The M&B Railroad , formerly the Meridian and Bigbee Railroad, was a Class III railroad that operates 189 miles of railroad from

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eastward to

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. Additionally, the M&B has trackage rights over CSX from Burkeville to Montgomery, Alabama. MNBR operates with 286,000-pound railcar loading capacity.

History

The M&B was chartered on December 24, 1926. Construction advanced eastward to

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in April 1928, and finally to

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where it connected with the L&N in 1935. The railroad operated with steam locomotives until 1953. Today, engine #116, a

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Consolidation built by the

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