STATIONS AND STRUCTURES ON CURRENT
AND FORMER RAILROAD LINES IN MISSISSIPPI.

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HATTIESBURG to PRENTISS
Originally Pearl & Leaf Rivers Railroad (1897 - 1904)
Formerly Mississippi Central Railroad (1904 - 1967)
Formerly Illinois Central Railroad (1967 - 1972)
Formerly Illinois Central Gulf Railroad (1972 -
Formerly Canadian National Railway
Currently Longleaf Trace Recreational Trail
MILE
POST		 STATION NOTES STRUCTURES
0.0 Hattiesburg Yard. engine house - no longer exists
office - no longer exists
0.5 NO&NE RR Crossing    
0.6 G&SI RR Crossing   freight house - building collapsed 2008
4.8 Varnado Switch 6 car spur  
4 Arnold    
5.7 Wardwell 50 car siding  
6.8 Breland    
7 Connerly Also spelled Connely  
9 Eaton    
10.8 Hatten Also known as Clyde & Felix
33 car siding		  
12 Reed    
15.0 Epley 37 car siding  
16.4 Coral    
17.5 Bynum 24 car siding  
18.7 Sumrall 34 car siding  
22.0 Higgins 12 car siding  
23 Frazier    
26.0 Melba also known as Lott or Lottsville. 46 car siding  
27 Morris    
30 Black Creek    
32.9 Bassfield also known as Tyrone. 40 car siding  
35 Hathorn    
37.5 Carson 50 car siding  
41 Hembe    
43 Atwood    
44.2 Prentiss also known as Blountville. 35 car siding  
PRENTISS to FERGUSON
Originally Pearl & Leaf Rivers Railroad (1897 - 1904)
Formerly Mississippi Central Railroad (1904 - 1967)
Formerly Illinois Central Railroad (1967 - 1972)
Formerly Illinois Central Gulf Railroad (1972 -
Currently abandoned
MILE
POST		 STATION NOTES STRUCTURES
48.0 Whitesand 35 car siding  
50.5 Lucas 8 car siding  
53.5 G&SI Crossing    
53.6 Silver Creek 30 car siding  
57.5 Hooker 9 car siding  
FERGUSON to BROOKHAVEN
Originally Pearl & Leaf Rivers Railroad (1897 - 1904)
Formerly Mississippi Central Railroad (1904 - 1967)
Formerly Illinois Central Railroad (1967 - 1972)
Formerly Illinois Central Gulf Railroad (1972 -
Currently Canadian National Railway
MILE
POST		 STATION NOTES STRUCTURES
58.7 Ferguson    
60.75   Pearl River 102' swing span - still in use, opened once in 1917
62.5 Wanilla 56 car siding depot - no longer exists
water tank - no longer exists
Interlocker - no longer exists
62.5 NOGN RR Crossing    
66.9 Sontag 25 car siding  
71.6 Woolworth 48 car siding  
78.5 Carlos 30 car siding  
79.3 Friendship    
80.6 Perrytown 17 car spur  
81.0 Dixie 14 car spur  
82.2 Main Line Jct    
82.5 Miss. Central Jct.    
82.7 Illinois Central Crossing   water tank - no longer exists
tower - no longer exists
Interlocker - Crossing no longer exists. Replaced with two switches
83.3 Brookhaven via Illinois Central RR. Yard  
BROOKHAVEN to NATCHEZ
Originally Natchez & Eastern Railroad (1906 - 1909)
Formerly Mississippi Central Railroad (1909 - 1967)
Formerly Illinois Central Railroad (1967 - 1972)
Formerly Illinois Central Gulf Railroad (1972 -
Formerly Canadian National Railway ( - 2009)
Currently Natchez Railway (2009 - )
MILE
POST		 STATION NOTES STRUCTURES
88.7 Zetus 32 car siding  
89.0 Sohio 12 car spur  
91.8 Cobbs 10 car siding  
96.0 Williams 8 car spur  
98.4 Lucien 42 car siding  
100.5 McCall Also known as McCalls Creek. 25 car siding  
101.7 Celco    
103.4 Quentin 20 car siding  
104.9 Wheats    
106.2 Eddiceton 50 car siding  
109.1 Monroe 5 car spur  
110.4 Bude Yard depot - renovated 1994, still standing 2009
113.8 Meadville 30 car siding  
115.8 Mile Branch 4 car spur (also known as Butler)  
117.2 Wyoming 8 car spur  
119.5 Kirby 34 car siding  
124.6 Roxie 32 car siding  
125.5 Y&MV RR Crossing   two station signs (Roxie) - still exists 2003
railroad crossing signal - still exists 2003
131.4 Leesdale 10 car siding  
134.0 Calco 14 car siding  
134.6 Cranfield 11 car siding  
136.3 Fenwick 52 car siding  
141.5 Washington    
145.6 Parker 2 car spur  
146.0 Johnsville 25 car siding  
146.5 St. Catherine 20 car spur  
146.7 Gardner Spur 11 car spur  
148.8 Elder 3 car spur  
148.9 Coles 5 car spur  
149.0 Natchez Yard depot - Visitors Center-  2009

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NATCHEZ
Originally Natchez & Southern Railroad (Missouri Pacific Railroad) (1902 - 1984)
Formerly Illinois Central Gulf Railroad (1984 -
Formerly Canadian National Railway ( - 2009)
Currently Natchez Railway (2009 - )
MILE
POST		 STATION NOTES STRUCTURES
  Natchez connection to Y&MV & Miss. Central Fuel house - no longer exists
Sand tower - no longer exists
  MP Ferry  Line has been rerouted by Hwy 84 bridge. ferry ramp - no longer exists
  Yard   Depot - still in use by Natchez Railway
  Majores    
  International Paper    

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HATTIESBURG to RUNNELSTOWN
Originally Tallahala Lumber Company
Formerly Major-Sowers Saw Mill Company
Formerly Mississippi Central Railroad
Currently abandoned
MILE
POST		 STATION NOTES STRUCTURES
0.0 Hattiesburg    
  Tallahala    
  Runnelstown    

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HATTIESBURG to ROYCE
Originally  Mississippi Central Railroad
Formerly J J Newman Lumber Co.
Currently abandoned (except for a quarter mile used by Norfolk Southern)
MILE
POST		 STATION NOTES STRUCTURES
0.0 Hattiesburg    
  Palmers Crossing    
  Camp Shelby    
  Pines    
  Cypress Creek Camp Also known as Agnes  
  Joe Mar Camp    
    Dead Man's Hill  
  Royce    

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BROOKHAVEN to MONTICELLO
Originally Brookhaven & Pearl River Railway (1899 - 1910)
Formerly Illinois Central RR (1910 - 1928)
Currently abandoned
MILE
POST		 STATION NOTES STRUCTURES
0.0 Brookhaven    
0.75 Mississippi Central Jct    
1.0 Pearlhaven    
2.28 MB&N Jct    
2.35 Brookhaven Pressed Brick    
3 Phillips    
3.69 Friendship    
6.25 Heucks Also spelled Heucht's  
7.25 Williams    
10.22 Soegaard Also spelled Soegard  
12.47 Mays    
14.00 Nola    
16.00 Evans    
18.85 Loranda    
22.00 Monticello Jct Also known as B & P Jct.  
23.00 Monticello   Union depot - still standing 2009

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BROOKHAVEN to MB&N JCT
Originally Hamilton & Hoskins Railroad
Formerly Meridian, Brookhaven & Natchez Railroad (1882 - 1888)
Formerly Illinois Central Railroad (1888 - 1972)
Formerly Illinois Central Gulf Railroad (1972 - )
Formerly Canadian National Railway ( - 2005)
Abandoned 2005
MILE
POST		 STATION NOTES STRUCTURES
0.0 Pin Oak Jct original alignment (abandoned 1930's)  
0.0 Brookhaven new alignment (abandoned 1990's)  
  M. C. Jct. Connection with Mississippi Central  
  M. B. & N. Jct. MB&N Jct  
MB&N JCT. to GRAVEL PIT
Originally Hamilton & Hoskins Railroad
Formerly Meridian, Brookhaven & Natchez Railroad  (1882 - 1888)
Formerly Illinois Central Railroad (1888 -1940)
Currently abandoned
MILE
POST		 STATION NOTES STRUCTURES
6 ? Gravel Pit    

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NORFIELD to OAKVALE
Originally Norwood & Butterfield Co. Railroad
Formerly Brookhaven, Columbia & Mobile Railroad
Formerly Natchez & Atlantic Railroad
Formerly Natchez, Columbia & Mobile Railroad (1892 - 1933)
Currently abandoned
MILE
POST		 STATION NOTES STRUCTURES
0 Norfield    
0.3 Norfield (IC depot)    
3.6 Wilkinson    
6.8 Shacks    
9 Price's Mill    
9.1 Ruth    
11.6 Bristerville    
14 Bristerville Station    
13.7 Verna    
  Camp 12 on branch off main from Verna  
20 Topeka on original main line  
  Macksmith on branch off original main line  
23 Roonville on original main line  
25 Divide on original main line  
26 Camp 11 on branch off original main line from Divide  
28 Loweton on original main line  
15.8 Jayess    
17.1 Camp Junction    
  Camp 14 on branch off main line  
18 Lawrenceburg    
19.8 Old Camp    
22.6 Rails also known as Camp 15  
24.2 Summers    
26.4 Sauls    
  Camp 16 on Possum Hollow logging spur  
30.0 Tilton    
Formerly Denkmann Lumber Co. Railroad
  Oakvale    

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BOGUE CHITTO to HUSTLER
Formerly Bogue Chitto, Liberty & Southwestern Railroad (1893 - 1914)
Currently abandoned
MILE
POST		 STATION NOTES STRUCTURES
0 Bogue Chitto    
  Arlington On branch line  
  Smithdale    
  Hustler    

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MORGAN to WOODVILLE
Originally West Feliciana Railroad (first in Mississippi) (1831 - 1888)
Formerly Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Railroad (1888 - 1892)
Formerly Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad (1892 - 1946)
Formerly Illinois Central Railroad (1946 - 1972)
Formerly Illinois Central Gulf Railroad (1972 - )
Currently abandoned
MILE
POST		 STATION NOTES STRUCTURES
33 Morgan    
36.0 Turnball    
37.6 Ashwood    
41.6 Woodville   depot - burned by inmate laborers 1980's

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MISSALA to BALDWIN LODGE
Originally Mobile and New Orleans Railroad
Formerly New Orleans, Mobile and Chattanooga Railroad
Formerly New Orleans & Mobile Railroad
Formerly New Orleans, Mobile and Texas Railroad (1871 - 1881)
Formerly Louisville & Nashville Railroad (1881 - 1982)
Formerly Seaboard Railroad (1982 -
Currently CSX Railroad
SURVEYORS
MEASURE		 MILE
POST		 STATION NOTES STRUCTURES
Sometime prior to 1960 the mile posts on this railroad were slightly changed. The new mile posts were roughly 4 miles less than the old.
00+00 694.98
(698.94)		   Alabama/Mississippi state line  
0+11 695 Missala    
52+91 696      
  696.7 Pecan    
105+71 697      
158+51 698      
211+31 699      
239+80 699.33 Orange Grove    
264+11 700      
316+91 701      
369+71 702      
370+70 702.02 Kreole    
422+51 703 Bayou Casotte    
475+31 704      
528+11 705      
580+91 706      
  706.58 Scranton
Pascagoula		   passenger depot - still exists 2002
freight depot - no longer exists
Railway Express Agency Bldg - no longer exists
211 ft drawbridge - ?
633+71 707      
638+05 707.08 West Pascagoula    
686+51 708      
    Watts Exact location unknown  
739+31 709      
785+17 709.90 Gautier   Passenger depot - moved, exists 2002
freight depot - no longer exists
two section houses - ?
792+11 710      
844+91 711      
897+71 712      
913+86 712.31 Quinn    
950+51 713 Hilda    
1003+31 714      
1056+11 715      
1108+91 716      
  716.48 Fontainebleu
Belle Fontaine		    
1161+71 717      
1214+51 718      
1267+31 719      
1320+11 720      
1372+91 721      
1425+71 722      
  722.89 Ocean Springs   depot - still exists
turntable - no longer exists
engine house - no longer exists
1478+51 723      
1531+31 724      
  724.39   Biloxi Bay 220 ft. draw bridge - still exists
1584+11 725      
  725.55 Oak Street Station   shelter - no longer exists
1636+91 726      
  726.92 Biloxi   passenger depot - no longer exists
freight depot - no longer exists
1689+71 727      
1742+51 728      
1778+77 728.70 Camp Ground Later Keesler A.F.B. shelter - no longer exists
Telephone booth - no longer exists
1795+31 729      
1848+11 730      
1900+91 731      
1935+49 731.82 Beauvoir   Shelter - no longer exists
telephone booth - ?
1953+71 732      
  732.81 Edgewater Park   depot - ?
2006+51 733      
  733.5 Debuys    
2059+31 734      
2112+11 735      
2148+52 735.81 Mississippi City   shelter or depot - ?
2164+91 736      
  736.5 U. S. Veterans Hospital pedestrian underpass  
2217+71 737      
2270+51 738      
2323+31 739      
2347+15 739.40 Gulfport G&SI crossing Passenger depot - still in use 2002
freight depot - no longer exists
2376+11 740      
2428+91 741      
2481+71 742      
  742.98 Long Beach    
2534+51 743      
2587+31 744      
2640+11 745      
  745.08 White Harbor   Shelter - ?
2692+91 746      
  746.37 East End Station
Harbin		   Shelter - ?
2745+71 747      
  747.32 Menge Ave. Station   Shelter - ?
2798+51 748      
  748.79 Pass Christian   depot - ?
mail chute - ?
2851+31 749      
2904+11 750      
  750.30 West End Station   waiting shed - ?
Screenings platform - ?
2956+91 751      
  751.76 Henderson Point   Shelter - no longer exists
platform - ?
3009+71 752      
  752.5   St. Louis Bay 191.5 ft draw span - still exists
3062+51 753      
3115+36 754      
  754.44 Bay St. Louis   Passenger depot - still exists 2002
freight depot - no longer exists
turntable - no longer exists
coal chute - no longer exists
section house - ?
3168+11 755      
  755.5 Sand Pit   telephone booth - ?
3220+91 756      
3244+65 756.52 Nicholson Ave Station   Shelter - no longer exists
3273+71 757      
  757.2 Coleman Ave   Passenger shed - ?
platform - ?
3326+51 758      
  758.28 Waveland   depot - ?
3379+31 759      
3432+12 760      
  760.20 Clermont Harbor   Screen - ?
platform - ?
Depot - ?
    Gulf View    
3484+91 761      
  761.70 Lakeshore   passenger shed - ?
3537+70 762      
3590+51 763      
3643+31 764      
3647+47     Jct with Port Bienville RR  
3696+11 765      
  765.03 Ansley   shelter - ?
motorcar shed - ?
3748+91 766      
3801+71 767      
  767.06 Claiborne   Shelter - ?
3854+51 768      
  768.52 Baldwin Lodge   Shelter - ?
Tenders house - ?
3893+43 768.72   Louisiana/Mississippi state line Draw bridge - ?

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CANTON to BURNSIDE
Originally Illinois Central Railroad
 Formerly Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Formerly Canadian National RY
Abandoned 2006
MILE
POST		 STATION NOTES STRUCTURES
0.0   Junction with Illinois Central  
2   Current end of track  
Currently abandoned
Originally Merrill Timber Co. Railroad
Formerly Elk Lumber Co. Railroad (Crosby-Bonds Lumber Co.)
Formerly Stillwell-Crosby Lumber Co. Railroad
Formerly Mississippi Soft Pine Co. Railroad
Formerly Pearl River Valley Lumber Co. Railroad (F. C. Denkmann & Associates)
Formerly Denkmann Lumber Co. Railroad
Formerly Canton & Carthage  Railroad (1927 - 1959)
Formerly King Lumber Co. Railroad
4.39 Four Mile    
8.55 Shoccoe    
12.15 River Hill   River Jct. depot - no longer exists
12.92 Lake City    
17.00 High Wheel    
21.15 Reimers    
23.53 Yocanoocana    
26.72 Grigbys Ferry    
29.68 Drysdale    
30.60 Hauberg    
33.55 Carthage    
35.75 McAfee    
40.50 Sunrise    
41.15 Battle Bluff    
43.90 Pleasant Valley    
46.50 Edinburg    
Originally J M Griffin Lumber Co. Railroad
Formerly Reynolds-West Lumber Co. Railroad
Formerly Marietta Lumber Co. Railroad (Denkmann)
Formerly Pearl River Valley Lumber Co. Railroad (F. C. Denkmann & Associates)
Formerly Denkmann Lumber Co. Railroad
Formerly Canton & Carthage  Railroad (1927 - 1959)
Formerly King Lumber Co. Railroad
Currently abandoned
53.05 Barrett    
62.15 Burnside GM&N interchange  

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RIVER HILL TO PELAHATCHIE (west route)
Originally Mississippi Railway (Lockwood Lumber Company)
Formerly Gammill Lumber Company Railroad
Formerly Appollonia Lumber Company (Denkmann Lumber Co)
Pearl River Valley Lumber Co. Railroad
Formerly Denkmann Lumber Co. Railroad
Formerly Canton & Carthage Railroad (1927 - 1959)
Formerly King Lumber Co. Railroad
 Currently abandoned
MILE
POST		 STATION NOTES STRUCTURES
12.15 River Hill   River Jct depot - no longer exists
  Ratliff Ferry   Bridge - two concrete piers still exist
    Jct of east and west routes to Pelahatchie  
17.85 Pete's Lake    
  Ophelia    
22.40 Koch Jct with GM&N  
23.90 Sand Hill    
25.00 Pisgah    
30.45 Clarke    
31.65 Abernathy    
33.00 Clear Creek    
37.65 Pelahatchie Jct with Y&MV  

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RIVER HILL TO PELAHATCHIE (east route)
Originally Mississippi Railway (Lockwood Lumber Company)
Formerly Gammill Lumber Company Railroad
Formerly Appollonia Lumber Company (Denkmann Lumber Co)
Pearl River Valley Lumber Co. Railroad
Formerly Denkmann Lumber Co. Railroad
Formerly Canton & Carthage  Railroad (1927 - 1959)
Formerly King Lumber Co. Railroad
 Currently abandoned
MILE
POST		 STATION NOTES STRUCTURES
12.15 River Hill   River Jct depot - no longer exists
  Ratliff Ferry   Bridge - two concrete piers still exist
    Jct of east and west routes to Pelahatchie  
  Lone Pine Camp    
  Henry GM&O crossing  
  Brancho    
  Peagler's Camp    
  Pelahatchie    

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