Port Bienville Railroad
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Standard Gauge (4' 8 1/2 ") Reporting Marks: PBVR Headquarters: Port Bienville, MS Years of Operation: 1973-present Predecessor Roads: none Successor Roads: still operating Miles Operated: Locomotives Owned: |
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HISTORY:
The Port Bienville Railroad was built in 1973 by the Hancock County Port & Harbor Commission to connect a large industrial park at Port Bienville to the Louisville & Nashville Railroad (later CSX) at Ansley, MS. |
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Port Bienville Railroad #1 at Port Bienville, MS on 7-25-1975. The GE 45-tonner was c/n 13001, and was built as U.S. Army 7322 in April 1943. It became U.S. Navy 65-00505, and was sold to the Hancock County (MS) Port and Harbor Commission in 1973. T. N. Colbert Photo Roy Keeley Collection |
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For more information contact Tony Howe at tonyhowe76@yahoo.com or David S. Price at davidsprice46@gmail.com