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
Columbus & Greenville
Railway
Passenger cars, doodlebugs and caboose roster
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 | ||||
| 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. |
| 2 | Lounge | Current location and owner unknown | ||
| CNW
3478 SP 2212 AMT 2212 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. | |
| 4 | Baggage | 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 Boliver County, MS Civil Defense and still bears such markings. | ||
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.
| 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. | |
| 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 | |
| 801 | RDG ? | Coach | Puchased in 1936. | |
| B-28 | Coach | Former Southern Railway in Mississippi passenger car converted to a MOW boarding car. Still in use by MOW in 1946. | ||
Information on doodlebugs 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. |
| 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. As of 1981 it still existed as the office for the Blue Cutt Riding Club. | |
| 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 Gluckstatd, MS |
| 52 | IC 9822 | Assigned to train #52. Detrucked and currently used as Signal Maintainers office beside Columbus depot. |
| 51 | SLSF 1732 BN 11706 |
On warehouse track at Columbus, MS |
| 52 | SLSF 1754 BN 11709 |
On warehouse track at Columbus, MS |
| 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 | |
| 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.
February 14, 2008
