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re: Abandoned Train in woods of Frost/Livingston?
Posted on 5/31/16 at 3:39 pm to Nodust
Posted on 5/31/16 at 3:39 pm to Nodust
Ponchatoula is too far east of that rail line.
The northern end of the railway sits under HWY 63. You can follow LA HWY 54 all the way from the river north toward Livingston.
https://www.lobservateur.com/2015/07/22/our-history-garyvilles-boon-cypress-trees-draw-thousands-to-st-john/
Timbermill Museum Photos:
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The company also built the Garyville Northern Rail Road, approximately located where Louisiana 54 lies today, which extended 35 miles north to Livingston, another town built by the lumber company. The railway proved to be more than a method of transporting lumber, as it also served as a passenger train and was used to deliver mail.
The northern end of the railway sits under HWY 63. You can follow LA HWY 54 all the way from the river north toward Livingston.
https://www.lobservateur.com/2015/07/22/our-history-garyvilles-boon-cypress-trees-draw-thousands-to-st-john/
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“I’d also like to see a bike trail trace the route of the GNRR from Garyville to Livingston,” Monica said. Although the railroad was dismantled after the Depression, some of the rail bed is still in the swamp. One building significant in Garyville’s history, The Bank on Historic Front Street, fills weekly with music during Thursday Night Jams, beginning at 7 p.m. every Thursday.
Timbermill Museum Photos:
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Location and general description of property.—The railroad of the Garyville Northern Railroad Company, hereinafter called the carrier, is a single-track standard-gauge steam railroad located in Louisiana, extending from a connection with the logging railroad of the Lyon Lumber Company, about 2 miles southeast of Whitehall, in a northerly direction to Livingston, a distance of 18.727 miles.
This post was edited on 5/31/16 at 3:46 pm
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Posted on 5/31/16 at 6:03 pm to Shexter
The picture of the Lyons Cypress Lumber company building still exist as in the picture. We restored it in the 90's rebuilt the widows walk as in the picture
The State took it over and let it detriorate it has been returned to local ownership.
I am trying to get the Louisiana Steam Train Association to relocate to the Garyville Tumber Mill Musium.
There is plenty of land and great potential including going to occasion LSU/Saints football games on a Steam Train.
There is also the potential of losing the train that was once in Audubon Park to Mississippi.
There is very little hope of getting Lyons Engine No. 1 from Ponchatoula, unless they take trade one day. It is on the way to the great train station in the sky due to neglect. A team of train experts received took a look a it. We would welcome a trade though.
The State took it over and let it detriorate it has been returned to local ownership.
I am trying to get the Louisiana Steam Train Association to relocate to the Garyville Tumber Mill Musium.
There is plenty of land and great potential including going to occasion LSU/Saints football games on a Steam Train.
There is also the potential of losing the train that was once in Audubon Park to Mississippi.
There is very little hope of getting Lyons Engine No. 1 from Ponchatoula, unless they take trade one day. It is on the way to the great train station in the sky due to neglect. A team of train experts received took a look a it. We would welcome a trade though.
This post was edited on 5/31/16 at 6:06 pm
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