Ike, Macon -Brunswick got upgraded circa WWII. The May 12, 1946 Atlanta Division ETT shows 314,800 lbs. total weight 4-8-2 Mountain engines being allowed. Jack Wyatt

The Southern had to use its Atlantics (4-4-2) then light Pacifics on the Brunswick line south of Macon because of the track. The Atlanta-Jacksonville train that ran on the Coast Line from Jesup

OK, found it. Southern Rails, issue No. 28, Spring,1990, page 4. Article was actually by Shelby F. Lowe and is titled "Black Beauties. Engines were nos. 1453, 1454, and  1466, all pictured. Intended

Did the black 4-8-2s have a signal line and steam connector on their tender or just a signal line (and brake pipe connection)on the front? If not they were in freight service only. Ed Mims

Bill, Oscar Kimsey wrote about them in one of the issues of SRHS's Southern Rails. I think it was four or five Ts class engines in total. I don't remember whether a Ts-1 got the black treatment. If I

Great, Rick. Thanks.

Ben Robert's told me there were 3..Some where I have the pictures he gave me. Ill try to find them. Rick

Bill, Shelby Lowe once told me that these along with several Pacifics and switchers painted in this scheme with "Southern" on the tender sides rather than the large numerals were used in passenger

In the SRHA Archives, we have photographs of at least two Ts-class Mountains, 1453 and 1454, in black paint with dog houses on the tender decks. These are the only two 4-8-2s I know of that got the

I grew up next to the K&0 line west of Knoxville in the early 60s and remember the boxcars with no doors. The lime was piled in bulk in each end of the car. Seemed like it was seasonal as in early

Central of Georgia Pulpwood Cars (Box Cars) CG converted approx 1300 36 ft Vent Box cars to Pulpwood rack cars in 1953=/-Information on the conversion is featured in the Jan-Mar 2007 issue of The

Regarding the early pulpwood rack conversions I was wrong on my first dates. Here is a spreadsheet from my pulpwood clinic Southern Ry Pulpwood Racks - Flat car conversions Car No.

No description on the way the lime was contained. No idea if it was bulk or bagged. Dave Sent from Dave Bott' iPhone

Ike I think lots of modelers would. From what I’ve found SR started building pulpwood racks from the 115XXX, 117XXX flat cars in the 1920’s. By the late 1940’s and 1950’s I doubt much SR

Dave: Do the switch lists describe if the lime is bagged? I don’t think we’d see off-line cars on the Southern in bulk lime service? Does anyone know….would box cars without doors be accepted in

Fenton: Could you provide a Google link for photos showing SOUTHERN box cars handling pulpwood? Loading pulpwood in box cars and gondolas in the Northeast and Upper midwest has been pretty well

Hello, list. Thanks for the replies, photos, and train lists. As a note, in both the CG and S&A employee timetables, there is note with two different weights for pulpwood. One is the weight loaded in

Ike, Here is the list of cars transporting Lime in 1934 on the W-S division (notes on car type are based upon car number from Al Brown's first try and are preliminary and not guaranteed, tons are

If you google pulpwood you will see many boxcars loaded with pulpwood like attached. Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

The Official Railroad Equipment Register's of the 1970's and possibly prior to then, specifically denotes cars assigned to "tankage" or "hide" service. Samuel Smith