Locomotive Graveyard

Along a track buried in brush in this area, Crowell Long Leaf Lumber scrapped at least five steam engines in 1954-55. The five engines known to have been scrapped here were Crowell and Spencer Shays #1 and #2, Alexandria Lumber Co. 2-6-0 #3, Crowell and Spencer 2-6-2 #200, Meridian Lumber Co. Shay #112, and Crowell, Alco, Meridian 2-6-2 #303. Much other lumbering equipment, including two Clyde log skidders, was also cut up here. Parts of all five of these engines are scattered around for those who know where to look, and the largest amount of surviving parts are from Shay #112, though parts from all the other engines remain as well.

Louisiana · United States