List of Mississippi railroads

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

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Defunct railroads

Name Mark System [nb 1] FromToSuccessorNotes
Alabama Central Railroad SOU 18711881 East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad
Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad SOU 18681877 Alabama Great Southern Railroad
Alabama and Mississippi Railroad A&M19021921 Mississippi and Alabama Railroad, Mississippi Export Railroad
Alabama and Vicksburg Railway A&V IC 18891959 Illinois Central Railroad
Arkansas City and Grenada Railroad C&G 18721873 Greenville, Columbus and Birmingham Railroad
Avera and Northeastern Railroad 19291933N/A
Batesville Southwestern Railroad BSW IC 19101930N/A
Bonhomie and Hattiesburg Southern Railroad 19231972 Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Boyle and Sunflower River Railroad IC 18961900 Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad
Brookhaven and Pearl River Railway IC 19041911 Mississippi Valley Company
Burlington Northern Inc. BN19801981 Burlington Northern Railroad
Burlington Northern Railroad BN19811996 Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
Canton, Aberdeen and Nashville Railroad IC 18821953 Illinois Central Railroad
Canton and Carthage Railroad C&CA19271960N/A
Canton and Jackson Railroad IC 18411852 New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad
Canton, Kosciusko, Aberdeen and Tuscumbia Railroad IC 18521853 New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad
Central Mississippi Railroad IC 18771878 Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad IC 18781951 Illinois Central Railroad
Chickawsaha and Jackson Railroad 18921914 Chicora and Northwestern Railway
Chicora and Northwestern Railway 19141931N/A
Clinton and Vicksburg Railroad IC 18311833 Commercial and Railroad Bank of Vicksburg
Columbia, Lumberton and Gulf Railroad IC 18941900 Gulf and Ship Island Railroad
Columbia and Silver Creek Railroad CLSL19821988 Gloster Southern Railroad
Columbus, Fayette and Decatur Railroad C&G 18811881 Georgia Pacific Railway
Columbus and Greenville Railroad C&GC&G, SOU 19201923 Columbus and Greenville Railway
Columbus and Greenville Railway C&GC&G19231972 Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Commercial and Railroad Bank of Vicksburg IC 18331850 Vicksburg and Jackson Railroad
Corinth and Counce Railroad CCR19581991 TennRail Corporation
Cybur, Gulf and Northwestern Railroad 19141918
Pearl River Valley Railroad PRV19172007N/A
DeKalb and Western Railroad DK&W, DKW19161949N/A
Delta Southern Railway C&G 19041921 Itta Bena and Belzoni Railroad
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad SOU 18811886 East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway SOU 18861894 Southern Railway
Ellisville and Laurel Railroad GM&O 19021902 Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Railroad
Fernwood, Columbia and Gulf Railroad 19201972 Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Fernwood and Gulf Railroad 19061920 Fernwood, Columbia and Gulf Railroad
Gainesville and Mississippi Railroad GM&O 18521854 Mississippi, Gainesville and Tuscaloosa Railroad
Georgia Pacific Railway C&G, SOU 18811894 Southern Railway in Mississippi
Grand Gulf and Port Gibson Railroad IC 18521883 New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Vicksburg and Memphis Railroad
Greenville, Columbus and Birmingham Railroad C&G 18731881 Columbus, Fayette and Decatur Railroad
Greenville, Deer Creek and Rolling Fork Railroad C&G 18701880 Greenville, Columbus and Birmingham Railroad
Gulf and Chicago Railroad GM&O 18891903 Gulf and Chicago Railway
Gulf and Chicago Railway GM&O 19031909 New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago Railroad
Gulf and Mississippi Railroad GMSR19851988 SouthRail Corporation
Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad GM&N GM&O 19151940 Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad GM&OGM&O19381972 Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Gulf and Ship Island Railroad G&SI IC 18501945 Illinois Central Railroad
Helm and Northwestern Railroad IC 19041931N/A
Hiwannee and Tombigbee Railroad 19061912N/A
Illinois Central Railroad ICIC18831972 Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad ICG19721988 Illinois Central Railroad
Itta Bena and Belzoni Railroad 19231928N/A
Jackson and Brandon Railroad and Bridge Company IC 18411852 Southern Railroad
Jackson and Brandon Railroad and Bridge Company IC 18361838 Mississippi and Alabama Railroad
Jackson and Eastern Railway GM&O 19161929 Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad
Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Railroad SLSF 18861928 St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
Kentwood and Eastern Railroad 1922N/A
Kentwood and Eastern Railway K&E19061922N/A
Kingston and Central Mississippi Railway GM&O 19011902 Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Railroad
Kosciusko and Southeastern Railroad 19161931N/A
Leland Southwestern Railroad IC 19061916N/A
Liberty–White Railroad 19021921N/A
Louisville and Nashville Railroad L&NL&N18801983 Seaboard System Railroad
Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway IC 18841892 Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad
Memphis, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad SLSF 18851887 Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Railroad
Memphis and Charleston Railroad SOU 18501898 Memphis and Charleston Railway
Memphis and Charleston Railway SOU 18982002 Norfolk Southern Railway
Memphis, Holly Springs and Mobile Railroad SLSF 18591867 Memphis, Holly Springs, Okolona and Selma Railroad
Memphis, Holly Springs, Okolona and Selma Railroad SLSF 18671870 Selma, Marion and Memphis Railroad
Memphis, Holly Springs and Selma Railroad SLSF 18811881 Memphis, Selma and Brunswick Railroad
Memphis and New Orleans Railroad and Levee Company IC 18821887 Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway
Memphis, Selma and Brunswick Railroad SLSF 18811885 Memphis, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad
Memphis and Vicksburg Railroad IC 18701884 Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway
Meridian and Bigbee Railroad MBRR, MB19521997 M&B Railroad
Meridian and Bigbee River Railway 19171952 Meridian and Bigbee Railroad
Meridian, Brookhaven and Natchez Railroad IC 18911946 Illinois Central Railroad
Meridian, Brookhaven and Natchez Railroad IC 18821888 Illinois Central Railroad
Meridian and Deep Water Railway 1911 Meridian and Bigbee River Railway
Meridian and Memphis Railway M&M GM&O 19111929 Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad
Meridian Terminal Company GM&O/ IC/ SOU 19041958 New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad
MidSouth Rail Corporation MSRC19861993 Kansas City Southern Railway
Minter City Southern and Western Railroad IC 19041932N/A
Mississippi and Alabama Railroad 19221950N/A
Mississippi and Alabama Railroad IC 19051913 Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
Mississippi and Alabama Railroad IC 18361841 Jackson and Brandon Railroad and Bridge Company
Mississippi Central Railroad MSC IC 19041967 Illinois Central Railroad
Mississippi Central Railroad IC 18521874 New Orleans, St. Louis and Chicago Railroad
Mississippi Eastern Railway ME19031942N/A
Mississippi, Gainesville and Tuscaloosa Railroad GM&O 18541870 Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Mississippi and Schoona Valley Railroad 19251926 Mississippi and Skuna Valley Railroad
Mississippi Southern Railroad 19221932N/A
Mississippi and Tennessee RailNet MT19982003 Mississippi Tennessee Railroad
Mississippi Tennessee RailroadMTNR20032011 Ripley and New Albany Railroad
Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad IC 18521889 Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
Mississippi Valley Company IC 18721945 Illinois Central Railroad
Mississippi Valley and Ship Island Railroad IC 18731883 New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Vicksburg and Memphis Railroad
Mississippi and Western Railroad 19171932N/A
Missouri Pacific Railroad MPMP19651982 Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Mobile, Hattiesburg and Jackson Railroad GM&O 18881890 Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Railroad
Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Railroad GM&O 18901909 New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago Railroad
Mobile and Northwestern Railroad IC 18701889 Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway, Mississippi Valley Company
Mobile and Ohio Railroad GM&O 18481940 Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Moss Point and Pascagoula Railroad 18941903 Pascagoula Street Railway and Power Company
Nashville and Mississippi Delta Railroad SOU 18901902 Southern Railway
Natchez, Columbia and Mobile Railroad 18921933N/A
Natchez and Eastern Railway IC 19061909 Mississippi Central Railroad
Natchez and Jackson Railroad IC 18701872 Natchez, Jackson and Columbus Railroad
Natchez, Jackson and Columbus Railroad IC 18721890 Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway
Natchez and Southern Railway MP 19021965 Missouri Pacific Railroad
Natchez Trace Railroad NTR19821993 Mississippi Central Railroad
New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Vicksburg and Memphis Railroad IC 18821884 Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway
New Orleans Great Northern Railroad NOGN GM&O 19051933 New Orleans Great Northern Railway
New Orleans Great Northern Railway GM&O 19331983 Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad IC 18521874 New Orleans, St. Louis and Chicago Railroad
New Orleans, Jackson and Northern Railroad IC 18771878 Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
New Orleans, Mobile and Chattanooga Railroad L&N 18671871 New Orleans, Mobile and Texas Railroad
New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago Railroad GM&O 19091915 Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad
New Orleans, Mobile and Texas Railroad L&N 18711881 Louisville and Nashville Railroad
New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad N&NE SOU 18711969 Alabama Great Southern Railroad
New Orleans and Northwestern Railway MP 18841902 Natchez and Southern Railway
New Orleans, St. Louis and Chicago Railroad IC 18741877 Central Mississippi Railroad, New Orleans, Jackson and Northern Railroad
North East and South West Alabama Railroad SOU 18541868 Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad
Oak Grove and Georgetown Railroad 19041927N/A
Okolona, Houston & Calhoun City Railway O.H.&C.C.19331939N/A
Pascagoula – Moss Point Northern Railroad 19121915 Alabama and Mississippi Railroad
Pascagoula Northern Railroad 19091912 Pascagoula – Moss Point Northern Railroad
Pearl and Leaf Rivers Railroad IC 18971904 Mississippi Central Railroad
Richmond and Danville Railroad C&G, SOU 18891894 Southern Railway
Ripley Railroad GM&O 18711872 Ship Island, Ripley and Kentucky Railroad
Rosedale and Mississippi Central Railroad IC 18901898 Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad
St. Louis – San Francisco Railway SLSFSLSF19161980 Burlington Northern Inc.
St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad SLSF 19031916 St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
Sanoody Valley Railroad 19081915 DeKalb and Western Railroad
Sardis and Delta Railroad 19001929N/A
Seaboard System Railroad SBD19831986 CSX Transportation
Selma, Marion and Memphis Railroad SLSF 18701881 Memphis, Holly Springs and Selma Railroad
Ship Island, Ripley and Kentucky Railroad GM&O 18721889 Gulf and Chicago Railroad
Shubuta and Southwestern Railroad 19051922N/A
Southern Railroad IC 18461867 Vicksburg and Meridian Railroad
Southern Railway SOUSOU18941990 Norfolk Southern Railway
Southern Railway in Mississippi C&G, SOU 18941920 Columbus and Greenville Railroad
SouthRail Corporation SR19881993 Kansas City Southern Railway
Sunflower and Eastern Railway IC 19011930N/A
Tallahatta Railroad 19021919N/A
TennRail Corporation 19911993 Kansas City Southern Railway
Vicksburg and Jackson Railroad IC 18501857 Southern Railroad
Vicksburg and Meridian Railroad IC 18671889 Alabama and Vicksburg Railway
Vicksburg, Pensacola and Ship Island Railroad IC 18711873 Mississippi Valley and Ship Island Railroad
West and East Railroad IC 18731886 Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad
West Feliciana Railroad IC 18311888 Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway
Yazoo Delta Railway IC 18951900 Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad IC 18821946 Illinois Central Railroad
Private freight carriers
Electric

Notes

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

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