THE COLUMBUS & GREENVILLE RAILWAY

  • Operates between Columbus & West Point and between Greenwood & Greenville, Ms.
  • VIA the KCS between Columbus & West Point, Ms.
  • At this time, there are not any trains running between Greenwood & West Point, due to a bridge being out of service.
  • Operates over an old IC line from Stoneville thru Metcalfe and into Greenville, Ms.
  • The Cleveland & Hollandale line has been abandoned, the wielded rail has been pulled up & relaid from west of Greenwood to west of Heathman, Ms.


    C&G SYSTEM MAP & LOCOMOTIVE ROSTER
    C&G's 25th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
    THE "NEW" C&G GP11s

  • THE C&G 2785/2000 IN THE ROUNDHOUSE

    C&G 2000 (FORMER C&G 2785)

    C&G 2000 ON THE CN/IC MAINLINE IN WINONA, MS

    C&G EX-EAST ENTERS COLUMBUS, MS. WITH THE HELP OF THE LXVR 2880 VIA THE KCS.

    THE EX-EAST DEPARTING ARTESIA, MS.

    EX-EAST CROSSING THE OLD RIVER BRIDGE COLUMBUS, MS.

    EX-EAST APPROCHING 4TH ST. S.

    C&G 810 CROSSING BIG SAND CREEK

    THE EX-FEC 600 SERIES LOCOMOTIVES ARE STARTING TO SHOW THEIR AGE

    Joe Roberts C&G 608 (NOW OUT OF SERVICE) COLUMBUS, MS

    C&G 803 (CITY OF GREENWOOD) SWITCHING IN COLUMBUS, MS.

    MP 894 C&G 702 (EX-SOU GP9) WESTBOUND ON THE LXVR

    FALL 1996 C&G EX-EAST ENTERING THE C&G COLUMBUS YARD VIA THE KCS.
    THE 1st RETURN TRIP OF AN LXVR UNIT AND THE EX MSRC 7004'S LAST DAYS ARE NUMBERED






    Photo by Stephen Warrington  OCT. 01 C&G 803 HEADED TO THE CN/IC THROUGH DOWNTOWN GREENWOOD

    TRACK PROFILE SHOWING POOR HOUSE HILL AT THE 82 MILEPOST

    Areas of interest along the C&G

  • At Winona 85.5 MP, steam loco #506 picked a switch point & ran into some tank cars & killed the engineer.
  • Near the 69.5 MP where the steam locomotive #506 derailed, laid over on it's side killing that engineer. The 506 was scrapped at that derailment.
  • 87.4 MP, where the largest stone culvert in Mississippi is located.
  • There are old C&G wooden cabooses located at the IC depot in Winona, one in Prost Park in Columbus on Hwy 182 along with the C&G 178 & several passenger cars, & one at a bank on Park Ave. in Greenwood.
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