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Ike, I know you’re aware of this, but some others may not be. One of the primary reasons for equipment being allocated across the different subs was related to tax benefits. Many times those benefits

Rahl, It’s definitely a long way from a finished product, but is also in very good hands. Kevin

Rahl, Positive on the car number. It was purchased and moved out of Florida a year or so ago. Glad the pictures help. Kevin

I was able to take a little time yesterday to photograph the steam A/C details under former Southern Railway coach 817. This car is now in private ownership and is undergoing restoration in Oak Ridge,

Ike, Whereas I agree that many of the lower level ICC accounts aren’t very interesting (replace 100# rail with 110# rail), many of them list the tracks they are related to. So many times you can deter

Ike, Turntables were typically accounted for in ICC 20. Kevin

It should be noted that in the case of the 1941 cars that Pullman built for the Southerner and Tennessean, the segregated section of the car contained the larger restrooms with lounge space. They are

Ike, Were these coaches the steel sheethed wooden cars, or am I thinking of something else? Kevin

My favorite was/is on X261 “Southerners do it Safer”.

I don’t think we’ve ever called them ghost tracks, but the same issue still exists. It’s always been difficult to get field folks and accounting folks on the same page. The ICC (STB) doesn’t much care

Ike We refer to cars that still have an accounting record but do not physically exist as ghost cars. They have soul, but their mortal bodies have left this earth. Movement records are generally resear

The pictures went to Charlie Poling and Chris Williams. Their company, East Tn Railcar owns the car. It is currently in storage awaiting restoration. It’s safe and in a good home.

Ed That photo was taken in Oak Ridge at SARM. When we received the car it didn’t look that good. With a lot of work by our volunteer staff, the car was restored to match the Fort Oglethorpe, also at S

Ed I’m not saying I know it all, but since I’ve been working on helping get it restored for a while, I’m at least pretty familiar with it. And it’s twin the Fort Oglethorpe. Somewhere (there’s a big w

Ed You wouldn’t happen to have a picture of the car post wreck but prior to going to Southern? I don’t, but would love to see it. I question that Budd applied the smooth roof, primarily because they w

Ultimately that probably led to the smooth roof. After Budd repaired the wreck damage it retained the fluted roof for a while. At some point Southern got tired of the leaks and installed a smooth roof

Curt Budds were built with fluted roofs. Being of all stainless construction, the cars were-and in many cases still are-practically indestructible. Unfortunately they leak. Sometimes a little silicon

Bill As a matter of fact SRHA does have records of some movements of the Enoree River. The car shows being inspected on 12/11/56 and 12/12/56 in Charlotte. The first day it was in The Southerner and t

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