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Boyle and Sunflower River Railroad: IC: 1896 1900 Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad: Brookhaven and Pearl River Railway: IC: 1904 1911 Mississippi Valley Company: Burlington Northern Inc. BN 1980 1981 Burlington Northern Railroad: Burlington Northern Railroad: BN 1981 1996 Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway: Canton, Aberdeen and ...
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The name of the Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad (LSMRR) was revived in 1981 when the volunteer Lake Superior Transportation Club incorporated a heritage railroad company to offer a passenger excursion service along the Saint Louis River. Much of the modern LSMRR route follows the right-of-way that the historic LS&M built in the 19th century.
Bond of the Mississippi Central Railroad Company, issued 15. December 1873. In 1852, the Mississippi Central Railroad was chartered by the Mississippi Legislature to build a railroad from Canton, Mississippi, to Grand Junction, Tennessee, financed by wealthy cotton planters in La Grange, TN, and Oxford, MS, passing through the towns of Grenada, Water Valley, Oxford and Holly Springs.
The Yazoo & Mississippi Valley gained control of the line by 1885 and subsequently fell under the control of the Illinois Central in 1892 upon their acquisition of the Y&MV. The Lula - Jonestown route was constructed by the Mobile & North Western railroad in 1879 and later acquired by the Y&MV.
The River Subdivision or River Sub is a railway line along the Mississippi River that runs approximately 124 miles (200 km) from Saint Paul, Minnesota south to La Crescent. [2] U.S. Highway 61 closely parallels the route between La Crescent and Red Wing. The line is operated by the Canadian Pacific Kansas City through its subsidiary, the Soo ...
The Grenada Railroad (reporting mark GRYR) is a 228-mile long (290 km) shortline railroad that runs from Southaven, Mississippi to Canton, Mississippi, along the former Illinois Central Railroad trackage operated by Gulf & Atlantic Railways LLC.
Mississippi Export Railroad is a Class III railroad serving local industries. MSE has a full service maintenance and repair railcar and locomotive shop. [1] The railroad also has railcar storage facilities, offers track maintenance and repair, and had transloading terminals. It also partners with AO to provide tank car cleaning and waste disposal.