Any chance Vol. 4 Contract 263 has been scanned? I would like to see if it might fill a gap in the history that I have been working on for the Sloss Sheffield/US Pipe railroad history. It is fairly co

6-361 would also be of interest for the history I mentioned before. Jason Greene

I was thinking there must have some kind of display in Bristol for PR. The freshly painted tender is the give away with that late date. I think Bob Graham may be right, the Abington engine that was do

I believe I’ll be getting one for Christmas. If not I’ll order one myself. Jason Greene

You can convert the google doc that you created to a PDF. But why not just leave it as a google doc? Those are searchable too. Jason Greene

You have the drift card in the archives for “Coach Greene” as the Southern called it. I believe in the passenger car files there is a reference to coach green and Pullman green being nearly the same.

Actually, it is inside the museum. You can see it from the outside. Jason Greene

Building at Grant park is gone. It is now the Safari exhibit of the zoo. The cyclorama was restored and is now at the history center too. It is in a two story building to the left of the Texas in the

Is that a town whistle on either side of the short hood? I have never noticed town whistles on Southern equipment. Jason Greene

Looks like the flag is wrapped around the firecracker. Guess it’s all right time and right angle. Jason Greene

The Southern did not have classes for the freight cars. The drawings are however for specific number series of cars. Jason Greene

Funny that Warren poised the same question in 1970, and the answer we get comes from a book he wrote. There is some good stuff on that page from x2200. Jason Greene

Ed, Did it run Georgia Road to Atlanta? Jason Greene

Alabama coal went all over. Most was used in region for iron and steel production. It is/was great coking coal. Some went to Mobile for export via Southern, L&N, and GM&O/IC. Some went to Savannah via

Looks like Atlanta at Terminal Station. Jason Greene

Are these ex-CG cars? Jason Greene

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 mid-5

So a train moving up a coal branch with a tank car of diesel fuel would have that tank 6 cars away from the caboose and last locomotive, and between two buffer cars separating the tank car from the co

Did these cars have flat decks or were they sloped? Jason Greene

A wood deck. That would make for a different model. Might have to save these for a future project. The layout does have two pulpwood yards. Jason Greene