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Sam Wilhite
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A unique museum placed in the small town of West Point, Mississippi, treasuring the old love for transportation.
Sam Wilhite Transportation Museum
ccupying the former Illinois Central depot in downtown West Point, Mississippi, the Sam Wilhite Transportation Museum features railroad artifacts, historical displays, and a working model railroad. The museum is based on the collection of West Point native Sam Y. Wilhite, former President and Chairman of the Columbus & Greenville Railway. Wilhite was instrumental in bringing the C&G back to local ownership in 1975 after its failed absorption into the Illinois Central Gulf; he guided the shortline through its rebuilding and growth in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Chief among the museum's artifacts is the 1927 Model T Ford used by the Delta Route as an inspection vehicle. The automobile was donated to the Smithsonian Institute's Museum of American History by Wilhite, but is now back on loan from the Institute.
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Sam Y. Wilhite
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1988 Official Guide ad / collection
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Columbus & Greenville Board of Directors / collection
Columbus, Ms / Oct 1977 / collection
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Greenwood, Ms / Feb 1982 / collection
Columbus, Ms / Jun 1987 / David Hurt
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aboard Bob Gray's scale-riding live steamer / Louis Saillard
1979 personal correspondence / collection
1982 holiday correspondence / collection
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West Point, Ms / Apr 1994 / collection
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See also our complete Columbus & Greenville Railway scrapbook in Shortlines
Museum
1940 Official Guide ad / collection
West Point, Ms / Aug 1972 / Fred Goff 
West Point, Ms / Jun 2020 / RWH
West Point, Ms / Jun 2020 / RWH
Jun 2020 / RWH
Jun 2020 / RWH
Jun 2020 / RWH
West Point, Ms / Jun 2020 / RWH
Jun 2020 / RWH
West Point, Ms / Jun 2020 / RWH
West Point, Ms / Jun 2020 / RWH
Links / Sources
- West Point Growth Alliance website
