The railroad line between Covington and Folsom played a major part in the development of those communities, as one of the area's first exported products consisted of timber and lumber. These building materials helped construct homes in Covington, Mandeville, and New Orleans and some were even exported to other places across the globe.
In 1930, however, the railroad company proposed to abandon the line between Covington and Folsom. In order to appease the outcries from the local business leaders residents, the company promised to upgrade and improve its railroad service from Slidell to Covington with better and faster trains.
The parish police jury was against the idea.
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The local newspaper questioned the wisdom of abandoning railroad lines
The line was losing money, according to the company.
The Greenlaw Lumber Company was located a few miles north of Covington. It cut timber from a wide area, and even built a spur railroad line from the Folsom track westward into Tangipahoa Parish.
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