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The company significantly grew its business during the 1950s, adding new customers such as a paper mill, chemical plants, and a pet food manufacturer. A major grain elevator opened in Pascagoula in 1961, providing more business for the railroad. The Mississippi Export Railroad was featured in 1974 on the news program On the Road. [3]
The Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Railroad Company (MJ&KC) was established in 1890 in Mobile, Alabama. By 1898 the line reached the Pascagoula River at Merrill, Mississippi . The railroad had 50 miles of trackage in 1900 and reached Hattiesburg, Mississippi , via the Bonhomie & Hattiesburg Southern Railroad in 1902.
Elkhart and Western Railroad (EWR) Ellis and Eastern Company (EE) Elwood, Joliet & Southern Railroad (EJSR) Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad (ELS) Evansville Western Railway (EVWR) Everett Railroad (EV) Fairfield Southern Company (FS) Falls Road Railroad (FRR) Farmrail Corporation (FMRC) FFG&C Railroad (FFGC) Finger Lakes Railway (FGLK ...
Alabama and Mississippi Railroad: A&M 1902 1921 Mississippi and Alabama Railroad, Mississippi Export Railroad: Alabama and Vicksburg Railway: A&V IC: 1889 1959 Illinois Central Railroad: Arkansas City and Grenada Railroad: C&G: 1872 1873 Greenville, Columbus and Birmingham Railroad: Avera and Northeastern Railroad: 1929 1933 Batesville ...
The Mississippian Railway was established in 1923 primarily to haul lumber products from Fulton south to the interchange with the Frisco Railway in Amory.. In 1944 a bentonite plant was built in Smithville to take advantage of a large deposit discovered there which led to a surge in business for the line and its nickname The Bentonite Road.
The 21.66 mile railroad line was purchased from the Illinois Central Railroad by the Mississippi Department of Transportation and leased to the Kosciusko & Southwestern Railway. The company once specialized in transporting wood products from local woodyards, but after 2005 existed entirely by storing surplus freight cars for large leasing ...
The Golden Triangle Railroad (reporting mark GTRA) is a railway in central Mississippi, totalling 10 miles (16 km) length.It is owned by the Patriot Rail Corporation.The GTRA interchanges with the Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS) at Columbus, Mississippi, and with Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Columbus & Greenville, Luxapalila Valley and Norfolk Southern via trackage rights over the KCS.
The railroad is connected to the national rail network by its connection to the CPKC Railway at Meridian. The MDS utilizes five General Electric built B23-7 locomotives to move over 7,000 carloads of freight annually. Originally, this line was part of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad mainline connecting Mobile, Alabama with St. Louis, Missouri. The ...