Lauderdale County.kmz

Lauderdale County

Meridian Light & Railway
1883-1901 - Meridian Street Railway Co.
1901-1910 - Meridian Light & Railway Co.
1910-1913 - Meridian Light & Railway Co. (Doherty Operating Co.)
1913-1924 - Meridian Light & Railway Co. (Cities Service Co.)
1924-1929 - Mississippi Power Co. (Southeastern Power & Light Co.)
1929-1936 - Mississippi Power Co. (Commonwealth & Southern Corp.)
1930's - streetcars discontinued

carbarn spur

Logging Railroads

E. E. Jackson Lumber Co.

E. E. Jackson Lumber Co
E. E. Jackson Lumber Co.
Mill at Riderwood, AL
1916-1935

E. E. Jackson Lumber Co.
Mill at Riderwood, AL
1916-1935

J E Tartt

J. E. Tartt Lumber Co
company operated at Lauderdale 1903-1913
Lauderdale & Northwestern RR
see http://www.msrailroads.com/Tartt_JE.htm
route approximate

Tallahatta Lumber Co

Tallahatta Lumber Co
Tallahatta Lumber Co.
36" gauge
company operated 1900-1914
see http://www.msrailroads.com/Tallahatta_Lbr.htm

Long-Bell Co

Long-Bell Co
Long-Bell Co.
company operated 1917-1933
see http://www.msrailroads.com/Mississippi_Eastern.htm

Long-Bell Co
Long-Bell Co.
1917-1933
see http://www.msrailroads.com/Mississippi_Eastern.htm

Long-Bell Mainline No 5
Long-Bell Co.
see http://www.msrailroads.com/Mississippi_Eastern.htm

McBride Lumber Co

McBride Lumber Co
McBride Lumber Co.

Cotton State Lbr

Tallahatta RR
Built by Tallahatta RR 1902-07
controlled by Meehan-Rounds Lbr Co 1902-05
controlled by Cotton State Lumber Co 1905-1919
abandoned 1919
see http://www.msrailroads.com/Tallahatta_Ry.htm

Cotton State Lumber Co
Meehan-Rounds Lumber Co 1902-1905
Cotton State Lumber Co 1905-1919
see http://www.msrailroads.com/Tallahatta_Ry.htm

Cotton State Estimated

Cotton State Lumber Co

Cotton State Lumber Co
Meehan-Rounds Lumber Co 1902-1905
Cotton State Lumber Co 1905-1919
see http://www.msrailroads.com/Tallahatta_Ry.htm
route approximate

J. R. Buckwalter Lumber Co.

J. R. Buckwalter Lumber Co
company operated 1909-1940
see http://www.msrailroads.com/Buckwalter_JR.htm

Railroads

Meridian

Untitled Path

abandoned

Meridian & Bigbee River RR
Built by Meridian & Bigbee River Ry 1926
to Meridian & Bigbee RR 1952
see http://www.msrailroads.com/M&BR.htm

Meridian & Memphis Ry

Meridian & Memphis
Built by Meridian & Memphis RR 1911-13
see http://www.msrailroads.com/M&M.htm
to Gulf Mobile & Northern RR control 1-1-1918
see http://www.msrailroads.com/GM&N.htm
merged into Gulf Mobile & Northern RR 7-1929
to Gulf Mobile & Ohio RR 9-13-1940
see http://www.msrailroads.com/GM&O.htm
to Illinois Central Gulf RR 8-10-1972
abandoned

NO&NE Mainline

Meridian Abandoned

New Turntable

Old Turntable

Meridian Existing

1 Train Yard
ICC valuation Trk 1-14

2 train yard
ICC valuation Trk 1-15

3 train yard
ICC Valuation Trk 1-16

4 train yard
Old ICC valuation Trk 16
Sou Valuation Trk 2-1

Old ICC valuation Trk 19
Sou Valuation Trk 2-3

7 Train Yard
Old ICC Valuation Trk 20
Sou Valuation Trk 2-4

8 Train Yard
Old ICC Valuation Trk 21

Old ICC Valuation Trk 22

Old ICC Valuation Trk 28?

Engine Lead

1 Scales

2 Scales

3 Scales

Alabama Great Southern
Built by North East & South West Alabama RR 1858-60
to Alabama & Chattanooga RR 11-18-1868
to Alabama Great Southern RR 11-30-1877
to ETV&G and Richmond & Danville control 1890
to Southern Ry control 1894
to Norfolk Southern control 1982

Meridian southbound main
old alignment of southbound main before 1957

Southbound main

Meridian old AGS northbound main
alignment of northbound main before 1957

Russell to Toomsuba old route

York to Lauderdale
13.77 miles
Built by Alabama Central RR 1871-81
to East Tennessee Virginia & Georgia RR 6-15-1881
to East Tennessee Virginia & Georgia Ry 6-30-1886
to Southern Ry 7-4-1894
abandoned 1899

Alabama & Vicksburg Ry

Trk 2

Abandoned

Trk 1

Trk 2 abandoned

Trk 3

Morton to Meridian
Completed by Vicksburg & Meridian RR 1861
see http://www.msrailroads.com/V&M.htm
to Alabama & Vicksburg Ry 5-1-1889
see http://www.msrailroads.com/A&V.htm
to Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR 6-1926
controlled by Illinois Central RR
to Illinois Central Gulf RR 8-10-1972
to Midsouth Rail
to Kansas City Southern 1994

Mobile & Ohio RR

Meridian Naval Air Station spur
Built by Gulf Mobile & Ohio RR ca1960

Meridian MS to Waynesboro MS
Built by Mobile & Ohio RR 1859?
to Gulf Mobile & Ohio RR 9-13-1940
to Illinois Central Gulf RR 8-10-1972
to Gulf & Mississippi RR 7-10-1985
to Midsouth Rail Corp 4-14-1988
to Kansas City Southern RR 1-1-1994
to Meridian Southern RR

Meridian to Corinth
Built by Mobile & Ohio RR 1859?
to Gulf Mobile & Ohio RR 9-13-1940
to Gulf & Mississippi RR 7-10-1985
to Midsouth Rail Corp 4-14-1988
to Kansas City Southern RR 1-1-1994

Bonita Park Branch

Existing

M&O-NO&NE Interchange track
jointly owned by both

Trk 66 Tiger Tail Spur

2337' per ICC

M&O turntable
90' turntable intalled 5-1928 per AFE 8157

Trk 154 extension

Trk 94 crossover

Trk 112 abandoned

Trk 91 abandoned

Trk 74-A
GM&N Interchange
Built 9-1915

original south end of track

original south end of trk 154

185' on north end retired 7-27-1941 AFE M-106

Trk 140A

end realigned 8-6-1917

Trk 132 old alignment
original alignment before 8-6-1917

Trk 79A

Towns

Lauderdale
Milepost 153.31
http://www.msrailroads.com/Towns/Lauderdale.htm

Vestal's
Milepost 148
http://www.msrailroads.com/Towns/Vestals.htm

Lockhart
Milepost 146.79
http://www.msrailroads.com/Towns/Lockhart.htm

Topton
Milepost 144.60
http://www.msrailroads.com/Towns/Topton.htm

Marion
http://www.msrailroads.com/Towns/Marion.htm

Meridian
M&O Milepost 135.27
NO&NE Milepost 0
A&V Milepost 0
http://www.msrailroads.com/Towns/Meridian.htm

Okatibbee
http://www.msrailroads.com/Towns/Okatibbee.htm

Bullard
M&O Milepost 127
NO&NE Milepost 10.1
http://www.msrailroads.com/Towns/Bullard.htm

Savoy
http://www.msrailroads.com/Towns/Savoy.htm

Arundel
http://www.msrailroads.com/Towns/Arundel.htm

Shops
http://www.msrailroads.com/Towns/Shops.htm

Russell
Milepost

Toomsuba
Milepost

Smith
Milepost

Kewanee

Lost Gap
http://www.msrailroads.com/Towns/Lost_Gap.htm

Graham
Milepost 11
http://www.msrailroads.com/Towns/Graham.htm

Meehan Jct.
http://www.msrailroads.com/Towns/Meehan.htm

Darnell
Milepost 13
http://www.msrailroads.com/Towns/Darnell.htm

Point
http://www.msrailroads.com/Towns/Point.htm

Fifth Street

Nellieburg

Suqualena

Schamberville

Whynot