The Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Railroad Company (MJ&KC) was established in 1890 in Mobile, Alabama. By 1898 the line reached the Pascagoula River at Merrill, Mississippi. The railroad had 50 miles of trackage in 1900 and reached Hattiesburg, Mississippi, via the Bonhomie & Hattiesburg Southern Railroad in 1902.
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Mobile, Alabama |
| Locale | Southern United States |
| Dates of operation | 1890–1909 |
| Predecessor | New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago Railroad, New Orleans Great Northern Railway |
| Successor | Gulf, Mobile and Ohio |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| Length | 827 miles (1,331 km) in 1940 |
Several mergers resulted in the MJ&KC finally emerging as the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
History after 1902
editOn July 1, 1903, the MJ&KC leased the Gulf & Chicago Railroad. This line came into being after buying the Ship Island, Ripley & Kentucky (from Middleton, Tennessee 25 miles to Ripley, Mississippi), and the northern division Gulf & Ship Island line between Ripley and Pontotoc (37 miles). In 1906, about the time the railroad route was completed, the company went into bankruptcy. By March 1907 there were 402 miles of tracks and 154 sawmills along the route. In 1909, after coming out of receivership, the MJ&KC and Gulf & Chicago Railroad merged to form the New Orleans, Mobile & Chicago Railroad. A 1917 reorganization resulted in the forming of the Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad (GM&N).[1] In 1929 the Meridian & Memphis and the Jackson & Eastern railroads merged into the GM&N. In 1933 the GM&N leased the New Orleans and Great Northern Railroad (NOGN). From 1935 through 1937 the line ran three Rebel streamlined diesel-electric trains between New Orleans, Louisiana, and Jackson, Tennessee. In 1940 the GM&O merged with the Mobile & Ohio (M&O) forming the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad.[2][3]
List of towns
editBelow is a list of towns and communities on the rail line from 1904 to 1907,[4][5]
- Mobile, Alabama
- Orchard, Alabama
- Crusher, Alabama
- Semmes, Alabama
- Wilmer, Alabama
- Latonia, Alabama
- Shipman, Mississippi (Brushy)
- Latonia, Mississippi
- Donovan, Mississippi
- Evanston, Mississippi
- Lucedale, Mississippi
- Eubanks, Mississippi
- Bexley, Mississippi
- Merrill, Mississippi
- Leaf, Mississippi
- McLain, Mississippi
- Little Creek, Mississippi
- Beaumont, Mississippi
- Bonhomie & Hattiesburg Southern Railroad branch
- Dickey Creek, Mississippi
- Wingate, Mississippi
- New Augusta, Mississippi
- Mahned, Mississippi
- Raglan, Mississippi
- McCallum, Mississippi
- Hattiesburg, Mississippi
In Beaumont the tracks turned northward towards Tennessee.
- Kittrell, Mississippi
- Hintonville, Mississippi
- Glazier, Mississippi
- Richton, Mississippi
- Loper, Mississippi (Rhodes)
- Ovett, Mississippi
- Ellisville Jc (Ellisville, Mississippi)
- Laurel, Mississippi
- Pierce, Mississippi
- Mossville, Mississippi
- Bay Springs, Mississippi
- Louin, Mississippi
- Montrose, Mississippi
- Roberts, Mississippi
- Newton, Mississippi
- Decatur, Mississippi
- Stratton, Mississippi
- Union, Mississippi
- McDonald, Mississippi
- Philadelphia, Mississippi
- Burnside, Mississippi
- Stallo, Mississippi
- Noxapater, Mississippi
- Louisville, Mississippi
- Sullivan, Mississippi
- Ackerman, Mississippi
- Reform, Mississippi
- Livingston, Mississippi
- Maben, Mississippi
- Dancy, Mississippi[6]
- Sherwood, Mississippi
- Mathiston, Mississippi
- Mantee, Mississippi
- Pontotoc, Mississippi
- Ecru, Mississippi
- Ingomar, Mississippi
- New Albany, Mississippi
- Cotton Plant, Mississippi
- Blue Mountain, Mississippi
- Ripley, Mississippi
- Falkner, Mississippi
- Tiplersville, Mississippi
- Walnut, Mississippi
- Middleton, Mississippi
- Bolivar, Mississippi
- Bolivar, Tennessee
- Jackson, Tennessee
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Gulf & Chicago Railroad". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ "Corporate Family Tree/Flow Chart". The GM&O Historical Society, Inc. Archived from the original on 2007-03-14. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ "Gulf & Chicago Railroad". Abandoned Rails. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ "1904 guide". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ "1907 guide" (PDF). Mississippi Rails. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ Dancy, Ms
Further reading
editMobile, Jackson & Kansas City R. Co. v. Mississippi, 210 U.S. 187 (1908)