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This is a reply from Bob Currie – former Mopac engineer.
Bob said you’re asking about the Orange & Northwestern, which ran from Orange to Newton. The MP leased their track from Mauriceville to Bessmay to the Sabine River & Northern and abandoned the track from Bessmay to Newton. That was the setup When I hired out in 1972. The SRN had a paper plant in Orange and hauled pulpwood and wood chips from the Santa Fe interchange at Bessmay to Orange. We also hauled pulpwood and wood chips and interchanged them to the SRN at Mauriceville. That’s about the extent of my knowledge of any operations. The Santa Fe hauled a lot of pulpwood and woodchips to their paper mill in Evadale. If you would pass this on I would appreciate it. You can tell him to research the Orange & Northwestern RR and the Sabine River & Northern.
Nate
