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COLUMBUS AND GREENVILLE RAILWAY COMPANY RECORDS, ACCRETION



MDAH only has microfilm.

Negative, 35 mm microfilm copy of scattered Columbus and Greenville Railway Company records (1905–1974) housed at the company's train museum in Propst Park, Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi. Included are timetables; wage schedules; banking records; a train ticket case catalog; seniority lists; tariffs; contractual agreements; railway transportation department regulations; engine specifications and alterations reports; two company histories; correspondence and draft agreements concerning the railways' merger with the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Company; and miscellaneous papers. This collection is an accretion to the Columbus and Greenville Railway Company Records.

Microfilm edition contents:

Roll 1 (MF Roll # 36311):

  • Timetables, #1–26, 1923–1970.
  • Southern Railway Company schedule of wages and rules and regulations, conductors and trainmen, effective July 1, 1905, sixth edition.
  • Deposit record, Bank of West Point, 1964–1972.
  • National Ticket Case Company (Chicago, Illinois) catalogue #38, [1927].
  • Seniority lists, 1938–1968.

Roll 2 (MF Roll # 36312):

  • Tariffs, 1956–1972.
  • Schedule of rates of pay; contract agreements, 1919–1938.
  • Rules and regulations of the Department of Transportation, 1924.
  • Specifications, engine #178, n.d.
  • Alteration reports, 1924–1928.
  • Construction project improvements, n.d.
  • Columbus and Greenville Railway histories, n.d.
  • Company surgeons list, 1940.
  • Circular letter #86, 1938.
  • Correspondence, 1974.
  • Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Company merger agreement draft, n.d.
  • List of rolling stock owned and operated by the former Columbus and Greenville Railway Company, September 29, 1972.