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.

Information on cabooses owned by the Columbus & Greenville.

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

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