"Objectionable class" of traveler? Only on the Crescent. Bob Hanson

Ike, et al - The Pullman Company's Schedule of Lines dated July 15, 1915, shows a Washington-San Francisco tourist sleeper, line No. 2640 1/2(!) but it was not handled in No. 38, but rather was handle

Mitchell Street. Forsyth Street runs parallel to the railroad. Mitchell crosses it on the Mitchell Street Viaduct. Bob Hanson Loganville, GA

I believe the address was 85 Spring Street. The Southern Railway office buildings were at 99 and 125 Spring Street. The Southern (or Norfolk Southern) built an additional building at 185 Spring in the

Allen - I believe the car went into service in 1970 or 1971. I was working for the Southern at the time and recall seeing it in the consist of a freight passing behind the old Southern Railway office

Ike - The Atlanta-Brunswick Pullman was, indeed, the last regularly-scheduled heavyweight Pullman run in the US. David Morgan rode it and wrote about the trip in an issue of Trains in 1965 or '66. I d

As I understand the order, only Pullman cars were affected, not entire trains. The trains continued to run, but without Pullman service. And again, as I understand the order, the purpose was to free P

Yes, apparently they were re-trucked several times in their career. The promotional brochures I have (Cracker and Goldenrod) show a four-wheel lead truck and a six-wheel rear truck. I've seen photos o

Actually, I got it backwards - as built, the FM cars had a four-wheel lead truck and a six wheel trailing truck. I believe the six-wheel truck was powered, but I am not certain. Ready, fire, aim. Sorr

As built - one each. A six-wheel power truck on the front, a four-wheel non-powered truck on the rear. Bob Hanson Loganville, GA

Warren, that pretty well agrees with what I've heard and read. Siskin bought the TAG basically to give the Southern the single-finger salute. And apparently did so successfully. Bob Hanson Loganville,

From what I've read and heard, the TAG's relationship with the Southern was not all beer and skittles, either. The TAG made a living by short-hauling the Southern. It paralleled the AGS for its (TAG's

Macon Tolleson was one of Brosnan victims. I don't recall if he quit or was fired, but he is one of the many capable men lost to the Southern due to Brosnan's whims. The gory details are in the two-vo

That consist you describe, Bill, sounds almost like a "make-up" train assembled in a hurry after it was learned that the connecting train would be very, very late. Bob Hanson

In the 1960's and 1970's the coaches generally ran ahead of the diner and the sleepers were placed behind it on almost all passenger trains. There were exceptions, but that was the general practice. F

Marv, If you've read Fred Frailey's book, Twilight of the Great Trains, you know that some of the trains Brosnan was in such a sweat to get rid of were actually profitable. Some maybe only marginally

Bill, and all - I suspect that, like Charles A. Wickersham of the West Point Route, Harrison was ideologically at odds with the idea of Federal control. Wickersham signed on as Federal Manager but qui

Another would be an Industrial Directory, of you can find one. It would list the businesses in each town, what they shipped/received, and, if the town was served by more than one railroad, the road on

While I never rode the train, I was told by those who did that the X-Plorer did not cover itself with glory on any of the few trips on which it was used. Most unreliable. Bob Hanson Loganville, GA

Good point, Bill. The SAL Pullmans of the period were two-tone gray. Bob Hanson