Norwood & Butterfield Co. (1891-1900)
Butterfield Lumber Co. (1900-1918)
Denkmann Lumber Co. (1918-1933)
Natchez, Columbia & Mobile Railroad (1892-1933)
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Standard Gauge 56-lb rail Headquarters: Norfield, MS (Lincoln County) Years of Operation: 1892-1933 Mill Capacity: 200,000 ft/day in 1917 Miles Operated: 33.2 for NC&M plus many miles of logging spurs owned by lumber company Locomotives Owned: 15 |
Equipment: 6 locomotives, 65 log cars, 2 Barnhart loaders in 1910 Clyde McGiffert loader bought 3-20-1917 Clyde Skidder bought 4-2-1917
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History by Gil Hoffman: Norwood & Butterfield built a sawmill at Norfield in 1891 and built a logging railroad eastward. This railroad was incorporated as the Natchez Columbia & Mobile RR in June 1892. It was eventually extended to a connection with the NOGN at Tilton, MS between 1909 and 1913. In 1924 it was extended across the Pearl River to connect with the G&SI Columbia Branch. The lumber company then built logging spurs off of this G&SI Branch. Abandonment was authorized by the ICC on 3-18-1933. For more information: "Dummy
Lines Through The Longleaf", Gilbert H. Hoffman, Center for the Study
of Southern Culture, University of MS, Oxford, MS, 1992 |
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NC&M 3 was an old 0-4-2 tank locomotive with a tender added. |
NC&M 6 was featured in this ad in American Lumberman magazine. |
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NC&M 33 was a narrow gauge locomotive from Colorado rebuilt to standard gauge. |
NC&M 201 at the Alco factory before delivery to Mississippi. |
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NC&M 4 on the passenger train about 1906. |
NC&M Baldwin ten-wheeler Number 6 with log train. |
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NC&M 8 at Southern Iron & Equipment in Atlanta. |
NC&M 3-truck Shay Number 5 with a log loader. |
NC&M 8 was an old Pennsylvania ten-wheeler. |
Builder's view of NC&M Alco 2-8-2 Number 202. |
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 January 1904 Official Guide of the Railways |
 1920 Official Guide of the Railways |
 September 1910 Official Guide of the Railways |
 January 1915 Official Railway Equipment Register- Art Richardson Collection |
 October 1926 Official Railway Equipment Register- Art Richardson Collection |
 January 1912 Official Guide of the Railways |
For more information contact Tony Howe at tonyhowe76@yahoo.com or David S. Price at davidsprice46@gmail.com