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Gainesville and Mississippi Railroad: GM&O: 1852 1854 Mississippi, Gainesville and Tuscaloosa Railroad: Georgia Pacific Railway: C&G, SOU: 1881 1894 Southern Railway in Mississippi: Grand Gulf and Port Gibson Railroad: IC: 1852 1883 New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Vicksburg and Memphis Railroad: Greenville, Columbus and Birmingham Railroad: C&G: 1873 ...
Founded in 2001, Meridian Southern Railway (reporting mark MDS), in east Mississippi, USA, is a 55 miles (89 km) short line freight railroad linking Meridian, and Waynesboro, Mississippi and intermediate stations. The railroad is connected to the national rail network by its connection to the CPKC Railway at Meridian.
The Vicksburg Southern Railroad (reporting mark VSOR) is a Shortline railroad in and near Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States, owned by Watco.It connects with the Kansas City Southern Railway's Meridian Speedway in Vicksburg, and stretches north to Redwood and south to Cedars.
The Southern Rail Road Company's letterhead. The Southern Rail Road Company was charted in 1850. [1] The line was named the Southern Rail Road. [2] The line is sometimes referred to as the "Mississippi Southern" or "Southern Mississippi." "Military Map of Mississippi, Its Rivers, and Railroads" published c. 1861. In 1861, the Southern Rail Road ...
The Gloster Southern Railroad (reporting mark GLSR) was a United States shortline railroad that operated in Mississippi and Louisiana.The GLSR began operation in 1990 and provided freight service from Gloster, Mississippi, to the Illinois Central Railroad (now Canadian National) interchange at Slaughter, Louisiana.
The city of Batesville, Mississippi was founded following the construction of the railway, and drew its residents from surrounding communities. [7] During the Civil War, the railroad's trestle over the Coldwater River was destroyed by Federal troops. [8] Following the war, the railroad was "a complete wreck, and literally without rolling stock ...
Nearly all components of the Gulf & Mississippi were previously owned by the Gulf, Mobile, & Ohio before the 1972 acquisition of that railroad by the Illinois Central. The GM&O previously maintained two parallel routes through eastern Mississippi, and the easternmost route from Corinth, Mississippi, to Mobile, Alabama, 331 miles (533 km), formed the backbone of the G&M system.
The first Columbus and Greenville Railway (reporting mark C&G) was formed by the sale of the Southern Railway operated Southern Railway in Mississippi, to local interests. In January 1952, the CAGY retired its last steam locomotive, Baldwin 4-6-0 Ten-Wheeler #304 built in 1904. [ 1 ]