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Mansfield Hardwood Lumber Co.

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Mansfield Ry & Transportation Co

112 was built by Lima Locomotive on October 17, 1923, #3241.  It became Louisiana & Pine Bluff Ry 112 on April 14, 1926, and became Frost Lumber Co 112 on June 6, 1935.  It was sold as Conasauga River Lumber Co. 112.  It was sold as Graham County RR 1923 "Ole Cliffhanger" in 1966 and sold as Oregon Pacific & Eastern Ry 112 in March 1972.  It was sold as Center for Transportation & Commerce 112 (Galveston Railroad Museum).


Meridian Lumber Co.

202 was built by Baldwin in November 1913, 40862.  It became Crowell Long Leaf Lumber Co and Crowell Lumber Industries in 1941.  It was donated to Southern Heritage Forest Museum.


Mississippi River Sugar Belt RR

4 was built by Baldwin in 1904, #26316.  It was wrecked in 1955 and scrapped in 1956.

5 was built by Dickson Locomotive Co in 1899, #1017.  It was scrapped in 1942.


Monroe Sand & Gravel Co.

100. 44 Ton, was built by General Electric in June 1946, #28495, as Laurinburg & Southern 100.  It was sold as Monroe Sand & Gravel Co 100 and sold as Arkansas & Louisiana Missouri 34.  It was sold as George R Silcott Railway Equipment Co 34.


Natchitoches Parish Port

SILX 2036, SW1500, was built by Electro-Motive in February 1968, #33520, FN 4527-1, as Toledo Peoria & Western 303. It was sold to Chrome Crankshaft in December 1983, and later sold as National Aeronautical & Space Administration 1 in 1985.  It was sold to Natchitoches Parish Port in 2014 and made arrangements with S&I Locomotive Services so that it was SILX  2036


New Orleans & Gulf Coast Ry.

This is part of the Rio Grande Pacific group.


New Orleans Public Belt RR

15 was built by Baldwin in September 1915, #42353. It was retired on April 5, 1950.

17 was built by Baldwin in September 1915, #42355.  It was retired on April 5, 1950.

43, VO660, was built by Baldwin in March 1942, #64242.  It was retired in 1969.

103. SW1000, was built by Electo-Motive in August 1971, #37390, FN 7309-3.  It was sold to Watco in October 1998 and was later renumbered 1702.

106, SW1000, was built by Electro-Motive in July 1971, #37393. It was sold to Watco in October 1998 and was later renumbered 1701.

3000, GP40, was built by Electro-Motive in May 1970, #35920, FN 7229-24, as Seaboard Coast Line 1619.  It became Seaboard System 1619 in January 1983 and renumbered 6773 in 1984.  It became CSX Transportation 6773, Class GP-40, in April 1986 and sold to National Railway Equipment Co.  It was sold as Point Comfort & Northern 3000 and sold to J&L Consulting.  It was sold as NOPB 3003.


New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board

This is primarly a traction line.


New Orleans Terminal Co.

2335,  SW1500, was built by Electro-Motive in November 1969, #35288, FN 4564-3.  It became Southern Ry 2335 and became Norfolk Southern 2335, Class SW1500.  It was sold to Helm Leasing in June 1997 and rebuilt at Metro East Industried as Union Pacific 1030, Class SW1500, on February 6, 1998.  It renumbered Y1030 on May 7, 2001, and retired on April 7, 2003.  It was returned to Helm Leasing Corp as HLCX 1030 in June 1996.  It was sold to WATCo as WAMX 1510.


North Louisiana & Gulf RR

MidLouisiana Rail Corp

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

40, SW8, was built by Electro-Motive in December 1950, #13512, FN 6198-1, as L&NW 40. It became NL&G 40 in 1969. It later went to Hercules Powder as 76 and then to Inman Services as 40. It later was sold to Webb Asset Management as 802.

45, MP15DC, was built by Electro-Motive in November 1975, #75619-4.  It was returned in 1991 and sold to Canadian Pacific as 1437 in 1996.

46, GP38, was built by Electro-Motive in December 1967, #33797, FN 7076-1, as Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines 2000, Class EF-20.  It became Penn Central 2000, Class EF-20.  It became Consolidated Railroad Corp 7660, Class GP-38, in April 1976.  It was sold as NL&G 46 and sold to MidSouth Rail in July 1987 but never relettered.  It was sold as Iowa Interstate RR 600 in February 1988 and sold to General American Transportation Co as GMTX 2080 in January 2007.


Ozone Lumber Co.

8 was built by Rhode Island Locomotive Works in July 1893, #2943, as Lake Street Elevated RR 9 "Charles H".  It was sold as OLCo  8 and sold to McGraw Steel Co in 1947 and sold as Valencia Iron & Coke SA 1.  It was resold as La Consolidata SA and donated to National Museum of Transportation in January 1958.


Parish Line Ry.

10, 900 HP, was built by Electro-Motive in March 1935, #518, FN E135-1, as General Motors Corp 518.  It was sold as Philadelphia Bethlehem & New England 55 in October 1935.  It was renumbered 203 and sold as PLRy 10 in December 1954.  It was scrapped in February 1970.

 

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