Bonhomie & Hattiesburg Southern 2-8-2 No. 300

K.R. Bell · **Posted:** Mon Jan 27, 2003 11:09 pm

One of my all-time favorite locomotives is this gem, the B&HS 1925 Baldwin 2-8-2 No. 300. Does anybody know of this engine's current status in Hattiesburg, MS, and have a recent digital image they can post here?

Specifically:

1) Was the lagging and jacketing ever removed from this engine since it last ran?
2) Who currently owns No. 300?
3) What condition cosmetically and mechanically is it in?

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Jim Templin · **Posted:** Tue Jan 28, 2003 11:35 am

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Jim Templin · **Posted:** Tue Jan 28, 2003 11:45 am

> One of my all-time favorite locomotives is
> this gem, the B&HS 1925 Baldwin 2-8-2
> No. 300. Does anybody know of this engine's
> current status in Hattiesburg, MS, and have
> a recent digital image they can post here?

> Specifically:

> 1) Was the lagging and jacketing ever
> removed from this engine since it last ran?
> 2) Who currently owns No. 300?
> 3) What condition cosmetically and
> mechanically is it in?

I understand that it is actually owned by everybody's favorite private locomotive collector, Frank Kepner. As I recall from several years ago, the jacket was still on but some of the rods were missing. I know of some serious preservationists trying to get the 300 and never even recieved the courtesy of a "NO" response.

by the way, KR, contact me off list if you may be interested in an 1890's Pennsy built open platform combine.

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Bob Yarger · **Posted:** Tue Jan 28, 2003 2:19 pm

See link below.

http://www.geocities.com/hattiesburg_history/bonhomie_hatt_southern.html
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Bob Yarger · **Posted:** Tue Jan 28, 2003 2:23 pm

Get a load of this skidder from the Tatum Lumber Co. (of which B&HS was a part). Looks like something from the movie "Wild Wild West".

http://mshistory.k12.ms.us/features/feature17/lum_img_4.html
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James Hefner · **Posted:** Tue Jan 28, 2003 4:12 pm

> Get a load of this skidder from the Tatum
> Lumber Co. (of which B&HS was a part).
> Looks like something from the movie
> "Wild Wild West".

Bob, that is the same Clyde skidder as the one at Long Leaf; except the the Long Leaf example has lost it's booms.

Compare the picture below to the picture you found. I didn't know it was missing a pair of booms.

-James Hefner
Hebrews 10:20a

Long Leaf Revisited

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