In the late 1940s the Mississippian Railway purchased a pair of 2-8-0 locomotives from the Frisco Railway, #76 and #77.\u00a0 These steamers served the Mississippian for twenty years, finally being retired in 1967.\u00a0 Two brothers, James and Frank Carlisle\u00a0 functioned as both conductors and engineers.\u00a0 James was the engineer for the #76, with Frank serving as conductor on the days when the #76 drew the duty.\u00a0 And Frank took the controls of #77, with James handling the paperwork and switching duties when she was called for the day.<\/p>\n
In the late 80s (I believe 1987, give or take a year) a special excursion was organized on the Mississippian.\u00a0 The #77 was borrowed from it’s current owner and returned to it’s Mississippi home rails.\u00a0 Mr. James assumed the duties for his late brother as the engineer of #77 for the two day run.\u00a0 With the locomotive repainted into it’s original Mississippian livery, she departed Amory on a bright Saturday morning for the journey up to Smithville.<\/p>\n
Here the photographer has captured the train on the return leg of the journey as she crosses the new steel trestle across a part of the Tennessee\u2013Tombigbee Waterway.<\/p>\n
Today the #77 is still in operation.\u00a0 She runs on the Alberta Prairie Railroad<\/a> up in Alberta, Canada as their #41.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the late 1940s the Mississippian Railway purchased a pair of 2-8-0 locomotives from the Frisco Railway, #76 and #77.\u00a0 These steamers served the Mississippian for twenty years, finally being retired in 1967.\u00a0 Two brothers, James and Frank Carlisle\u00a0 functioned … Continue reading ![\"Mississippian](\"http:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Mississippian-2-8-0-77.jpg\")
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