Fernwood
& Gulf Railroad 1906-1920 Fernwood,
Columbia & Gulf Railroad 1920-1972
Standard Gauge
Headquarters: Fernwood, MS
Years of Operation: 1906-1972
Miles Operated: 44.10
Locomotives Owned: Steam- 18 Diesel- 8
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Also see: Fernwood Lumber Co.
Equipment:
June 30, 1914- 4 locomotives, 2 passenger, 1 combine, 1
baggage, 10 box, 9 flats, 58 log, 2 cabooses |
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Google Earth Map HERE |
The
Fernwood & Gulf Railroad was incorporated on March 31, 1906 by the
Enochs family, owners of the large Fernwood Lumber Co., to take over the
mainline of the lumber company’s logging railroad extending eastward
from Fernwood
20.3 miles to Tylertown. The lumber company continued to operate logging
spurs off of the F&G. The F&G was gradually extended eastward
until it finally reached Columbia
and the railroad was renamed Fernwood, Columbia & Gulf on May 1, 1920.
The last 2.68 miles from Foxworth
to Columbia was over the New
Orleans Great Northern, later part of the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio.
FC&G did build its own depot and terminal facilities in Columbia. On
September 1, 1972, the FC&G became part of the newly formed Illinois
Central Gulf, who abandoned the line in segments, the last of which was
removed by the early 1980’s. Today there is very little left to remind
us where the FC&G used to run.
For more
info see:
http://www.taplines.net/August/augindex.htm
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FC&G 10 at Fernwood.
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The FC&G and IC shared this depot at Fernwood. FC&G train ready
to leave on the left, while the IC main is visible on the right.
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F&G train pulls up to a water tank at a creek crossing.
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FC&G shops at Fernwood.
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FC&G 12 at Fernwood.
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FC&G divided coach was replaced by motor cars in the 1930's.
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FC&G's depot at Columbia not long after it was built.
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FC&G caboose 11 at Fernwood.
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FC&G's depot at Tylertown has since been converted to a convenience
store.
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FC&G 44-tonners on a trainload of pipe in 1949.
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D-1, D-2, and D-3 at Fernwood on July 8, 1949.
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FC&G 44-tonner D-6 and caboose at Fernwood.
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FC&G 900 at Fernwood in April 1968.
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900 returns from Columbia to Foxworth with the caboose in October 1968.
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900 and caboose crossing the Pearl River at Columia in October 1968.
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FC&G's classic wood depot at Kokomo.
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FC&G 900 leads an eastbound freight just east of the Bogue Chitto
River. |
FC&G 600 pushing the train up the grade from the Bogue Chitto River
will soon cut off on the fly and return to Fernwood. |
FC&G 900 ready to depart Fernwood. The company office building
appears on the right. |
FC&G 900 at Fernwood. |
30" gauge Shay at the millpond at Fernwood in the 1890's. |
An early view of a Fernwood Lumber Co. camp. |
Builder's photo of Fernwood Lumber Co. No. 16, 3-truck Shay. |
FC&G 900 at the Fernwood servicing facilities |
FC&G crew takes a break in front of the Tylertown depot. |
GM&O's Bogue Chitto branch local blocks the FC&G crossing while
switching in Tylertown. |
FC&G bought this ex-NYO&W steam generator car to supply steam to the pile driver. |
This little GE switcher was used at the creosote plant in Fernwood. |
FC&G caboose 15 at Fernwood on February 2, 1972. |
FC&G's depot in Tylertown in 1972. The GM&O depot is barely
visible to the left in the background. |
FC&G 600 arrives at Tylertown on Feb. 2, 1972. |
FC&G SW-1 No. 600 about 1972. |
FC&G 600 at the shops in Fernwood. |
FC&G 900 and a short train on March 18, 1972. |
FC&G's steam generator car at Fernwood in 1972. |
This strange car, lettered X-1, was used to carry a bulldozer. It is
seen here at McCallum on the B&HS on June 5, 1969. |
A washout on the Fernwood & Gulf caused this wreck in the early
years. Two Fernwood Lbr. Co. log cars are visible, along with an
unidentified boxcar. |
FC&G No. 11 at the Fernwood shops |
FC&G 44-tonners D-1 and D-2 lead a long freight in the early
1950's. |
Another view of an FC&G freight in the early 1950's. |
GE 44-ton D-1 at Fernwood on September 16, 1953. |
FC&G D-3 at Fernwood in September 1954. |
At least one 44-tonner received the new colors of gray and maroon in
the 1950's, as this photo of D-3 attests. |
FC&G D-6 at Fernwood on September 16, 1953. |
FC&G bought this motorcar in 1936 to carry the few passengers still
choosing rail service and numbered it M-3. |
The interior of M-3 motor car. |
The next few photos are from a series of shots made by a company-hired
photographer on August 11, 1952 along the FC&G right-of-way. |
A crane does some excavation on the the FC&G roadbed. |
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click timetable for larger version |
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September 1910 Official Guide of the Railways |
January 1915 Official Railway Equipment Register- Art Richardson
Collection |
October 1919 Official Railway Equipment Register- Art Richardson Collection |
July 1923 Official Guide of the Railways |
December 1930 Official Railway Equipment Register- Art Richardson
Collection |
March 1937 Official Guide of the Railways- Tony Howe Collection |
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Fernwood Lumber Co- Fernwood & Gulf
RR- Fernwood Columbia & Gulf RR Steam Roster
by Gil Hoffman
# |
SEQ |
TYPE |
BUILDER |
CN # |
BUILT |
CYLS |
DRI DIA |
WT |
PREVIOUS OWNER(S) |
DISPOSITION |
REMARKS |
PHOTOS |
84 |
1st |
7-2 Shay |
Lima |
84 |
8-1883 |
2-7x7 |
24 |
16000 |
I.C. Enochs #84, Magnolia, MS; 30"
gauge, built for wood rail. Changed to steel rail by 1886. Fernwood
Lumber Co. #84, in 1892 |
Later changed to 36" gauge. Scrapped
1917 at Fernwood, MS. |
30" gauge, later 36" gauge |
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2 |
1st |
0-6-0T |
Porter |
1214 |
9-1890 |
8x14 |
26 |
20000 |
Enochs Brothers #2, Magnolia, MS
Fernwood Lumber Co. #2, in 1892. |
National
Lumber & Creosoting Co.
Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1244
V. V. Lebedjeff Engineering & Supply Co., New York, NY, for:
Guira de Melena Sugar Co. #2, Cuba, on 1/12/1917 |
30" gauge |
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3 |
1st |
20-2 Shay |
Lima |
411 |
9-1892 |
3-8x8 |
26 |
40000 |
New for Fernwood Lbr. Co.. Built standard
gauge.
Changed to 30" gauge. |
Changed back to standard gauge #3 ca.
1904.
Genesee Lumber Co. 2nd #3, Genesee, LA
McCarroll Lumber Co. #3, Holden, LA
Transferred as #1 to Frost, LA, in 1925.
Scrapped ca. 7/1928.
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Std ga, conv. to 30" gauge; conv. back
to std ga ca. 1904 |
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4 |
1st |
20-2 Shay |
Lima |
405 |
8-1892 |
3-9x8 |
26.5 |
46000 |
Morning Mining & Milling Co. #1,
Mullan, ID.
Built standard gauge.
Fernwood Lumber Co. #4, on ?
Changed to 30" gauge. |
Red Creek Lumber Co. #1, Carnes, MS, in
1916.
Holleman & Batson Lumber Co. #1, Lyman, MS, in 1924. |
Changed back to standard gauge #4 ca.
1904. |
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5 |
1st |
65-3 Shay |
Lima |
856 |
1904 |
3-12x15 |
36 |
141000 |
new
for Fernwood Lbr. Co. |
Copiah Gravel Co., Inc. #5, Crystal
Springs, MS, in 1927.
Gatesville Gravel Co. #5, Gatesville, MS, in 11/1935.
Central Mississippi Gravel Co. #5, Crystal Springs, MS
Scrapped 1939. |
standard gauge |
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6 |
1st |
65-3 Shay |
Lima |
881 |
1904 |
3-12x15 |
36 |
141000 |
new for Fernwood Lbr. Co. |
J. J. White Lumber Co. #6, Columbia, MS,
ca. 11/1/1925. |
standard gauge |
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7 |
1st |
4-6-0 |
Baldwin |
2735 |
3-1872 |
18x22 |
55.5 |
82000 |
Pennsylvania R.R. #532
St. Louis, Vandalia & Terre Haute #176, in 11/1881.
Fernwood Lumber Co. #7, in 11/1904.
Baldwin class 29½ D 110 |
Fernwood & Gulf #7, in 12/1913 for
$1,620.
Fernwood, Columbia & Gulf #7, on 4/17/1920.
Fernwood Lumber Co. #7, in 8/1929. |
standard gauge |
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8 |
1st |
2-8-0 |
Altoona |
408 |
1879 |
18x22 |
50 |
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Pennsylvania R.R. #99 or #372.
Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #213
Fernwood & Gulf R.R. #8, on
10/31/1904. Cost $4,400. |
disp.unk. |
standard gauge |
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9 |
1st |
2-6-0 |
Baldwin |
6101 |
3-1882 |
18x24 |
55.5 |
80000 |
Terre Haute & Indianapolis #46
Fernwood Lumber Co. #9, by 1/1907.
Baldwin class 8-30 D 117 |
Fernwood & Gulf #9, for $8,781.
In service by 6/1916.
Fernwood, Columbia & Gulf #9, on 4/17/1920 |
standard gauge |
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10 |
1st |
2-6-0 |
Baldwin |
34399 |
1910 |
18x24 |
56 |
97000 |
New for Fernwood Lumber Co.
Cost $10,110.
Baldwin class 8-30 D 659 |
Fernwood & Gulf #10, for $4,708.83.
In service by 6/1916.
Fernwood, Columbia & Gulf #10, on 4/17/1920.
Scrapped 1947. |
standard gauge |
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11 |
1st |
2-8-0 |
Baldwin |
36000 |
1911 |
20x24 |
50 |
135200 |
New for Fernwood Lumber Co.
Cost $12,700.
Baldwin class 10-34 E 1977 |
Fernwood & Gulf #11, on 9/1/1916, for
$7,720.74.
Fernwood, Columbia & Gulf #11, on 4/17/1920.
Scrapped 1947. |
standard gauge |
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12 |
1st |
2-8-0 |
Baldwin |
37578 |
1912 |
20x26 |
56 |
149550 |
New for Fernwood Lumber Co.
Cost $13,100.
Baldwin class 10-34 E 1994 |
Fernwood & Gulf #12 for $12,005.
On hand by 6/1916.
J. J. White Lumber Co. #19, Columbia, MS
Kentucky Lumber Co. #19, Columbia, MS, in 1928.
Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. #1828
Fernwood, Columbia & Gulf as #12,on 12/3/1937.
Cost $5,474.77.
Scrapped 1947. |
standard gauge |
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13 |
1st |
2-8-2 |
Baldwin |
40734 |
1913 |
20x24 |
50 |
164700 |
New for Fernwood Lumber Co.
Cost $14,500.
Baldwin class 12-34¼ E 27 |
Apollonia Lumber Co. #13, Pelahatchie, MS
Natalbany Lumber Co. #13, Natalbany, LA
Jahncke Service Co. #13, Bluff Creek, LA |
standard gauge |
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14 |
1st |
4-6-0 |
Brooks |
2412 |
1894 |
19x24 |
55 |
129000 |
Buffalo & Susquehanna #109
Re.. #122 in 1894.
Re. #152 in 1902.
Re. #111 in 1907.
Wellsville & Buffalo #111, on 12/10/1915.
Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1158
Fernwood Lumber Co. 1st #14, in 9/1917. Cost $7,500. |
Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1712,
on 12/31/1921 in trade on 2nd #14.
Reynolds-West Lumber Co. #5, Burnside, MS,
on 8/25/1923. |
standard gauge |
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14 |
2nd |
4-6-0 |
Brooks |
3557 |
1900 |
18x24 |
63 |
133000 |
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh #187
Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1700, in 10/1921.
Fernwood Lumber Co. 2nd #14,
on 11/30/1921. Cost $8,000 with $6,000 allowed in trade on 1st #14. |
Fernwood, Columbia & Gulf #17 |
standard gauge |
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15 |
1st |
4-4-2 |
Baldwin |
19046 |
1901 |
19.5x26 |
72 |
150300 |
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh #161
Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1505
Fernwood & Gulf #15, on 12/19/1919.
Cost $12,500.
Baldwin class 10-32¼ C 40 |
Fernwood, Columbia & Gulf #15, on
4/17/1920.
Scrapped 1936. |
standard gauge |
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16 |
1st |
80-3 Shay |
Lima |
3096 |
1920 |
3-13.5x15 |
36 |
179000 |
New for Fernwood Lumber Co.
Cost $24,075. |
Polk Operating Co. #6, Grande Ronde, OR,
in 2/1930.
Willamina & Grande Ronde #6, Grande Ronde, OR, ca. 3/1944. |
standard gauge |
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17 |
1st |
4-6-0 |
Brooks |
3557 |
1900 |
18x24 |
63 |
133000 |
Fernwood Lumber Co. 2nd #14
Fernwood, Columbia & Gulf #17 |
Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1712,
on 12/31/1921 in trade on 2nd #14.
Reynolds-West Lumber Co. #5, Burnside, MS,
on 8/25/1923. |
standard gauge |
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Fernwood Columbia & Gulf RR Diesel
Roster
by Tony Howe with info from David S. Price, Allen Stanley,
RRpicturearchives.net, and The Diesel Shop
Road
# |
SEQ |
MODEL |
BUILDER |
FRAME
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SERIAL
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DATE
BUILT |
PREVIOUS
OWNER(S) |
DISPOSITION |
REMARKS |
PHOTOS |
D-1 |
1st |
44-ton |
GE |
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18195 |
3/30/1945 |
New for Fernwood
Columbia & Gulf RR |
to Fort Dodge Des Moines & Southern RR #504 in
10-1957; to Raymond International 4405 |
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D-2 |
1st |
44-ton |
GE |
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18196 |
3/30/1945 |
New for Fernwood
Columbia & Gulf RR |
to Fort Dodge Des Moines & Southern RR #505 in
10-1957; to Raymond International 4406 |
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D-3 |
1st |
44-ton |
GE |
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18197 |
4/6/1945 |
New for Fernwood
Columbia & Gulf RR |
to Arcata & Mad
River #104 in 1960; to Roots of Motive Power, Willits, CA |
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D-4 |
1st |
44-ton |
GE |
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28347 |
4/26/1947 |
New for Fernwood
Columbia & Gulf RR |
to South Carolina
State Port Authority #104, Charleston, SC
to
Pittsburgh Metallurgical, Airco Alloys Div., Calvert, Ky
to
Pittsburgh Metallurgical, Airco Alloys Div #2, Charleston, SC |
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D-5 |
1st |
44-ton |
GE |
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15030 |
11/1941 |
New York Ontario & Western #103; to FC&G D-5
in 8-1950 |
to Fort Dodge Des
Moines & Southern RR #503 in 8-1957; to A. Merilees/IREX #503;
to Simplot Chemical |
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D-6 |
1st |
44-ton |
GE |
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15029 |
12/1941 |
Mississippi Export RR #47; to FC&G D-6 in ?? |
to Fort Dodge Des
Moines & Southern RR #502 in 7-1957; to A. Merilees/IREX #502;
scrapped |
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600 |
1st |
SW1 |
EMD |
407-3 |
1398 |
9/30/1941 |
Elgin Joliet &
Eastern RR #240; to FC&G #600 on 6-11-1959 |
to Illinois Central
Gulf RR #618 8-1972; to CAGY #525; to Vulcan Material (VMMX) #4545 |
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900 |
1st |
SW900 |
EMD |
4390-1 |
23298 |
4/1957 |
New for Fernwood
Columbia & Gulf RR |
to Illinois Central Gulf RR 8-1972; to Hutchinson
& Northern RR #6 in 1983 |
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M-1 |
1st |
Model 30 |
Brill |
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22829 |
1930 |
New for Fernwood
Columbia & Gulf RR |
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motor car |
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M-3 |
1st |
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Kalamazoo |
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C-58373 |
1936 |
New for Fernwood
Columbia & Gulf RR? |
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motor car |
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M-4 |
1st |
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FC&G Shops |
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1937 |
assembled in FC&G
Shops |
to Louis Saillard;
now at Southern Forest Heritage Museum at Long Leaf, LA |
motor car |
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