Standard gauge
Headquarters: Mobile, AL
Years of Operation: 1894-1923
Predecessor road: Georgia Pacific
Successor road: Columbus & Greenville Ry
Miles Operated: 168 mile mainline
Locomotives Owned:
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History
by Tony Howe:
As
the Richmond & Danville was being reorganized in 1894, they formed a new
company called Southern Railway in Mississippi to take over the former
Georgia Pacific trackage in Mississippi on August 30, 1894. The charter of
the Southern Ry in Mississippi was amended on November 6, 1920 changing the
name of the company to Columbus & Greenville Railroad and placed the
company in receivership. The company was sold at receiver's sale on August
6, 1923, and renamed the Columbus & Greenville Railway.
For additional info see:
"Delta
Route" by Louis Saillard published by Columbus & Greenville Ry 1981
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The Southern depot at Dunleith is about the only high ground in the
1912 flood that hit the Mississippi Delta. |
Southern's depot at Mhoons Valley was typical of small-town stations
across the country. |
Southern Railway depot at West Point. |
Pile driver PD-2 is actually lettered for Southern Ry in Miss. |
Southern Railway caboose X893 at Columbus about 1915. |
View looking south at the Columbus roundhouse. |
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January 1915 Official Railway Equipment Register- Art Richardson Collection
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