Columbus and Greenville Railway

Columbus and Greenville Railway

standard gauge

Columbus and Greenville Railway

standard gauge
Length	162 miles (261 km)

There have been two uses of Columbus and Greenville Railway, both for the same

.

Original Columbus and Greenville

The first Columbus and Greenville Railway (

.

Present Columbus and Greenville

The second Columbus and Greenville Railway (

.

In 2001, CAGY suspended service over 89.5 miles (144 km) of track between

in Greenwood. The eastern section operates the remaining trackage from West Point onwards.

The company once specialized in transporting wood and paper products to and from local factories. The company's traffic base has expanded to include bricks, plastic products, feed grains for catfish and swine, finished and raw steel, and biodiesel as well as cotton and rice products. The company runs six trains a day, two between Greenwood and Greenville, two out of Columbus and two at the Severcorr steel mill between Columbus and Artesia.

The majority owner of the Columbus and Greenville is

.

CAGY Industries was purchased by

Preservation

Several pieces of CAGY equipment have been preserved and put on display:

• Baldwin locomotive #601 is on display in front of the Columbus & Greenville shops in
  Columbus, MS
  .
• Baldwin locomotive #606 "City of Moorhead" is on display at the Illinois Railway Museum.
• Caboose #500 is on display in
  Winona, MS
  next to the train depot downtown.
• Caboose #503 is on display in Propst Park in
  Columbus, MS
  along with some C&G passenger coaches and a GM&O steam locomotive.
• Caboose #506 is in downtown
  Kosciusko, MS
  .
• Caboose #508 is in front of a doctor's office in
  Greenwood, MS
  .

C&G Rail Trail Coalition

The C&G Rail Trail Coalition was formed in early 2008 with the goal of converting the abandoned section between

, who had no interest in abandoning the line at that point. Efforts restarted when GWRR approached the Coalition in February, 2022. ^[4]

As of April, 2023, the Coalition is being assisted by the Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area and various municipalities along the route. They are working to acquire funding and develop preliminary plans for purchasing and converting the abandoned line to a usable trail. Some rural landowners crossed by the rail line are fighting the development.

See also

• Waverly Bridge (Mississippi)

References

• "CAGY Industries Information". Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2005-12-15.
• "Columbus and Greenville Railway Information". Archived from the original on 2005-12-31. Retrieved 2005-12-15.
• Lewis, Edward A. (1986). American Shortline Railway Guide (3rd ed.). Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing Company. p. 62.
  ISBN 0-89024-073-6
  .

External links

• Columbus and Greenville Railway official webpage - Genesee and Wyoming website
• CAGY Industries ^{[dead link]}
• Columbus and Greenville Railway ^{[dead link]}
• [1]
• [2]
• HawkinsRails.net CAGY collection