Corinth, MS: 1918 Museum/(GM&O+Southern) Depot and Caboose

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John C Butler posted three photos with the comment: "When I retired, both RR’s had two tracks at the crossing."

Tim Senesac: Last picture is an OWLS diamond.

John C Butler: Tim Senesac 🤷🏼‍♂️What’s that?? 🤔

Dennis DeBruler: John C Butler One Way Low Speed. It pushes the flanges of the wheels up and over the other track so that track has continuous steel through the diamond. The caboose in the background indicates that it is the former-Southern track that has the speed restriction. Trains on the former-GM&O track won't notice a diamond here.

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Dalton Flowers commented on John's post

Street View, Jul 2023

The east/westish railroad was the Southern.

1950/52 Corinth Quad @ 62,500

The reason Corinth was such an important strategic town during the Civil War was because two of the longest railroads in the south came through here. The Memphis and Charleston Railroad ran east to west, connecting Memphis, Tennessee, to Charleston, South Carolina. The Mobile and Ohio Railroad ran north to south and connected Mobile, Alabama, and Columbus, Kentucky, where steamboats could carry goods up to Cairo, Illinois, on the Ohio River. The M&O eventually made it all the way to Cairo, but this section was not completed until 1882. [npplan]

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The museum has event spaces.

Andrew Waldo posted two photos with the comment:

Corinth, Mississippi: Joint Water Station, Mobile & Ohio Railroad and Southern Railway. Two nice views of the Joint Water Station at Corinth. The first photo, facing east, with the Passenger Station visible in the background, shows both of the Water Tanks with the Pump House in between them. The Tank #1 on the left primarily serviced the Southern Rwy; the Tank #2 on the right serviced the M&O RR. The second photo, focusing on the M&O line facing northerly, was the older of the two Tanks. Of the Water Station, the Notes offer this interesting information: “Pumper, H Bailey, who has worked for the M&O RB [sic] 30 yrs, thinks Tank #1 and pipe lines were originally built 1890, that Tank #2 was built previous, that pump house part 17’4” x 20’8” was built 1895, that extension to pump house and Boiler No 1 were built 1900, that Boiler #2 was built 1914.” The photographs were taken on 11 April 1916 by the Bridge Notes team.

Credit: National Archives & Records Administration, ICC Engineering Field Notes, Mobile & Ohio Railroad, Mississippi. Digital Image Collection of Andrew Waldo.

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Andrew Waldo posted two photos with the comment:

Corinth, Mississippi: Passenger Station, Mobile & Ohio Railroad and Southern Railway. Corinth will be our last stop in Mississippi on the M&O. The good news is that there are several very interesting Corinth photographs I’ll be posting over the next few days. I begin with two images of the joint Mobile & Ohio RR/Southern Rwy Passenger Station taken from the tracks belonging to the Southern. The first features the station Lunchroom and several baggage/express carts. The second, taken on the other side of the crossing gives a nice corner view of this lovely architectural specimen, showing off the M&O side of the station. The Notes suggest that although the Station was constructed in 1903, it was already in deteriorating condition due to settling. Heat for the Station was provided from the Pump House for the two Water Stations located at the crossing. We’ll have a look at them tomorrow. The photographs were taken on 1 May 1916.

Credit: National Archives & Records Administration, ICC Engineering Field Notes, Mobile & Ohio Railroad, Mississippi. Digital Image Collection of Andrew Waldo.

Dave Mikelson: I spent a day in Corinth in late October, 2024. Nice town with a lot to see, railroad and other (such as the Civil War Center). CPKC uses the depot yet. They have an office in the south end of the building. Looking online it looks like the current depot was built in 1918.

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