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The Alabama & Gulf Coast Railway ( reporting mark AGR) is a Class II railroad [1] owned by Genesee & Wyoming. It operates 339 miles (546 km) of track [2] from the Pensacola, Florida export terminals, west of downtown, north to Columbus, Mississippi, with trackage rights along BNSF Railway to Amory, Mississippi.
1⁄2 in ( 1,435 mm) standard gauge. The Gulf Coast Lines was the name of a railroad system comprising three principal railroads, as well as some smaller ones, that stretched from New Orleans, Louisiana, via Baton Rouge and Houston to Brownsville, Texas. Originally chartered as subsidiaries of the Frisco Railroad, the system became independent ...
If you go: Gulfport Harbor Lights Winter Festival. 2269 Jones Park Drive. Nov. 24-Dec. 31 except Christmas Eve. 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. General admission $15 - $20. $5 for children ages 5-12, free ...
Before Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, Mississippi was the second-largest gambling state in the Union, after Nevada and ahead of New Jersey. [ citation needed ] In August 2005, an estimated $500,000 per day in tax revenue, equivalent to $780,031 in 2023, was lost following Hurricane Katrina's severe damage to several coastal casinos in ...
Mississippi Aquarium is a nonprofit public aquarium located in Gulfport, Mississippi; it opened August 29, 2020. The 5.8-acre (2.3 ha) complex incorporates both indoor and outdoor habitats with more than 200 species of animals and 50 species of native plants. Construction costs were paid through federal, state, local, and private consortiums.
Rapiscan Systems Classic. The Rapiscan Systems Classic is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour Champions in southern Mississippi. It debuted fourteen years ago in 2010 at Fallen Oak Golf Club in Saucier, north of Biloxi. The tournament is sponsored by Rapiscan Systems . The purse in 2019 was $ 1.6 million, with a winner's share of $240,000.
Hurricane Katrina was a devastating and deadly Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that caused 1,836 fatalities and damages estimated between $97.4 billion to $145.5 billion in late August 2005, particularly in the city of New Orleans and its surrounding area. [1] At the time, it was the costliest tropical cyclone on record, later tied by Hurricane ...
The Mississippi–Alabama barrier islands are a chain of barrier islands in the Gulf of Mexico along the coasts of Mississippi and Alabama enclosing the Mississippi Sound.The major islands are Cat Island, Ship Island, Horn Island, Petit Bois Island, and Dauphin Island; in the early 20th century the chain also included the Isle of Caprice, which has since been submerged.