Salmen Brick & Lumber Co.

Slidell & Bayou LaCombe Railroad

Standard gauge, 56-lb rail Headquarters: Slidell, LA Mill Location: Slidell, LA (St. Tammany Parish) Mill Capacity: 100,000 ft/day in 1916 Years of Operation: by 1906-1922 Miles Operated: 16 miles in 1910 Locomotives Owned:	Equipment: 1907: 14 miles + 4 miles under construction, 2 locomotives, 1 McGiffert loader. 1910: 16 miles + 8 miles under construction, 3 locomotives, 60 cars, 1 McGiffert loader.	Click Map for Larger Version
History by Tony Howe: The Salmen Brothers, Fritz, Jacob and Albert, relocated from Handsboro, MS to Slidell and opened a large brick plant on the west side of town in the 1880's. They later built a sawmill adjacent to the brick plant in 1890. A new double band sawmill was built in 1915-16 that had a 100,000 ft per day capacity. The original logging railroad ran north-northwest from the mill in west Slidell, crossing the NOGN Shore Line Branch at Bonfouca. Logging spurs were built off of the NOGN between Covington and Folsom, LA, and the company had trackage rights on the NOGN to run log trains to the mill at Slidell.
Salmen's log camp near Red Bluff in 1916.	Another view at the Salmen logging camp.
	Salmen Brick & Lumber 2-6-0 No. 12 at Slidell.	Builder's view of Alco 2-6-0 No. 12 in 1914.
Photo of Salmen 10 (2-truck Shay) after it was sold to the Pacific Northwest here.	Baldwin 4-6-0 No. 4 was bought from Southern Iron & Equipment in Atlanta in 1905.
ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:     Road No.   Type   Builder   C.N.   Date   Cyls.   Dri. Dia.   Engine Wt.   Previous Ownership   Disposition   ?   2-4-0T   Baldwin   12223   9/1891   12x18   38   40000   Eastman, Gardiner & Co. Nancy, Laurel, MS Built as an 0-6-0T, rebuilt to 2-4-0T in 1894. Salmen Brick & Lumber Co., Ltd., Slidell, LA, by 7/1902.                                                             Baldwin class 6-18 D 10   Rosa Lumber Co. #1, Rosa Spur, MS, by 6/1905. Lacey Lumber Co. #5 Nancy, Carriere, MS, by 1/1912. W. B. Harbeson Lumber Co. Nancy, De Funiak Springs, FL, by 2/1922.   1   0-4-0T   Porter                   20000   Unknown. Salmen Brick & Lumber Co. #1, on ?       4   4-6-0   Baldwin           18x24           Lehigh Valley # Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #335 Slidell & Bayou Lacombe R.R. #4, on 12/30/1905.       5   0-4-0T   Porter   3609   9/1906   9x14   27   29000   New. Built 31" gauge.   Slidell Brick & Tile Co. #5, Slidell, LA Mark Smith, Fayette, MS   9   36-2 Heisler   Heisler                   72000   Unknown. Salmen Brick & Lumber Co. #9, on ?   For sale 8/1/1921.   10   50-2 Shay   Lima   2707   6/1913   3-11x12   32   100000   New.   For sale 8/1/1921. O. W. Brown, Seattle, WA (dealer), ca. 1/1924. Workman Creek Logging Co. #2, South Elma, WA Lytel Logging Co., Ocosta, WA, by 10/1935.   12   2-6-0   A/Brooks   54560   2/1914   19x26   56   140000   New via A. Baldwin & Co., New Orleans, LA   Great Southern Lumber Co. #9, Bogalusa, LA Bogalusa Paper Co. #9, Bogalusa, LA Gaylord Container Corp. #9, Bogalusa, LA.   14   2-6-0   Baldwin       1908               Unknown. Salmen Brick & Lumber Co. #14, on ?       ?   70-3 Shay   Lima   2223   2/1910   3-12x15   36   140000   Parsons Pulp & Lumber Co. #1, Dobbin, WV Champion Lumber Co. #1, Crestmont, NC Suncrest Lumber Co. #1, Sunburst, NC, on 12/18/1918. Salmen Brick & Lumber Co., on ?   For sale 8/1/1921. J. J. Newman Lumber Co. 3rd #2, Hattiesburg, MS Scrapped 1940.   ?   50-2 Shay   Lima   2553   7/1912   3-11x12   32   100000   Kirby Lumber Co. #60, Browndell, TX Salmen Brick & Lumber Co., on ?   For sale 8/1/1921. O. W. Brown, Seattle, WA (dealer) M.- B. Logging Co. #1, Markham, WA, by 7/1926. Scrapped 1939.   ?   0-6-0   Richmond   2587   1896   19x24   50       Alabama Great Southern R.R. #1439 Re. #107. Belt Railway of Chattanooga #4, on 4/1/1916. Southern Ry. #7059 Salmen Brick & Lumber Co., in 3/1923.       ?   2-6-0   Rogers   5074   10/1895   18x24   57   117000   New Orleans & Western #1, Port Chalmette, LA New Orleans Terminal Co. #103, New Orleans, LA Southern Ry. #7079 Salmen Brick & Lumber Co., in 3/1923.

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