STATIONS AND STRUCTURES ON CURRENT
AND FORMER RAILROAD LINES IN MISSISSIPPI.

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MAXIE to COLUMBIA
Currently abandoned
Originally Columbia, Lumberton & Gulf Railroad
Formerly Gulf & Ship Island Railroad
Formerly Illinois Central Railroad
MILE
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STATION NOTES STRUCTURES
43.98 Maxie    
  Newco    
48.28 Carnes Formerly known as Helena  
  Tracy May be out of sequence  
49.48 Chapin    
50.47 Dorsey    
51.84 Alexander    
  Pistol Ridge    
52.89 Elder Also known as Elder Ridge  
54.23 Young    
56.73 Villa Ridge    
  Hines Jct Connection with Mississippi Southern RR  
60.27 Lumberton    
64.32 Wells    
65.75 Hines    
67.75 Fanning    
70.95 Baxterville    
  Lawless Spur May be out of sequence  
72.60 Ewing    
74.64 Rouse    
77.89 Sims    
79.78 Pinebur    
81.09 Nason    
82.99 Hub    
  Moss    
83.71 Kenney May be out of sequence  
  Lampton    
86.92 Little River    
92.36 Columbia   platform - no longer exists
depot - law office - 2002
COLUMBIA to SILVER CREEK
Currently abandoned
Originally Gulf & Ship Island Railroad
Formerly Illinois Central Railroad
Formerly Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Formerly Marion County Rail Authority
Formerly Columbia & Silver Creek Railroad
Formerly Columbia Northern Railroad
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STATION NOTES STRUCTURES
96.31 Fortenberry    
  Walton Spur May be out of sequence  
  Expose    
100.32 Goss    
101.33 Fahey    
  Stoner May be out of sequence  
103.30 Hathorn    
107.59 Oakvale   motor car shed - standing 1999
110.52 Woolam    
113.08 Arm    
  Garrett    
116.15 Campbell    
120.97 Silver Creek   pagoda - standing 2004
depot - moved, still standing 2004
SILVER CREEK to MENDENHALL
Currently abandoned
Originally Gulf & Ship Island Railroad
Formerly Illinois Central Railroad
Formerly Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
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STATION NOTES STRUCTURES
122.53 Hendrick    
125.86 Grange   pagoda - no longer exists
127.50 Waller    
129.33 New Hebron    
131.30 Anthony    
133.97 Shivers    
134.60 Mangrum    
  Bush    
140.80 Pinola    
142.46 Oyer    
145.41 Merit also spelled Merritt  
149.52 Mendenhall    

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TWIN to WANILLA
Currently Canadian National - Illinois Central Railroad
Originally New Orleans Great Northern Railroad
Formerly Gulf, Mobile & Northern Railroad
Formerly Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Formerly Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
MILE
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STATION NOTES STRUCTURES
86   Louisiana/Mississippi state line  
86.98 Twin    
89.4 Sandyhook   frame depot - ?
91.65 Sweetwater    
95 Saxon    
96 Keen    
96.26 Pickwick    
97.8 Cheraw    
100.04 Jamestown   hot box detector - ?
103.5 Foxworth    
103.6 West Columbia
Columbia Jct
   
109.6 Morgantown    
110.69 Newsom    
114.5 Whitebluff    
119 Tilton    
126.00 Robinwood Also known as Flowell  
131.2 Monticello   frame depot - still exists 2003
  Monticello Jct    
135.0 Rosella    
137.5 Wanilla   depot - no longer exists
water tank - no longer exists
WANILLA to JACKSON
Currently abandoned
Originally New Orleans Great Northern Railroad
Formerly Gulf, Mobile & Northern Railroad
Formerly Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Formerly Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
MILE
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STATION NOTES STRUCTURES
141 Copp    
143 Oma    
145 Cowanville    
148 Rockport    
153 Georgetown   ex-Mississippi Central, ex-Green Brothers Gravel steam engine on display
160 Hopewell    
163 Gatesville    
164.0 Knowles    
167 Moncure    
169 Rosemary    
175.0 Beckville    
176.1 Byram    
179 Elton    
181 Nogan    
185 East Jackson
Jackson "JX"
1/4 mile of track still in use by CN-IC via KCS  
185.7 Jackson   brick depot - Mississippi Archives Offices 2002
186 Capitol Yard   yard office - ?

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FOXWORTH to COLUMBIA
Currently abandoned
Originally New Orleans Great Northern Railroad
Formerly Gulf, Mobile & Northern Railroad
Formerly Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad
MILE
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STATION NOTES STRUCTURES
103 Foxworth
West Columbia
Columbia Jct
   
      Pearl River 225 ft swing span - no longer exists
105.8 Columbia    

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SIMONDS to TYLERTOWN
Currently abandoned
Originally New Orleans Great Northern Railroad
Formerly Gulf, Mobile & Northern Railroad
Formerly Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Formerly Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
MILE
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STATION NOTES STRUCTURES
96.9   Louisiana/Mississippi state line  
97.51 Simonds    
99.99 Lehr    
102.44 Lexie    
105.79 Tylertown   Two depots - still existing 1990

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STATE LINE to WINCHESTER
Currently abandoned
Originally Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Formerly Southern Railway
Formerly Queen & Crescent
Formerly Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Formerly Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Formerly Gulf & Mississippi Railroad
Formerly SouthRail
MILE
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STATION NOTES STRUCTURES
62.63 State Line Alabama/Mississippi state line Depot 36x73 - destroyed 1980's
65.11 Eret   Platform 16x16 - ?
68.04 Battles   Depot 16x30½ - no longer exists
68.28 Sand Pit    
70.82 Buckatunna   depot 78x26 - no longer exists
72.10 Howse    
73.91 Robinson Jct. 7933 foot spur across the Chickasawhay River to Chicora and the Robinson Land & Lumber Company existed here. depot - no longer exists
passenger shelter 4x9 - no longer exists
  Chicora Spur track from Robinsons Jct. 154 ft steel bridge - no longer exists
76.20 Dodson    
77.44 Winchester   depot - no longer exists
passenger shelter - no longer exists
freight shelter - no longer exists
water tank 22' diameter - no longer exists
WINCHESTER to MERIDIAN
Currently Meridian Southern Railroad
Originally Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Formerly Southern Railway
Formerly Queen & Crescent
Formerly Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Formerly Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Formerly Gulf & Mississippi Railroad
Formerly SouthRail
Formerly Kansas City Southern Railroad
MILE
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STATION NOTES STRUCTURES
80.00     rail rest - no longer exists
81.00     rail rest - no longer exists
82.00     rail rest - no longer exists
82.47 Waynesboro   depot 26x88 - moved, reported to still exist in poor condition
depot, concrete block - Meridian Southern office 2005
83.00     rail rest - no longer exists
83.55 Stanley siding still in use  
84.00     rail rest - no longer exists
84.25 Woodwards    
84.27 Henderson    
85.00     rail rest - still exists
85.91 Limestone operated by Miss. State Penitentiary  
88.12 Boice   depot 14x32 - no longer exists
passenger shelter - no longer exists
89.13 West King Jct 3408 foot spur across the Chickasawhay River depot 20x25 - retired 1925 (a building of some sort is currently used as a barn)
    spur track from West King Jct. 154 foot steel bridge - no longer exists
92 Red Bluff    
92.80 Hiwanee Jct with Hiwanee-Tombigbee RR depot 42x20 - no longer exists
96.49 Shubuta   depot 138x26.4 - destroyed by arson fire 6/19/2005
water tank - removed 1938
100.20 Sumrall    
102.19 102 Mile Siding    
104.37 De Soto   depot 25½x66½- no longer exists
109.18 Quitman   depot 66½x102 - Used by Chamber of Commerce
water tank 24' diameter - no longer exists
115 Choctaw    
116.62 Stonewall   depot 26x40 blt 1921 - no longer exists
120.07 Enterprise   depot 30x81 - no longer exists
123.90 Basic City   depot 20x40 - no longer exists
127.09 Bullard    
129 Sweatt    
129.68 Okatibbee   depot - retired 1926
133.9 South Yard Now Meridian Southern yard  
134.5 Shops   Roundhouse - no longer exists
90 ft turntable - pit remains
Freight house - no longer exists
Division Office - burned 1995
Ice platform - no longer exists
Storehouse - no longer exists
Machine shop - no longer exists
Blacksmith shop - no longer exists
Water tank - no longer exists
Coal chute - no longer exists
sand house - no longer exists
ten sheds - no longer exists
platform - no longer exists
135.27 Meridian   Union depot - replaced with new structure
MERIDIAN to RUSLOR JCT.
Currently Kansas City Southern Railroad
Originally Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Formerly Southern Railway
Formerly Queen & Crescent
Formerly Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Formerly Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Formerly Gulf & Mississippi Railroad
Formerly SouthRail
MILE
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STATION NOTES STRUCTURES
135.7 NS Crossing    
140.08 Marion   depot 18x35 - no longer exists
144.60 Topton   freight platform 15x16 - no longer exists
146.79 Lockhart   depot - removed 1939
coal house - removed 1939
oil house - removed 1939
freight shelter - no longer exists
passenger shelter - no longer exists
149 Harris    
153.31 Lauderdale   depot 80x30 - no longer exists
water tank - removed 1925
158.47 Tamola   depot - removed 1939
freight shelter - no longer exists
passenger shelter - no longer exists
162.28 Enondale   depot - removed 1939
freight shelter - no longer exists
passenger shelter - no longer exists
163.63 Narketta
Gainesville Jct
Junction with Mississippi, Gainesville & Tuscaloosa Railway depot - removed 1939
freight shelter - no longer exists
passenger shelter - no longer exists
165.99 Porterville   depot 20x56½ - no longer exists
168.92 Sucarnochee   depot 20½ x61 - no longer exists
171.71 Electric Mills Formerly Bodka depot 30x60 - no longer exists
176.23 Scooba   depot 30x115 - no longer exists
Southern Express Building 21x30 - no longer exists
182.50 Wahalak   depot - removed 1939
passenger shelter - no longer exists
188.25 Shuqulak   depot 35x110 - no longer exists
196.53 Klines Also known as Klines Brick Yard  
197.78 Macon   depot ?x176 - no longer exists
water tank - no longer exists
  Gurleys   depot 18.2x7.2 - no longer exists
206.02 Brooksville   depot 14x30 - no longer exists
211.12 Crawford   depot 30x74.6 - no longer exists
highway overpass with GM&O sign
214.95 Penns   depot 16x34 - no longer exists
219.26 Artesia   passenger depot 38x219 - burned 1970's
freight depot 20x40.4 - no longer exists
Lunch room 30x32 - no longer exists
water tank 24' diameter - no longer exists
300 T coal chute (moved to N end of Yard 1924) - no longer exists
sanding tower - still in use
224.12 Mayhew   depot 20.2x? - moved and used as storage shed
highway overpass with GM&O sign
227.04 Tibbee   depot - removed 1939
passenger shelter - no longer exists
230.5 CGRR Louisville Dist    
232.45 West Point Note: Part of original line inside town abandoned and used as hiking trail. Current line rerouted around southwestern part of town. passenger depot - no longer exists
freight house 30x150 - ?
233.0 West Point Jct    
240 Loohatan    
241.34 Muldon   depot 25x93 (reblt 1917) - retired 1944
243 Grenelle    
245.74 Prairie   depot 30x62 (reblt 1917)- no longer exists
249.53 Gibson   depot 37.7x21.5 (reblt 1921) - no longer exists
253.77 Egypt   depot 30½x21½ - no longer exists
261.43 Okolona   depot 30x179 - burned July 1969
roundhouse - removed 1929
75' turntable - replaced 1929
90' turntable - no longer exists
water tank 24' diameter - no longer exists
coal chute 35x35 - no longer exists
sand house 6x10 - no longer exists
machine shop 26x40 - ?
266 Chickasaw    
269 Shannon   depot 20x54.4 - burned 1934
depot 20x54.4 (reblt 1934) - no longer exists
271.53 Glen    
273.1 Arvin    
274 Verona   depot 26x60 - no longer exists
279.00 Tupelo   passenger depot 54x120 - no longer exists
freight depot 32.5x151.6 - no longer exists
287.53 Saltillo   depot 24x80 - no longer exists
292.4 Guntown   depot 30.5x70.5 - no longer exists
297.40 Baldwyn   depot 30.4x125 - no longer exists
302 Wheelers   depot - removed 1939
passenger shelter - no longer exists
freight shelter - no longer exists
water tank - no longer exists
308.57 Booneville   depot 34x160 - still standing 2006. Used by City Chamber of Commerce and railroad museum with GM&O caboose
313 Thrasher   depot 20x30 - no longer exists
316.67 Rienzi   depot 17x60 - no longer exists
  Alcorn   waiting shed 10x32 (blt 1917) - no longer exists
324 Jobes   depot - no longer exists
328.85 Corinth   Union depot (blt 1919) - still standing 2006 as museum with caboose and motorcar.
85 foot turntable - removed 1936
motor car shed - still standing 1999
coal bin - no longer exists
sand house - no longer exists
freight house - no longer exists
express office 62x32 - no longer exists
water tank - no longer exists
328.9 NS Crossing    
330.51
(526.0)
Ruslor Jct   depot 16x22 - no longer exists
MERIDIAN to RUSLOR JCT.
Currently Norfolk Southern Railroad
Originally Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Formerly Southern Railway
Formerly Queen & Crescent
Formerly Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Formerly Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Formerly Gulf & Mississippi Railroad
Formerly SouthRail
333
(522.9)
  Tennessee/Mississippi state line  

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ARTESIA to STARKVILLE
Currently abandoned
Originally Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Formerly Georgia Pacific Railroad
Formerly Southern Railway
Formerly Queen & Crescent
Formerly Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad
MILE
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STATION NOTES STRUCTURES
0 Artesia   Coal Chute - no longer exists
3 Askew    
4.20 Sessums   depot - no longer exists
8.13 Turkey Creek    
9.61 A&M College
State College
  depot - used by Miss. State 2006
10.92 Freight Depot   County museum 2005
11.33 Starkville (union depot)   60 ft Turntable - no longer exists
Joint GM&O/IC depot - still exists

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MULDON to ABERDEEN
Currently abandoned
Originally Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Formerly  Southern Railway
Formerly Queen & Crescent
Formerly Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad
MILE
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STATION NOTES STRUCTURES
0 Muldon    
3 Sykes    
8.77 Aberdeen   depot - still exists 2005, used by city for storage

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NARKEETA to ALABAMA STATE LINE
Currently abandoned (1879)
Originally Gainesville & Mississippi Railroad
Formerly Gainesville & Tuscaloosa Railway
Formerly Mississippi, Gainesville & Tuscaloosa
Formerly Mobile & Ohio Railroad
MILE
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STATION NOTES STRUCTURES
0 Narkeeta
Gainesville Jct.
   
3 Ball's    
7 Winston Mississippi/Alabama state line  

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LAUDERDALE to ALABAMA STATE LINE
Currently abandoned
Originally Alabama Central Railroad
Formerly East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad
MILE
POST
STATION NOTES STRUCTURES
0 Lauderdale    
    Alabama/Mississippi state line  

August 12, 2007