Harry Bundy was in college back in the sixties, I believe, so no. Jack Wyatt

The question was about coal from the Alabama District to Lamberts Point. I have learned never to say never, but surely it was not much if any at all. Jack Wyatt

I should add that up until the early fifties, the home heating market was still active, so individual carloads would have gone to local coal dealers in the region. Also more small foundries were opera

A lot would have been used for steel making around Birmingham, Alabama and other facilities in the region. Mobile AL would have been the main port for coal moving on by water. Lamberts Point would hav

Evan, you're welcome! Here are your Kentucky-Tennessee District (Knoxville Division) pages. Jack Wyatt

I got lucky. The guess of twenty pages (including covers) was good, but date of issue was March 1, 1952. I have been relieved of pages 17-18. I have attached scan of cover and map of Alabama District

I have one somewhere if I can find it. I am thinking late forties, staple bound, about 20 pages. Unfortunately someone took a pair of scissors to some of the sections. Jack Wyatt

Dave, Good answer! I wonder if it was something thick and nasty which they had to heat up to get it to flow. Maybe they were burning some of the stuff itself to accomplish that goal. Another question

Yes, I have been a bit surprised that no one has done a book on Samuel Spencer. Well we know that he liked quail hunting and he apparently enjoyed hanging around the Jekyll Island Club. Paranormal fol

Unfortunately, people are become less likely to judge a historical person by the context of his times. Samuel Spencer was only a teenager at the time seeing his state being invaded by outside forces.

Thank you Bob for that information. I think the Vicksburg credit is wrong. The unit which he later joined, Nelson Rangers, was part of the Vicksburg campaign. However at the time that Vicksburg took p

Nelson Rangers - Georgia: http://genealogytrails.com/geo/dougherty/nelson-rangers.html Probably did not join until early 1864. See manuscript reference to his letters: https://books.google.com/books?i

I wonder how the returning empties were handled?

I believe the Kansas City - Florida Special was gone by the time of the SCL merger, so the Jessup routing would have no longer had a service advantage. Jack Wyatt

Thanks for the correction, Bill. That's what I get for not looking it up. Do you recall when the first diesel road-switcher's were assigned? Jack

Ks 2-8-0 steam locomotives, light Pacific's on the passenger trains, and EMD F-units on the through freights. I believe that one of the branches used Ms 2-8-2's which had to be brought in over the L&N

Marv, The May-June 1998 issue of Ties has an article on the railroad owned tank cars used, but does not have much to say about them being pulled on the end of passenger trains: http://www.srha.net/pub

An attempt to improve engine room ventilation. Answer is on P.338 of Diesels of the Southern Railway 1939-1982 (Withers with Calloway and Wilson). Jack Wyatt

<< The reason is I am going to be building the Murphy Branch and the Main line from Knoxville to Spencer. I know this is a lot information. If there's other out there that can help with this informati

Extra knuckle might be a better explanation, but as noted, the unit is a radio train leader and the short hood is probably crammed with that equipment. The white number board indicates a leader for th