Dear Lists and Friends: here's a story on refurbishing the Titusville train station. NOte off to the right is an article on high-speed rail Walt A. ...
I'm looking for Joe Jablonski, formerly of St. Petersburg. He was an avid railfan and rail historian of the 1990's, who seems to have felled off the planet in...
Breaking news: Tom Lawson is publishing his "Locomotives of Southern Iron & Equipment" book. It can be ordered through: Cabbage Stack Publishing PO Box 19912 ...
Jan. 06thThe History Channel will once again air the "Overseas Highway" episode of Modern Marvels on January 06th at 7 a.m. Eastern time. I'm a big fan of the...
This week on Tap Lines I have posted a Danforth Cooke American built around the time of the Civil war. Here she is shown at Southern Iron & Equip. Co. in 1908...
No. 2 looks a lot like the General, which was W&A No. 3. I don't have a photo of the General handy to compare it to though. Can't recall offhand if the...
This week on Tap Lines I have posted a Baldwin (circa 1915-1922) publicity photo of the the JN Bray Baldwin, an antebellum 4-4-0 that was reported to have been...
This week on Tap Lines I have posted photos of the the Luraville Engine, an ancient antebellum 4-4-0 that fell off a barge in 1906 and was rescued from the...
New weekly locomotive photo series on Taplines A new weekly series called Locomotives will start this week, as I dig deep into my locomotive portrait negative...
The current issue of the ACLSAL Historical Society magazine recently arrived, most of it being a very well written article on various railroads around Orlando....
Looking for volunteer moderators to help moderate any of my RR History groups by approving or rejecting new members and moderating new member's messages....
Last year I started up the RR2Sell yahoo group to replace the spammer infested RR4Sale group. This list provides a forum for announcing railroad and model...
Now on Taplines, a short history of the Gulf Florida & Alabama Ry, that ran between Pensacola, FL and Kimbrough, Alabama from 1912 to 1922. It later became the...
I updated the Tap Lines website with the Lake Santa Fe Route, the story of the Western Ry of Florida, a narrow gauge railroad that ran from 1881 to 1899. ...
About 30 miles west of Gainesville in north central Florida is the town of Trenton. The ACL had a line that ran through there which began at Wilcox Jct on the...
The Florida RR 1856-1872 had a total of six locomotives during the Civil War. After the war they had 2 engines working, 3 stripped of all appliances to keep...
Classic TrainsDear Lists and Friends A heads up. The Spring, 2009 (don't I wish it was!) issue of Classic Trains has the Atlantic Coast Line covered in its...
Good day, All, I'm Dave from Sanford Fl and relatively new to the subject. I'm modeling in On30 and am interested in learning about RRing in Florida around...
Hi All: Does anyone have information on the Altras railroad (I believe that what is would be called) that was supposed to go from Mabel to Tarrytown. I wonder...
The article "Diesels South", about a 1962 railfan road trip through the southeastern U.S. has several photographs of the F.E.C. that may be of interest:...
Bad news from Bartow. There is a lot of railroad related materials at the Polk County Historical Library. I used to research it regularly back when I lived in...
Dear Lists, The spring and summer 2007 issues of the N.R.H.S. Bulletin arrived last week within days of each other. The issues included reviews of the...
Driving home from work Friday night was pleasantly surprised to see a boxcar from "The Port St. Joe Route" in a freight in the North Kansas City yard. The...
Hello I'm trying to find out which trains came through or stopped at the depots that where in town. I think the ACL depot is still here and I know they also...
The Overseas Highway episode of "Modern Marvels" is scheduled to air on the History Channel on Friday, Feb. 22nd, at 1 p.m. Eastern time. The History Channel...
The March, 2008 issue of Trains has a picture of the former Bangor & Aroostook #54 in action on pp. 65 & 65. My primary interest in this issue was the cover...
The current issue of Trains has a lovely shot of a BL-2 still in action, formerly of the Bangor and Aroostock. That was an additional benefit. What caught my...
I've been involved in the research of the Tavares and Gulf RR in Florida. I've have found an interesting trackage arrangement south of Tavares that I would...
Russell Tedder has written a short 20 page coil bound book called "A Day on the Loping Gopher". This fascinating book takes a detailed look at the train...
Attached is a first draft of a Jacksonville Gainesville & Gulf roster and a very close to the final version of a Tavares & Gulf roster. Let me know what you...
