Pearl River Valley Lumber Co. (1921-1938)
Denkmann Lumber Co. (1938-1945)
King Lumber Industries (1946-1954)
Canton & Carthage RR (1927-1955)
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Standard gauge, -lb rail Headquarters: Mill Location: Canton, MS (Madison County) Mill Capacity: 0,000 ft/day Years of Operation: 1921-1954 Miles Operated: Locomotives Owned: |
Other Equipment: Purchased Clyde Iron Works 4-line Double End Skidder #356, shipped to Canton, Miss. 9-21-1923. See also: |
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History by Gil Hoffman: On February 23, 1921 the Pearl River Valley Lumber Company purchased the plant at Canton and timber holdings in Madison and Rankin counties belonging to the Mississippi Soft Pine Company. On September 1, 1938 the name was changed to Denkmann Lumber Company. On January 1, 1946 the plant at Canton and the Canton & Carthage Railroad were sold to King Lumber Industries. The sawmill at Canton, which had two 8-foot bands saws, cut only hardwoods. The Canton & Carthage Railroad was organized as a common carrier under Mississippi law on December 1, 1927.
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| ROSTER by Gil Hoffman: 1a 2T Shay Lima 2037 1-1908 32 3-11x12 100000 Transferred to Pearl River Valley Lumber Co. from Apollonia Lumber Co. #1, Pelahatchie, MS, on 2-7-29. Built as New Orleans, Natalbany & Natchez Ry. #1, Natalbany, LA; to Apollonia Lumber Co. #1, Pelahatchie, MS, by 8-1924. 1b 2-6-2 Baldwin 53270 5-1920 44 16x24 101000
Purchased by Denkmann Lumber Co. from J. R. Buckwalter Lumber Co. #6, Union, MS, about 1940. Wrecked in head-on collision with #201 in 3-1942 and scrapped. Baldwin class 10-26¼ D 173 2 4-6-0 ALCO-Pitts. 29460 12-1903 57 19x26 140000 Transferred to Pearl River Valley Lumber Co. from Apollonia Lumber Co. #2, Pelahatchie, MS, on 2-7-29. Built as Stearns & Culver Lumber Co. #2, Bagdad, FL; to Bagdad Land & Lumber Co. #2, Bagdad, FL, in 1912; to Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1354, Atlanta, GA; to Gammill Lumber Co. #2, Pelahatchie, MS, on 9-30-18; to Apollonia Lumber Co. #2, Pelahatchie, MS, in 1-1921. To Canton & Carthage R.R. #2. To Denkmann Lumber Co. #2. Scrapped 1947. 3a 4-6-0 Pittsburgh 100000 Transferred to Pearl River Valley Lumber Co. from Apollonia Lumber Co. #3, Pelahatchie, MS To Denkmann Lumber Co. #3, on 9-1-38. Scrapped 1944. 3b 3T Shay Lima 3182 7-1922 32 3-11x12 134100 Transferred to Pearl River Valley Lumber Co. from Marietta Lumber Co. #3, Burnside, MS, by 2-1930. Built as J. M. Griffin Lumber Co. #3 "J. M. II," Burnside, MS; to Reynolds-West Lumber Co. #3, Burnside, MS, on 8-16-23; to Marietta Lumber Co. #3, Burnside, MS, by 1-1928. Renumb. Pearl River Valley Lumber Co. #10. 4 3T Shay Lima 745 12-1902 32 3-12x12 125000 Transferred to Pearl River Valley Lumber Co. from Apollonia Lumber Co. #4, Pelahatchie, MS, in 1925. Built as J. J. Newman Lumber Co. #10, Hattiesburg, MS, renumb. 2nd #2 in 1906; to Tallahala Lumber Co. #173, Tallahala, MS, on 3-26-18, renumb. #4; to Apollonia Lumber Co. #4, Pelahatchie, MS, in 1924. Scrapped at Canton, MS, in 1936. 5a 2T Shay Lima 2516 4-1912 29 3-10x10 72000 Transferred to Pearl River Valley Lumber Co. from Apollonia Lumber Co. #5, Pelahatchie, MS, in 2-1929. Built as Lockwood Lumber Co. #5, Pelahatchie, MS; to Gammill Lumber Co. #5, Pelahatchie, MS, in 5-1912; to Apollonia Lumber Co. #5, Pelahatchie, MS, in 1-1921. Scrapped at Canton, MS, in 9-1937. 5b 3T Shay Lima 1683 2-1907 36 3-12x15 130000 Purchased by Denkmann Lumber Co. from Great Southern Lumber Co. #203, Bogalusa, LA, in 1939. To King Lumber Industries #5, on 1-1-46. Scrapped 1951. 5c 4-6-0 Vulcan 2045 11-1913 50 18x24 109500 Transferred to King Lumber Industries from King-Edwards-Fuller Co. #5, North St. Francisville, LA Built as James H. Corbett & Son Co. #5, West Mosgrove, PA; to New Orleans, Natalbany & Natchez #5, Natalbany, LA, by 6-1926; to King-Edwards-Fuller Co. #5, North St. Francisville, LA To Canton & Carthage R.R. #5. Scrapped in 1956. 6a 4-6-0 ALCO-Rich. 50378 9-1911 56 18x26 136000 Transferred from Apollonia Lumber Co. #6, Pelahatchie, MS Built as Kansas City & Memphis #6, Rogers, AR; to Gammill Lumber Co. 2nd #6, Pelahatchie, MS; to Apollonia Lumber Co. #6, Pelahatchie, MS, on 2-23-21. 6b 4-6-0 Baldwin 29251 10-1906 56 18x24 121500 Transferred to Pearl River Valley Lumber Co. from Denkmann Lumber Co. #6, Norfield, MS, about 1933. Built as Butterfield Lumber Co. #6, Norfield, MS (Natchez, Columbia & Mobile R.R.); to Denkmann Lumber Co. #6, Norfield, MS, on 1-22-18. To Denkmann Lumber Co. #6, on 9-1-38. To King Lumber Industries #6, on 1-1-46. Scrapped 1950. Baldwin class 10-30 D 471 7a 2T Shay Lima 1671 2-1906 28 3-10x10 66000 Purchased from Mississippi Soft Pine Co., Canton, MS, on 2-23-21. Built as Porter-Wadley Lumber Co. #3, Cotton Valley, LA (Dorcheat Valley R.R.); to Bayou Blue Lumber Co., Hutchinson, LA, in 1915; to A. Marx & Sons, New Orleans, LA, in 1918; to Mississippi Soft Pine Co., Canton, MS Transferred to Apollonia Lumber Co. #7, Pelahatchie, MS, about 8-1924. Scrapped at Canton, MS, about 2-1929. 7b 2-6-2 Baldwin 53266 5-1920 36 12x18 62000 Purchased by Pearl River Valley Lumber Co. from W. I. Luke & Son #2, Walnut Grove, MS, on 4-1-27. Built as Sartin Lumber Co. #2, Kitchener, MS; to W. I. Luke & Son #2, Walnut Grove, MS To Denkmann Lumber Co. #7, on 9-1-38. Scrapped 1942. Baldwin class 10-18¼ D 40 10 3T Shay Lima 3182 7-1922 32 3-11x12 134100 Renumb. from Pearl River Valley Lumber Co. 2nd #3. To Denkmann Lumber Co. #10, on 9-1-38. To King Lumber Industries #10, on 1-1-46. Scrapped 1951. 11 2T Shay Lima 2560 8-1912 29 3-10x10 72000 Transferred to Pearl River Valley Lumber Co. from Apollonia Lumber Co. #11, Pelahatchie, MS, in 5-1925. Built as Ray Lumber Co. #1, Ray Siding, ME; to Indian Lake Lumber Co., Ray, ME; to Gammill Lumber Co. #11, Pelahatchie, MS; to Apollonia Lumber Co. #11, Pelahatchie, MS, in 1-1921. To Denkmann Lumber Co. #11, on 9-1-38. Scrapped in 1939. 12 2T Shay Lima 2287 2-1910 29½ 3-10x12 84000 Purchased from Mississippi Soft Pine Co. #12, Canton, MS, on 2-23-21. Built as Conner Lumber Co. #12, Seminary, MS; to A. Marx & Sons, New Orleans, LA, in 1913; to Carruth Brothers Lumber Co. #12, Coral, MS, on 10-15-13; to A. Marx & Sons, New Orlenas, LA, on 3-31-14; to Gammill Lumber Co. #12, Pelahatchie, MS Transferred to Apollonia Lumber Co. #12, Pelahatchie, MS, about 8-1924. Returned to Pearl River Valley Lumber Co. #12, about 5-1925. Loaned to Marietta Lumber Co. #12, Burnside, MS, about 3-1929. Returned to Pearl River Valley Lumber Co. #12. To Denkmann Lumber Co. #12, on 9-1-38. Scrapped in 1942. 15 3T Shay Lima 2130 6-1909 36 3-12x15 140000 Transferred to Pearl River Valley Lumber Co. from Denkmann Lumber Co. #2, Norfield, MS, about 1933. Built as McIlwain-Kendall Lumber Co. #2, Alexander, WV (Alexander & Eastern Ry.); to Croft Lumber Co. #2, Alexander, WV; to Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. #1609, Birmingham, AL; to Denkmann Lumber Co. #2, Norfield, MS, on 4-17-26. (BR&L List says PRV #9, dah) To Denkmann Lumber Co. #15, on 9-1-38. To King Lumber Industries #15, on 1-1-46. Scrapped in 1949. 16a 3T Shay Lima 1909 6-1907 36 3-15x12 138000 Transferred to Pearl River Valley Lumber Co. from Denkmann Lumber Co. #3, Norfield, MS, about 1933. Built as Camp & Hinton Co. #134, Lumberton, MS; to Wells Lumber Co., Lumberton, MS, in 4-1909 (leased); to A. Marx & Sons, New Orleans, LA, on 4-14-15; to Denkmann Lumber Co. #3, Norfield, MS, about 1918. Scrapped in 1938. 16b 3T Shay Lima 1571 3-12x15 140000 Purchased used by Denkmann Lumber Co., about 1939 from Great Southern Lbr. Co. #205 To King Lumber Industries #16, Canton, MS, on 1-1-46. Scrapped in 1949. 17 3T Shay Lima 2308 5-1910 36 3-12x15 140000 Transferred to Pearl River Valley Lumber Co. for Natalbany Lumber Co. #4, Natalbany, LA Built as Natchez, Columbia & Mobile #4, Norfield, MS; to Butterfield Lumber Co. #4, Norfield, MS; to Denkmann Lumber Co. #4, Norfield, MS, on 1-22-18; to Natalbany Lumber Co. #4, Natalbany, LA, about 1933. Scrapped in 5-1938. 32 2T Shay Lima 2036 11-1907 28 3-8x12 64000 Purchased by Pearl River Valley Lumber Co. from Jackman Lumber Co. #3, Jackman, ME, about 5-1931. Built as Johnson Lumber Co. #3, Johnson, NH; to Jackman Lumber Co. #3, Jackman, ME. 101 2-8-2 ALCO-Schen. 68279 1-1930 56 20x28 178000 Transferred to Denkmann Lumber Co. from New Orleans, Natalbany & Natchez Ry. #101, Natalbany, LA, about 1938. To Canton & Carthage R.R. #101, Canton, MS Scrapped at Canton, MS, in 2-1955. 102 2-8-2 ALCO-Schen. 68280 1-1930 56 20x28 178000 Purchased new for Canton & Carthage R.R. Scrapped at Canton, MS, in 2-1955. 201 2-8-2 ALCO-Schen. 65349 9-1924 56 20x28 178000 Transferred to Denkmann Lumber Co. from New Orleans, Natalbany & Natchez Ry. #201, Natalbany, LA, about 1938. Built as Natchez, Columbia & Mobile #201, Norfield, MS; to New Orleans, Natalbany & Natchez #201, Natalbany, LA, about 1933. To Canton & Carthage R.R. #201. Scrapped at Canton, MS, in 2-1955. 202 2-8-2 ALCO-Schen. 66953 7-1926 56 20x28 175000 Transferred to Pearl River Valley Lumber Co. from Natchez, Columbia & Mobile #202, Norfield, MS, about 1933. To Pearl River Valley Ry. #202, in 1930's. To Denkmann Lumber Co. #202, on 9-1-38. To Canton & Carthage R.R. #202. Sold to Louisiana Eastern 2nd #10, Shiloh, LA, in 1955. Scrapped in 10-1963. ??-? Shay 11x12 32" Standard gauge #? Lima 2038 1-1908 Natalbany Lbr. Co. #2 (NON&N #2); Pearl River Valley Lbr. Co., Canton, MS (Koch Shay book) (Was this engine transferred to Canton? DAH) ??-? Shay 12x15 36" Standard gauge #5 Lima 958 3-10-1905 Butterfield Lumber Co. #5, Norfield, MS (NC&M #5); Denkmann Lumber Co. #5, Norfield, MS in 1915; Pearl River Valley Lumber Co., Canton, MS; scrapped in 12-1937 (Koch Shay book)
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