Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad

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

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]

Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad

Overview
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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Legend
Distance Station 0 km 0 mi Memphis 3.9 km 2.4 mi Whitehaven Tennessee Mississippi 5.9 km 3.7 mi Southaven 7.9 km 4.9 mi Horn Lake 10.4 km 6.5 mi Aldens 13.7 km 8.5 mi Nesbit 18.1 km 11.2 mi Hernando 23.4 km 14.5 mi Love 26.8 km 16.7 mi Coldwater (original location) 32.7 km 20.3 mi Senatobia 36.8 km 22.9 mi McGehee 40.1 km 24.9 mi Como 45.6 km 28.3 mi Sardis 50.3 km 31.3 mi Tallahatchie 54.8 km 34.1 mi Batesville 60.5 km 37.6 mi Courtland 62.3 km 38.7 mi Pope 69.4 km 43.1 mi Enid 74.3 km 46.2 mi Oakland 79.6 km 49.5 mi Tillatoba 83.1 km 51.6 mi Scobey 87.7 km 54.5 mi Hardy 95 km 59 mi Grenada (station)

History

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

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