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

My guess (strictly guess) is that the extension is housing the controls for the ATC equipment. Notice the pickup shoe on the truck. Jack Wyatt

Ike, you misread it. The line was getting truncated to Bristol, so it did not run to NY. However by 1943, that line no. 2650 was extended to Washington DC and continued so (not sure what happened when

The question is scale. Jim King knows that my interest is S, presumably David and Dan are HO and Jim has re-entered the O-scale market. Jack Wyatt

Any hope of producing a kit of the un-rebuilt car? Jack

Appreciate it! I am looking at ways to revive my Southern Rwy. baggage car project and maybe a few other things. Jack

I appreciate the orders which I received. Except for a mail order received today that was expected, all orders have been shipped and the buyers should have received them by now. If you have ordered, b

The May 1945 Official Guide shows train no. 24 departing Warm Springs GA at 9:37 am and arriving Atlanta at 12:30 pm. If the passenger is going via Pullman, No. 38, The Crescent, departed Atlanta at 1