads.com/G&SI.htm
to Illinois Central RR 1925
see http://www.msrailroads.com/IC.htm
to Illinois Central Gulf RR 8-10-1972
to Illinois Central RR 2-29-1988
to Canadian National Ry 2-11-1998

Laurel to Wisner
Branch was originally built out of Laurel by Eastman, Gardiner & Co., owners of a large sawmill in Laurel. It was originally called the Laurel & Northwestern until it was sold to the G&SI in 1899, who completed the line from Taylorsville to Saratoga in 1900.
see http://www.msrailroads.com/G&SI.htm
to Illinois Central RR 1925
see http://www.msrailroads.com/IC.htm
to Illinois Central Gulf RR 8-10-1972
Laurel to Taylorsville abandoned
to Illinois Central RR 2-29-1988

Low Depot
Low depot

Abel Section House

tool house

Abel depot
Abel Depot
shelter???

Mize Depot

Bunker Hill shelter?
Bunker Hill Shelter?

Section House?

Wisner water tank

Taylorsville Depot

Summerland Depot

Trk 2 Low Spur
Trk 2 Low spur
660'

Trk 3 Mize House Track
Trk 3
Mize House Track
1753'

Trk 4

Trk 4D
Trk4D
Eastman, Gardiner & Co connection

Trk 5 Cooley spur
Trk 5
Cooley spur
855'

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Eastman, Gardiner & Co spur?

spur

Trk 6 Bunker Hill spur
Bunker Hill spur

spur
Eastman, Gardiner & Co?

spur
Eastman, Gardiner & Co connection

Trk 8 Wisner spur
Wisner spur
Eastman, Gardiner & Co connection

Trk 9 Taylorsville House Track
Taylorsville House Track

Taylorsville spur

spur to Lindsey Lbr mill?

Gambrell spur

Summerland spur

Trk 13 Summerland Siding
Summerland Siding

Towns

County Line

Low
Milepost 116.64
http://www.msrailroads.com/Towns/Low.htm

Abel
Milepost 120
http://www.msrailroads.com/Towns/Abel.htm

Mize
Milepost 121.59
http://www.msrailroads.com/Towns/Mize.htm

Cooley
Milepost 124.68
http://www.msrailroads.com/Towns/Cooley.htm

Bunker Hill
http://www.msrailroads.com/Towns/Bunker_Hill.htm

Wisner
Named after Frank G. Wisner, this town was the main logging camp of Eastman, Gardiner & Co. from 1908 to 1914.
http://www.msrailroads.com/Towns/Wisner.htm

Taylorsville
http://www.msrailroads.com/Towns/Taylorsville.htm

Gambrell
Milepost 134
http://www.msrailroads.com/Towns/Gambrell.htm

Summerland
http://www.msrailroads.com/Towns/Summerland.htm

Logging Railroads

Lindsey Lbr

Lindsey Lumber Co
company operated at Taylorsville 1925-1936
see http://www.msrailroads.com/Lindsey_Lbr_Laurel.htm

Elton Lumber Co

Elton Lumber Co
Pine Belt Lumber Co. 1909-1913
Ship Island Lumber Co. 1913-1919
W. C. Wood Lumber Co 1917-1923
Elton Lumber Co. 1923-1936
see http://www.msrailroads.com/Pine_Belt_Lbr.htm
and http://www.msrailroads.com/Ship_Island_Lbr.htm
and http://www.msrailroads.com/Wood_WC_Lbr.htm
and http://www.msrailroads.com/Elton_Lbr.htm

Bienville Lbr

Bienville Lbr Co Estimated

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Bienville Lumber Co
Bienville Lumber Co.
company operated at Forest 1915-1930
see http://www.msrailroads.com/Bienville_Lbr.htm
this section verified with Lidar

Lumber-Mineral Co

Lumber-Mineral Co
1905-1916
http://www.msrailroads.com/Lumber_Mineral.htm

Adams-Banks Lbr

Adams-Banks Lumber Co
Hall & Legan Lumber Co. 1910-1922
Adams-Banks Lumber Co 1922-1931
Adams-Edgar Lumber Co. 1931-??
see http://www.msrailroads.com/Adams_Banks_Lbr.htm
this segment verified by Lidar

Adams-Banks Lbr Estimated

Adams-Banks Lumber Co Estimated
Hall & Legan Lumber Co 1910-1922
Adams-Banks Lumber Co 1922-1931
Adams-Edgar Lumber Co 1931-?
see http://www.msrailroads.com/Adams_Banks_Lbr.htm
route approximate

DuBois Lbr Co

DuBois Lumber Co
G. B. Merrill & Brother 1905-1915
John E. DuBois 1915-1920
DuBois Lumber Co. 1920-1931
See http://www.msrailroads.com/DuBois_Lbr.htm

DuBois Lumber Co
G. B. Merrill & Brother 1905-1915
John E. DuBois 1915-1920
DuBois Lumber Co. 1920-1931
See http://www.msrailroads.com/DuBois_Lbr.htm
This section sold to Eastman, Gardiner & Co.

Bay Springs Lumber

Bay Springs Lumber Co
company operated 1913-1918
see http://www.msrailroads.com/Bay_Springs_Lbr.htm

Marathon Lbr

Marathon Lumber Co
company operated 1914-1929
see http://www.msrailroads.com/Marathon_Lbr.htm

Marathon Lbr Estimated

Gilchrist-Fordney Co

Gilchrist-Fordney Co
company operated 1907-1937
see http://www.msrailroads.com/Gilchrist_Fordney.htm

Gilchrist-Fordney Co Dushau mainline
Gilchrist-Fordney Co
see http://www.msrailroads.com/Gilchrist_Fordney.htm

Gilchrist-Fordney estimated

Montrose

Smith Co

Eastman, Gardiner & Co

Eastman, Gardiner & Co.
see http://www.msrailroads.com/EG&Co.htm
this section verified with Lidar

E-G Camps

Summerland Camp
Operated November 1905 to 1908

Wisner
Operated 1908 to 1911
moved to Rogers Camp 1911-14
moved back to Wisner 1914- June 1915

Rogers Camp
Operated 1911 to 1914

Cohay I
Operated June 1915 to October 1920

Cohay III
Operated Sept 1925 to ca October 1935

Leaf River Camp
Operated late 1929 to no later than 1934

Eastman, Gardiner & Co
Eastman, Gardiner & Co.
see http://www.msrailroads.com/EG&Co.htm

Eastman, Gardiner & Co
Eastman, Gardiner & Co.
see http://www.msrailroads.com/EG&Co.htm
this section verified with Lidar

http://www.msrailroads.com/EG&Co.htm