COLUMBUS

Columbus & Greenville Railway
Passenger cars, doodlebugs and caboose roster
with miscellaneous equipment

Information on current and past passenger cars owned by the Columbus & Greenville Railway. This list does not contain information on cars stored currently or in the past for other railroads or organizations such as the Memphis Transportation Museum.

BUSINESS CARS
Business cars 1 - 4 were acquired to create a business car fleet. The project ceased with only cars 1 & 3 completed. Items in red are former names and numbers for the car.
Car Numbers	Car Name	Class of Car	Year Built	NOTES
IC 15 USRA 67 IC 15 IC 1 IC 9 ICG 9 CAGY 1	Bette Junior King Cotton	Office	1917	Originally built as an office car for the Illinois Central Railroad, Pullman lot #4466.. Currently on CCKY with the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum. Assigned Amtrak car number 800160. For sale 2009.
CAGY 2		Lounge		Current location and owner unknown
CNW 3478 SP 2212 AMTK 4466 CAGY 3	John H. Hough, Jr	Coach		Currently on CCKY with the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum. Assigned Amtrak car number 800161. John H. Hough, Jr. was one of the original incorporators of the current Columbus & Greenville Railway company. For sale 2009.
IC 652 CAGY 4		Baggage & Express	1911 C1941	Currently in Birmingham, AL near depot. Originally planned to be converted to a generator car for the business car fleet. Current owner unknown. Previously used by Bolivar County, MS Civil Defense and still bears such markings.

PASSENGER CARS
Car Numbers	Other Numbers	Class of Car	Year Built	NOTES
30	LN 156	RPO		Currently on display at Propst Park in Columbus, MS
31	RDG 1767	Baggage-Mail		Puchased by C&G in December 1939.
503		Passenger/Baggage	1868	Owned by Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line and leased in 1920.
516-562		Passenger/Baggage	1868-82	4 cars in this number range were owned in 1920
602	M&O 259 CAGY B-42	Coach		Currently on display at Propst Park in Columbus, MS
605	SOU 1331 CAGY B-46	Coach		Currently on display at Propst Park in Columbus, MS
792-1109		Coach	1871-85	12 cars in this number range were owned in 1920
801	RDG ?	Coach		Purchased in 1936.
B-23		Boarding		Destroyed by fire 6-22-1961
B-24		Boarding		Purchased from Southern Railway
B-25		Boarding		Purchased from Southern Railway
B-26		Boarding		Purchased from Southern Railway
B-27		Boarding		Purchased from Southern Railway
B-28		Coach		Former Southern Railway in Mississippi passenger car converted to a MOW boarding car. Still in use by MOW in 1946.
B-236 to B-1622		Boarding	1883-91	10 cars in this number range were owned in 1920
T-96		Tool flat	1884	Work train car in 1920
T-186		Tool box	1889	Work train car in 1920
T-196		Tool box	1889	Work train car in 1920

Information on doodlebugs (self propelled passenger cars) owned by the Columbus & Greenville.

DOODLEBUGS
Car Numbers	Brill Number	Brill Model	Year Built	NOTES
M-75	22323	75	1925	Built as a demonstrator and used near St. Louis. Purchased 11-30-1925 with trailer for $40,823. Retired 1-1-1930 and sold to Louisiana & Northwest Railroad in April 1931 for $9,000 and renumbered to M-300. Retired in 1948 and sold to Herbert Ford. Donated to City of Homer, LA in 1960. Sometime between 1976 & 1982 sold to Tom Cocker who stills owns it in 2009.
M-76	22594	350		Purchased 12-13-1928 for $25,658. Motor removed and used as express car in 1948. Retired and sold to Columbus Scrap Material for $946.72 on 3-1-1962.
M-77	22694	350		Purchased 12-13-1928 for $25,658. Authorized to be converted to tool car T-109 on 10-20-1948 but work was not done and car retired on 7-30-1951. Parts used to keep M-76 in service. Car body sold to Arthur Marshall on 2-7-1952 for $101.00. In 1981 it still existed as the office for the Bluecutt Riding Club. No longer at the riding club and believed scrapped.
T-75	22324			Trailer for M-75. Sold to Cummins Diesel Engine Corp of New York for $1,500 and shipped to Guantanamo & Western Railroad in Cuba on 6-3-1937.
T-86 B-50	22695			Trailer for M-76. Cost $21,185.00. Converted to MOW Boarding car B-50 on 10-20-1948. Scrapped about 1972.
T-87 B-51	22695			Trailer for M-77. Cost $21,185.00. Converted to MOW Boarding car B-51 on 10-20-1948. Scrapped about 1972.

CABOOSES
Car Numbers	Former Numbers	NOTES
51	IC 9809	Assigned to train #51. Detrucked and used as West Point Depot. Sold to individual and believed to be in Brandon, MS
51	SLSF 1732 BN 11706	On ramp track at Columbus, MS. Repainted into G&W colors in 2008.
52	IC 9822	Assigned to train #52. Detrucked and currently used as Signal Maintainers office beside Columbus depot.
52	SLSF 1754 BN 11709	Scrapped in 2009.
500	SOU X-482	On Display at Winona, MS depot.
501	SOU X-851	Wrecked 9-27-1923. Repaired and renumbered to 513
502	SOU X-885
503	SOU X-893	On display in Propst Park in Columbus, MS
504	SOU X-927
505	SOU X-929
506	SOU X-1323	On display northwest of town square in Kosciusko, MS
507	SOU X-1330
508	SOU X-1350	At private business in Greenwood, MS
509	SOU X-1353
510	SOU X-1361	Sold to David W Stout
511	SOU X-1853
512	SOU X-2025
513	501	Wrecked at Tomnolen 4-17-1949
514	M&O X-92	Purchased from M&O on October 1, 1923. Wrecked at Kilmichael 10-29-1938
515	M&O X-93	Purchased from M&O on October 1, 1923. Retired 4-24-1942

Cabooses 500-512 arrived on the Southern Railway in Mississippi (predecessor of the Columbus & Greenville) in December 1915 and were formerly purchased by C&G on November 20, 1923. Most of the cars were built in 1894.

In 1920, the Columbus & Greenville (Southern Railway in Mississippi) owned the following