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North Mississippi & Alabama Railroad, Tishomingo, MS (2026)

05/30/2026

We acquired this Caboose from the defunct MS Shortline , Kosciusko and Southwestern Railroad back in 2014. It was stored near the old depot site in Kosciusko, MS.

We had Ricky Simmons Wrecker Service out of Meridian, MS load it up onto our friends at Movin Iron out of Red Bay, AL to haul it to our Fulton, MS yard. It was offloaded by the Ports crane and set straight onto the rails.

This Missouri Pacific Transfer caboose was a very solid unit. We did some exterior repairs and paint. Give the inside a good cleaning. Inside needed almost nothing but a good scrub down and touch up work. Updated brake system.
It still had the original kerosene stove/heater in it. And we were able to save/restore the original MOPAC side decals !

We sold the unit in mid 2017
It left our yard here in Mississippi and was handed off to the BNSF to travel all the way to Portland Oregon on its own wheels !
The new owner was happy last we spoke to them.

Cool little caboose.
Enjoy its journey into us, rehab. work and etc. the photos
If anyone has any updates on it, please comment!

Thanks

05/28/2026

Time for another cool story for our :

“THROWBACK THURSDAY”

POLLARD MILL

A well hidden and forgotten area of Tishomingo County !

A landmark so hidden that even the Railroad workers throughout the years did not know it was here !

Pollard Mill was a small community located in an area between Tishomingo, MS and Paden, MS, just to the west of the Railroad. There was a large sawmill operation located there for many years. The mill employed numerous local workers. Pollard Mill had a nice water source called Pollard Mill Branch, but was much more like a small creek, that flowed into the local river at that time, (now the waterway)

There was even a small Civil War fight that took place there. Some Union soldiers lost their lives just outside the area where the sawmill was located.
The soldiers were all buried there with marked graves. But with the construction of the Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway, the US Corp.of Engineers had to relocate the graves to cemeteries chosen by the soldiers families. But some area locals still remember the exact location of the graves.

Pollard Miil branch traverses under our railroad at the bottom of an enormous fill area, through a large concrete box culvert that was constructed in the early 1900’s.
There is approximately 60-70 feet of earth on top of this culvert, before reaching the tracks.

Now, just north about 200ft. to that large culvert is another massive concrete tunnel that is approximately 50-60 yards long. Constructed in the same time period.
This was for a long gone, historic County Road that went to the Pollard Mill community. It came off of what is now modern day MS Hwy. 30 and connected to modern day County Road 961 (aka Crows Neck Road).

Through the years it has been called a few different names. Some locals and maps have referred to it as Panther Creek tunnel, due to the larger Panther Creek being located just to north of tunnel. Others have called it the 4 wheeler tunnel, due to fact that for years folks on atv’s could still traverse the old closed down county road.

We are going to to stick with the name that is best suited for it: Pollard Mill Tunnel . That was the main purpose of it’s construction. There has been thousands of loads of logs, and finished milled lumber move through it over the last century !

This tunnel is ONLY excess-able by rail, all land that was formerly the county road is now private property (with no trespassing signs with fences and gates.

We will be visiting this historic local marvel with our future rail tour guests, It will make for a great photo shoot and “selfie station” !

And who said that there wasn’t a tunnel on our Railroad ? Lol

Thank you.

05/28/2026

We recently added this very cool piece to our vintage railroad equipment collection.

This is a 2TM Trackmobile railcar mover.
This is the very first production model railcar mover produced. This unit actually has a very low serial number, so it rolled out of the factory the first year of production.
The unit was a 2 owner machine, still sporting the original paint ! This came with a Willys Jeep 4 cylinder flathead engine around 60hp.
Same as the small army Jeep’s had. Of course it needs some odds and ends, but it runs and works ! We have owned hundreds of rail movers throughout the years. This is the oldest and smallest one of them all !
Just a cool little rare critter, that’s solid, and worth giving a little love and care. It has found it a safe home here !

We will have this cleaned up and on display for our visitors to see one day, provide demo’s of it in action, and even possibly let them operate on special events !

05/22/2026

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05/14/2026

Time for another story for our …………….

“THROWBACK THURSDAY”

Railroad Motorcar/Speeders :

Back around 2013 I was contacted by a Red Bay, AL area native, the late Dennis Childers.
Dennis had retired years earlier from the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad. He was a family friend, and a Red Bay local. My Dad and Dennis were childhood friends and their friendship continued that way through their adulthood.
Dennis asked me to come by his place sometime when I had some free time, to look at some old junk he collected from the RR throughout his long time career. Items he told me that I needed now.
After digging through lots and lots of items and hours of good conversations on railroading, we moved around enough junk to unveil this old speeder. Wow ! These were a staple item for many many years on the railroad, that are now long gone for daily use.

He informed me that this one was used by his track and bridge crew for many years and was always stored and used in the IC yard in Red Bay. Several other locals who worked on the RR used it as well. And he named them all ! He told me the year they brought it to them, and when they got their first hi rail truck to replace it. Also how to work on it, repair, service and etc. He shared that through the years there had been numerous people approach him about purchasing it. But he wanted it to go into the right hands. I felt so honored that he thought of me.
So many good stories of Red Bay, the ICRR and just good RR knowledge came from him that day. A day I will never forget, and I throughly enjoyed. We were there 10-12 hours !
I purchased countless railroad related items from him that day from his vast collection.
But left there with lots of things money can’t buy. Stories of railroads and the countless shenanigans he and my dad got into as teens and young adults. All of which is worth way more than any material things.
We lost Dennis just a few years ago. But his railroad legacy can live on through others, and of course this awesome little speeder.

Dennis had an uncle who also retired from ICRR with over 30 years as an engineer. He was a special friend of mine, treated me like a grandson and supported me in my early years in the industry. Just wait until we post about stories from ole P*e Wee ! He was a hoot.

So, after we meticulously restored the motorcar to mechanical and museum cosmetic quality, (of course we had to test ride it)
I knew it had to stay in Red Bay, since that had always been its home terminal, and to honor a local railroader, and it was just such a cool find !

As of late 2020 the car now sets on a short section of track, in a very special place inside the amazing Red Bay Museum. I will never forget all the fun we had getting the track and the motorcar into the museum for display ! Talk about a tight fit, lots of creative thinking went into this.
If you have not visited it yet, it is a must. Especially for our locals. There is an entire section dedicated to the railroad inside.

Thanks to the wonderful staff at the museum for the excepting of this awesome piece from our private and personal collection and into theirs.
And for helping to preserve a piece of Railroad and Red Bay history !

We know for a fact this is where ole Dennis would have wanted it to be !

Thank you.

05/11/2026

Weekend views !
Digging out all splinters and toothpicks !
That is all that’s left of these 50-60 year ties.

But all part of the progress !

05/10/2026

And since we are on the topic of RR backhoes, and we recently brought this one in to the shop for service work and a bath!
(Im sure this will steer up controversy) lol

2007
4x4
Extend boom
4-stick controls
Ballast package
Foam filled front tires
Shop built front railgear

I call this one our “HALF HOE”

* When new - was close to 1/2 price
* Always about - 1/2 the power
* Always about - 1/2 the resale value
* Uses - 1/2 or more in fuel and oil
* About - 1/2 or more problems
* About - 1/2 or more noisy
* About 1/2 the comfort
* Only put in about 1/2 as many ties in its life
* Can only install about 1/2 as many per day

And only has about 1/2 the hours as the ole Cat !

My opinion- It’s a get by, not a terrible machine for the money or for lighter duty or occasional farm work. BUT you get what you pay for !

05/09/2026

This ole girl has sure been earning her keep around here lately! She has came out of retirement to help rehab our line.

1997 Cat 416C IT with 8k hours.
4x4 ,extend boom, ballast package, parallel lift front loader. Shop built rail gear.
Original engine and transmission, and still don’t use a drop of engine oil ! We have owned it for many many years. It has probably put in a couple trillion ties throughout her life.

She may give it up tomorrow, but we can’t complain !

They don’t make them like this anymore.

04/30/2026

A VERY interesting :
THROWBACK THURSDAY!

Holcut, MS

(Note: Some of our first followers may remember, we posted a story with some similarities to this about a 1 1/2 years ago, with lots of comments and messages!
A Little lengthy, but well worth the read.)

Holcut was a former town that was located on our railroad prior to around 1978-79 that was totally destroyed.
Holcut had a sizable population, stores and businesses, along with a railroad yard that contained tool houses, cotton loading platforms, and nice RR depot that even contained the American Express Co.
You could catch the train to anywhere, or ride the local “doodlebug” .
A busy little town and railway station back in the day for sure. But that all changed.

Unfortunately, with the construction of the “Divide Cut Section “ of the Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway, (deepest cut of the project) the towns future was taken.

The TTWW was to date, by far the largest earth moving project in US history, moving 310 million cubic yards of earth, more dirt than the Panama Canal at 210 million cubic yards). Lots of interesting information online regarding the waterway!

The US Army Corp. of Engineers made the decision to route this portion of the the new waterway directly through the town of Holcut. It was the only town that was taken through the entire waterway project.

With this decision, came another major task of relocating the bustling class 1 -
IC Railroad.
The Corps (working with IC) built a new section of railroad that began at the station a few miles south of Holcut,
Paden, MS (a section town) that traveled north/northwest approximately 9 miles to the Holts Spur community, where it tied back into the original early 1900’s ICRR mainline.
And according to the ICG records, Train traffic actually never stopped ! This was a major defeat.

This 9+ mile section of track now runs through a massive 15,300 acre wildlife area know as the Divide Section Wildlife Management Area , with beautiful scenery and tons of wildlife ! A very peaceful and quiet area.
The area contains the massive 128ft. Tall and almost a 1/4 mile long waterway bridge, (as seen on our profile pic). The sizable Yellow creek bridge, contains 3 lakes that were dug for use of materials to build road bed for the new rail line. As well as a few smaller streams.

This 9 mile area is some of the most remote area you will find in Northeast Mississippi, traversing mainly through Tishomingo County and a small section of Prentiss County, MS.

* There is NO public or private at grade crossings the entire 9+ miles ! Which is extremely rare in today’s world.

Some of the old original railroad bed that traveled towards Holcut can still be seen in a few certain areas. That is all that is left of that time in history.

There is a Holcut memorial site and overlook located on the east side of the waterway that is maintained by the Corp of Engineers that the public can visit. It is a dedicated site in honor of the many people who lost there businesses, homes, land and lifestyle in sacrifice to such a massive Government project.
Also, on the west side of waterway is a small Museum/community center in the Lebanon community, which is appointment only visitors from what we have been told. We hope to work with them in the future on letting our guest visit there.
There will be more detailed information given about this project while on our future rail tours.

Hope y’all enjoyed the story !

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