Columbus and Greenville Railway

Information of doodlebugs (self propelled passenger cars) owned by the Columbus & Greenville.

DOODLEBUGS
Car
Numbers		Brill NumberBrill ModelYear BuiltNOTES
M-7522323751925Built as a demonstrator and used near St. Louis. Purchased 11-30-1925 with trailer for $40,823. Retired 1-1-1930 and sold to Louisiana & Northwest Railroad in April 1931 for $9,000 and renumbered to  M-300. Retired in 1948 and sold to Herbert Ford. Donated to City of Homer, LA in 1960. Sometime between 1976 & 1982 sold to Tom Cocker who still owned it in 2009. In 2016 moved to Covington, LA to become part of a local restaurant. 
M-7622594350 Purchased 12-13-1928 for $25,658. Motor removed and used as express car in 1948. Retired and sold to Columbus Scrap Material for $946.72 on 3-1-1962.
M-77226943501928Purchased 12-13-1928 for $25,658. Authorized to be converted to tool car T-109 on 10-20-1948 but work was not done and car retired on 7-30-1951. Parts used to keep M-76 in service. Car body sold to Arthur Marshall on 2-7-1952 for $101.00. In 1981 it still existed as the office for the Bluecutt Riding Club. No longer at the riding club and believed scrapped.
T-7522324  Trailer for M-75. Sold to Cummins Diesel Engine Corp of New York for $1,500 and shipped to Guantanamo & Western Railroad in Cuba on 6-3-1937.
T-86
B-50		22695 1928Trailer for M-76. Cost $21,185.00. Converted to MOW Boarding car B-50 on 10-20-1948. Scrapped about 1972.
T-87
B-51		22695  Trailer for M-77. Cost $21,185.00. Converted to MOW Boarding car B-51 on 10-20-1948. Scrapped about 1972.

Information on cabooses owned by the Columbus & Greenville.

CABOOSES
Car
Numbers		Former
Numbers		NOTES
51IC 9809Assigned to train #51. Detrucked and used as West Point Depot. Sold to an individual In the Jackson area. Believed to have been scrapped after the man died.
51SLSF 1732
BN 11706		On ramp track at Columbus, MS. Repainted into G&W colors in 2008.
52IC 9822Assigned to train #52. Detrucked and used as Signal Maintainers office beside Columbus depot. Scrapped 2013
52SLSF 1754
BN 11709		Scrapped in 2009.
500SOU X-482On Display at Winona, MS depot.
501SOU X-851Wrecked 9-27-1923. Repaired and renumbered to 513
502SOU X-885 
503SOU X-893On display in Propst Park in Columbus, MS
504SOU X-927 
505SOU X-929 
506SOU X-1323On display northwest of town square in Kosciusko, MS
507SOU X-1330 
508SOU X-1350At private business in Greenwood, MS
509SOU X-1353 
510SOU X-1361Sold to David W Stout
511SOU X-1853 
512SOU X-2025 
513501Wrecked at Tomnolen 4-17-1949
X-92
514		M&O X-92Purchased from M&O on October 1, 1923. Marked as C&G X-92 in 1925. Wrecked at Kilmichael 10-29-1938
X-93
515		M&O X-93Purchased from M&O on October 1, 1923. Marked as C&G X-93 in 1925. Retired 4-24-1942
516IC ?Side door caboose. Acquired in 1970. Disposition after the 1972 merger with ICG is unknown.
517IC ?Side door caboose. Acquired in 1970. Disposition after the 1972 merger with ICG is unknown.
518IC ?Side door caboose. Acquired in 1970. Disposition after the 1972 merger with ICG is unknown.
519IC ?Side door caboose. Acquired in 1970. Disposition after the 1972 merger with ICG is unknown.
520IC ?Side door caboose. Acquired in 1970. Disposition after the 1972 merger with ICG is unknown.
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