Columbus and Greenville Railway was formed by the sale of the
Southern Railway operated Southern Railway in Mississippi, to local interests. In January 1952, the CAGY retired its last steam locomotive,
Baldwin
Baldwin may refer to:
People
* Baldwin (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the surname
Places Canada
* Baldwin, York Regional Municipality, Ontario
* Baldwin, Ontario, in Sudbury District
* Baldwin's Mills, ...
4-6-0
A 4-6-0 steam locomotive, under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, has four leading wheels on two axles in a leading bogie and six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles with the abs ...
Ten-Wheeler #304 built in 1904. It continued independent operations until 1972 when it was bought by the
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
The Illinois Central Railroad , sometimes called the Main Line of Mid-America, is a railroad in the Central United States. Its primary routes connected Chicago, Illinois, with New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mobile, Alabama, and thus, ...
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Preservation
Several pieces of CAGY equipment have been preserved and put on display:
* Baldwin locomotive #601 is on display in front of the Columbus & Greenville shops in
Columbus, MS.
* Baldwin locomotive #606 "City of Moorhead" is on display at the
Illinois Railway Museum
The Illinois Railway Museum (IRM, reporting mark IRMX) is the largest railroad museum in the United States. It is located in the Chicago metropolitan area at 7000 Olson Road in Union, Illinois, northwest of downtown Chicago.
Overview
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* Caboose #500 is on display in
Winona, MS next to the train depot downtown.
* Caboose #503 is on display in Propst Park in
Columbus, MS along with some C&G passenger coaches and a GM&O steam locomotive.
* Caboose #506 is in downtown
Kosciusko, MS.
* Caboose #508 is in front of a doctor's office in
Greenwood, MS.
References
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