On a closer look, I think Dan had the right explanation. Looking closely at the low-res photo, it does look as if a gondola is behind one of those old pulpwood cars. —Bill

It looks to me as if it is a car used to transport panel track accompanying a derrick. Panel track consisted of pre-fab sections of track, 39’ rail spiked to new ties, that was used to put the

I agree, Dan figured it out. the 60xxx road number is correct for a gon and the box car end is correct for one of the box car to wood rack conversions. The photo is like a double exposure or optical

I have to agree with Dan. That is a pulpwood car with a gondola sitting on the track behind it. James Wall Rural Hall, NC

The only thing I can gleaned from that photo is that it is/was cut down from a boxcar at some point. This is based on the end, which appears to be that of a boxcar. It also appears to me, to have

Ike, Could it be a pulpwood flat with a gon behind it? Looks like the ribs cut off at the same level as the deck of a pulpwood car. Dan

In looking for a photo of a HO model produced by Kadee (the model has black paint on the ends, we have talked about them here) for a question on the steam era freight car group, I sent the attached

Diagram of the Southern F-14 can be found in “Southern Steam Power” by Ranks and Lowe. There is a great shot of # 1094 in Richard E. Prince’s “Southern Railway Systems Steam Locomotives and

There has been a thread running on the S scale .IO group re: ten wheelers of all flavors. I have several pix of Southern's 4-6-0s, including the "famous" low-numbered 903 that plied Alabama rails

Stuart: Thanks! One of my NS projects was to put a fiber optic cable across the bridge so I was all over the K&IT ROW in ’12 and ’13. I could not have missed a track passing underneath. Of course,

Michael, Glad to help. The Southern in and around Louisville, KY is near and dear to my heart. Stuart Thayer

Ike and all, The K&I Bridge did indeed leave Youngtown with a loop turning right/east and then under the bridge to run west toward Duncan Tunnel and Huntingburg. In 1969 I patrolled that trackage

Stuart Thayer thanks you for your very in-depth information on this topic. You my friend have hit the jackpot and helps me understand this more. If anyone is interested I have a Facebook group for

Ike, For those of us that were born and raised in Louisville, KY or just across the Ohio River in Indiana the "Southern Loop" is well known. Your map shows the Southern Loop (yellow line) splitting

Michael: Southern Railway contracts 183 (New Albany Belt & Terminal 11-11-1890), contract 184 (New Albany Belt 7-24-1895), contract 442 (Joint Use of Tracks at New Albany, IN 5-28-1908), contract 652

Looking for some help finding photos and or information on the Southern railway by-pass loop off of the north end of the K&IT bridge in New Albany, Indiana. Southern had trackage rights on the B&O to

Tim Andrews tells me a tiny amount of water blew under the door at the archives, otherwise TVRM is okay. The CSX Tyner branch has a washout. Unfortunately George Walker’s house and E. Brainerd

Latest report I heard (10:00 am) was that the Museum seems to have escaped any damage to speak of. The unknown was how much damage was sustained on the Hiwassee. I think it will get inspected later

Wonder if the storms last night damaged anything at TVRM? Rodney Shu

1. The first order (2923-2929) did not have rooftop air tanks. The second group (6906-6915) built with the air tanks. 2. Second group delivered in 1953, first group rebuilt when painted black in