List of Mississippi Railroads

Railroad Name Start Date End Date
Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad 1868 1877
Alabama Central Railroad 1871 1961
Alabama and Mississippi Railroad 1902 1922
Alabama and Vicksburg Railway 1889 1959
Arkansas City and Grenada Railroad 1872 1873
Batesville Southwestern Railroad 1910 1930
Boyle and Sunflower River Railroad 1896 1900
Brookhaven and Pearl River Railway 1904 1911
Canton and Jackson Railroad 1841 1852
Canton, Aberdeen and Nashville Railroad 1882 1953
Canton, Kosciusko, Aberdeen and Tuscumbia Railroad 1852 1853
Central Mississippi Railroad 1877 1878
Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad 1878 1951
Chickawsaha and Jackson Railroad 1892 1914
Chicora and Northwestern Railway 1914 1931
Clinton and Vicksburg Railroad 1831 1833
Columbia, Lumberton and Gulf Railroad 1894 1900
Columbus and Greenville Railroad 1920 1923
Columbus, Fayette and Decatur Railroad 1871 1881
Commercial and Railroad Bank of Vicksburg 1833 1850
Cybur, Gulf and Northwestern Railroad 1914 1918
DeKalb and Western Railroad 1916 1949
Delta Southern Railway 1904 1921
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad 1869 1886
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway 1886 1894
Ellisville and Laurel Railroad 1902 1902
Fernwood and Gulf Railroad 1906 1920
Gainesville and Mississippi Railroad 1852 1854
Georgia Pacific Railway 1881 1894
Grand Gulf and Port Gibson Railroad 1852 1883
Greenville, Columbus and Birmingham Railroad 1873 1881
Greenville, Deer Creek and Rolling Fork Railroad 1870 1880
Gulf and Chicago Railroad 1889 1903
Gulf and Chicago Railway 1903 1909
Gulf and Ship Island Railroad 1850 1945
Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad 1915 1940
Helm and Northwestern Railroad 1904 1931
Hiwannee and Tombigbee Railroad 1906 1912
Illinois Central Railroad 1851 1972
Jackson and Brandon Railroad and Bridge Company 1836 1852
Jackson and Eastern Railway 1916 1929
Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Railroad 1886 1928
Kentwood and Eastern Railroad Unknown 1922
Kentwood and Eastern Railway 1906 1922
Kingston and Central Mississippi Railway 1901 1902
Kosciusko and Southeastern Railroad 1916 1931
Leland Southwestern Railroad 1906 1916
Liberty 1902 1921
Louisville and Nashville Railroad 1850 1983
Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway 1884 1892
Memphis and Charleston Railroad 1846 1898
Memphis and Charleston Railway 1898 2002
Memphis and New Orleans Railroad and Levee Company 1882 1887
Memphis and Vicksburg Railroad 1870 1884
Memphis, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad 1885 1887
Memphis, Holly Springs and Mobile Railroad 1859 1869
Memphis, Holly Springs and Selma Railroad 1881 1881
Memphis, Holly Springs, Okolona and Selma Railroad 1867 1870
Memphis, Selma and Brunswick Railroad 1881 1885
Meridian Terminal Company 1904 1958
Meridian and Bigbee River Railway 1917 1952
Meridian and Deep Water Railway 1911 Unknown
Meridian and Memphis Railway 1911 1929
Meridian, Brookhaven and Natchez Railroad 1882 1946
Minter City Southern and Western Railroad 1904 1932
Mississippi Central Railroad 1852 1967
Mississippi Eastern Railway 1903 1942
Mississippi Valley Company 1872 1945
Mississippi Valley and Ship Island Railroad 1873 1883
Mississippi and Alabama Railroad 1836 1913
Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad 1852 1889
Mississippi and Western Railroad 1917 1932
Mississippi, Gainesville and Tuscaloosa Railroad 1854 1870
Mobile and Northwestern Railroad 1870 1891
Mobile and Ohio Railroad 1848 1940
Mobile, Hattiesburg and Jackson Railroad 1887 1890
Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Railroad 1888 1909
Moss Point and Pascagoula Railroad 1894 1903
Nashville and Mississippi Delta Railroad 1890 1902
Natchez and Eastern Railway 1906 1909
Natchez and Jackson Railroad 1870 1872
Natchez and Southern Railway 1902 1965
Natchez, Columbia and Mobile Railroad 1892 1933
Natchez, Jackson and Columbus Railroad 1872 1890
New Orleans Great Northern Railroad 1905 1933
New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad 1870 1969
New Orleans and Northwestern Railway 1884 1902
New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Vicksburg and Memphis Railroad 1882 1884
New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad 1852 1874
New Orleans, Jackson and Northern Railroad 1877 1878
New Orleans, Mobile and Chattanooga Railroad 1866 1871
New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago Railroad 1909 1915
New Orleans, Mobile and Texas Railroad 1871 1881
New Orleans, St. Louis and Chicago Railroad 1874 1877
North East and South West Alabama Railroad 1853 1868
Oak Grove and Georgetown Railroad 1904 1927
Pascagoula Northern Railroad 1909 1912
Pascagoula 1912 1915
Pearl River Valley Railroad 1917 2007
Pearl and Leaf Rivers Railroad 1897 1904
Richmond and Danville Railroad 1847 1894
Ripley Railroad 1871 1872
Rosedale and Mississippi Central Railroad 1890 1898
Sanoody Valley Railroad 1908 1915
Sardis and Delta Railroad 1900 1929
Selma, Marion and Memphis Railroad 1868 1881
Ship Island, Ripley and Kentucky Railroad 1872 1889
Shubuta and Southwestern Railroad 1905 1922
Southern Railroad 1837 1867
Southern Railway 1894 1990
Southern Railway in Mississippi 1894 1920
St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad 1896 1916
St. Louis 1916 1980
Sunflower and Eastern Railway 1901 1930
Tallahatta Railroad 1902 1919
Vicksburg and Jackson Railroad 1850 1857
Vicksburg and Meridian Railroad 1867 1889
Vicksburg, Pensacola and Ship Island Railroad 1871 1873
West Feliciana Railroad 1831 1888
West and East Railroad 1873 1886
Yazoo Delta Railway 1895 1900
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad 1882 1946