Railroad: 	Standard gauge, 80 & 77.5-lb. rail. Office at Hattiesburg, MS.
Main line: Hattiesburg to Natchez, MS, 148.67 miles; Hattiesburg to Pines, 14.02 miles.

Road No.	
Type	
Builder	
C.N.	
Date	
Cyls.	
Dri. Dia.	
Engine
Wt.	
Previous Ownership	
Disposition	

75	
No Data	

	

	
Pearl & Leaf Rivers R.R. #3 or #11,
Mississippi Central #75.	
Out of service 11/30/1909.
Scrapped 11/1910.

98	
4-4-0	
A/Schen.	
45921	
2/1909	
19x26	
69	
136000	
New. Cost $11,329.	
Comite Southern #98, Amite, LA,
in 1946.
Louisiana Eastern #98, Shiloh, LA
Thomas C. Marshall, Jr., Wilmington, DE, in 1/1960.	

1st 99	
0-4-2	
Brooks	
699	
4/1882	
16x22	
50	
58500	
Chicago & Atlantic #4.
Chicago & Erie #404, in 8/1890.
Erie R.R. #26, in 1895.
J. J. Newman Lumber Co. #2, Hattiesburg, MS, in 6/1897.
Pearl & Leaf Rivers #2
Mississippi Central 1st #99, on 2/13/1904.	
Dropped from equipment by 2/1909.	

2nd 99	
4-4-0	
A/Schen.	
45922	
2/1909	
19x26	
69	
136000	
New. Cost $11,329.	
Scrapped by Schemper Brothers, Hattiesburg, MS, in 12/1942.	

100	
4-4-0	
Baldwin	
26510	
9/1905	
18x24	
68	
113000	
New. Cost $10,694.
Baldwin class 8/30 C 620	
Scrapped by Schemper Brothers, Hattiesburg, MS, in 12/1942.	

101	
4-4-0	
U.P. Omaha Shops	
	
10/1891	
18x26	
62	
	
Union Pacific #838 (see Note 1)
Hicks Locomotive & Car Works #1018, Chicago, IL, in 1904.
Mississippi Central #101,
in 12/1904. Cost $5,506 plus $207 freight from Chicago.	
New ALCO boiler #74938 installed in 1922.
Schemper Brothers, Hattiesburg, MS,
in 1/1943 (for scrap).	

102	
4-4-0	
Baldwin	
27222	
1/1906	
18x24	
68	
113000	
New. Cost $10,768.
Baldwin class 8-30 C 631	
Schemper Brothers, Hattiesburg, MS,
in 1/1943 (for scrap).	

103	
2-6-0	
Rogers	
2937	
2/1882	
18x24	
50	
84100	
Alabama Great Southern #30.
Re. #130. See Note 2.
Mississippi Central #103, in 1906.	
Traded to Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1661, on 2/28/1921 in partial payment on 2nd #107.
Kanfla Lumber Co., Holt, FL, on 8/23/1922.	

104	
2-6-0	
D. & H.	

18x24	
54	
96400	
Delaware & Hudson #?
Mississippi Central #104. by 11/1906	
Out of service 11/30/1909.
Ingram-Day Lumber Co. #7, Lyman, MS, on 3/21/1911, for $1,000.	

105	
2-8-0	
A/Brooks	
29527	
2/1904	
19x26	
50	
140000	
Pearl & Leaf Rivers #12
Mississippi Central #105, on 2/13/1904.	
No record.	

106	
2-8-0	
Baldwin	
3841	
3/1876	
20x24	
50	
93600	
Pennsylvania R.R. #120.
New York Equipment Co., 
New York, NY, in 1/1897.
Kentucky & Indiana Bridge Co. #6, Louisville, KY.
Pearl & Leaf Rivers #6, on 9/30/1901. Changed to 0-8-0.
Mississippi Central #106, on 2/13/1904.
Baldwin class 10-34 E 20	
Changed back to 2-8-0.
J. J. Newman Lumber Co. #19, Hattiesburg, MS.	

1st 107	
2-8-0	
Baldwin	
21962	
4/1903	
20x24	
50	
128000	
Pearl & Leaf Rivers #9.	
Mississippi Central 1st #107, on 2/13/1904.
Baldwin class 10-34 E 1665	
J. J. Newman Lumber Co. #18, Sumrall, MS, on 3/4/1916.
Homochitto Lumber Co. #18, Bude, MS, after 9/1928.

2nd 107	
0-6-0	
Baldwin	

18x24	
44	
	
International Pipe & Supply Co.
Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1653.
Mississippi Central 2nd #107, on 2/28/1921. Cost $6,000 with $1,000 allowed in trade on #103.	
Retired 1927.	

108	
4-6-0	
Baldwin	
25665	
5/1905	
19x26	
56	
140000	
New. Cost $12,360.
Baldwin class 10-32 D 929	
Scrapped 1927.	

109	
4-6-0	
Baldwin	
26733	
10/1905	
19x26	
56	
140000	
New. Cost $12,363.
Baldwin class 10-32 D 930	
Scrapped 8/1926.	

110	
4-6-0	
Baldwin	
26740	
10/1905	
19x26	
56	
140000	
New. Cost $12,363.
Baldwin class 10-32 D 931	
Lamar Lumber Co. #110, Bogalusa, LA,
in 5/1930.	

111	
4-6-0	
	Baldwin	
21220	
11/1902	
18x24	
56	
124000	
Pearl & Leaf Rivers #8.
Mississippi Central #111, on 2/13/1904.
Baldwin class 10-30 D 437	
Scrapped at Hattiesburg, MS, in 1/1930.	

112	
4-6-0	
	Baldwin	
30353	
3/1907	
19x26	
56	
140000	
New. Cost $12,600.
Baldwin class 10-32 D 1010	
Scrapped at Hattiesburg, MS, in 2/1934.	

113	
4-6-0	
Baldwin	
31022	
6/1907	
19x26	
56	
140000	
New. Cost $12,600.
Baldwin class 10-32 D 1011	
Scrapped by Schemper Brothers, Hattiesburg, MS, in 12/1942.		

114	
4-6-0	
	Baldwin	
31023	
6/1907	
19x26	
56	
140000	
New. Cost $12,600.
Baldwin class 10-32 D 1012	
Scrapped by Schemper Brothers, Hattiesburg, MS, in 12/1942.	

115	
4-6-0	
Baldwin	
31037	
6/1907	
19x26	
56	
140000	
New. Cost $12,600.
Baldwin class 10-32 D 1013	
Jaffe-Wohl Iron & Metal Co., Birmingham, AL, in 11/1948 (for scrap).	

116-119	Vacant

Road No.	
Type	
Builder	
C.N.	
Date	
Cyls.	
Dri. Dia.	
Engine
Wt.	
Previous Ownership	
Disposition	

120	
2-8-2	
A/Brooks	
63072	
7/1921	
20x28	
56	
177000	
New. Cost $35,600.	
Louisiana Eastern #14, Shiloh, LA,
on 7/15/1953.
Scrapped 1963.	

121	
2-8-2	
A/Brooks	
63073	
7/1921	
20x28	
56	
177000	
New. Cost $35,600.	
Southwest Steel Co., Memphis, TN,
in 6/1953 (for scrap).	

122	
2-8-2	
A/Brooks	
63074	
7/1921	
20x28	
56	
177000	
New. Cost $35,600.	
Southwest Steel Co., Memphis, TN,
in 6/1953 (for scrap).	

123	
2-8-2	
A/Brooks	
63167	
11/1921	
20x28	
56	
178000	
New. Cost $31,000.	
Southwest Steel Co., Memphis, TN,
in 6/1953 (for scrap).	

124	
2-8-2	
A/Brooks	
63168	
11/1921	
20x28	
56	
178000	
J. J. Newman Lumber Co. #20, Hattiesburg, MS
Mississippi Central #124, in 12/1935. Cost $8,000.	
Green Brothers Gravel Co. #124, Franklinton, LA, in 6/1953.
Scrapped 9/1965.	

125-129	Vacant

Road No.	
Type	
Builder	
C.N.	
Date	
Cyls.	
Dri. Dia.	
Engine
Wt.	
Previous Ownership	
Disposition	

130	
2-8-2	
A/Brooks	
65351	
12/1923	
20x28	
54	
177000
		
New. Cost $37,000.	
Southwest Steel Co., Memphis, TN,
in 6/1953 (for scrap).	

131	
2-8-2	
A/Brooks	
65352	
12/1923	
20x28	
54	
177000	
New. Cost $37,000.	
Southwest Steel Co., Memphis, TN,
in 6/1953 (for scrap). See Note 3.	

132-139	Vacant

Road No.	
Type	
Builder	
C.N.	
Date	
Cyls.	
Dri. Dia.	
Engine
Wt.	
Previous Ownership	
Disposition	

140	
2-8-2	
A/Schen	
64915	
9/1923	
23x28
		
54	
251000	
New. Cost $49,745.	
Louisiana Eastern #16, Shiloh, LA,, in 6/1954.
Feliciana Eastern #16, Bluff Creek, LA, in 1/1956.
Scrapped 9/1961.	

141	
2-8-2	
A/Schen.	
64916	
9/1923

23x28	
54	
251000	
New. Cost $49,745.	
Green Brothers Gravel Co. #141, Georgetown, MS,
in 6/1953.
City of Georgetown, MS (for display).	

142	
2-8-2	
A/Schen.	
68041	
9/1929	
23x28	
54	
255000	
New. Cost $51,693.	
Southwest Steel Co., Memphis, TN, in 6/1953
(for scrap).	

143-149	Vacant

Road No.	
Type	
Builder	
C.N.	
Date	
Cyls.	
Dri. Dia.	
Engine
Wt.	
Previous Ownership	
Disposition	

150	
4-6-2	
A/Rich.	
53199	
3/1913	
25x26	
61	
248733	
Illinois Central #1117.
Re. #2077, on 8/19/1942.
Mississippi Central #150, on 7/16/1948.
Cost $5,000 plus $16,206.56 for Class III overhaul at I. C. McComb Shops.	
DeBardeleben Coal Corp. #104, Holt, AL,
in 6/1953.
Scrapped 4/1957.	

151	
4-6-2	
A/Schen.	
49186	
11/1910	
25x26	
61	
248733	
Illinois Central #1064.
Re. #2075, on 5/12/1942.
Mississippi Central #151, on 11/2/48.
Cost $5,000. See Note 4.	
DeBardeleben Coal Corp. #105, Holt, AL,
in 6/1953.
Scrapped 9/1961.	

152	
4-6-2	
A/Schen.	
40355	
10/1906	
25x26	
61	
248733	
Illinois Central #1036.
Re. #2030, on 12/8/1942.
Mississippi Central #152,
on 1/22/1949. Cost $5,000 plus $25,539.42 for Class III overhaul at I. C. McComb Shops.	
Southwest Steel Co., Memphis, TN, in 6/1953 (for scrap).	

Note 1.	Union Pacific #838 rebuilt at Omaha Shops from U. P. #767 (Rogers c.n. 3846 11/1887), a Mother Hubbard 4-4-0. Only the chassis of No. 767 was retained in building No. 838; the remainder was built new.

Note 2.	No. 103 is thought to have come from the Camp & Hinton Co., at Lumberton, MS.

Note 3.	No. 131 was scrapped at Hattiesburg after derailment 6/4/1953 enroute to Memphis, TN.

Note 4.	No. 151 was leased to Miss. Central on 5/13/1948 at $30 per day with rental applied toward purchase price.

HISTORY

The Pearl & Leaf River Railroad was incorporated in MS on November 27, 1897, and acquired the logging railroad belonging to the J. J. Newman Lumber Company running westward from Hattiesburg for about 7 miles. The name was changed to Mississippi Central Railroad on February 13, 1904. The Natchez, & Eastern Railway was incorporated on March 13, 1906. The Mississippi Central Railroad and Natchez & Eastern Railway were combined into a new Mississippi Central Railroad on June 15, 1909.

The section from Breland to Silver Creek, 46.071 miles, was constructed by the P&LR in 1904. From Silver Creek to Brookhaven, 29.260 miles, was constructed by the Mississippi Central during 1905-06. The sectjon from Hattiesburg to Breland, 7.100 miles, was constructed by the J. J. Newman Lumber Comoany during 186-98. The Natchez & Eastern built the line from Natchez to Brookhaven, 66.238 miles, during 1908.

REFERENCE

1. “Mississippi Central Railroad Company,” Valuation Docket No. 1472. Interstate Commerce Commission Reports, Vol. 135, p.286-326.