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	Class of Car	Year Built	NOTES
9	Mail/Baggage		On 1925 roster.
16	Mail/Baggage		On 1925 roster.
LN 156 30	RPO		Currently on display at Propst Park in Columbus, MS
RDG 1767 31	Baggage-Mail		Purchased by C&G in December 1939.
51	Express (boxcar)		On 1925 roster.
95	Express (boxcar)		On 1925 roster.
208	Mail/Baggage		On 1925 roster.
245	Passenger		On 1925 roster.
246	Passenger		On 1925 roster.
247	Mail/Baggage		On 1925 roster.
251	Passenger		On 1925 roster.
M&O 259 259 602 B-42	Coach Coach Coach Boarding car		On 1925 roster. . Currently on display at Propst Park in Columbus, MS
317	Passenger		On 1925 roster.
318	Passenger		On 1925 roster.
378	Baggage/Express		On 1925 roster.
397	Baggage/Express		On 1925 roster.
503	Passenger/Baggage	1868	Owned by Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line and leased in 1920.
516	Passenger/Baggage	1868-82	On roster in 1920 & 1925
517-562	Passenger/Baggage	1868-82	3 cars in this number range were owned in 1920
792-1109	Coach	1871-85	12 cars in this number range were owned in 1920
RDG ? 801	Coach		Purchased in 1936.
1116	Passenger		On 1925 roster.
1258	Passenger		On 1925 roster.
1271	Passenger		On 1925 roster.
1322	Passenger		On 1925 roster.
SOU 1331 1331 605 B-46	Coach Coach Coach Boarding car		On roster in 1925. Currently on display at Propst Park in Columbus, MS
B-1	Boarding	1870 - 1907	On roster in 1920 & 1925.
B-2	Boarding	1870 - 1907	On roster in 1920 & 1925.
B-3	Boarding	1870 - 1907	On roster in 1920 & 1925.
B-4	Boarding	1870 - 1907	On roster in 1920 & 1925.
B-5	Boarding	1870 - 1907	On roster in 1920 & 1925.
B-6	Boarding	1870 - 1907	On roster in 1920 & 1925.
B-7	Boarding	1870 - 1907	On roster in 1920 & 1925.
B-8	Boarding	1870 - 1907	On roster in 1920 & 1925.
B-9	Boarding	1870 - 1907	On roster in 1920 & 1925.
B-10	Boarding	1870 - 1907	On roster in 1920 & 1925.
B-11	Boarding	1870 - 1907	On roster in 1920 & 1925.
B-12	Boarding	1870 - 1907	On roster in 1920 & 1925.
B-13	Boarding	1870 - 1907	On roster in 1920 & 1925.
B-14	Boarding	1870 - 1907	On roster in 1920 & 1925.
B-15	Boarding	1870 - 1907	On roster in 1920 & 1925.
B-16	Boarding	1870 - 1907	On roster in 1920 & 1925.
B-17	Boarding	1870 - 1907	On roster in 1920 & 1925.
B-18	Boarding	1870 - 1907	On roster in 1920 & 1925.
B-19	Boarding		On roster in 1925.
B-20	Boarding		On roster in 1925.
B-21	Boarding		On roster in 1925.
B-22	Boarding		On roster in 1925.
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
SOU ? B-28	Coach Boarding		Former Southern Railway in Mississippi passenger car converted to a MOW boarding car. Still in use by MOW in 1946.
B-607	Boarding	1883-91	On roster in 1920 & 1925.
B-668	Boarding	1883-91	On roster in 1920 & 1925.
B-994	Boarding	1883-91	On roster in 1920 & 1925.
B-1225	Boarding	1883-91	On roster in 1920 & 1925.
B-1620	Boarding	1883-91	On roster in 1920 & 1925.

NOTE: In 1945, the Columbus and Greenville had 24 boarding cars numbered between B-2 and B-45 on its roster. The exact car numbers are not shown.

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
X-92 514	M&O X-92	Purchased from M&O on October 1, 1923. Marked as C&G X-92 in 1925. Wrecked at Kilmichael 10-29-1938
X-93 515	M&O X-93	Purchased from M&O on October 1, 1923. Marked as C&G X-93 in 1925. 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

WORK EQUIPMENT
Car Numbers	Type Car	Built	NOTES
650	Tank		On 1925 roster
651	Tank		On 1925 roster
652	Tank		On 1925 & 1945 roster
653	Tank		On 1945 roster.
700	Relief Car		On 1925 roster.
1000	Flat		On 1945 roster.
1001	Flat		On 1925 roster.
1002	Flat		On 1925 roster.
1003	Flat		On 1925 & 1945 roster.
1005	Flat		On 1925 & 1945 roster.
1006	Flat		On 1945 roster.
1007	Flat		On 1945 roster.
1008	Flat		On 1945 roster.
1009	Flat		On 1945 roster.
1010	Flat		On 1945 roster.
1011	Flat		On 1945 roster.
1012	Flat		On 1945 roster.
1013	Flat		On 1945 roster.
1014	Flat		On 1945 roster.
1015	Flat		On 1945 roster.
1016	Flat		On 1945 roster.
1017	Flat		On 1945 roster.
1018	Flat		On 1945 roster.
1019	Flat		On 1945 roster.
1020	Flat		On 1945 roster.
1021	Flat		On 1945 roster.
1022	Flat		On 1945 roster.
1023	Flat		On 1945 roster.
1403	Ballast		On 1945 roster.
1404	Ballast		On 1945 roster.
1405	Ballast		On 1945 roster.
1406	Ballast		On 1945 roster.
1407	Ballast		On 1945 roster.
1408	Ballast		On 1945 roster.
1409	Ballast		On 1945 roster.
1410	Ballast		On 1945 roster.
2000	Ballast		On 1925 roster.
2001	Ballast		On 1925 roster.
2003	Ballast		On 1925 roster.
2076	Gondola		On 1945 roster.
999791	Tank		On 2008 roster.
999822	Tank		On 2008 roster.
999824	Tank		On 2008 roster.
GM&N 4275 4275	Wood rack MOW		Scrapped 2010.
AD-40	Air dump		On 1925 & 1945 roster.
AD-41	Air dump		On 1925 roster.
DM-19	Ditcher		On 1925 roster
PD-600	Pile driver	1910	On 1920 & 1925 rosters
IC X-56? FS-1	Water tender Fuel		Old Illinois Central tender. Scrapped 2010.
IC X-??? FS-2	Water tender Fuel		Old Illinois Central tender. Scrapped 2000.
MW-61	Box		On 2008 roster.
MW-76	Hopper		On 2008 roster.
MW-77	Hopper		On 2008 roster.
MW-566	Flat		On 2008 roster.
MW-570	Flat		On 2008 roster.
MW-573	Flat		On 2008 roster.
MW-574	Flat		On 2008 roster.
S-201	Supply		On 1945 roster
S-205	Supply		On 1945 roster
T-96	Tool flat	1884	On 1920, 1925 & 1945 rosters.
T-101	Tool	1889	On 1920, 1925 & 1945 rosters.
T-102	Tool	1889	On 1920, 1925 & 1945 rosters.
T-103	Tool	1889	On 1920, 1925 & 1945 rosters.
T-104	Tool	1889	On 1920, 1925 & 1945 rosters.
T-105	Tool	1889	On 1920, 1925 & 1945 rosters.
T-106	Tool	1889	On 1920, 1925 & 1945 rosters.
T-107	Tool		On 1945 roster.
T-108	Tool		On 1945 roster
T-186	Tool box	1889	On 1920 rosters.
T-196	Tool box	1889	On 1920 & 1925 rosters.

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