List of Mississippi railroads

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The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Mississippi.

Common freight carriers[]

Passenger carriers[]

Defunct railroads[]

Name Mark System[nb 1] From To Successor Notes
Alabama Central Railroad SOU 1871 1881 East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad
Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad SOU 1868 1877 Alabama Great Southern Railroad
A&M 1902 1921 , Mississippi Export Railroad
A&V IC 1889 1959 Illinois Central Railroad
C&G 1872 1873
1929 1933 N/A
Batesville Southwestern Railroad BSW IC 1910 1930 N/A
1923 1972 Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
IC 1896 1900 Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad
IC 1904 1911
Burlington Northern Inc. BN 1980 1981 Burlington Northern Railroad
Burlington Northern Railroad BN 1981 1996 Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
IC 1882 1953 Illinois Central Railroad
C&CA 1927 1960 N/A
IC 1841 1852 New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad
IC 1852 1853 New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad
IC 1877 1878 Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad IC 1878 1951 Illinois Central Railroad
1892 1914
1914 1931 N/A
IC 1831 1833
IC 1894 1900 Gulf and Ship Island Railroad
Columbia and Silver Creek Railroad CLSL 1982 1988 Gloster Southern Railroad
C&G 1881 1881 Georgia Pacific Railway
Columbus and Greenville Railroad C&G C&G, SOU 1920 1923 Columbus and Greenville Railway
Columbus and Greenville Railway C&G C&G 1923 1972 Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
IC 1833 1850
Corinth and Counce Railroad CCR 1958 1991
1914 1918
Pearl River Valley Railroad PRV 1917 2007 N/A
DK&W, DKW 1916 1949 N/A
C&G 1904 1921
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad SOU 1881 1886 East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway SOU 1886 1894 Southern Railway
GM&O 1902 1902
1920 1972 Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
1906 1920
GM&O 1852 1854
Georgia Pacific Railway C&G, SOU 1881 1894 Southern Railway in Mississippi
IC 1852 1883
C&G 1873 1881
C&G 1870 1880
GM&O 1889 1903
GM&O 1903 1909
Gulf and Mississippi Railroad GMSR 1985 1988
Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad GM&N GM&O 1915 1940 Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad GM&O GM&O 1938 1972 Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Gulf and Ship Island Railroad G&SI IC 1850 1945 Illinois Central Railroad
IC 1904 1931 N/A
1906 1912 N/A
Illinois Central Railroad IC IC 1883 1972 Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad ICG 1972 1988 Illinois Central Railroad
1923 1928 N/A
IC 1841 1852
IC 1836 1838
GM&O 1916 1929 Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad
Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Railroad SLSF 1886 1928 St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
1922 N/A
K&E 1906 1922 N/A
GM&O 1901 1902
1916 1931 N/A
IC 1906 1916 N/A
Liberty–White Railroad 1902 1921 N/A
Louisville and Nashville Railroad L&N L&N 1880 1983 Seaboard System Railroad
Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway IC 1884 1892 Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad
SLSF 1885 1887 Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Railroad
Memphis and Charleston Railroad SOU 1850 1898
SOU 1898 2002 Norfolk Southern Railway
SLSF 1859 1867
SLSF 1867 1870
SLSF 1881 1881
IC 1882 1887 Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway
SLSF 1881 1885
IC 1870 1884 Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway
Meridian and Bigbee Railroad MBRR, MB 1952 1997 M&B Railroad
1917 1952 Meridian and Bigbee Railroad
IC 1891 1946 Illinois Central Railroad
IC 1882 1888 Illinois Central Railroad
1911
M&M GM&O 1911 1929 Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad
GM&O/ IC/ SOU 1904 1958 New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad
MidSouth Rail Corporation MSRC 1986 1993 Kansas City Southern Railway
IC 1904 1932 N/A
1922 1950 N/A
IC 1905 1913 Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
IC 1836 1841
Mississippi Central Railroad MSC IC 1904 1967 Illinois Central Railroad
Mississippi Central Railroad IC 1852 1874
ME 1903 1942 N/A
GM&O 1854 1870 Mobile and Ohio Railroad
1925 1926 Mississippi and Skuna Valley Railroad
1922 1932 N/A
Mississippi and Tennessee RailNet MT 1998 2003 Mississippi Tennessee Railroad
Mississippi Tennessee Railroad MTNR 2003 2011 Ripley and New Albany Railroad
Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad IC 1852 1889 Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
IC 1872 1945 Illinois Central Railroad
IC 1873 1883
1917 1932 N/A
Mississippian Railway MISS 1923 1986 Mississippian Railway Cooperative
Missouri Pacific Railroad MP MP 1965 1982 Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
GM&O 1888 1890
GM&O 1890 1909
IC 1870 1889 Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway,
Mobile and Ohio Railroad GM&O 1848 1940 Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
1894 1903
SOU 1890 1902 Southern Railway
1892 1933 N/A
IC 1906 1909 Mississippi Central Railroad
IC 1870 1872
IC 1872 1890 Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway
MP 1902 1965 Missouri Pacific Railroad
NTR 1982 1993 Mississippi Central Railroad
IC 1882 1884 Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway
NOGN GM&O 1905 1933
GM&O 1933 1983 Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad IC 1852 1874
IC 1877 1878 Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
L&N 1867 1871
GM&O 1909 1915 Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad
L&N 1871 1881 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad N&NE SOU 1871 1969 Alabama Great Southern Railroad
MP 1884 1902
IC 1874 1877 ,
North East and South West Alabama Railroad SOU 1854 1868 Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad
1904 1927 N/A
Okolona, Houston & Calhoun City Railway O.H.&C.C. 1933 1939 N/A
1912 1915
1909 1912
Pearl and Leaf Rivers Railroad IC 1897 1904 Mississippi Central Railroad
Richmond and Danville Railroad C&G, SOU 1889 1894 Southern Railway
GM&O 1871 1872
IC 1890 1898 Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad
St. Louis – San Francisco Railway SLSF SLSF 1916 1980 Burlington Northern Inc.
St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad SLSF 1903 1916 St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
1908 1915
1900 1929 N/A
Seaboard System Railroad SBD 1983 1986 CSX Transportation
SLSF 1870 1881
GM&O 1872 1889
1905 1922 N/A
IC 1846 1867
Southern Railway SOU SOU 1894 1990 Norfolk Southern Railway
Southern Railway in Mississippi C&G, SOU 1894 1920 Columbus and Greenville Railroad
SR 1988 1993 Kansas City Southern Railway
IC 1901 1930 N/A
1902 1919 N/A
1991 1993 Kansas City Southern Railway
IC 1850 1857
IC 1867 1889
IC 1871 1873
IC 1873 1886 Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad
West Feliciana Railroad IC 1831 1888 Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway
IC 1895 1900 Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad IC 1882 1946 Illinois Central Railroad
Private freight carriers
Electric
  • Southern Railway and Light Company

Notes[]

  1. ^ This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.

References[]

  • Hilton, George W. (1990). American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2369-9.
  • Mississippi DOT railroad map (PDF)
  • Mississippi Rails
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