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Murry Hammond is working to produce Rusty Rails & Dusty Trails history newsletters on various Houston County subjects. In general, I am looking for photographs to illustrate the histories, and surviving family stories to personalize them. If you have any pictures or stories on the old log railroads or sawmill life that you would be willing to let us copy for our publication, I'd love to speak with you by mail or e-mail or telephone. Contact: Murry Hammond (click for e-Mail) or call anytime at 818-653-4626.

Here are our needs:

Waco, Beaumont, Trinity & Sabine Railway (1922 - 1959), the "Wobbly." This railroad terminated at Weldon, where it maintained a depot. Known depot agents were H.E. Townie and Docia Love. In later years the railroad abandoned Weldon, but continued to pull tank cars of oil from a rack in the Kittrell Field. We are trying to produce a larger publication on this company's very interesting railroad story.

Eastern Texas Railroad / Houston County Railroad (Kennard, Ratcliff)
Louisiana & Texas Lumber / Central Coal & Coke Company (Kennard, Ratcliff)

Thank you!

1914 Texas State Gazetteer & Business Directory
1919 Dun's Mercantile Directory
1923 Dun's Mercantile Directory

1914 Texas State Gazetteer & Business Directory
1919 Dun's Mercantile Directory
1923 Dun's Mercantile Directory

Weldon, Texas, 1901 Plat Map
Source: Houston County Clerk.

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.