List of Mississippi railroads
The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Mississippi.
Common freight carriers[]
- Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway (AGR)
- Alabama Southern Railroad (ABS)
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Canadian National Railway (CN) through subsidiary Illinois Central Railroad (IC)
- Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
- Columbus and Greenville Railway (CAGY)
- CSX Transportation (CSXT
- Golden Triangle Railroad (GTRA)
- Grenada Railway (GRYR)
- Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS)
- Luxapalila Valley Railroad (LXVR)
- M&B Railroad (MNBR)
- Meridian Southern Railway (MDS)
- Mississippi Central Railroad (MSCI)
- Mississippi Export Railroad (MSE)
- (MSR)
- Itawamba Mississippian Railway (MSRW)
- (NTZR)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) including subsidiary Alabama Great Southern Railroad (AGS)
- (OAR)
- Port Bienville Railroad (PBVR)
- Ripley and New Albany Railroad (RNA)
- (RJCK)
- Vicksburg Southern Railroad (VSOR)
- West Tennessee Railroad (WTNN)
Passenger carriers[]
- Amtrak (AMTK)
Defunct railroads[]
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Name | Mark | System[nb 1] | From | To | Successor | Notes |
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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[]
- ^ 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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