DATE	CITIES	INFORMATION
1831	Woodville/Bayou Sara, LA	West Feliciana RR chartered
1831	Clinton/Vicksburg	Clinton & Vicksburg RR incorporated
1833	Clinton, LA/Port Hudson	Clinton & Port Hudson RR chartered
1833	Clinton/Vicksburg	Construction begins on Clinton & Vicksburg
1833	Grand Gulf/Port Gibson	Grand Gulf RR chartered
1834	Natchez/Canton	Mississippi Railroad organized
1835	New Orleans/Nashville	New Orleans & Nashville RR chartered
1835	St Francisville, LA	West Feliciana RR begins operation near St. Francisville using mule power
1836	St Francisville, LA	West Feliciana RR begins steam operation with engine "Woodville"
1836	Natchez/Canton	Mississippi Railroad chartered (Some sources report this railroad to be known as the Natchez & Hamburg Railroad)
1836	Raymond/Bolton	Raymond Railroad incorporated
1836	Jackson/Brandon	Jackson & Brandon Railroad & Bridge Company organized
1836	Natchez	Steam engine "Mississippi" arrives in Natchez by steamboat. First steam locomotive in state.
1837	New Orleans, LA	New Orleans & Nashville fails after 18 miles of track built from New Orleans
1837	Natchez	Mississippi RR built two miles and engine "Mississippi" begins operating on line
1839	Natchez/Washington	Mississippi RR reaches Washington
1839	Natchez	Mississippi RR reaches 25 miles from Natchez
1839	Raymond/Bolton	Raymond Railroad completed
1840	New Orleans, LA	Wooden rails of NO&N removed for firewood
1840	Natchez/Canton	Mississippi Railroad building
1840	Vicksburg/Jackson	Vicksburg & Clinton, now known as Vicksburg & Jackson is completed
1840	Brandon/Montgomery	Mississippi & Alabama RR proposed
1841	Canton/Jackson	Charter issued for a railroad to connect two towns
1842	St Francisville, LA/Woodville	West Feliciana RR completed
1844	Natchez	Mississippi RR abandoned and sold. Sale includes engine "Mississippi"
1846	Canton/Jackson	Railroad never started & loses charter
1846	Grenada/Memphis	Mississippi & Tennessee RR chartered
1846	Brandon/Meridian	Southern Railroad Co organized, no track ever built
1846	Meridian/Montgomery	Mississippi & Alabama railroad being built
1850	Jackson/Brandon	Jackson & Brandon Railroad & Bridge Company completed
1850	Mobile	Mobile & Ohio RR chartered in Mississippi
1850	Biloxi/Jackson	Gulf & Ship Island RR chartered
1850	Brandon/Meridian	Southern Railroad Co. chartered to build railroad proposed by former railroad of same name
1851	Illinois	Illinois Central Railroad incorporated
1851	New Orleans, LA/Jackson	Jackson Road proposed & surveyed
1852	Vicksburg/Shreveport, LA	Vicksburg, Shreveport, and Texas Railroad incorporated
1852	Jackson/Brandon	Southern Railroad acquires Jackson & Brandon Railroad & Bridge Company
1852	Canton/Jackson	Canton & Jackson RR starts building
1852	New Orleans/Canton	New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern RR organized. Canton & Jackson made a part of NO, J & GN.
1852	Canton/Grand Jct, TN	Mississippi Central RR organized
1852	Grand Jct., TN/Bolivar, TN	La Grange & Bolivar RR chartered to build railroad from Mississippi Central to Bolivar TN via La Grange
1852	Grand Jct., TN/Cairo, IL	Mississippi Central & Tennessee RR incorporated to extend Mississippi Central to Cairo & Paducah. Charter includes La Grange & Bolivar RR
1852	Canton/Aberdeen	Canton, Kosciusko, Aberdeen & Tuscumbia RR chartered
1852	Paducah, KY/Rives, TN	New Orleans & Ohio RR incorporated to connect Paducah, KY to Illinois Central and Mobile & Ohio Railroads
1853	Grand Jct., TN	Citizens of La Grange do not want two railroads. Crossing of Mississippi Central and Memphis & Charleston moved three miles east to Mississippi Jct, later called Grand Jct
1853	Holly Springs	Mississippi Central begins construction
1853	Canton/Grand Jct., TN	Crews begin work on Mississippi Central
1854	New Orleans, LA/Jackson	New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern starts building in New Orleans
1854	Paducah, KY/Mayfield	New Orleans & Ohio operating for 23 miles. Paducah shops builds first locomotive
1854	Memphis, TN/Grenada	Mississippi & Tennessee RR begins construction from Memphis
1855	Memphis, TN/Charleston	Memphis & Charleston RR in operation thru Grand Jct
1856	Biloxi/Canton	Northern terminus of Gulf & Ship Island RR selected as Canton via Brandon
1856	Memphis/Hernando	Mississippi & Tennessee RR reaches Hernando
1856	New Orleans, TN/Norfield	NO J & GN built to Bogue Chitto River valley
1856	Canton/Jackson	June 1, 1856 railroad completed between Jackson & Canton
1857	Memphis, TN/Sardis	Mississippi & Tennessee reaches Sardis
1858	New Orleans, LA/Canton	March 31, 1858 New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern completed between New Orleans & Canton with special ceremony near Hazlehurst
1858	Canton/Jackson, TN	Mississippi Central completed between Grand Jct & Jackson, TN on May 12, 1858
1858	Jackson/Morton	Southern Railroad completed between Jackson and Morton
1858	Jackson, TN/Columbus, KY	Mobile & Ohio Railroad completed in Nov 1858
1858	Memphis, TN/Cairo, IL	Mississippi River RR formed
1859	Canton/Cairo, IL	Mississippi Central & Tennessee RR consolidated under Mississippi Central RR
1860	Canton/Grand Jct., TN	Jan 31, 1860 Mississippi Central finished south of Winona at noon
1860	Paducah, KY/Fulton, TN	New Orleans & Ohio reaches Kentucky/Tennessee Line. Connection made with Mississippi Central and new town named Fulton
1861	Paducah, KY/Rives, TN	New Orleans & Ohio connects with Mobile & Ohio RR at Troy (Now Rives), TN.
1861	Memphis, TN/Grenada	Mississippi & Tennessee connects with Mississippi Central at Grenada
1861	Jackson/Meridian	Southern Railroad completed between Jackson and Meridian
1861	Vicksburg/Shreveport, LA	Vicksburg, Shreveport & Texas completed
1862	Shreveport, LA/Texas	Texas Portion of Vicksburg, Shreveport & Texas west of Shreveport leased to Southern Pacific Railroad of Texas and later Texas & Pacific Railway
1867	Elizabethtown, KY/Paducah, KY	Elizabethtown & Paducah RR chartered
1868	Vicksburg	Engine "Mississippi" which is being used as a switcher in Vicksburg is carried away by a flood and buried under a mass of debris.
1868	Vicksburg/Shreveport, LA	Vicksburg, Shreveport & Texas Railroad sold at bankruptcy and becomes North Louisiana & Texas Railroad
1869	Paducah, KY/Rives, TN	Paducah & Gulf RR formed as successor of New Orleans & Ohio RR
1869	Paducah, KY/Memphis, TN	Paducah & Memphis RR organized.
1870	Greenville/Rolling Fork	Greenville, Deer Creek & Rolling Fork RR chartered.
1870	Memphis, TN/Vicksburg	Memphis & Vicksburg RR chartered
1870	Jonestown/Trotters Point	Mobile & Northwestern RR chartered to build line thru delta to Mississippi River
1870	Natchez/Jackson	Natchez & Jackson RR chartered and starts building
1871	New Orleans, LA/Meridian	New Orleans & North Eastern Railroad chartered
1871	Vicksburg/Biloxi	Vicksburg, Pensacola & Ship Island RR chartered
1872	Memphis, TN/Paducah, KY	Paducah & Memphis absorbs Paducah & Gulf RR and Mississippi River RR
1872	Baton Rouge, LA/Vicksburg	New Orleans, Baton Rouge & Vicksburg RR chartered
1872	Vicksburg/Goodrum	Vicksburg, Pensacola & Ship Island RR completed 11 miles from Vicksburg to Goodrum
1872	Natchez/Jackson	Natchez & Jackson RR changed to Natchez, Jackson & Columbus RR in July and completed on Oct 6, 1882
1872	Clinton, LA/Port Hickey, LA	Clinton & Port Hudson RR extended to Port Hickey
1872	Elizabethtown/Paducah, KY	Elizabethtown & Paducah RR begins operation
1873	Cairo, IL/Jackson, TN	Illinois Central railroad completed December 1873
1874	Canton/Aberdeen	Canton, Kosciusko, Aberdeen & Tuscumbia RR reorganized as New Orleans, St Louis & Chicago RR
1874	Cecilia/Louisville, KY	Cecilia branch of Elizabethtown & Paducah RR opens
1874	Ripley/Middleton, TN	Ripley Railroad built
1875	New Orleans, LA/Cairo, IL	Mississippi Central and New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern forced into receivership. Illinois Central RR as principal bondholder forms Chicago, St Louis & New Orleans RR to operate both lines.
1875	Vicksburg/Shreveport, LA	North Louisiana & Texas Railroad acquisition ruled illegal and courts take over railroad
1876	Elizabethtown/Paducah, KY	Elizabethtown & Paducah RR sold under foreclosure and reorganized as Paducah & Elizabethtown RR
1877	Meridian/Chattanooga, TN	Alabama Great Southern Railroad incorporated as successor to Alabama & Chattanooga Railroad
1878	Memphis, TN/Paducah, KY	Memphis, Paducah & Northern railroad chartered and takes over bankrupt Paducah & Memphis
1878	New Orleans, LA/Cairo, IL	Illinois Central gains full control of Chicago, St Louis & New Orleans RR
1878	Greenville/Stoneville	Greenville, Columbus & Birmingham RR begins operation
1878	Hartman/East Lincoln	Chamberlain - Gage Tramroad begins construction from Cedar Hill Switch
1879	Vicksburg/Shreveport, LA	Old North Louisiana & Texas Railroad emerges as Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railroad
1880	Derby/Little Springs	Moreton & Helms Lumber Co. Railroad begins construction
1880	Jackson	Natchez, Jackson & Columbus known as Little J and New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern known as Big J
1880	Bogue Chitto/Wellman	Wesson & Persons Lumber Co Railroad started. Later known as Wesson & Money Lumber Co.
1880	Baton Rouge/Vicksburg	Vicksburg, Pensacola & Ship Island RR reorganized as Mississippi Valley & Ship Island and extended to Ingleside, 24 miles from Vicksburg
1881	Vicksburg/Meridian	Southern Railroad reorganizes under name of Vicksburg & Meridian Railroad
1881	Hattiesburg	Captain William Hardy selects site for Gulf & Ship Island RR to cross his railroad (New Orleans & Northeastern RR) and names site for his wife Hattie
1881	Greenville/Johnsonville	Greenville, Columbus & Birmingham RR becomes Georgia Pacific Railroad
1881	Brookhaven	Hamilton & Hoskins RR starts construction. Engine "Mississippi' is exhumed from flood debris in Vicksburg and operates on H & H RR
1881	Paducah, KY/Memphis, TN	Paducah & Elizabethtown RR and Paducah & Memphis RR consolidated into Chesapeake, Ohio & Southwestern RR
1881	Cairo, IL/New Orleans, LA	All rail on Illinois Central lines charged to standard gauge on July 29, 1881
1881	Fernwood/Tylertown	Fernwood Lumber Company begins construction of railroad
1881	Memphis, TN	Tennessee Southern RR organized to build from Memphis to Mississippi Line.
1881*	Grand Gulf/Port Gibson	Sometime between 1840 & 1881 the Grand Gulf railroad becomes the Grand Gulf & Port Gibson RR
1881	New Orleans, LA/Vicksburg	New Orleans & Mississippi Valley RR chartered
1881	Vicksburg/Texas	Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific becomes part of Queen and Crescent Route after being acquired by owners of Alabama, New Orleans, Texas & Pacific Junction Railways Company Ltd
1881	New Orleans, LA/Meridian	New Orleans & North Eastern Railroad control acquired by Alabama, New Orleans, Texas & Pacific Junction Railways and construction actually started
1881	Norfield	J M Wesson, Sr tramroad begins construction
1882		Chicago, St. Louis & New Orleans Railroad leased to the Illinois Central Railroad for 400 years beginning July 1, 1882.
1882	Biloxi/Jackson	Gulf & Ship Island Railroad chartered to build railroad along proposed route of former railroad of same name
1882	New Orleans, LA/Memphis, TN	New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Vicksburg & Memphis RR chartered
1882	Jackson/Yazoo City	Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR incorporated. Railroad is an arm of Illinois Central RR
1882	Kosciusko/Aberdeen	Canton, Aberdeen & Nashville formed by Illinois Central to build line from Kosciusko to Aberdeen over portions of old New Orleans, St Louis & Chicago RR route
1882	Durant/Lexington	West & East RR built between Durant & Lexington
1883	Brookhaven	Meridian, Brookhaven & Natchez RR formed and absorbs Hamilton & Hoskins RR. Engine "Mississippi" included.
1884	Jackson/Yazoo City	Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR completed
1884	Lamont/Leland	Memphis & New Orleans RR and Land Co completes line between Lamont and Leland
1884	Metcalfe/Greenville	Memphis & New Orleans RR and Land Co completes line between Metcalfe and Greenville
1884	New Orleans, LA/Memphis, TN	Tennessee Southern RR, Mississippi Valley & Ship Island RR, Memphis & Vicksburg RR, Grand Gulf & Port Gibson RR, New Orleans & Mississippi Valley RR, New Orleans Baton Rouge Vicksburg & Memphis RR are all consolidated as the Louisville, New Orleans & Texas RR
1884	Memphis, TN/New Orleans, LA	Track work completed on route via Vicksburg
1884	Norfield	J M Wesson, Sr tramroad ceases operation
1886	Johnston Station	B E Brister Lumber Co railroad begins construction
1886	Bogue Chitto/Wellman	Keystone Lumber & Improvement Co purchases Wesson & Money Lumber Co RR
1886	Jackson/Gulfport	Construction starts on Gulf & Ship Island RR
1886	Yazoo City/Parsons	Yazoo & Miss. Valley extended north from Yazoo City
1886	Thayer/Enterprise	Norwood & Butterfield Lumber Co railroad begins operation at Suttons Switch
1886	Lexington/Tchula	West & East RR extended from Lexington to Tchula
1886	Packton/Concordia	Louisiana Midland RR completed between Packton, LA and Concordia, LA
1886	Norfield/Ruth	I W Tyler & Co. Railroad begins construction from Wesson Switch (also known as Vanzant's switch). Later known as Norfield. Company would later be known as M L Tyler & Co
1886	Memphis, TN/Grenada	Mississippi & Tennessee purchased by Illinois Central
1887	Hartman/Zetus	Hartman Lumber Co railroad begins construction
1887	Memphis, TN/Birmingham, AL	Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad incorporated
1887	Greenville/Columbus	Georgia Pacific RR completes line between Greenville and Columbus
1888*	Mobile, AL/New Orleans, LA	Sometime prior to 1888 the Louisville & Nashville RR completes its line across the Mississippi coast
1888*	Corinth/Iuka	East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia RR in operation
1888*	Meridian/York, AL	East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia RR in operation via Lauderdale
1888	Greenville/Columbus	Georgia Pacific RR leased by Richmond & Danville RR
1888	St Francisville, LA/Woodville	West Feliciana RR purchased by Louisville, New Orleans & Texas RR
1888	Rosedale/Lamont	Louisville, New Orleans & Texas RR completes line between Rosedale and Lamont
1888	Brookhaven	Illinois Central obtains Meridian, Brookhaven & Natchez including engine "Mississippi"
1888	Ripley/Pontotoc	Ship Island, Ripley & Kentucky RR completed to Pontotoc. SI, R & K absorbs Ripley RR.
1888	Slaughter/Bayou Sara, LA	Louisville, New Orleans & Texas RR completes line between Slaughter and Bayou Sara
1888	Gulfport/McHenry	Gulf & Ship Island completed to McHenry
1889*	Columbus/Tennessee	Columbus, Memphis., & Pennsylvania RR chartered (line apparently never built but some of planned right of way used south of Fulton by various railroads
1889	Vicksburg/Meridian	Vicksburg & Meridian sold to owners of Queen & Crescent and reorganized as Alabama & Vicksburg Railway
1889	Helena, AR/Trotters Point	Louisville, New Orleans & Texas RR completes line between Helena, Ark and Trotters Point
1889	Johnston Station	Alvah Richardson Lumber co railroad begins construction
1889	Clinton, LA/Port Hickey, LA	Clinton & Port Hudson RR purchased by Louisville, New Orleans & Texas RR
1889	Atlanta, GA/Greenville	Georgia Pacific Railway main line completed between Atlanta, GA and Greenville, MS
1889	Clinton, LA/Port Hickey, LA	Clinton & Port Hudson abandoned between Ethel and Port Hickey
1890	Ripley/Pontotoc	Ship Island, Ripley & Kentucky RR emerges from bankruptcy as Gulf & Chicago RR
1890	Clarksdale/Minter City	Louisville, New Orleans & Texas RR completes line between Clarksdale and Minter City
1890	Fair Oak Springs	East Union Mills railroad begins construction
1890	Natchez/Jackson	Natchez, Jackson & Columbus RR purchased by Louisville, New Orleans & Texas
1890	Thayer/Enterprise	Norwood & Butterfield railroad ceases operation and equipment moved to company operations at Norfield
1890	Norfield/Ruth	Norwood & Butterfield Co. buys M L Tyler & Co railroad
1891	Hartman/East Lincoln	Chamberlain - Gage tramroad ceases operation
1891	Itta Bena/Webb	Southern Railway in Mississippi completes line between Itta Bena and Webb
1891	Norfield/Ruth	Norwood & Butterfield Co. Railroad is named Brookhaven, Columbia & Mobile Railroad
1892	Norfield/Ruth	Brookhaven, Columbia, & Mobile RR name changed to Natchez & Atlantic RR
1892	New Orleans, LA/Memphis, TN	Illinois Central acquires Louisville, New Orleans & Texas and places it under Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR
1892	Norfield/Oakvale	Natchez & Atlantic RR name changed to Natchez, Columbia & Mobile RR
1893	Johnston Station	B E Brister Lumber Co railroad ceases operation. Equipment moved to Bogue Chitto for companies operation on Bogue Chitto, Liberty & Southwestern
1893	Chicago, IL	Engine "Mississippi" restored and displayed at Columbian Exposition (Worlds Fair)
1893	Bogue Chitto/Liberty	Bogue Chitto, Liberty, & Southwestern RR begins construction.
1894	Greenville/Atlanta, GA	Georgia Pacific (Richmond & Danville) RR reorganized as Southern Railway in Mississippi.
1895	Fair Oak Springs	East Union Mills railroad ceases operation
1895	Ruleville/Moorhead	Yazoo Delta Railroad (Yellow Dog) chartered and begins construction
1895	Johnston Station/Johnston Chapel	Mississippi Lumber Co. acquires Alvah Richardson Lumber Co railroad
1896	Hattiesburg/Sumrall	Pearl & Leaf River RR chartered (Hattiesburg & Columbia via Sumrall?)
1896	Louisville, KY/Memphis, TN	Chesapeake, Ohio & Southwestern RR purchased by Illinois Central RR
1897	Ruleville/Moorhead	Yazoo Delta Railway purchased by Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR
1898*	Corinth/Iuka	East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia RR now known as Memphis & Charleston RR
1898*	Pascagoula/Moss Point	Moss Point & Pascagoula RR in operation
1898	Mobile, AL/Lucedale	Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City complete from Mobile to Lucedale
1898*	Maxie/Lumberton	Columbus, Lumberton & Gulf RR completed
1898*	Laurel	Laurel & Northeastern (also shown as Northwestern) RR in operation
1898*	Buckatunna/Mulberry	Chickawasaha & Jackson RR in operation
1898	Greenwood/Grenada	Yazoo & Mississippi Valley line from Greenwood to Parsons is in operation.
1898	Shreveport, LA/Texas	Texas portion of North Louisiana & Texas west of Shreveport leased to Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railway
1898*	Memphis, TN/Birmingham, AL	Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham RR in operation thru Mississippi
1899	Laurel/Leaf River	Tallahoma & Western RR acquired by Gulf & Ship Island
1899	Tutwiler/Ruleville	Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR completes line between Tutwiler and Ruleville
1899	Moorhead/Isola	Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR completes line between Moorhead and Isola
1899	Phillip/Greenwood	Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR completes line between Phillip and Greenwood
1900	Greenwood/Grenada	Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR completes line between Greenwood and Grenada
1900	Laurel/Saratoga	Gulf & Ship Island extends old Tallahoma & Western to Saratoga
1900	Isola/Belzoni	Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR completes line between Isola and Belzoni
1900	Gulfport/Jackson	Gulf & Ship Island completed from Gulfport to Jackson
1900	Brookhaven/Monticello	Pearl River Lumber Co. RR begins building
1900	Johnston Station	Mississippi Lumber Co railroad ceases operation
1901	Webb/Parchman	The Sunflower & Eastern Railway incorporated
1901	Black Bayou/Phillip	Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR completes line between Phillip and Black Bayou
1901	Lake Cormorant/Tutwiler	Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR completes line between Lake Cormorant and Tutwiler
1901	Yazoo City/Belzoni	Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR completes line between Yazoo City and Belzoni
1902	Hartman/Zetus	Hartman Lumber Co. RR ceases operation
1903	Brookhaven/Monticello	Illinois Central purchases Pearl River Lumber Co. RR
1903	Mendenhall/Columbia	Gulf & Ship Island begins construction southward from Mendenhall
1903	Bogue Chitto/E Lincoln	Keystone Lumber & Improvement Co RR ceases operation. Equipment sold to Liberty White RR
1903	Hopkinsville, KY/Nashville, TN	Tennessee Central Railway completed between Hopkinsville, KY and Nashville, TN
1903	Gulfport/Handsboro	G&SI line abandoned.
1903	Winnfield, LA/Monroe, LA	Tremont & Gulf Railway completed between Winnfield, LA and Monroe
1903	McComb/Liberty	Liberty White Railroad building from McComb to Liberty
1904	Brookhaven/Monticello	Pearl River Lumber Co. Line becomes Brookhaven & Pearl River RR
1904	Brookhaven/Monticello	Brookhaven & Pearl River RR finished
1904	Minter City/Dockery	Minter City Southern & Western Railroad incorporated
1904	Helm/Jacob	Helm & Northwestern Railroad incorporated
1904	Lambert/Brazil	Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR completes line between Lambert and Brazil
1904		Southern Railway in Mississippi charters a new railroad company called the Delta Southern to build branches between Greenwood and Greenville
1905	Hattiesburg/Silver Creek	Pearl & Leaf River RR reorganized as Mississippi Central RR
1905	Silver City/Holly Bluff	Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR completes line between Silver City and Holly Bluff
1905	Webb/Parchman	The Sunflower & Eastern Railway is leased to the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR
1905	Slidell, LA/Jackson	New Orleans Great Northern RR chartered
1906	Mendenhall/Columbia	Gulf & Ship Island completed between Mendenhall & Columbia
1906	Hattiesburg/Brookhaven	Mississippi Central RR completed between Hattiesburg & Brookhaven
1906	Brookhaven/Natchez	Natchez & Eastern chartered
1906	Wesson/Little Bahala	Cook - Grafton Lumber Co railroad begins construction
1906	Memphis, LA/Lakeview	Memphis & State Line RR completes line between West Jct and Lakeview
1906	Fernwood/Columbia	Fernwood Lumber Co incorporates its railroad as Fernwood & Gulf RR
1906	Perry, TN/Frogmoor, TN	Jackson & South Eastern RR completes line between Perry, TN and Frogmoor
1906	Stoneville/Richey	Delta Southern completes extension of Percy branch
1906	Itta Bena/Belzoni	Delta Southern completes branch line
1906	Corinth/Haleyville, AL	Mississippi & Alabama RR completes line between Corinth and Haleyville, AL
1907	Elizabeth/Kergs Mill	Delta Southern completes branch line
1907	Corinth/Haleyville, AL	Mississippi & Alabama RR becomes Alabama Western RR
1907	Thomas Jct/Birmingham, AL	Alabama Western RR completes line to Birmingham
1907	Helm/Jacob	Helm & Northwestern RR is leased to Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR
1907	Derby/Little Springs	Moreton & Helms Lumber Co. Railroad ceases operation
1908	Natchez/Brookhaven	Natchez & Eastern completed
1908	Baton Rouge, LA/Covington, LA	Baton Rouge, Hammond & Eastern RR completed between Baton Rouge and Covington
1908	Celco/Quentin	Central Lumber Co railroad construction begins
1909		New Orleans, Mobile & Chicago Railroad incorporated as successor to Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City Railroad and Gulf & Chicago Railway
1909*	Liberty/Irene	Liberty White RR in operation
1909*	McComb/Gillsburg	J J White RR in operation
1909*	Quitman/Pine Ridge	Mississippi Eastern in operation
1909*	Meridian/York, AL	East Tenn, Va & Ga abandoned by 1909
1909*	Pascagoula/Lucedale	Moss Pt & Pascagoula now known as Pascagoula & Northeastern RR
1909*	Leakesville	Alabama & Mississippi RR in operation from Alabama to Jonathan
1909*	Meehan Jct/Duffee	Tallahatta RR in operation
1909*	Leland/Estill	Leland & Southwestern RR in operation
1909*	Buckatunna	C & O RR in operation (not same line as one to Clara)
1909	Meadville	Morgansfork Lumber Co railroad begins construction
1909	Natchez/Brookhaven	Mississippi Central RR absorbs Natchez & Eastern RR
1910	Batesville/Crowder	Batesville Southwestern RR incorporated and leased to Illinois Central RR
1911	Minter City/Dockery	Minter City Southern & Western Railroad leased to Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR
1911	Meridian/Union	Meridian & Memphis Railway incorporated
1913	Meridian/Union	Meridian & Memphis Railway completed
1913	Wesson/Little Bahala	Cook - Grafton Lumber Co railroad ceases operation
1913	Meadville	Morgansfork Lumber Co railroad dismantled and moved to Sontag
1913	Sontag/Tryus	Morgansfork Lumber Co railroad begins construction
1914	Bogue Chitto/Liberty	Bogue Chitto, Liberty & Southwestern RR sold to Central Lumber Co
1915	Lucien/Lick Creek	Central Lumber Co railroad begins construction
1915		New Orleans, Mobile & Chicago Railroad sold under foreclosure to GM&N
1916		Gulf, Mobile & Northern Railroad incorporated
1916	New Orleans, LA/Meridian	Control of New Orleans & North Eastern RR acquired by Southern Railway
1916	Sontag/Tryus	Morgansfork Lumber Co railroad ceases operation
1916	Quentin/McBride	Central Lumber Co begins construction
1917	Hattiesburg/Tallahala	Tallahala Lumber Co completes railroad. Line is operated by Mississippi Central RR
1917	Hattiesburg/Pines	Mississippi Central RR completes line southeastward to Pines
1918	Meridian/Union	Gulf, Mobile & Northern RR acquires control of Meridian & Memphis Railway
1919	Bogue Chitto/Liberty	Central Lumber Co. closes Bogue Chitto line and moves equipment to Lucien
1919*	Leakesville/Lucedale	Alabama & Mississippi RR extended to Lucedale
1919*	McComb/Tylertown	Railroad in operation (probably owned by J J White)
1919*	Buckatunna/Clara	Chickawasaha & Jackson RR now known as C & N W RR
1919*	Meehan Jct/Duffee	Tallahatta RR abandoned by 1919
1919*	Sebastopol/Union	Jackson & Eastern RR in operation
1919*	Pascagoula/Lucedale	Pascagoula & Northeastern RR now known as Pascagoula, Moss Point & Northern RR
1919*	Meridian/Union	Meridian & Memphis RR in operation
1919*	Okolona/Calhoun City	Okolona, Houston & Calhoun City RR in operation
1919*	Sardis/Bobo	Sardis & Delta RR in operation
1920	Celco/Quentin	Central Lumber Co operations on Celco lines cease
1920	Greenville/Columbus	Southern Railway sells trackage west of Columbus sold to new company called Columbus & Greenville RR
1920	Fernwood/Columbia	Fernwood & Gulf RR renamed Fernwood, Columbia and Gulf RR
1921	Lucien/Lick Creek	Central Lumber Co. operations on Lucien line cease
1921	Beaumont/Hattiesburg	Gulf, Mobile and Northern line between Hattiesburg and Beaumont leased by Mississippi Central
1921	Amory/Fulton	Mississippian RR organized
1923	Greenville/Columbus	Columbus & Greenville Railroad becomes the Columbus & Greenville Railway
1925	Mendenhall/Maxie	Gulf & Ship Island RR in operation
1925	Amory/Fulton	Mississippian RR completed
1925	Gulfport/Jackson	Gulf & Ship Island purchased by Illinois Central
1925	Beaumont/Hattiesburg	Tatum Lumber Co buys Gulf, Mobile and Northern line between Hattiesburg and Beaumont and operates it as the Bonhomie & Hattiesburg Southern RR
1926	Vicksburg/Meridian	Alabama & Vicksburg purchased by Illinois Central and placed under Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR
1926	Vicksburg/Shreveport, LA	Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific purchased by Illinois Central and placed under Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR
1927	Baltimore, MD	Engine "Mississippi" displayed at Fair of the Iron Horse
1928	Lumberton/Kiln	Mississippi Southern RR in operation
1928	Wolf River/Savannah	Denkmann Lumber Co RR begins construction
1928	Brookhaven/Monticello	Brookhaven & Pearl River RR abandoned
1929*	DeKalb/Sucarnoochee	DeKalb & Western in operation
1929*	Canton/Burnside	Canton & Carthage RR in operation (name unsure)
1929*	Ratliff/Pelahatchie	Canton & Carthage RR in operation (name unsure)
1929*	Bruce Jct/Bruce	Mississippi & Skuna Valley RR in operation
1929*	Kosciusko/Zama	Kosciusko & Southeastern RR in operation
1930	Vicksburg/Delta Point	Warren County Bridge Commission completes bridge over Mississippi River at Vicksburg
1931	Greenwood/Grenada	Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR between Greenwood & Grenada still in service
1932	Wolf River/Savannah	Denkmann Lumber Co RR ceases operation
1933	Norfield/Oakvale	Natchez, Columbia, & Mobile RR ceases operation. All equipment moved to Denkmann Lumber Co railroad at Canton
1936	Okolona/Calhoun City	Okolona, Houston & Calhoun City RR abandoned
1938	Batesville/Crowder	Batesville Southwestern RR still in operation
1940	Brookhaven	Meridian, Brookhaven & Natchez RR abandoned
1942	Camp Shelby	Abandoned Mississippi Central branch line reopened between Hattiesburg and Camp Shelby
1945*	Swiftwater/Riverside Jct.	Y&MV Riverside District abandoned.
1946*	Pascagoula/Lucedale	Pascagoula, Moss Point & Northern RR now known as Mississippi Export RR
1948	Chicago, IL	Engine "Mississippi" displayed at Chicago Railroad Fair
1952	Quentin/McBride	Central Lumber ceases operation
1955	Chicago, IL	Engine "Mississippi" permanently displayed at Museum of Science and Industry
1961	Phillip/Charleston	Last train runs on Charleston to Phillip Branch of the Y&MV.
1967	Valley/Redwood	Illinois Central RR builds line between Valley & Redwood
1981	Kosciusko/Ackerman	Last train runs on portion of Aberdeen District between Kosciusko & Aberdeen
1998	Aberdeen Jct/Kosciusko	State of Mississippi acquires old IC line and leases it to Kosciusko Southwestern
2005	Bay Springs/Newton	Watco leases KCS line and names it Mississippi Southern
2005	Vicksburg/Redwood	Watco leases KCS line and names it Vicksburg Southern
2005	Columbus/Tuscaloosa, AL	Watco leases KCS line and names it Alabama Southern
2005	Hattiesburg	Remaining portion of Mississippi Central abandoned and removed
2005	Brookhaven	Remaining portion of Meridian, Brookhaven & Natchez abandoned and removed
2006	Canton	Remaining portion of Canton and Carthage abandoned
2006	Silver Creek	Remaining portion of Mississippi Central abandoned

date unknown prior to 1930	Nicholson/Cybur	C G & NW (possible C & NW) railroad in operation
	New Orleans to Baton Rouge & Woodville	New Orleans & Northwestern
		Boyle & Sunflower River
		Mississippi Central Valley
	Lindsay (Bayland)	Bayou Land & Lumber Co. RR
		New Orleans, Mobile & Texas RR (gulf coast)
		Vicksburg & Nashville (Chickasaw/Calhoun counties 1873-4)
1872		Selma, Marion & Memphis RR
		Alabama Central (Lauderdale County)