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
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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. |
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. |
NC&M 4 on the passenger train about 1906. |
NC&M Baldwin ten-wheeler Number 6 with log train. |
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 |
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