| Marker Number |
10415 |
| Atlas Number |
5373010415 |
| Marker Title |
Moscow, Camden & San Augustine Railroad |
| Index Entry |
Moscow, Camden & San Augustine Railroad |
| Address |
|
| City |
Camden |
| County |
Polk |
| UTM Zone |
15 |
| UTM Easting |
333806 |
| UTM Northing |
3421591 |
| Subject Codes |
lumber topics; railroads |
| Marker Year |
1968 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
at railroad depot - intersection of FM 62 and FM 942 |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
Texas' shortest (and one of its oldest) "mixed"-train railroads. Has passenger and freight cars pulled by a single engine on a 7-mile system, 5 days a week. Chartered 1898 by lumberman W. T. Carter to connect sawmill town of Camden with Texas & New Orleans Railway at Moscow. "Panama No. 201," now retired to Camden with other old steam engines, was used in building the Panama Canal in 1914. It was last locomotive in service here, 1965. Passenger coach with original rattan seats began its career 1898 on Long Island Railroad. |
