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    The Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad (Y&MV) was incorporated in 1882 and was part of the Illinois Central Railroad system (IC). Construction began...
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  • Thumbnail for Rosedale, Mississippi
    Located in an agricultural area, the city had a stop on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad, which carried many migrants north out of the area in the...
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    Hernando Money, a United States Senator from Mississippi. Money was a stop on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad. This rural area was developed for cotton...
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    Louisiana. It was built for the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad which got absorbed by the Illinois Central Railroad. The station was a stop on the...
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    former railroad depot in 1999. The circa 1918 brick building served as the passenger rail depot of the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad and later...
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  • 1905 a line of the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad, affectionately called the "Yellow Dog," was laid from Silver City, Mississippi to Holly Bluff....
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    333, an 0-6-0 switcher, and several passenger cars are on display just outside the historic Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company Depot in Baton...
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    New Orleans and Texas Railway and the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad. Most of the early residents were employed by the railroads or worked in...
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    4 km) north of Shelby. Hushpuckena is located on the former Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad. Hushpuckena was named after the Hushpuckena River. Hushpuckena...
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    Dockery Plantation (category Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad)
    but was opened up for development by a new branch of the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad, known as the Yellow Dog. Around 1900, Dockery had a rail...
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  • owned the land where the railroad depot was located. It is located on the former Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad and in 1910 was home to two general...
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    New Orleans Union Station (category Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad)
    Pacific Railroad and its Sunset Limited. The Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad, an IC subsidiary, used the station for trains from Mississippi. Missouri...
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    formerly the Vicksburg Evening Post. The Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad and then the Illinois Central Railroad for several decades had passenger service...
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    and remains open. Stoneville was incorporated in 1882, though it is no longer incorporated. Stoneville was a stop on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley...
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    while the Yellow Dog travelled north-south, and later became the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad. The level junction (diamond) is still preserved...
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    community in Carroll County, Mississippi, United States. Avalon is located on the former Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad and was at one time home to...
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  • Valley Railway Wisconsin Central Railroad Wisconsin Central Railway Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad "Class I railroads". Trains. February 21, 2023....
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    Mississippi, United States. It is a stop on Amtrak's City of New Orleans line. The red brick depot was built around 1917 by the Yazoo and Mississippi...
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  • County, Mississippi, United States. Hamburg is located on the former Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad. The community was incorporated in 1886 and unincorporated...
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  • water tank stop on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad. Kalem was noted for its corn, cotton, peanuts, sugarcane, potatoes, and other vegetables. Today...
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    and Quitman counties in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The population was 885 at the 2010 census. Crenshaw was located on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley...
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    the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad which ran west from Dockery Plantation to Boyle. A common theme of blues songs was riding on the railroad, which...
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    Memphis Central Station (category Former Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad stations)
    (station tracks 1-5), and five through tracks (station tracks 6-10). The station was also used by Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad, St. Louis-San Francisco...
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  • Luxapalila Valley Railroad (LXVR) M&B Railroad (MNBR) Meridian Southern Railway (MDS) Mississippi Central Railroad (MSCI) Mississippi Delta Railroad (MSDR)...
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    became a stop on the newly constructed Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad. The railroad depot is now a museum and is listed on the National Register of...
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  • Formerly Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad (1926–1946) Formerly Illinois Central Railroad (1926–1972) Formerly Illinois Central Gulf Railroad (1972–1986)...
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    I Wonder Where My Easy Rider's Gone (category Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad)
    Orchestra with the Olswanger Beat (1964). See See Rider Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad List of train songs Wintz, Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance...
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    legislature and served for eight years. He encouraged the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad to come to the area by giving the railroad company, without...
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    The Mississippi Delta, also known as the YazooMississippi Delta, or simply the Delta, is the distinctive northwest section of the U.S. state of Mississippi...
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    town was incorporated in 1880. Utica was located on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad. A weekly newspaper, the Herald, was established in 1897...
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