TAYLOR, Louisiana — Bienville Lumber Company, a partnership between Tolko Industries and Hunt Forest Products, has begun shipping lumber by rail following the opening of a new Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) rail connection, expanding the Louisiana sawmill’s distribution network to customers across North America. CPKC President and CEO Keith Creel joined Hunt Forest Products Chairman Trott Hunt, Tolko President and CEO Pino Pucci and other company leaders for the event at the Bienville Parish facility. …The mill produced over 160 million board feet of southern yellow pine lumber in 2024 and is looking to more than double that annual output in the next several years. …According to Tolko, the new rail line represents a significant logistics enhancement that strengthens the mill’s supply chain and broadens its ability to serve customers across North America.