DeKalb
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Standard Gauge, 56 and 60-lb. rail Mill location: Electric Mills, MS Officers (1929): F. J. Hughes, President & Gen Man; W. E. Baskin, VP; R. E. Wilbourn, Sec; E. B. Smith, Tres.; D. C. Gleason, Roadmaster Years of Operation: 1916-1949 Miles Operated: 1916-1922: 15.48 miles 1922-1929?: 28.40 miles 1929?-1949: 15.48 miles Locomotives Owned: 5? |
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The De Kalb & Western Railroad was incorporated in Mississippi on February 11, 1916, for the purpose of acquiring the property, rights and franchises of the Sanoody Valley Railroad. Title to this property was obtained on February 21, 1916, from Simon Seelig and P. Sugarman. The date of organization of the De Kalb & Western Railroad was also February 21, 1916. Authorized capital stock was $160,000 of which $147,000 was issued, partly for cash and partly to pay for the property of the Sanoody Valley Railroad. The charter was amended May 9, 1916, to allow an extension of the eastern terminus of the railroad from Sucarnochee, MS, to Sledge, AL The
line extended from De Kalb, the county seat of Kemper County, to a
connection with the Mobile & Ohio Railroad at Sucanochee and Electric
Mills, then on to Sledge, AL, 28.40 miles. At Sucarnochee the railroad had
joint use of the station and facilities of the Mobile & Ohio. The
section from De Kalb to Sucarnochee, 11.77 miles, was purchased from the
Sanoody Valley Railroad, and the section from Electric Mills Junction to
Electric Mills and Sledge, AL, 12.60 miles, was purchased from the Sumter
Lumber Company effective September 16, 1916. The line from Electric Mills
Junction to Electric Mills, 3.71 miles, was built during 1916 and 1917,
and the remainder to Sledge, AL, was completed in 1922. On
August 4, 1941, the railroad company applied to the Interstate Commerce
Commission for permission to abandon the segment of line between Electric
Mills and Electric Mills Junction. The reason given was that the plant of
the Sumter Lumber Company, at Electric Mills, would cease operation and be
dismantled within two weeks, after which there would be no traffic on this
portion of the line. Permission was granted on September 23, 1941. Permission
to abandon the remainder of the railroad was obtained from the I. C. C. on
August 5, 1949, with all operations ending in December 1949. |
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1929 Official Guide of the Railways |
DK&W 504 switches cars at Electric Mills ca. 1940. |
1942 Official Guide of the Railways |
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 October 1925 Official Railway Equipment Register- Art Richardson Collection |
1920 Official Guide of the Railways |
March 1937 Official Guide of the Railways- Tony Howe Collection
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