Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad

American railroad

This article is about the Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad. For other uses, see Mississippi Tennessee Railroad.

Mississippi and Tennessee RailroadOverview

Locale| Mississippi, Tennessee, United States
Dates of operation| 1852 (1852)-1886 (1886)
Successor| Illinois Central Railroad
Technical
Length| 97 miles (156 km)[1]

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Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad[2][3]

Legend

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Distance

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| Memphis, Tennessee
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3.9 miles (6 km)

| Whitehaven, Tennessee
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5.9 miles (9 km)

| Southaven, Mississippi
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7.9 miles (13 km)

| Horn Lake, Mississippi
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10.4 miles (17 km)

| Aldens, Mississippi
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13.7 miles (22 km)

| Nesbit, Mississippi
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18.1 miles (29 km)

| Hernando, Mississippi
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23.4 miles (38 km)

| Love, Mississippi
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26.8 miles (43 km)

| Coldwater, Mississippi (original location)
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32.7 miles (53 km)

| Senatobia, Mississippi
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36.8 miles (59 km)

| McGehee, Mississippi
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40.1 miles (65 km)

| Como, Mississippi
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45.6 miles (73 km)

| Sardis, Mississippi
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50.3 miles (81 km)

| Tallahatchie, Mississippi
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54.8 miles (88 km)

| Batesville, Mississippi
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60.5 miles (97 km)

| Courtland, Mississippi
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62.3 miles (100 km)

| Pope, Mississippi
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69.4 miles (112 km)

| Enid, Mississippi
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74.3 miles (120 km)

| Oakland, Mississippi
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79.6 miles (128 km)

| Tillatoba, Mississippi
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83.1 miles (134 km)

| Scobey, Mississippi
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87.7 miles (141 km)

| Hardy, Mississippi
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95 miles (153 km)

| Grenada, Mississippi
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The Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad was an American railroad constructed in the 1850s, connecting Memphis, Tennessee with Grenada, Mississippi. In Grenada, the line connected with the Mississippi Central Railroad.[4]

## History

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The railroad was incorporated on October 16, 1852, and enabled cotton plantations in the Mississippi Delta to ship their product to Memphis, where it was loaded onto steamboats and transported to New Orleans.[5][6]

The city of Batesville, Mississippi was founded following the construction of the railway, and drew its residents from surrounding communities.[7]

During the Civil War, the railroad's trestle over the Coldwater River was destroyed by Federal troops.[8] Following the war, the railroad was "a complete wreck, and literally without rolling stock".[9]

The railroad was purchased in 1886 by the Illinois Central Railroad.[10]

## Current use

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The line is currently used by the Grenada Railway.[11]

## References

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1. ^ "Stations and Structures on the Current and Former Railroad Lines in Mississippi". Mississippi Railroad Information. November 7, 2013.
2. ^ "Stations and Structures on the Current and Former Railroad Lines in Mississippi". Mississippi Railroad Information. November 7, 2013.
3. ^ "Mississippi & Tennessee Map". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
4. ^ Dana, William B. (1867). Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review. William B. Dana. pp. 342.
5. ^ Laws of the State of Mississippi. Mississippi State Printer. 1886. p. 722.
6. ^ Bond, Beverly G.; Sherman, Janann (2003). Memphis: In Black and White. Arcadia. pp. 34, 61. ISBN 9780738524412.
7. ^ Kyle, John W. (1913). Reconstruction in Panola County. Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society. Vol. XIII. Mississippi Historical Society. p. 13.
8. ^ Smith, Timothy B. (2010). Mississippi in the Civil War: The Home Front. University Press of Mississippi. p. 71\. ISBN 9781604734300.
9. ^ The Commercial and Financial Chronicle. Vol. 4\. William B. Dana. 1867. p. 489.
10. ^ "A Brief History of DeSoto County Mississippi". DeSoto County, Mississippi. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
11. ^ "Business Overview". Grenada Railway. Retrieved 31 May 2015.

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Railroads of Mississippi

Common carriers|

* Alabama Southern Railroad
* Alabama & Gulf Coast Railway
* Alabama Great Southern Railroad
* BNSF
* Columbus & Greenville Railway
* Canadian National Railway
* Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
* CPKC
* CSX
* Gloster Southern Railroad
* Great River Railroad
* Golden Triangle Railroad
* Grenada Railroad
* Illinois Central Railroad
* Kosciusko & Southwestern Railway
* Luxapalila Valley Railroad
* Mississippi Delta Railroad
* Meridian Southern Railway
* M&B Railroad
* Mississippi Central Railroad
* Mississippi Export Railroad
* Mississippi Southern Railroad
* Mississippian Railway
* Norfolk Southern Railway
* Natchez Railway
* Old Augusta Railroad
* Port Bienville Railroad
* Ripley & New Albany Railroad
* R.J. Corman Railroad/Tennessee Terminal
* Redmont Railway
* Tishomingo Railroad
* Vicksburg Southern Railroad
* West Tennessee Railroad

Passenger carriers|

* Amtrak

* See also: Former carriers in Mississippi
* List of United States railroads by political division

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Railroads of Tennessee

Common carriers|

* Alabama Great Southern Railroad
* BNSF
* Chattooga & Chickamauga Railway
* Caney Fork and Western Railroad
* Central of Georgia Railroad
* Canadian National Railway
* Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway
* CSX Transportation
* East Chattanooga Belt Railway
* East Tennessee Railway
* Heritage Railroad
* Illinois Central Railroad
* Kansas City Southern Railway
* KWT Railway
* Knoxville and Holston River Railroad
* Mississippi Central Railroad
* Nashville & Eastern Railroad
* Norfolk Southern Railway
* Nashville & Western Railroad
* RJ Corman
* South Central Tennessee Railroad
* Sequatchie Valley Railroad
* Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railway
* Tennessee Railroad
* Tennken Railroad
* Tennessee Southern Railroad
* Union Pacific
* Walking Horse and Eastern Railroad
* West Tennessee Railroad

Passenger carriers|

* Amtrak
* WeGo Star

* See also: Former carriers of Tennessee
* List of United States railroads by political division

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