It's often easier to retrace the right of way of an abandoned logging
road through the second growth that it is to track down its vital statistics.
Some of the log-haulers steamed into history with no printed evidence of
their existence.  Only a few of them reached that status which required
reporting to a governmental agency.
    The listing that follows represents the best available information from such sources as state railroad tax commissions, locomotive sale
contemporary publications and interviews with veterans of the highball days.
The prime source has been the annual directories of railroad and logging
companies issued by Abbey, "American Lumberman", "Moodys", "S&P", "The
Timberman" and "West Coast Lumberman".
    Where possible, the location indicated is the site of the logging camp.
Where there was more than one operation or where the logging site is not
locatable on a modern highway map, the nearest town is given.  Usually the
town is the mill or railroad headquarters.
    The railroad must have carried more logs than other freight or passengers
for a substantial period.  Many mill-owned lines which hauled lumber have
thus been eliminated, though a few no doubt persist due to the inability to
determine from this distance in time whether the railroad was coming or going
in relation to the mill.
    The railroad operations listed in ALL CAPS are those in existence as of
1965.  They are main line log-haulers which pick up loaded log cars from
truck reload points.  In most cases, these roads have been dieselized.  In a
few cases, they have become mill-switching, lumber or freight lines.
    The figures concerning mileage and numbers of locomotives are the highest
of record, and do not necessarily indicate the extent of the operation for
the last date given.
    The dates represent the start and end of railroad operations, not neces-
sarily the life fo the parent company.  Dates in parentheses are the earliest
or latest of record.
    Where a railroad operation was owned by another company, the owner is
listed in parenthesis.  Subsidiary and predecessor companies are listed in
descending order below the parent or surviving organization.
    Railroads having gauges less than the standard four feet, eight and-a-
half inches are listed in brackets [].
    Abbreviations are as follows:
              L - lumber          M - mill         g - geared
              Lg- logging         T - timber       r - rod
 
 
 
 
ARIZONA
 
Name                              Location    Mileage    Locos     Dates
 
APACHE RAILWAY CO                 McNary       140       6       1917-present
  (Southwest Forest Ind)                                         1960-present
  (Southwest L Mills)                                            1935-1960
  (Cady L Corp)                                                  1924-1935
  (Apache Lg Co.)                                                1917-1924
Herbert S McGaffey                Dam Valley                     1928-1929
Saginaw & Manistee L Co.          Williams      35       2g 2r   1906-1935
  Arizona L & T Co.               Flagstaff     33       2g 2r   (1907)-1941
  Greenlaw L Co                   Flagstaff     12       2g      1918-1923
  Central Arizona Ry              Flagstaff     36       4r      1888-(1919)
     (Ariz L & T Co.)
     Ariz Mineral Belt RR         Flagstaff     36               1887-1888
  Saginaw-Southern RR             Williams      16       2       1899-(1900)
SOUTHWEST FOREST INDUSTRIES       Flagstaff     35       4g      1960-present
  Southwest L Mills               Flagstaff     20       1g 7r   1935-1960
     Cady L Corp.                 Flagstaff     45       6r      1924-1935
                                  McNary        20       1g 5r   1924-1935
     Apache L Co.                 McNary         9       2       1918-1924
  Standard L Co.                  Standard      20               (1925)-1927
  Flagstaff L Co.                 Flagstaff     44       3r      (1916)-1926
Western Pine L & M Co.            Flagstaff                      1916-(1918)
  Navajo Southern RR Co.          Holbrook                       1913-1916
Winona L Co.                      Winona         8               1935-1936
 
 
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