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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox rail The Groveton, Lufkin and Northern Railway (GL&N) was a standard gauge U.S. shortline railroad located in East Texas. Originally chartered on May 15, 1908, as the Texas Northern Railway Company, it changed its name on August 17, 1908.

On December 1, 1908, the GL&N purchased the Шаблон:Convert private logging railroad between Groveton and Vair from the Trinity County Lumber Company, its corporate parent; the rail line had been built in 1900 by lumber company owner James Stanley Joyce to serve the company sawmill near Groveton.Шаблон:Sfn[1]Шаблон:Sfn The sawmill, one of the largest in the Southern United States, was the predominant local employer.[2] The GL&N upgraded the railroad in 1909 and obtained operating rights on the Texas South-Eastern Railroad from Vair to Lufkin. In 1926, the GL&N reported owning three locomotives and 104 cars, with passenger earnings of $8,000 Шаблон:USDCY and freight earnings of $233,000 Шаблон:USDCY.[1]

At Groveton, the GL&N interchanged with a branch line of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway which later became independent as the Waco, Beaumont, Trinity and Sabine Railway (WBT&S).Шаблон:Sfn[3]

By the late 1920s, timber in the area had become badly depleted.[2][3] The Trinity County Lumber Company was able to maintain operations longer than other local lumber companies, but finally capitulated and shut down the sawmill at midnight on December 31, 1930.[2] In 1931, the sawmill was dismantled, the population of Groveton plummeted from around 4,000 to 1,046, and GL&N revenue drastically fell.[1][2] The GL&N was abandoned sometime between 1931 and 1934.Шаблон:Efn

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