Mississippi Central Railroad may refer to:
- Mississippi Central Railroad (present), a line from Oxford, Mississippi to Grand Junction, Tennessee owned by Pioneer Railcorp
- Mississippi Central Railroad (1904-1967), a line purchased by the Illinois Central Railroad in 1967
- Mississippi Central Railroad (1852-1874), an earlier Illinois Central predecessor
Famous quotes containing the words mississippi, central and/or railroad:
“Mississippi: I told you I was no good with a gun.
Bull: The trouble is Doc, Cole was in front of the gun. The safe place is behind Mississippi when he shoots that thing.”
—Leigh Brackett (1915–1978)
“Parental attitudes have greater correlation with pupil achievement than material home circumstances or variations in school and classroom organization, instructional materials, and particular teaching practices.”
—Children and Their Primary Schools, vol. 1, ch. 3, Central Advisory Council for Education, London (1967)
“Though the railroad and the telegraph have been established on the shores of Maine, the Indian still looks out from her interior mountains over all these to the sea.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)