Re: NNG Last week

Everett Lueck Wrote:
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> Thanks for asking, Don.
>
> It is at the Southern Forest Heritage Museum in
> Longleaf, Louisiana.
>
> It is the old Crowell Family Sawmill, and their
> focus has been primarily on the lumbering part of
> the museum. They have three engines on the
> property and about 2-3 miles of remaining track.
> This engine is #202, the last woods engine and
> woodburner. They also have Crowell #400 and Red
> River and Gulf #106, which are identical ten
> wheelers. The 400, like the 202 has been stored
> outdoors since the operation shut down in 1954,
> but the 106 has been stored under cover and is in
> fairly good shape. I spent the week with the
> museum director and the family going thru the
> files and discussing their attendence problem.
> They are not located on a main road (just like the
> Texas State RR) and have very few visitors. They
> are getting more volunteers though, and they are
> beginning to focus in on the RR equipment as a way
> to draw visitors, since about 75% of the people
> who show up want to "see the trains".

I had the privilage of visiting this location in June of 1995; when it was still overgrown after 26 years of abandonment, and in 2002 and 2003 when it was well on it's way to becoming a fantastic museum. I had my photographs on my old website on pernet.net; but the entire website went away a couple of years ago.

I have recieved permission to upload them to the ISSES website (see link below); here is the webpage for my 1995 visit and my 2002-2003 visits.

What they are trying to do is on the scale of the EBT and the C&TSRR; and I wish them the continued best of success with their efforts. The folks from the former Reader Railroad in Arkansas were going to help out; did that fall through?

-James Hefner
Hebrews 10:20a

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