> Was this installation located on the military reservation shown on your Greensboro map? While I did not recognize the picture, the Military Reservation shown on the map was definitely what was

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Andrew R <aramsay37@...> Date: Tue, Mar 9, 2021 at 8:33 AM Subject: Re: Greensboro map was Re: [SouthernRailway] Dining Car Crews Sleeping on their

One last thing. When I was a year and a half old, my dad was a Trainmaster there. We lived in the Hill St. apartments and I snuck off twice and they found me in the creek that ran through the park.

Rodney, Kevin and All – > With the closing of the Chandler Concrete plant (near Battleground and Mill Street), the evidence of the west bound A&Y is disappearing. I had wondered if that was

Greensboro, NC is well represented in the SRHA Archives digital files with 121 items. In the “Contracts” file, No. 821 covers the A&Y in 1924. Certainly some great material for a well researched

Bill, Thank you for sharing. With the closing of the Chandler Concrete plant (near Battleground and Mill Street), the evidence of the west bound A&Y is disappearing. I am very interested that

Just to add a little trivia to this topic… Dave’s map is quite good. I spent part of my childhood there from 54 to the late 60’s. (Across from the Vick’s plant for awhile and near the

Forgot the map. Sent from Dave Bott' iPhone

A decade older, but here is a map I drew based upon a 1943 map. Dave Sent from Dave Bott' iPhone

I always enjoy the communication on "Southern Memories". Been here for several years. My first request for information is for a "map - overview" of the Greensboro, N.C. area in the mid 1950's. My

Dear Mr. Henderson, Thank you very much for this valuable information and the "inside story" of your own experiences while traveling with Amtrak. I hadn't thought that the crews might have actually

Scanning some Washington Division files and came across a file on Sands and Co. Evidently, early on they had some competition and the Southern Railway split the territory.

When I worked as a dining car waiter for Amtrak in the 1970s, some of the more senior guys would talk about how they laid out their bedrolls on the floor of the diner. The tables had latches that

Interesting that Sevier to Morristown was not listed, as this was the only DT east of Knoxville that to my knowledge was put into place. I wonder when that was put in. But if one assumes that all

Can anyone provide details of the sleeping arrangements made when dining car crews slept overnight on their diners? For example, were boards placed on or between the tables? Were the stewards

The passenger station in Greensboro, NC, (opened in 1926) had platform tracks numbered 1,2,3,4,5,and 6. There was a through track between tracks 2 and 3. Does anyone know the name or number of this

The passage of the law limiting train crews to 16 hour days plus increasing traffic on the Southern led the Washington office to ask for train counts on routes that might be candidates for double

Ike, Thank you for posting that - it's a fascinating set of numbers that might challenge some long held ideas, especially in relation to the movement of hoppers and gondolas Aidrian

George, No Ps-3 engines in the line-up. Only Ps-4s. Jeff

Ray, sorry to be slow in answering. The finishing practices for steam engines changed in 1934 and I don't think any of the special lettered Crescent Limited engines were repainted in the new style