Albertson Great Eastern

W. C. Albertson Lumber Co.

36" Gauge 30 and 35-lb rail Headquarters: Moselle (Tuscanola), MS Mill Capacity: 65,000 ft/day in 1890 Years of Operation: 1883-1898 Predecessor Roads: None Successor Roads: Great Eastern Miles Operated: about 12 Locomotives Owned: 2	Equipment	Click Map for Larger Version
History by Gil Hoffman: W. C. Albertson established a sawmill just south of Moselle, Jones County, in 1883, at the time the New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad was opened. In 1890 his mill had a cutting capacity of 65,000 feet per day. The cut was longleaf yellow pine exclusively, specializing in heart rift-sawed flooring. On October 6, 1896 a mortgage was placed on the sawmill, timber holdings and railroad equipment in which C. W. Robinson was named trustee. Albertson died in February 1898 and on September 16, 1898, with the mortgage in default, Robinson transferred the property to John Kamper. Kamper, in turn, sold the property to J. T. McKinnon and Philip M. Ikeler on November 1, 1898.
ROSTER By Gil Hoffman: 36" gauge locomotives:     Road No.   Type   Builder   C.N.   Date   Cyls.   Dri. Dia.   Engine Wt.   Previous Ownership   Disposition   ?   0-4-0T   Grant                   24000   Secondhand. In service by 1886.   McKinnon & Ikeler, Moselle, MS, on 11/1/1898. P. M. Ikeler, Moselle, MS, on 11/12/1904.   Note:    A second 36" gauge locomotive, weighing 14 to 16 tons, may have been acquired in 1893.   Standard gauge locomotives:     Road No.   Type   Builder   C.N.   Date   Cyls.   Dri. Dia.   Engine Wt.   Previous Ownership   Disposition   95   4-4-0                           Alabama Great Southern R.R. #?, on 1/17/1895. Lettered “A. & W. R.R.”   Unknown.

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