A. S. Hinton & Co.

Standard gauge, 35 & 40-lb rail Headquarters: Lumberton, MS Mill Location: Lumberton, MS (Lamar County) Mill Capacity: 0,000 ft/day  Years of Operation: 1905-1909 Miles Operated: 5 miles in 1907 Locomotives Owned:	Equipment: 12 log cars	Click Map for Larger Version
History by Gil Hoffman: For a detailed history of this operation see: Steam Whistles in the Piney Woods Volume 1, by Gilbert H. Hoffman
ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:        Road No.   Type   Builder   C.N.   Date   Cyls.   Dri. Dia.   Engine Wt.   Previous Ownership   Disposition   1   36-2 Shay   Lima   1957   9/1907   3-10x10   28   72000   New. Cost $4,500.   Rust Penitentiary, Rust, TX Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. Runyon-Burgoyne Lumber Co., Manistee, AL, on 3/25/1910. Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. Gilchrist-Fordney Co. 2nd #202, Laurel, MS, on 12/23/1910. Carolina Spruce Co., Pensacola, NC, ca.  1/1923. Porterwood Lumber Co. #202, Porterwood, WV, ca. 6/1924. M. M. & D. D. Brown #3, Elkins, WV, on 3/15/1927.   203                               On hand 9/1/1906.

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