Sanoody
Valley Railroad
Standard Gauge
Headquarters: DeKalb, MS (Kemper County)
Years of Operation: 1908-1915
Predecessor road: none
Successor road: DeKalb &
Western
Miles Operated: 12.0
Locomotives Owned: 3
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Equipment
1915: Locomotives: 2. Cars: 12 |
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History
by Gil Hoffman:
The
Sanoody Valley Railroad was chartered in Mississippi on June 25, 1908, by
Sam O. Bell, T. A. Hopper, A. A. Overstreet, John Guvin, J. C. Hopper,
George H. Ethridge, Guy J. Reucher and T. D. Stennis, all of DeKalb, with
authorized capital stock of $100,000. Terminal points were to be DeKalb
and Sucarnochee, all in Kemper County, and the road was to be ready for
operation by January 1, 1909. Sam O. Bell was president.
On December 16, 1915, the property, rights and
franchises of the company were sold at foreclosure to Simon Seelig and P.
Sugarman, who deeded them to the DeKalb & Western Railroad on March
31, 1916.
Note
on spelling: Most maps show the creek followed by the railroad as "Snoody
Creek", while most references to the railroad show it as the "Sanoody
Valley."
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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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3
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No
Data
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Secondhand
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Seelig
& Sugarman, on 12/16/1915.
DeKalb & Western #3, Electric
Mills, MS, on 3/31/1916.
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100
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4-4-0
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Secondhand
On hand 10/2/1912.
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Seelig
& Sugarman, on 12/16/1915.
DeKalb & Western #100, Electric
Mills, MS, on 3/31/1916.
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503
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2-6-0
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Baldwin
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6411
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10/1882
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18x24
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54
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80000
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Mobile
& Ohio #65.
Re.
#503 in 1910.
Sanoody
Valley #503.
Baldwin class
8-30 D 93
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Seelig
& Sugarman, on 12/16/1915.
DeKalb
& Western #503, Electric Mills, MS, on 3/31/1916.
Sumter
Lumber Co. #6, Electric Mills, MS.
Scrapped 1941.
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