CPKC line question

[CMStPnP]

So I have the new CPKC map and posted it on the wall of my Den.   I have a question on what exactly is the line North from Meridian, MS to Counce, TN?    It has a trackage rights spur off of it to Birmingham, AL as well.    Is this a former Illinois Central line that KCS bought?    Does it carry a lot of traffic?    Is the line in reasonably good shape?

[D.Carleton]

Former GM&O. Here is an excellent overview/something to veg-out on during a rainy day: https://youtu.be/04juyF9wlU4?si=hoYb6TtCz-P_8-y3

 

[samfp1943]

The CPKC iun including the Meridian, Mississippi area was a product of a merger in 1994 [ started in January]  with the Mid South Rail Corp.  From Shreveport,La. to Tuscaloosa, Al.  [And with trackage rights on the NS], to terminal in Birmingham,Al.   There is a iouth to North branch line that ran from approximately the Meridian area to Counce,Tenn. where it served a major paper mill. 

This line, in part, was formed as the Corinth and Counce RR; made up mostly, originally, of ICRR/ICGRR properties and conbsolidated with the 1994 merger of MSRC/KCSRR.

Found the following linked story @  https://www.detailedpedia.com/wiki-MidSouth_Rail_Corporation

 

 

[CMStPnP]

D.Carleton

Former GM&O. Here is an excellent overview/something to veg-out on during a rainy day: https://youtu.be/04juyF9wlU4?si=hoYb6TtCz-P_8-y3

Thanks for the video.   Rather a wierd collection of slow speed and higher speed lines.   The image I had in my head was they would all be similar.    Artesia, and the activity there was the biggest surprise of the video.    I pictured that as not much more than a sleepy rail junction.

[D.Carleton]

Lots of little industrial oases scattered about the Deep South. The marketing kids from Calgary seem to have picked up on this as they are beating the southern bushes for every carload of business they can find with emphasis on tying that business to Mexico. Odd that didn't happen before the merger but such are the mysteries on the railroad. It would make for an interesting write up in the Magazine of Railroading.