H. Weston Lumber Co.

Standard gauge, 60-lb rail Headquarters: Logtown, MS Mill Location: Logtown, MS (Hancock County) Mill Capacity: 130,000 ft/day in 1917 Years of Operation: 1889-ca1932 Miles Operated: 50 miles in 1917 Locomotives Owned:	Equipment: 8 locomotives, 130 cars, 2 Baptist skidders in 1910   See also: Logtown	Click Map for Larger Version                    Google Maps Version
History by Gil Hoffman and Tony Howe: The H. Weston Lumber Company was incorporated at Logtown, in Hancock County, with branch in New Orleans, LA, on February 20, 1889, by Henry Weston, Asa G. Weston and H. S. Weston with authorized capital stock of $150,000. After many years of river logging, the company built a logging railroad about 1903, which was extended northward to a connection with the New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad at Picayune. It was later extended southeastward to a connection with the Louisville & Nashville Railroad at Ansley by the early 1920's. The mill operated until about 1929, when it was sold to the T. Hoffman-Olsen Lumber Co. who used it, along with the former Weston railroad, to cut tracts of hardwood timber along the river.
Builder's photo of Baldwin 2-6-0 No. 11, a handsome engine indeed!
Weston shop crew standing beside tender of an unknown Weston locomotive.	An H Weston Lumber Co. log camp.
This mill was situated south of the commissary at Logtown.
Panoramic photo from the sawmill in the above photo looking north. Brick commissary building at left along river with the older H Weston sawmill beyond it.
Panoramic photo showing the older Weston Lumber Co. sawmill looking southwest.
H. Weston Lumber Co. passenger train near Caesar community.
An outstanding photo of  H. Weston Lumber Co. #4 and crew with the tracklaying train. This is the only record of engine #4, but is thought to possibly have come from the Gulf & Ship Island RR.
What is thought to be an H Weston Lumber Co. log train and loader. Looks like hardwood logs to me.	What is thought to be H. Weston Lumber Co. #6. The engine in the photo is definitely a Porter 2-6-0, however.
ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:       Road No.   Type   Builder   C.N.   Date   Cyls.   Dri. Dia.   Engine Wt.   Previous Ownership   Disposition   1   0-4-2T   Baldwin   9820   2/1889   10x14   35   30000   East Fifth Street Ry. #9 D. A. Harrington, Kansas City, MO Austin Dam Street Ry. A. Marx & Sons, New Orleans, LA (dealer) Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. H. Weston Lumber Co. #1, on 9/30/1908. Baldwin class 6-14_ C 60   In Service 8/1926.   2   4-4-0?   Rogers                   60000   Unknown. H. Weston Lumber Co. #2, by 1/1912.   Dropped by 8/1926.   3   55-2 Shay   Lima   236   5/1889   3-12x12   32   97500   F. H. & C. W. Goodyear #8, Medix Run, PA Returned to Lima and shipped to: Pint Rock Coal & Coke Co. 2nd #1, Oneida, TN, on 11/21/1892. H. Weston Lumber Co. #3.   Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1077 Oostanaula Mining Co., Birmingham, AL, on 8/5/1916. Hilley-Norrell Mining Co. Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1241 Mills & Lupton Supply Co., Chattanooga, TN, on 3/2/1918. J. G. White Engineering Co., Muscle Shoals, AL U. S. Army Corps of Engineers #2, Muscle Shoals, AL Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1674 Conasauga River Lumber Co. #1, Conasauga, TN, on 7/8/1921. Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1893 Case-Fowler Lumber Co. #2, Toomsboro, GA, on 2/14/1925.   4   2-6-0   Baldwin                   70000   Unknown. H. Weston Lumber Co. #4   T. Hofmann-Olsen Lumber Corp. #4, Logtown, MS, in 1929.   5   33-2 Shay   Lima   821   10/1903   3-10x10   28   66000   New.   For sale 8/1926.   6   2-6-0   Porter   3061   9/1904   15x22       70000   New.   T. Hofmann-Olsen Lumber Corp. #6, Logtown, MS, in 1929.   7   4-6-0   Schen.   1271   8/1880   18x24   54   78000   Fall Brook Coal Co. #23 Wayne Fall Brook R.R. #23, in 7/1892. New York Central & Hudson River #2102, in 5/1899. Re. #2199. Kilby Locomotive & Machine Works Anniston, AL (dealer), in 1/1904. H. Weston Lumber Co. #7, on 12/19/1904.   Dropped by 8/1926.   8   2-6-0   Baldwin   6417   10/1882   17x24   49   80000   St. Louis Bridge Co. & Tunnel R.R. #17 Built as an 0-6-0. Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis #17, on 7/30/1889. Converted to 2-6-0. H. Weston Lumber Co. #8, ca. 1905. Baldwin class 6-28 D 28   T. Hofmann-Olsen Lumber Corp. #8, Logtown, MS, in 1929.   9   2-6-0   Baldwin   7617   6/1885   17x24   50   90000   Buffalo, New York & Philadelphia #103 Western New York & Pennsylvania #103, in 1887. Re. #78 in 1891. Pennsylvania R.R. #6280, in 1903. Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #348, in 3/1905. H. Weston Lumber Co. #9, on 11/21/1905. Cost $3,850. Baldwin class 8-28 D 73   In Service 8/1926.   1st 10   2-8-0   Schen.   1687   10/1883   20x24   50   110000   Fall Brook Coal Co. #39 Fall Brook R.R. #39, in 7/1892. New York Central & Hudson River #2274, in 5/1899. Kilby Locomotive & Machine Works, Anniston, AL  (dealer), in 3/1906. H. Weston Lumber Co. #10, on 5/24/1906.   Dropped by 12/1911.   2nd 10   2-6-0   Baldwin   5408   12/1880   18x24   52   78000   Cincinnati Southern #43 Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific #43, in 1885. Re. #543 in 1891. Louisville Southern 2nd #13, on 10/6/1891. Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific #543, on 6/6/1893. Gulf & Ship Island #3, on 5/20/1899. Re. #24 in 1903. Watkins Machine & Foundry Co., on 7/10/1907. H. Weston Lumber Co. #10, by 12/1911. Baldwin class 8-30 D 66   In Service 8/1926.   1st 11   45-2 Shay   Lima   1837   6/1907   3-11x12   32   90000   New. Cost $7,500.   Grant Hill Gravel Co. #3, Rhinehart, LA, in 11/1927.   2nd 11   2-6-0   Baldwin   58611   8/1925   18x24   48   112000   New. Cost $19,450. Baldwin class 8-30 D 740   Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. The Texas Co. #11, Port Arthur, TX, on 9/16/1932.   12   2-6-0   A/Pitts.   49999   4/1911   18x24   56   125000   Crystal City & Uvalde #5, Crystal City, TX San Antonio, Uvalde & Gulf #20, in 4/1912. Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. H. Weston Lumber Co. #12, on 6/29/1925.   Bisso Coal & Towing Co. #12, New Orleans, LA

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