Louisiana & North West Railroad

Standard Gauge Headquarters: Gibsland, later Homer, LA Years of Operation: 1890-present Predecessor Roads: Louisiana North & South Ry Successor Roads: none Miles Operated: Main line: Magnolia, AR to Natchitoches, LA, 114.7 miles; leased (St. Louis Southwestern Ry. — Magnolia to McNBeil, AR), 6.40 miles — total, 121.10 miles. Locomotives Owned:	Equipment 3/31/1890: Locomotives: 2. Cars: 2 passenger. 12/31/1899: Locomotives: 5. Cars: 2 passenger, 2 baggage, etc., 16 flat, 1 caboose. 6/30/1914: Locomotives: 9. Cars: 5 passenger, 2 combination, 2 baggage, etc., 41 box, 29 flat, 22 service. 6/30/1918: Locomotives: 9. Cars: 3 passenger, 2 combination, 3 baggage, etc., 23 box, 6 flat, 2 caboose, 24 service.	Click Map for Larger Version
HISTORY by Gil Hoffman: Chartered as the Louisiana North & South Railroad on November 28, 1885. Road completed from Gibsland, LA to Homer, LA, 20 miles, toward the end of 1887 and opened for business on March 1, 1888. The extension from Gibsland to Bienville, LA was completed in 1889 and opened January 1, 1889. The road was constructed by J. D. Beardsley, contractor. Owing to a defective charter, the road was in 1889 as the Louisiana & North West Railroad and the property of the old company conveyed to the new on January 21, 1890. At the time of the new charter, the railroad was controlled by J. D. Beardsley through ownership of a majority of the capital stock. Authorized capital stock was $2,900,000.  The line from Homer, La to Magnolia, AR, 35.70 miles, was built during 1897-98; from Bienville to Lucky, LA, 7.50 miles, during 1900-01; from Lucky to Saline, LA, 5.50 miles, during 1901-04; from Saline to Natchitoches, LA, 30.20 miles, during 1901-05, and in Natchitoches, 0/30 miles, during 1912. The total mileage of this construction was 79.20 miles. The line between Homer, LA and Magnolia, AR and between Bienville, LA and Natchitoches, LA were constructed under contract by J. D. Beardsley.The Magnola Branch of the St. Louis Southwestern Ry., from Magnolia to McNeil, AR, 6.40 miles, was leased for 20 years from August 1, 1898, at a rental of $3,980 per year.  The railroad had joint use of the passenger station at Gibsland, LA, owned by the Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific.  Interchange connections were with the Louisiana & Arkansas at Chestnut, LA; with Louisiana Railway & Navigation Co., at Hagen, LA; with the North Louisiana & Gulf at Bienville, LA; with the St. Louis Southwestern Ry., at McNeil, AR; the Texas & Pacific at Natchitoches, LA, and the Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific at Gibsland, LA.  The country traversed was gently rolling with some flat stretches. The most imortant bridge on the road was across the Red River. This bridge was 525 feet in length.  The United States District Court at New Orleans, on August 23, 1913, appointed George W. Hunter as receiver on application of the Baldwin Locomotive Works and other creditors.  REFERENCE   1.  “Louisiana & North West Railroad Company,” Valuation Docket No. 697, Interstate Commerce Commission Reports, Vol. 135, p. 849-880.
January 1915 Official Railway Equipment Register- Art Richardson Collection		January 1912 Official Guide of the Railways
	March 1937 Official Guide of the Railways- Tony Howe Collection
STEAM ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:   Road No.   Type   Builder   C.N.   Date   Cyls.   Dri. Dia.   Engine Wt.   Previous Ownership   Disposition   1   4-4-0   Baldwin   10419   11/1889   14x22   56   60000   Louisiana North & South Ry. #1 Louisiana & North West #1, on 1/21/1890. Baldwin class 8-22 C 74   Dropped by 6/30/1918.   2   4-4-0   Baldwin   2408   4/1871   14x24   61   45000   Junction & Breakwater R.R. New York, Lewes, DE Delaware, Maryland & Virginia #3, in 6/1883. Re. #253. Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore R.R. #108, in 8/1885. New York Equipment Co., New York, NY (dealer), in 2/1888. Louisiana & North West #2, by 3/1890. Baldwin class 22½ C 27   Dropped by 6/30/1918.   3   4-4-0   Baldwin   13714   9/1893   16x24   62   74000   New. Cost $8,260. Baldwin class 8-26 C 511   Dropped by 6/30/1918.   4   2-6-0   Baldwin   15938   5/1898   17x24   54   95000   New. Cost $8,033.75. Baldwin class 8-28 D 161   Dropped by 6/30/1918.   5   2-6-0   Baldwin   15939   5/1898   17x24   54   95000   New. Cost $8,033.75. Baldwin class 8-28 D 162   In service 6/30/1918.   6   2-8-0   Baldwin   10490   12/1889   20x24   50   116000   Cresson, Clearfield County & New York Short Route R.R. #4 Anthony S. Morrow, Cresson, PA Pennsylvania R.R. #1517, in 6/1893. Boise, Nampa & Owyhee Ry., Nampa, ID, in 3/1897. Louisiana & North West #6, ca. 1900. Baldwin class 10-34 E 1023   Dropped by 6/30/1918.   7   2-6-0   Baldwin   21668   2/1903   18x24   56   110000   New. Cost $9,900. Baldwin class 8-30 D 610   Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #2078, in 1/1926.   8   2-6-0   Baldwin   22102   5/1903   18x24   56   110000   New. Cost $9,900. Baldwin class 8-30 D 611   In service 6/30/1918.   9   4-4-0   Baldwin   22183   5/1903   16x24   64   90000   New. Cost $9,000. Baldwin class 8-26 C 556   In service 6/30/1918.   10   2-8-0   Baldwin   24805   11/1904   19x24   50   125000   New. Cost $10,885. Baldwin class 10-32 E 47   Louisiana & Arkansas Ry. #150, ca. 1910. Grace Logging Co., Castor, LA, in 6/1922. Weber-King Manufacturing Co. #110, Barham, LA   11   2-8-0   Baldwin   24835   11/1904   19x24   50   125000   New. Cost $10,885. Baldwin class 10-32 E 48   Gainesville Midland R.R. #102, Gainesville, GA, in 1905. Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1861 Fountain-Campbell Lumber Co. #4, Ladysmith, WI, on 3/8/1924. Roddis Lumber & Veneer Co., Park Falls, WI, in 1936.   21   2-6-0   Rhode Island   1704   11/1886   19x24   52½   104300   Vicksburg & Meridian R.R. #165 Alabama & Vicksburg Ry. #411, in 5/1889. Louisiana & North West #21, in 1907.   Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #2079, in 1/1926.   22   4-6-0   Baldwin   37003   9/1911   18x26   56   130500   New. Cost $12,261. Baldwin class 10-30 D 599   Scrapped   23   4-6-0   Baldwin   37004   9/1911   18x26   56   130500   New. Cost $12,261. Baldwin class 10-30 D 600   Scrapped   24   4-6-0   Baldwin   37005   9/1911   18x26   56   130500   New. Cost $12,261. Baldwin class 10-30 D 601   Davis Brothers Lumber Co. #24, Ansley, LA   25   4-6-0   Baldwin   39266   2/1913   18x26   56   130500   New. Cost $12,360. Baldwin class 10-30 D 632   North Louisiana & Gulf R.R. #25, Hodge, LA, by 2/1926. Scrapped 1950.   26   4-6-0   A/Schen.   29786   5/1904   19x26   62   140000   Newton & Northwestern R.R. #10, Boone, IA Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. #1417. Louisiana & North West #26, on 9/26/1921.       27   4-6-0   A/Schen.   29787   5/1904   19x26   62   140000   Newton & Northwestern R.R. #12, Boone, IA Bellefonte Central R.R. #12, Bellefonte, PA, in 1920. Louisiana & North West #27, in 9/1921.   Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #2080, in 1/1926.   28   2-8-0   A/Rich.   30150   10/1904   20x24   50   139000   Mississippi River & Bonne Terre #13, Bonne Terre, MO Louisiana & North West #28, on 3/6/1922.   North & South Ry. #101, in 1929.   29   2-8-0   A/Rich.   30151   10/1904   20x24   50   139000   Mississippi River & Bonne Terre #17, Bonne Terre, MO Louisiana & North West #29, on 3/6/1922.   North & South Ry. #102, in 1929.   30   4-6-0   Baldwin   27055   12/1905   19x26   58   144000   Alabama & Vicksburg Ry. #445 Louisiana & North West #30, in 3/1922. Baldwin class 10-32 D 947       31   4-6-0   Baldwin   29328   10/1906   19x26   58   144000   Alabama & Vicksburg Ry. #446 Louisiana & North West #31, in 3/1922. Baldwin class 10-32 D 983       32   4-6-0   Baldwin   30004   1/1907   19x26   55   145000   Alabama & Vicksburg Ry. #443 Louisiana & North West #32, in 3/1922. Baldwin class 10-32 D 986   Out of service by 7/1935.   33   4-8-0   Brooks   3603   8/1900   20x26   55   170400   Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Ry. #239 Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1477. Wisconsin-Alabama Lumber Co. #5, Sylacauga, AL, on 12/31/1919. Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #2083. Louisiana & North West #33, in 1/1926.   Scrapped 1933.   34   2-8-0   A/Brooks   28255   12/1903   22x30   57   199000   Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Ry. #766 Re. #6608 in 1905. Louisiana & North West #34, in 1929.       35   2-8-0   A/Brooks   28245   12/1903   22x30   57   199000   Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Ry. #756 Re. #6598 in 1905. Louisiana & North West #35, in 1929.       36   2-8-2   Baldwin   52665   12/1919   20½x28   48   179000   Sewell Valley R.R. #7, Rainelle, WV Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. #2910, in 7/1927. Georgia Car & Locomotive Co. #669 - Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. (joint account). Louisiana & North West #36, on 3/3/1930. Cost $4,500. Baldwin class 12-34¼ E 55       37   2-8-2   Baldwin   43561   6/1916   20x28   48   174500   Arizona Lumber & Timber Co. #1, Flagstaff, AZ St. Louis, Troy & Eastern R.R. #7, East St. Louis, IL, in 1917. Georgia Car & Locomotive Co. #630. Louisiana & North West #37, in 1/1930. Cost $15,000. Baldwin class 12-34¼ E 40       38   2-6-0   Baldwin   19962   1/1902   20x28   56½   167200   Illinois Central R.R. #591 Re. #3750 on 8/12/1937 Re. #3712 on 4/30/1943. Louisiana & North West #38, on 8/16/1945. Baldwin class 8-34 D 187       39   2–6-0   Baldwin   33243   3/1909   20x28   57   160000   St. Louis Southwestern Ry. #455 Louisiana & North West #39, on 8/24/1946. Baldwin class 8-34 D 519   Retired 1950.

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