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Owner: Bonhomie & Hattiesburg Southern
Model:BLW 2-6-2Built As:Builder Info (Unavailable )
Serial Number:59239Order No:
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Other locos with this serial:  WKS 250(2-6-2) ERR 250(2-6-2) WPVR 250(2-6-2) BHS 250(2-6-2) PLLX 250(2-6-2)
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Bonhomie & Hattiesburg Southern Steam
Title:  Bonhomie & Hattiesburg Southern Steam
Description:  This photo illustrated the entire roster of the Bonhomie & Hattiesburg Southern on 5 July 1961. Prairie 250 (BLW 59239) was ready to go to work at the railroad’s yard in Hattiesburg, Mississippi while Mikado 300 (BLW 58241) was having its smokebox cleaned. This photo was taken on the day the railroad’s former master mechanic Grover Cleveland Logan was laid to rest. Mr. Logan had been responsible for keeping the B&HS in steam; but several months later, on 21 October the railroad bought a pair of former Wabash SW1’s, and after they arrived, steam was dead. The 250 was sold to the Wanamaker, Kempton & Southern in Pennsylvania, while the 300 was placed on display next to the Southern Railway’s station in Hattiesburg.
Photo Date:  7/5/1961  Upload Date: 11/1/2020 10:21:51 AM
Location:  Hattiesburg, MS
Author:  JOHN KIRKPATRICK image
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  BHS 250(2-6-2) BHS 300(2-8-2)
Views:  631   Comments: 0
B&HS 2-6-2 250
Title:  B&HS 2-6-2 250
Description:  Bonhomie & Hattiesburg Southern 2-6-2 number 250 (BLW 59239) was working at the railroad’s yard in Hattiesburg, Mississippi on 5 July 1961, about four months before steam operations ended. This photo was taken on the day the railroad’s former master mechanic Grover Cleveland Logan was laid to rest. Mr. Logan had been responsible for keeping the B&HS in steam; but on 21 October the railroad bought a pair of former Wabash SW1’s, and after they arrived, steam was dead. The 250 was sold to the Wanamaker, Kempton & Southern in Pennsylvania in September 1963.
Photo Date:  7/5/1961  Upload Date: 11/1/2020 10:24:24 AM
Location:  Hattiesburg, MS
Author:  JOHN KIRKPATRICK image
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  BHS 250(2-6-2)
Views:  497   Comments: 0


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