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Railroad pictures from Tuscaloosa, Alabama and beyond
Columbus and Greenville Railway
Columbus and Greenville Railway is a shortline that runs east to west across the entirety of Mississippi. This is their HQ (or at least their Columbus HQ). Pictured are the CAGY's first locomotive (now retired), their shops, and to the far right, their main line. Their yard is both behind the shops and behind the photographer.
A C&GR locomotive. This used to be an E-7, but was rebuilt to it's current look, now classified as (I think) and FP-7 (or something like that...).
It was apparent after driving arround the C&G yards that they had, have, and have had, more paint schemes than I've ever seen one railroad with (-dk). I keep changing what I call the Columbus and Greenville--C&G, C&GR, CAGY--well, deal with it. Actually, CAGY are their reporting marks, so if you ever see freight cars with those marks, you know who that freigh belongs to.
I think the Golden Triangle RR is arround Columbus somewhere... but I've never found it (nor looked). If you've got info on C&G or Golden Triangle, we need it, so please send it.
Another locomotive. There were four, roughly the same type (but each slightly different) and painted in this yellow and green scheme all strung together. If I scan those photos, you know where to look to see em...
A C&G maintainance car of some type. Perhaps a weed sprayer? Interesting none-the-less.
Yes, C&G even has a good deal (hell, a lot) of passanger equipment. Some of it in excellent condition, some very poor. Why do they have all this stuff? They are storing it for the Memphis chapter of the NRHS.
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I believe this train is parked on the C&G main line. The red brick building in the background is the C&G roundhouse and shop building.
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This is one of C&G's two business cars, King Cotton. I took a photo of the other, but it was a poor shot...
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Here is a C&G side dump car. I assume it's used for MoW. The passenger car in the background belongs to the Memphis chapter NRHS. They store many cars on C&G property.
That's all the C&G stuff for now...
For more information on the CAGY Corp's family of railroads, check out Derrick Davis's great pages. Derrick is an Engineer for CAGY and their corporate webmaster. www.trainweb.org/lxvrengr/ and www.geocities.com/lxvrengr/ (different sites). Also check out www.cagy.com--the official corporate web site.
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