Gulf
& Ship Island
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Standard Gauge, 56 to 75-lb rail Headquarters: Gulfport, MS Years of Operation: 1882-1925 Predecessor Roads: Columbia, Lumberton & Gulf Successor Roads: Illinois Central Miles Operated: 307.56 Route: Gulfport, MS to Jackson, MS- 161.06 miles Maxie to Columbia to Mendenhall- 104.75 miles Saratoga to Laurel- 41.75 miles Locomotives Owned: |
Equipment: June 30, 1914- 46 locomotives, 18 passenger, 4 combines, 7 baggage mail & express, 4 parlor, 1 office car, 271 box, 1145 flats, 1 reefer, 16 cabooses, 76 service
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| The Gulf & Ship Island was incorporated on February 23, 1882 to build from Jackson, TN to Gulfport, MS, 380 miles. The first section to open from Gulfport to Saucier was completed about 1890. The line was finally completed to Hattiesburg January 1,1897, and opened from Hattiesburg to Jackson on July 4, 1900. The Laurel & Northwestern was bought from Eastman, Gardiner & Co. of Laurel in 1899 and extended from Taylorsville to Saratoga by the G&SI. The Columbia, Lumberton & Gulf was acquired in 1899 and extended to Columbia, and completed from Columbia to Mendenhall in June 1906. The G&SI was sold to the Illinois Central in 1925. | ||
G&SI No. 3, a former Pennsylvania 2-8-0, on a work train in 1900 as a steam shovel works on digging a rock cut just south of Jackson. |
G&SI ten-wheeler 8 at Jackson on Sept. 2, 1923. |
Builder's view of Atlantic-type (4-4-2) No. 10. |
Engineer T. T. Payment poses with 4-4-2 No. 11 after arriving at Gulfport in the early 1920's. |
Atlantic 13 at Jackson on Sept. 4, 1923. |
2-8-0 No. 31 switching cars in the yard at Jackson in 1925. |
Builder's portrait of G&SI 63, an Alco-Brooks 4-6-0. |
Postcard view of the G&SI depot and downtown Wiggins before 1910. |
Postcard view of the G&SI depot at Collins and approaching train in 1907. |
Ex-G&SI depot at Magee circa 1970 |
The G&SI depot at Seminary. |
 June 1900 Official Railway Equipment Register- Art Richardson Collection |
  January 1904 Official Guide of the Railways |
click timetable for larger version 1920 Official Guide of the Railways |
  September 1910 Official Guide of the Railways |
 January 1915 Official Railway Equipment Register- Art Richardson Collection |
 October 1919 Official Railway Equipment Register- Art Richardson Collection |
 January 1900 Official Guide of the Railways |
 September 1903 Official Railway Equipment Register |
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| ROSTER by Gil Hoffman here. | ||
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