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Longview union depot in 1918.
 
 
 
 
Wanted: Port Bolivar Iron Ore Railroad - Information, Photographs.
   
 

Murry Hammond is working to produce a Rusty Rails & Dusty Trails history newsletter on the Port Bolivar Iron Ore Railroad. The line operated from east Longview north through Omega, James (now New Diana) and to Ore City in Upshur County. The PBIO operated a Model-T rail car (pictured below) that pulled a trailer, for hauling people and mail.


The P.B.I.O. Model-T rail car at Longview, 1920's.

I am looking for photographs to illustrate the history, and surviving family stories to personalize it. If you have any stories regarding life along the P.B.I.O., I'd love to speak with you by telephone, mail or e-mail.

Contact Murry Hammond by e-Mail or call anytime at 818-653-4626. Thank you!

  
     
 
 
 
 
Photographs of Interest    
     
 
     
  Note: This is a partial sampling of photographs in the TTA collection. Please search the Photograph Search Engine for more photographs.    
       
       
  Port Bolivar Iron Ore Railroad Model-T railcar and traler, Longview, Texas, 1920's.
Donor: Bob Harrison 		 

     
       
       
  Longview Street Railway mule car, circa 1909.
Collection: Murry Hammond 		 

     
       
       
  Longview, Texas Union Depot, circa 1918?
Collection: Murry Hammond. Color postcard, date cancel is obscured, but looks like "1918." 		 

     
       
 
 
 
 
Articles and Publications    
     
       
 

Logging Railroads of East Texas, 89-Page Magazine on CD-Rom Format.
The history of the logging railroads and tram operations in East Texas between 1840 and 1964. PDF file containes 100 photographs in 89 pages, on a CD-Rom.

  

     
       
 
 
 
 
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