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From the S. Blake McNeely Collection, University of South Alabama Archives

This image is believed to be a 4-4-0 "American" of the Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City railroad, after it was purchased from the AT&SF. The MJ&KC was a predecessor to the GM&N. The Bay Shore operated at least two similar locomotives from 1898 to 1906, when the M&O replaced them with newer, heavier 4-6-0 "Ten Wheelers".

At right is a photograph of M&O road number 169 -- one of a class of locomotives built by the Rogers Locomotive Company in 1898-9, with 57" drivers, 18x26 cylinders, and weighing 129,000lbs. At least two of this class -- the 153 and this one, the 169 -- were known to have operated on the Bay Shore. During the month of January, 1929, the 169 was assigned to handle both freight and passenger duties on the entire line. A typical daily routine might run as follows:

Denver Public Library, Western History Collection, Otto Perry photographer, OP-13224