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Forest Rails Georgia-Pacific’s Railroad by Russell Tedder w/ dust jacket
Forest Rails Georgia-Pacifics Railroad by Russell Tedder
Hard Cover w/dust jacket NOTICE The back cover has a small scratch - upper right side near bidning when looking at the photo of the back cover.
464 Pages
Copyright 2016
Contents
Acknowledgments6
1 ForestRails, An Introduction s
2 Logging the Coast Range14
C.D. Johnson Lumber Corporation 14
Coos Bay Lumber Company42
Hammond Lumber Company 70
5 Early West Coast Short Lines 90
Feather River Railway 90
Oregon, Pacific & Eastern 130
+ Logging the Appalachians 150
W.M. Ritter Lumber Company 150
Meadow River Lumber Company 164
5 Crossett-Watzek-Gates178
Eagle Lumber Company 181
Gates Lumber Company 182
Jackson Lumber Company 183
Grant Lumber Company 184
Fordyce & Princeton 186
Ashley, Drew & Northern 198
Arkansas, Louisiana & Mississippi 222
Crossett Western Company240
6 Southern Short Lines 244
Brimstone Railroad 244
Carolina Western 258
Swamp Logging in the Carolinas 266
7 California Short Lines270
California Western 270
Amador Central 300
8 Mississippi branch Lines322
The Valley Line 323
The Columbia Route 328
The Soso Line 330
9 Great Northern-Nekoosa 332
Valdosta Southern 332
Marinette, Tomahawk & Western 342
Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad 360
Old Augusta 372
10 Uncommon Carriers 376
Columbia & Silver Creek376
Woodland, Maine, Rail Operations 380
Port Edwards-Nekoosa Intermill 382
Blue Rapids Railway 390
11 The Invisible Railroads392
Mill and Plant Switchers 392
Rail Car Fleets 398
12 Survivors 408
Moscow, Camden & San Augustine 410
15 Locomotive Rosters 418
Dedication464
Inside dust jacket
ForestRails is a story of railroads and the role they played in the growth of Georgia-Pacific, a major forest products company. From the early beginnings, railroads have been absolutely essential in the delivery of raw materials and shipment of finished products of the forests. Such was the case with Georgia-Pacific's railroads. Just as man does not live on bread alone, railroads could not survive without freight to haul. Thus it is necessary for this story to also tell the parallel stories of G-P's acquisitions that included the railroads.
Georgia-Pacific aptly described itself as the growth company over the years. Beginning in 1927 as a small lumber dealer, the company grew in the last half of the 20th century to become one of the leading manufacturers and distributors of forest products. Georgia-Pacific's phenomenal growth was mainly through acquisitions of existing companies which included extensive railroad logging and shortline railroad operations.
By 1900 lumbermen had recognized the efficiency of a steel wheel on a steel rail and the number of logging railroads grew rapidly. The coming of the railroads freed lumbermen from being tied to the river banks and dependency on weather conditions. Railroad logging could be operated year round with little or no interruptions from the weather. Railroads also made large areas of timber accessible that could not have been logged before.
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