Vicksburg Southern Railroad

Vicksburg Southern Railroad
Reporting mark VSOR
Locale Western Mississippi
Dates of operation 2006–
Track gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) (standard gauge)
Headquarters Vicksburg, Mississippi

The Vicksburg Southern Railroad (reporting mark VSOR) is a shortline railroad in and near Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States, owned by Watco. It connects with the Kansas City Southern Railway's Meridian Speedway in Vicksburg, and stretches north to Redwood and south to Cedars. The line was once part of a main line between Memphis and New Orleans, completed by the Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway, a predecessor of the Illinois Central Railroad, in about 1884. The Illinois Central Gulf Railroad sold the remaining portions near Vicksburg, along with the present Meridian Speedway, to the MidSouth Rail Corporation in 1986, and in 1993 the Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS) gained control of MidSouth, subsequently absorbing it.[1] The newly-created Vicksburg Southern leased the lines from KCS in January 2006.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ STB Docket No. AB-103 (Sub-No. 21X), October 23, 2007
  2. ^ STB Finance Docket No. 34765, January 13, 2006
  3. ^ Vicksburg Southern Railroad, accessed August 2011

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See also: List of United States railroads by political division