New Orleans Great Northern Railroad
The New Orleans Great Northern Railroad was chartered in Louisiana and Mississippi by the Great Southern Lumber Company in 1905 to service the mill and town of Bogalusa, Louisiana and move lumber to the northern market. The two companies merged, and NOGN acquired East Louisiana Railroad the same year.
History
Frank and his brother Charles Goodyear founded the Great Southern Lumber Company, which began operating in 1908. Building the mill and work camp that would become Bogalusa required lumber, which, when completed, needed a way to be marketed. The brothers founded the New Orleans Great Northern railroad in Louisiana and Mississippi in 1905.East Louisiana Railway
In June of 1905, the East Louisiana Railway was acquired. that railway ran along the shoreline from Pearl River, west to Mandeville, then Covington. The east terminus was at North Slidell. Whistle stops, some becoming communities and towns along this route include Hygeia, Oaklawn, Lacombe, Forest Glen, Nott, Mandeville, Ozone Park, Abita Springs, Clairborne, Covington, Ramsay, Pfalzheim, Red Bluff, Hood, Onville, and Folsome.Louisiana
The Southern Railroad provided track rights between Bogalusa and Slidell. The railroad was originally the New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad, before becoming the Alabama Great Southern Railroad, both were subsidiaries of the Southern Railroad.Whistle stops, with some becoming communities and towns along the NOGN route were New Orleans, Slidell, North Slidell, Amos, Ironsboro, Florenville, Louisiana, Wortham, Graham, Talisheek, Bush, Sun, Rio, Piercefield,, Lees Creek, Bogalusa, Mitch, Lipscomb, Marston, Piggotts, Varnado, Bellamy, Acme, and Angie.