CNW C1306 - Motorcar

IC F9049 - Motorcar

This car has a Fairmont RO-D engine. The car is equipped with a two speed rear end. It was originally used by the Illinois Central Railroad in the Brookhaven, Mississippi area.

IC F9156 - Motorcar

ICG F8287 - Motorcar

ORIGINAL OWNER: Illinois Central Gulf Railroad

ICG F8478 - Motorcar

ICG F8919 - Motorcar

ICG F8951 - Motorcar

The car has a Fairmont RO-C engine. This car was originally used in the Brookhaven, Mississippi area.

KSRY 503 - Locomotive

This engine was purchased January 21, 2000 and arrived at the railroad April 11, 2000. The engine was originally purchased by the United States government and numbered as USA Gulf Ordinance #503 for use at is Prairie, MS facility. It was renumbered to US Army #7327. It was later used by Conoco Oil Company. It also had markings from the U. S. Air Force. All the above are believed to have used the engine at the Prairie facility. The engine became the property of the City of Aberdeen, Mississippi when the city obtained the military base for use as an industrial park. The engine was delivered to the U S government as one of two engines. The sister engine (USA Gulf Ordinance #502, U S Army #7326) is known to have been in Ogden, Utah in March 1971 before being sold in 1973 to Cameron Iron Works in the Houston, Texas where it is still believed to be. While the engine had GM&O painted on one side when we acquired it, the locomotive was not owned by the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad. A railfan who lived near the engine while it was in Prairie painted the GM&O on the engine.

KSRY 3023 - Locomotive

This locomotive was purchased by KSRY on January 16, 2002. The locomotive originally belonged to the Delaware and Hudson Railroad and was numbered as their 3023. It is believed to have been used by Penn Central after their absorption of the D&H. It was purchased by Relco in March 1969 and renumbered to RE1008. It was used by Chevron in Baton Rouge, LA from 1971 to 1980. It was then sent to Minooka for a rebuild. According to the records, it was then renumbered to RE808. However for some reason the RE1008 number remained stenciled on the locomotive. After the rebuild it was sent to Bunge in Vicksburg, MS and was used there until 1998. The engine never left Vicksburg to go to the KSRY.

KSRY F4 - Motorcar

ORIGINAL OWNER: Illinois Central Railroad

KSRY F8526 - Motorcar

ORIGINAL OWNER: Illinois Central Railroad

KSRY F9176 - Motorcar

This car was used by the Illinois Central Railroad between Jackson and Hattiesburg, Mississippi on the Gulf and Ship Island branch (Beaumont District). It was used by a bridge repair crew. The car was sold by Illinois Central around 1995.

KSRY R508 - Rail Rod

Kosciusko & Southwestern Railway R508 was formerly owned by the Illinois Central Railroad. The original motor had been removed prior to the K&SW obtaining the car. Rail Rods may be disassembled when not in use. They are normally used for short distances by inspectors or signal maintainers. These workmen would drive by truck to a nearby road crossing, assemble the Rail Rod, and travel down the railroad to a location inaccessible by truck to do minor work. A Rail Rod may carry two persons on seating similar to a bicycle. The Rail Rod is manufactured by Taber's Welding Company of Perry, Oklahoma. They weigh a little over 100 pounds. With the original engine and gearing they are capable of a top speed of 12 Miles Per Hour The operators right foot rest also operates a brake shoe on the left rear wheel.

KSRY X202 - Locomotive

This small diesel locomotive arrived on the railroad December 29, 1999. It is equipped with both standard knuckle couplers and link & pin couplers. The engine is used for maintenance of way purposes. The engine was received from a private owner in Semmes, Alabama where it was used to pull two passenger cars created out of motorcar frames as an amusement ride. The engine was originally Jefferson Lake Sulphur #6 in Starks, Louisiana. The primary purpose of the engine on the railroad is motive power for the mower, as a power source for pneumatic tools for the maintenance of the railroad and is used to move pushcars of tools or equipment that is too heavy for motorcars to move.

KSRY T1 - Hi-Rail Truck

KSRY T2 - Hi-rail Truck

KSRY X993 - Fairmont Derrick

KSRY X994 - Push Car

MAKE: Fairmont

KSRY X995 - Push Car

MAKE: Fairmont

KSRY X996 - Push Car

KSRY X997 - Push Car

KSRY X998 - Push Car

MAKE: Fairmont

KSRY X999 - Push Car

MAKE: Believed to be Fairmont

MKT 73 - Caboose

This car originally belonged to the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad. The car later became the property of Union Pacific Railroad prior to being purchased and moved to the Kosciusko & Southwestern Railway. The car is of a style normally called a transfer caboose. The porch on one end has two bench seats. The interior has another bench seat that has been converted to a tool box. The heater was removed prior to Union Pacific selling the car. This car is believed to have been built from a boxcar that bore the reporting marks MKT 41100 and MKT 2613 as these marks are on the underframe of the car.

MP 13843 - Caboose

This car originally belonged to the Missouri Pacific Railroad and was built by Missouri Pacific in their DeSoto, Missouri shops. The cars were outfitted in the MP caboose shops in Sedalia, Missouri. The cars served in mainline service on the MP. The car later became the property of Union Pacific Railroad prior to being purchased and moved to the Kosciusko & Southwestern Railway. The car is equipped with a diesel/kerosene fired heater, toilet, sink, storage cabinet, tables and chairs, and a 12 volt electrical system for interior and exterior lighting.

MP C2344 - Motorcar

This car has a Fairmont RO-C engine. The car was originally used in the Shreveport, Louisiana area and was sold by the Missouri Pacific to a private owner in 1973. The car is currently owned by Mississippi Rail Group, Inc.

MRCX 79437 - Caboose

This car originally belonged to the Canadian National Railway. It arrived on the Kosciusko & Southwestern on December 5, 2001.