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11/17/2024
 
 
 
 
 
By:Joe Marascalco
Dates:6/1/1956 - 5/18/2013
Album Info:Covers the former Illinois Central trackage between Aberdeen JCT, MS and Aberdeen, MS. The Illinois Central Gulf abandoned between Kosciusko and Ackerman in 1981. Today, the Kansas City Southern has the track from Ackerman to Aberdeen, but the portion from Ackerman to West Point is currently not used. The Mississippi Department of Transportation owns the track from Aberdeen JCT to Kosciusko and is part of Iowa Pacific's Grenada Railway. This portion of track is also not currently used.
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Crossing the GM&O
Title:  Crossing the GM&O
Description:  Westbound Train (timetable south) is crossing the GM&O diamond. From the collection of Fred Goff.
Photo Date:  6/1/1956  Upload Date: 7/2/2009 9:11:08 AM
Location:  Ackerman, MS
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Locomotives:  IC 907(2-8-0)
Views:  1539   Comments: 2
Derailment
Title:  Derailment
Description:  Derailment at a bridge somehwere near Ethel. Date is approximate. From the collection of Fred Goff.
Photo Date:  7/1/1973  Upload Date: 7/2/2009 9:12:07 AM
Location:  Ethel, MS
Author:  Shorty Williams
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Locomotives:  GMO 618(GP35)
Views:  826   Comments: 0
derailment
Title:  derailment
Description:  Train in the ditch somewhere near Ethel. Date is approximate. From the collection of Fred Goff.
Photo Date:  7/1/1973  Upload Date: 7/2/2009 9:13:11 AM
Location:  Ethel, MS
Author:  Shorty Williams
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Locomotives:  GMO 500(GP30)
Views:  1497   Comments: 0
picking one up
Title:  picking one up
Description:  GMO 618 being lifted back onto the track somewhere near Ethel. Date is approximate. From the collection of Fred Goff.
Photo Date:  7/1/1973  Upload Date: 7/2/2009 9:13:38 AM
Location:  Ethel, MS
Author:  Shorty Williams
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Locomotives:  GMO 618(GP35)
Views:  546   Comments: 0
derailment
Title:  derailment
Description:  Derailment somewhere near Ethel. Date is approximate. From the collection of Fred Goff.
Photo Date:  7/1/1973  Upload Date: 7/2/2009 9:14:03 AM
Location:  Ethel, MS
Author:  Shorty Williams
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Views:  275   Comments: 0
derailment
Title:  derailment
Description:  Derailment somewhere near Ethel. Date is approximate. From the collection of Fred Goff.
Photo Date:  7/1/1973  Upload Date: 7/2/2009 9:14:34 AM
Location:  Ethel, MS
Author:  Shorty Williams
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Views:  246   Comments: 0
picking one up
Title:  picking one up
Description:  GMO 618 is being lifted back onto the track. Date is approximate. From the collection of Fred Goff.
Photo Date:  7/1/1973  Upload Date: 7/2/2009 9:14:47 AM
Location:  Ethel, MS
Author:  Shorty Williams
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Locomotives:  GMO 618(GP35)
Views:  576   Comments: 0
ICG 9573
Title:  ICG 9573
Description:  Some engines sit outside the depot at Starkville. Photo by Fred Goff.
Photo Date:  7/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/2/2009 7:46:03 PM
Location:  Starkville, MS
Author:  Fred Goff
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Locomotives:  ICG 9573(GP38-2)
Views:  897   Comments: 0
First Loads at Sheller-Globe
Title:  First Loads at Sheller-Globe
Description:  The first assembled Ford Parcel Delivery vans on flatcars ready to leave Sheller-Globe Kosciusko plant. On hand are officials from Ford and Sheller-Globe, as well as ICG Account Manager Judy Gunter and Manager Ramp Operations Dan Duquenne (pointing). Besides delivery vans, this place also loaded school bus bodies. This plant quit using rail service sometime in the 1980's..
Photo Date:  6/1/1975  Upload Date: 3/23/2012 1:28:58 PM
Location:  Kosciusko, MS
Author:  unknown
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  816   Comments: 0
ICG Depot
Title:  ICG Depot
Description:  looking south down the main at Aberdeen, mile 105.5
Photo Date:  3/26/1982  Upload Date: 3/26/2014 6:33:14 AM
Location:  Aberdeen, MS
Author:  unknown
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Views:  205   Comments: 2
the first storage cars
Title:  the first storage cars
Description:  After 3 years of struggling since the new Kosciusko & Southwestern Railway was formed, the first cut of storage cars finally arrived on the property and here the first train is stopped on the main at McAdams with 5 tanks and a caboose. The track in the foreground is the MP&L spur. Picture taken somtime in summer of 2001.
Photo Date:  6/1/2001  Upload Date: 12/7/2012 12:52:19 AM
Location:  McAdams, MS
Author:  Barry Caulfield
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Locomotives:  KSRY 503(45Tonner)
Views:  374   Comments: 0
Switching
Title:  Switching
Description:  We just dropped our caboose and an empty woodrack in Albert's Spur, now we are headed to Aberdeen JCT to pick up some storage cars. We are Albert's Spur, a little over 1 mile east of Aberdeen JCT.
Photo Date:  1/1/2002  Upload Date: 12/2/2006 1:18:03 PM
Location:  Alberts Spur, MS
Author:  Steve Warrington
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Locomotives:  KSRY 503(45Tonner)
Views:  568   Comments: 0
Switching
Title:  Switching
Description:  pulling up some storage cars, will stop here and pick up our caboose and head to McAdams to set out. We are at Albert's Spur, a little over 1 mile east of Aberdeen JCT, thats me on the engine, conductor JL Marascalco, engineer Robert Riley
Photo Date:  1/1/2002  Upload Date: 12/2/2006 1:18:37 PM
Location:  Alberts Spur, MS
Author:  Steve Warrington
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Locomotives:  KSRY 503(45Tonner)
Views:  460   Comments: 0
Big Black River
Title:  Big Black River
Description:  Looking out the rear of our Missouri Pacific transfer, bay window, caboose
Photo Date:  1/1/2002  Upload Date: 12/2/2006 1:20:57 PM
Location:  Boyette, MS
Author:  Steve Warrington
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Views:  376   Comments: 0
80 car train
Title:  80 car train
Description:  The CN leased us this engine for one day because we had 80 storage cars at Aberdeen JCT to be picked up to take to Kosciusko. It would have taken about 8 trips in our 45-tonner to move this many cars. Shortly after this picture, we stalled on the hill leaving Mc Adams and had to double our train into Kosciusko. This was the longest train we ever had on the KSRY. Engineer Robert Riley, Conductor Dave Dellatte, Brakemen Joe Marascalco and Merrill Porter.
Photo Date:  3/3/2002  Upload Date: 9/22/2011 11:52:48 AM
Location:  McAdams, MS
Author:  Joe Marascalco
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Locomotives:  GTW 4995(GP38)
Views:  684   Comments: 4
IC 9614
Title:  IC 9614
Description:  The CN leased the KSRY this engine for moving a big cut of storage cars. We are about to depart Kosciusko and head to Aberdeen JCT to give the engine and these cars back. Later that trip, we hit a tree and slightly bent one of the grab irons. We didn't realize the grab irons were bent but the CN sure did. One of the head guys over CN's engines told us we would never get another one of their engines. So, we had to wait until that guy went on vacation before we were able to get another one. From left to right, Robert Riley (engineer), Merrill Porter (Brakeman), Joe Marascalco (Conductor)
Photo Date:  3/10/2002  Upload Date: 12/2/2006 1:14:15 PM
Location:  Kosciusko, MS
Author:  Steve Warrington
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Locomotives:  IC 9614(GP38-2)
Views:  1030   Comments: 0
IC 9614
Title:  IC 9614
Description:  sitting at Goodman Street getting a brake test before departing for Aberdeen JCT
Photo Date:  3/10/2002  Upload Date: 12/2/2006 1:22:55 PM
Location:  Kosciusko, MS
Author:  Steve Warrington
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Locomotives:  IC 9614(GP38-2)
Views:  749   Comments: 0
LA Local
Title:  LA Local
Description:  The Louisville to Artesia Local is on its way back to Louisville, going west over Greta Lane.
Photo Date:  3/12/2004  Upload Date: 7/18/2009 8:40:51 PM
Location:  Starkville, MS
Author:  Joe Marascalco
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Locomotives:  KCS 4005(GP38-2) KCS 4780(GP40-3)
Views:  536   Comments: 0
KSRY 503
Title:  KSRY 503
Description:  Here lies the KSRY's only engine. This was one hell of an engine to run. The first thing we would do when we got to work was take the car batteries out the engine and charge them with our vehicles. This engine couldn't keep the batteries charged. It took 2 people to crank it, one to hit the start button and another to spray starting fluid. After you got it started, you had to wait about 15 minutes to get the air built up. If you cut the air in to more than about 10 cars, you had to sit and pump for about 30 minutes to get the air up. If you had a big cut of cars and you blew the horn and rang the bell a lot, the main res. would drop below the brake pipe and the brakes would come on. The throttle did not have notches and it had a spring that would return it to idle if you let go. In cold weather, if you kept the throttle wide open for a while, fire would be coming out of both stacks.
Photo Date:  3/16/2004  Upload Date: 12/2/2006 1:22:20 PM
Location:  Boyette, MS
Author:  Joe Marascalco
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Locomotives:  KSRY 503(45Tonner)
Views:  713   Comments: 0
Attala Milling
Title:  Attala Milling
Description:  Storage cars sitting in Attala Mills, this place is still in operation but was never a customer for us, when IC left, they said they would never come back to rail service, yes I am sitting right on top of the main line
Photo Date:  6/22/2004  Upload Date: 12/2/2006 1:20:24 PM
Location:  Kosciusko, MS
Author:  Joe Marascalco
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Views:  669   Comments: 0
KSRY 503
Title:  KSRY 503
Description:  503 has recently been moved to the former depot site in Kosciusko where it can be easily photographed.
Photo Date:  5/18/2013  Upload Date: 6/3/2013 8:54:43 PM
Location:  Kosciusko, MS
Author:  Lynsey Crittenden
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  KSRY 503(45Tonner)
Views:  675   Comments: 4


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