Checks can be sent to:  R. Donald Ross, 3821 Crater Lake Ct, Irving, TX 75062-4015

This is a former Weyerhauser RR

The L&NW was incorporated in 1889 to take over former Louisiana North & South RR. In 1932 it ran between McNeil, AR, and Chestnut, LA. They also leased trackage from the Cotton Belt between McNeil and Magnolia, AR. They operated 12 locomotives, 10 passenger cars, 36 freight cars, and 13 service cars. At that time they were owned by Middle States Petroleum Corp. In recent years it came into the Salzburg collection of short lines.  It was purchased by Patriot in 2008.

Over the years it has had an interesting collection of locomotives, mostly second hand.

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37 was reportedly formerly Norfolk & Western.

41, SW8, was built by Electro-Motive in December 1950, #13513, FN 6198-2. It was also new and sold to NL&G as 39 in 1969. It later went to United States Steel Co as 42.

42, VO1000, was built by Baldwin in October 1943, #69673, as St Louis South-Western 1005, Class Z10. It was sold in April 1963 as L&NW 42. It February 1967, it was sold to the Georgetown RR for parts and later scrapped.

43, VO1000, was built by Baldwin in February 1945, #71741, as SSW 1009, Class Z10. It came to L&NW as 43 in April 1963. It was sold to Georgetown as 1004 in January 1967.  It became Texas Export RR 1004 in May, 1973. It was apparently renumbered back to 1009.

46, F7A, was built by Electro-Motive in July 1952, #16559, FN 3107-A1, as SP 6378, Class DF-8. In 1966 it was reclassified EF415A-8. It was traded in to GE and became WA&G 2100 in Jun 1969. Almost immediately it was sold to L&NW as 46. It joined 45 for the trip to California as CCMX 6378.

47, F7A, was built by Electro-Motive in October 1950, #10614, FN 3039-A14, as SP 6309, Class DF-6. It was reclassified Class EF415-6 in 1966 and traded it to General Electric in 1969.  It was sold to WA&G where it was never used. It was sold to L&NW as 47 in 1971. It went to Entertainment Trains Inc as 200 in May 1990 and was at the Galveston Railroad Museum as Texas Limited 200.  It was scrapped on June 1, 2011.

49, FP7A, was built by Electro-Motive in January 1950, #9004, FN 6043-A3, as Western Pacific 805A, Class D-176. It was traded in to General Electric in September 1972. GE sold it to WA&G where it was never renumbered. It came to L&NW as 49 in 1976. In July 1986 it was purchased by the Portola Railroad Museum who have restored it as WP 805A.

50, GP7, Electro-Motive June 1953, #18570, FN 5245-2. It was originally Union Pacific 711 and was renumbered 111 in November 1953. It was retired in July 1979, and sold to GE on March 13, 1980. It was sold to L&NW as 111 in January 1981. It was rebuilt and renumbered 50 in August 1981.

51, GP9, Electro-Motive January 1954, #19116, FN 5320-26. It was UP 230 and retired in May 1979. It was traded in to GE in January 1980. In May 1984 it became L&NW 51 and was named "Murray W. Salzburg".

52, GP7, Electro-Motive June 1950, #10140, FN 5020-2. It was originally Chesapeake & Ohio 5716, Class MRSE-15. In 1964 it was reclassified as GP-7. In April 1976 it was sold to the Chicago South Shore & South Bend as 1501. It later went to the South Central Arkansas as 1501. In 1984 it became L&NS 52.

54, GP35,  was built by Electro-Motive in March 1965, #29742, as St. Louis South-Western 776, Class Z25. In 1966 it was renumbered 6516, Class EF425C-2. It came to the L&NW in 1991.

57, GP40, was built by Electro-Motive in June 1968, #33910, as DT&I 400.  It became GTW 6400, Class GR-430h, in 1984 and retired on March 5, 1999.  It was sold as L&NW 57 in April 2000.

286, GP9, was built by Electro-Motive in September 1954, #19883, as Union Pacific 286,  It was retired in May 1979. They traded it to General Electric in January 1980, and it was sold to L&NW in January 1981. It has since been scrapped.

1448, GP15-1, was built by Electro-Motive in August 1979, #787249-19, as Consolidated Railroad Corp 1688, Class GP15-1.  It later became Norfolk Southern PRR 1448 and sold as Larry's Truck Equipment Co 1448.  It was sold as L&NW 1448 in August 2011.

3806, GP38, was built by Electro-Motive in June 1970, #36542, FN 7266-7, as Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe 3506, Class 3500.  It was rebuilt at Cleburne in January 1985 as 2306, Class 2300, and became Burlington Northern Santa Fe 2196, Class GP38, on February 11, 2000.  It was sold to Larry's Truck Equipment Co in December 2011 and renumbered 3806.  It was leased as LNW 3806 in May 2012.

3807, GP38, was built by Electro-Motive in June 1970, #36475, FN 7265-35, as Penn Central 7859, Class EF-20.  It became Consolidated Railroad Corp 7859, Class GP-38, in April 1976 and Burlington Northern 2182, Class GP-38X, in July 1985.  It became BNSF 2182, Class GP38, in April 2001 and sold to Larry's Truck Equipment Co in December 2011.  It was renumbered as LTEX 3807 and leased as LNW 3806 in May 2012.

3814, GP38AC, was built by Electro-Motive in March 1971, #36081, FN 5766-3, as Gulf Mobile & Ohio 723.  It became Illinois Central Gulf 9542 and became IC 9542.  It was sold as Helm Leasing Co HLCX 3676 and sold as Indiana Rail Road 3676.  It was planned as 33 but renumbered 3812.  It was sold for CIT Finanacial Group as CITX 3814.  It was sold as Louisiana & North West 3814 in March 2018.

(4163), GP9, was built by Electro-Motive in May 1959, #25437, FN 5604-1, as Kansas City Southern 163.  It was renumbered 4163 in January 1973 and sold to LNW for parts on April 8, 1987.

I have no roster information on caboose 25.

2003, GP38, was built by Electro-Motive in October 1959, #35252, FN 7189-7, as Alabama Great Southern (Southern) 2722.  It was sold as Locomotive Leasing Partners as LLPX 2003 in 1998 and was TCT 2003.

2008, GP38, was built by Electro-Motive in November 1969, #36010, FN 7240-10, as Southern 2762.  It was sold as LLPX 2008 in 1998 and leased as Virginia Southern RR 2008.  It was sold as TCT 2008 in 2009 and transferred as Columbia & Cowlitz RR 2008 in 2011.

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