W. L. Robinson Lumber Co.

Standard gauge, 30 to 56-lb rail Headquarters:  Mill Location: Gloster, MS (Amite County) Mill Capacity: 0,000 ft/day  Years of Operation: 1905-1913 Miles Operated: 11 miles Locomotives Owned:	Also see: Valley Lumber Co. Equipment:	Click Map for Larger Version
History by Gil Hoffman: In March 1903, W. L. Robinson began buying timber in the vicinity of Gloster, Amite County, for a lumbering operation. A mill site was purchased in February 1905 in the northern outskirts of Gloster, on the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad. During 1905 a sawmill plant and logging railroad, extending from the Y. & M. V. eastward, were constructed. On December 5, 1905, C. E. Bates became a partner in the business, buying a one-forth interest. The business then was operated as the W. L. Robinson Lumber Company, a copartnership.  On June 9, 1913, the sawmill plant, logging railroad and railroad logging equipment were sold to the Valley Lumber Company, of Camden, AR, for $33,000.
ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:        Road No.   Type   Builder   C.N.   Date   Cyls.   Dri. Dia.   Engine Wt.   Previous Ownership   Disposition   1   23-2 Shay   Lima   1610   12/1905   3-9x8   26½   43400   New.   Valley Lumber Co. #1, Gloster, MS, on 6/9/1913. Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #939, on 8/11/1913. Bowie Lumber Co. #9, Bowie, LA, on 4/11/1916. Transferred as #9 to St. James, LA.   2   2-6-0   Baldwin   4490   12/1878   11x16   45   38000   West End Narrow Gauge Ry. #3 Rolla Wells, St. Louis, MO Built 36-inch gauge. Covington, Flemingsburg & Ashland #2, Flemingsburg, KY, in 4/1893. Cincinnati, Flemingsburg & Southeastern #2, Flemingsburg, KY, on 6/1/1905. Georgia Car & Locomotive Co. #60 Rebuilt to standard gauge by Glover Machine Works, Marietta, GA. W. L. Robinson Lumber Co. #2, on 5/12/1910. Cost $2,000. Baldwin class 8-16 C 9   Unknown.   3   2-8-0   Baldwin   4926   1/1880   15x18   36   70000   Denver, South Park & Pacific #52 Built 36" gauge. Re. #192 in 1885. Denver, Leadville & Gunnison #192, in 1889. Colorado & Southern #32, in 1/1899. J. J. White #4, McComb City, MS, in 1901. Changed to standard gauge. W. L. Robinson Lumber Co. #3, ca. 1911. Baldwin class 10-24 E 40   Valley Lumber Co. #3, Gloster, MS, on 6/9/1913. Gloster Lumber Co. #3, Gloster, MS, on 1/23/1915. Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. #1097, on 4/26/1916. Mardez Lumber Co., Benford, TX, on 12/6/1916.

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