Bonhomie and Hattiesburg Southern Railroad

Rail Pass ~ 1930

Tatum Lumber acquired B&HS Railroad to transport timber from the company's forested lands in the Beaumont area to its sawmill south of Hattiesburg. The B&HS Railroad began operations in 1925 with new engines, one of which can be seen today behind the former B&HS depot, the current Main Street home of the Willmut Gas Company, another enterprise of W.S.F. Tatum. In 1953, the

B&HS Railroad 2-8-2 #300 on the main line in MS, 5-1961. [Photo by: buds65@aol.com]

B&HS was sold to the Fernwood, Columbia & Gulf Railroad but continued to operate under the B&HS name.

[from http://www.pr.usm.edu/prnews/aug97/tatum.htm]