Ellisville & Laurel Railroad
Standard Gauge Headquarters: Laurel, MS (Jones County) Years of Operation: 1902 Predecessor road: none Successor road: Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City Miles Operated: 6.6 Locomotives Owned: |
Equipment: none
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History by Gil Hoffman: The
Ellisville & Laurel Railroad was incorporated in Mississippi in May
1902, to build a railroad from Ellisville to Laurel, MS, 10 miles. That same
year the line was built and sold to the Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City
Railroad. The line began 8.5 miles south of Laurel, on the M. J. & K.
C., and ran westward to Ellisville, 6.6 miles. At Ellisville a station for
freight and passengers was maintained, but there was not a physical
connection with the New Orleans & Northeastern, the other mainline
railroad that ran through Ellisville. Apparently the Ellisville & Laurel
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