Lake Bistineau Lumber Co. 1891-1898

Globe Lumber Co. 1898-19??

Sibley, Lake Bisteneau & Southern Railway 1900-1942

Standard gauge, 40 & 60-lb rail Headquarters: Kansas City, Mo. Mill Location: Yellow Pine, LA (Webster Parish) Mill Capacity: 150,000 ft/day  Years of Operation: 1898- ?? (mill)                                  1900-1942 (railroad) Miles Operated: Main line (SLB&S): Sibley, LA to Halls Summit, LA, 29.506 miles Locomotives Owned: See roster below	Other Equipment: 6/30/1914 (SLB&S): Locomotives: 2. Cars: 2 passenger, 2 box, 1 flat, 67 logging.	Click Map for Larger Version
History by Gil Hoffman:    The Sibley. Lake Bisteneau & Southern Railway was incorporated in Louisiana on July 7, 1900, to construct, lease and operate a railroad extending in a southerly direction from Sibley, LA, and for leasing and operating steamship lines. The Sibley. Lake Bisteneau & Southern, the Louisiana & Pacific and the Woodworth and Louisiana Central made up what was called the Shreveport. Alexandria & Southwestern system. The SLB&S operated the railroad of the Globe Lumber Company from 1900 to June 30, 1906, at which time it purchased the property by issuing $100,000 in capital stock to the Globe Lumber Company. A majority of the capital stock in the Sibley, Lake Bisteneau & Southern and the Globe Lumber Company was owned by the R. A. Long interests of Kansas City, Missouri.   The Sibley. Lake Bisteneau & Southern connected at Sibley, LA. with the Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific and the Louisiana & Arkansas railways, and extended southward for 31 miles through Webster and Bienville parishes, ending about 3 miles beyond a point known as Camp Long. South of Camp Long there were extensive logging tracks. The entire road was originally built as a logging road. The line was laid with 40 and 60-lb. rail. The country traversed was rolling timber land.   The section of railroad from Sibley to Yellow Pine, LA was constructed by the Bisteneau Lumber Company prior to 1898. Construction by the Globe Lumber Company, Ltd., was as follows: Yellow Pine to south line of Webster Parish, during 1898-1900, 6.0 miles; South line of Webster Parish to MP 17, in 1901, 6.0 miles; MP 17 to MP 18.5, in 1902, 1.5 miles; MP 18.5 to MP 22.5, in 1903, 4.0 miles; MP 22.5 to MP 27.5, in 1904, 5.0 miles; MP 29.5 to MP28.5, in 1905, 1.0 miles, for a total of 28.5 miles. The SLB&S constructed the line from MP 28.5 to Summit, LA, 1.0 miles, in 1908, for a total of 29.5 miles..   In 1910 the equipment of the Sibley, Lake Bisteneau & Southern consisted of 6 locomotives. 2 passenger cars, 7 freight cars and 106 logging cars. Three of the locomotives and all of the freight and logging cars were leased from the parent lumber company.   The road was abandoned in May 1942.   REFERENCE   1.  ”Sibley, Lake Bisteneau & Southern Railway Company,” Valuation Docket No. 528, Interstate Commerce Commission Reports, Vol. 135, p.808-25.
ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:     Road No. Type Builder C.N. Date Cyls. Dri. Dia. Engine Wt. Previous Ownership Disposition 23 0-4-4F Baldwin 12991 10/1892 9x15x16 42 58000 Chicago & South Side Rapid Transit R.R. #23, Chicago, IL Retired in 1898 — replaced by electric cars. Globe Lumber Co. #23, Ltd., on ?                               Baldwin class 8-12/24⅓ C 33 Wyatt Lumber Co., Ltd. #23, Wyatt, LA, by 6/1904. Ruston Hardware & Supply Co., Ltd., Ruston, LA, by 11/1905. El Dorado Foundry & Machine Co., El Dorado, AR, by 3/1910. 2 4-4-0 Baldwin         46000 Unknown. Globe Lumber Co. #2, by 1904.   3 2-6-0 Rogers         84000 Unknown. Globe Lumber Co. #3, by 1904.   4 28-2 Shay Lima 645 2/1901 3-10x10 29½ 56000 New. Lettered “S. L. B. & S. Ry.” Arkansas Short Leaf Lumber Co., Pine Bluff, AR Wrecked 11/1920. Repaired by Pine Bluff Iron Works, Pine Bluff, AR. Bearden Gravel Co., Bearden, AR Scrapped ca. 2/1928. 5 2T Shay Lima           Unknown. Globe Lumber Co. #5, by 1904.   6 2-6-2 Baldwin 22158 5/1903 15x20 46 87000 New by Globe Lumber Co. Lettered "Sibley, Lake Bisteneau & Southern Ry." on tank. Cost $8,150. Baldwin class 10-24¼ D 43 In service 6/30/1926. Davis Brothers Lumber Co. #6, Ansley, LA 7 60-3 Shay Lima 1736 10/1906 3-12x12 36 120000 New by Globe Lumber Co. Lettered “S. L. B. & S. Ry.” Fidelity Lumber Co. #11, Doucette, TX Long-Bell Lumber Co. #11, Doucette, TX, on 11/1/1922. 10 2-6-2 Baldwin 34465 4/1910 15x20 41 87600 Thompson Brothers Lumber Co. #10, Doucette, TX Fidelity Lumber Co. #10, Doucette, TX, in 8/1912. Sibley, Lake Bisteneau & Southern #10, on ? Baldwin class 10-24¼ D 76 In service 6/30/2926. 14 2-8-0 Baldwin 32202 11/1907 19x24 50½ 126000 Lufkin Land & Lumber Co. #14, Lufkin, TX Sibley, Lake Bisteneau & Southern #14, on ? Baldwin class 10-32 E 107   20 2-6-2 Baldwin 29846 12/1906 15x20 46 83300 Hudson River Lumber Co. #20, De Ridder, LA Lettered “Louisiana & Pacific Ry.” on tank. Longville Lumber Co. #20, Longville, LA Calcasieu Long Leaf Lumber Co. #20, Lake Charles, LA (leased, by 6/30/1919). Sibley, Lake Bisteneau & Southern #20, on ? Baldwin class 10-24¼ D 59 Chicago Mill & Lumber Co. #14 5 2-6-2 Baldwin 54231 12/1920 16x24 47 122000 Arkansas Short Leaf Lumber Co. #5, Pine Bluff, AR Sibley, Lake Bisteneau & Southern, by 6/1932. Baldwin class 10-26¼ D 184

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