page_title: Gwin, Mississippi
section_title: Railway history
hierarchical_section_title: Gwin, Mississippi / Railway history
caption_attribution_description: Collection: Railroad Depot Postcard Collection Call number: PI/1987.0009 System ID: 77366 Link to the catalog Illinois Central Depot, Gwin, Miss. July 1975. Please see our profile page for information on ordering. Scanned as tiff in 2008/11/10 by MDAH. Credit: Courtesy of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History
context_page_description: Gwin is an unincorporated community located in Holmes County, Mississippi. Gwin is located on U.S. Highway 49E, south of Tchula.
  The town was once an important station on the Illinois Central Railroad.
context_section_description: Gwin was the crew change point for all freight trains traveling between New Orleans and Memphis, and a hotel for train crews was located there. South of the town was a switching yard with six tracks, as well as a wye-junction where the track branched into a line which traveled east to Durant. Before electrical refrigeration was available for railcars, a large icing facility was located in Gwin, where ice was loading onto trains carrying perishable goods. In 1986, the railway moved its crew change point to McComb.
caption: Train depot in Gwin, 1975
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