The locomotive was built in 1885 by the Adams and Price Locomotive and Machine Works in Nashville, Tenn. It was named Perdido. Each wheel revolved independently on a fixed axel. Power was transmitted from a central transverse drive shaft by chain to each wheel of the little 0-4-0T-type engine.

Version one says: "The Perdido went to Alabama to work for the Wallace, Sanford & Company pole road. It pulled trains of seven cars, each with five logs. The little trains twisted and squirmed through the forest to a big mill at Wilson’s Station."

The second version says: "This particular engine is believed by some to have been built between 1884 - 87 for a 6 mile, 5 foot gauge 'pole' road located in Wilson, (Escambia County) Alabama. The railroad was known locally as the "Perdido Pole Road" and thought to be owned and operated by the McCoy & Brooks Lumber Company. This engine is not believed to have belonged to the Perdido Lumber Company of Baldwin County, Alabama, as they were not known to have operated a 'pole' railroad."
The second version was Per http://www.trainweb.org/gearedsteam/other/-other_abc.htm