The Mississippi Delta Railroad (MSDR) heads back North to Clarksdale, MS. From Swan Lake, MS. With a pair of CF7 Locomotives & a whopping 92 car freight Train. It is very rare to catch the MSDR ru... (more)

The Mississippi Delta Railroad (MSDR) heads back North to Clarksdale, MS. From Swan Lake, MS. With a pair of CF7 Locomotives & a whopping 92 car freight Train. It is very rare to catch the MSDR ru... (more)

CAGY 8718 relaxing

Columbus & Greenville power sits near the unusual sanding facility at the railroad's shop in Columbus, Miss.

CAGY train 48 works west through Indianola, MS, birthplace of blues legend BB King. I took this photo because looking at it, the image could have been taken anytime in the last 20 years.

Columbus & Greenville GP7 #618, the "City of Columbus", ready to head west. #618 was built October 1952 as Florida East Coast #618. Prior to CAGY, #618 was on the Chicago, South Shore &... (more)

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A pair of CAGY CF7s lead by No.803 approaches Itta Bena, Ms. while passing through the delta regions of Mississippi.

A pair of CAGY CF7s lead by No.803 approaches Itta Bena, Ms. while passing through the delta regions of Mississippi.

A pair of CAGY CF7s lead by No.803 heads west out of Greenwood, Ms. while passing through the delta regions of Mississippi.

This great old railroad had a shop that looked like nine miles of bad and that sort of matched the rest of the operation. I always hoped there would be a bridge over the Mississippi at Greenville... (more)

Columbus & Greenville mobile crane #PR 28 parked next to the turntable outside the roundhouse

Stuffed and mounted but still looking good. I remember hearing the burble and watching the lazy drift of smoke from the stacks of the old Baldwins. I'm wondering if C&G had good enough track to ... (more)

The morning line up at the east end of yard 5... As the rusted railhead shows, they have been lined up like this for some time. The Nekoosa Paper 14, a S1, and Milwaukee Road 760, a H10-44 share ... (more)