Moss
Point & Pascagoula Railroad
Standard Gauge
Headquarters: Moss Point, MS (Jackson County)
Years of Operation: 1894-1903
Predecessor road: none
Successor road: Pascagoula Street Ry & Power Co.
Miles Operated: 6
Locomotives Owned: 2
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Equipment
2 locomotives 3 passenger cars, 1 baggage car in 1902 |
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History
by Gil Hoffman:
The
Moss Point & Pascagoula Railroad was chartered August 24, 1894, and
opened from Moss Point to Pascagoula, Mississippi, 6 miles, on May 1,
1895. Capital stock was $50,000 and cost of the road was $90,000. Officers
were J. W. Stewart, president; O. Randall, vice president; C. H. Wood,
secretary and treasurer, and A. P. Cassils, manager.
In 1902 the line owned 2 locomotives, 3 passenger cars
and 1 baggage car. In 1903 the railroad was sold to the Pascagoula Street
Railway & Power Company.
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ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:
Road
No.
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Type
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Builder
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C.N.
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Date
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Cyls.
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Dri.
Dia.
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Engine
Wt.
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Previous
Ownership
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Disposition
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1
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4-4-0
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Mobile,
Jackson & Kansas City 1st #1, in 1898.
Moss
Point & Pascagoula #1, in 4/1903.
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2
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0-4-2T
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Baldwin
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9181
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4/1888
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11x16
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37
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39600
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Mobile
& Spring Hill R.R. #2, Mobile, AL.
Moss
Point & Pascagoula #2
Baldwin class 6-16_
C 30
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