Chris, Â You have received some good advice from Bob Hanson and Warren Stephens. I will add my 2 pennies. Â Â If you are in Augusta or near there you might...
255
ki4dvv
Feb 10, 2013 4:00 am
Sanborn maps for Augusta (and several other GA cities and towns) can be found at: http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/sanborn/ I have used them to locate some of the...
256
Troy Nolen
tnolen12
Feb 10, 2013 4:17 am
Gasometers completely disappeared from the landscape in America by the early 80's. They are a largely undocumented and unphotographed piece of history. I come...
257
okete12000
Feb 14, 2013 10:25 pm
Steve, I have found an undated map of the intersection of the SR & the CGA in Griffin, GA. I can snail-mail you a copy. It is 8.5x11. There was a Union Depot...
Does anyone know when G&F cabooses X-65, X-66, or X-67 were covered with steel sheathing? I'd assumed that it was early on, but a picture from August 1957...
260
C.D.
cddx1
Feb 21, 2013 3:43 pm
According to everything that I have, the G&F's PS-1 boxcars were built/delivered in September 1959. However, I just stumbled across some O scale decals that...
261
C.D.
cddx1
Feb 21, 2013 3:53 pm
Another thing, It appears that some of the cars were painted all green and some had green sides with black ends. Does anyone know why? Or have a roster as to...
263
BRIAN
briantovey12...
Mar 26, 2013 8:52 pm
I thought it was time i made my self known. I`m here because i`ve developed an interest in the G&F and two other shorlines the GN and the GAS&C.I hope to model...
264
Chris Dills
cddx1
Mar 26, 2013 8:54 pm
Brian, Welcome to the group, and thanks for adding this information. I had suspected something similar but wasn't sure. THANKS! To: GaRRHistory@yahoogroups.com...
265
BRIAN
briantovey12...
Mar 27, 2013 1:39 pm
Thanks fo rthe welcome Chris. Brian....
266
Simon
simondunkley
Apr 11, 2013 9:31 pm
Evening everyone, Time for another Englishman to say hello - I am only about 90 minutes from Brian Tovey, as it turns out, but further East. I am also likely...
267
YAHOO!! Service
okete12000
Apr 12, 2013 1:12 am
Simon, Â Â Welcome to the group. Those were interesting lines. Each one has an interesting history. At one time a person could make quite a trip from...
268
Robert Hanson
rhanson137
Apr 12, 2013 1:30 am
Simon - I second Conrad's welcome. I've been the to the UK twice and was made welcome by the railway enthusiasts there both times when I visited various...
269
BRIAN
briantovey12...
Apr 12, 2013 2:40 pm
Simon, hi Good to know another Brit has an interest in Georgia`s shortlines,though we could have made it easier for our self`s and modeled them in HO!. Brian. ...
270
simondunkley
Apr 12, 2013 4:02 pm
Hi Brian, ... in HO! We are British, man. Why would one take the sensible option? Why would one not do it the hard way? Get a grip! Pull yourself together! ...
271
Simon Dunkley
simondunkley
Apr 13, 2013 9:05 pm
Thank you for the welcomes and messages, both on the list and off the list. Whilst I have yet to uncover a source of information on the CofG or indeed on...
272
YAHOO!! Service
okete12000
Apr 15, 2013 3:32 pm
Hi: Â For those loomking for info on the Wadley Southern: I found the summary report from the Valuation done on the WS in the 1917 era. For our across the...
273
simondunkley
Apr 15, 2013 4:02 pm
Hi Conrad, That is incredibly useful. I presume the valuation was part of the USRA? It would be interesting to see how things changed over the years - was any...
274
Robert Hanson
rhanson137
Apr 15, 2013 4:34 pm
The valuation was ordered by the Interstate Commerce Commission some time around 1916. They did this because some railroads were issuing securities, notably...
275
YAHOO!! Service
okete12000
Apr 15, 2013 4:53 pm
Simon, Â Â The valuation stuff was a one-time thing as far as I know. These reports were collected together years later. I have seen them bound in volumes in...
276
Robert Hanson
rhanson137
Apr 15, 2013 5:00 pm
It was, indeed, a one-time thing. Some of the valuations were not decided until the late 1920's and many decisions were bitterly protested by the railroads...
277
Simon Dunkley
simondunkley
Apr 15, 2013 7:07 pm
Guys, This is great information! ... "Products of mines" seems a bit vague. Stone? Sand? Coal? ... Nothing changes, eh? ... Sorry, I wasn't totally clear. I...
278
Frank Greene
frankg290
Apr 15, 2013 8:02 pm
... In that part of Jawga', it was either sand or Kaolin. ... Nothing changes. In my college days, e.g., 1970s, they taught us the evils of robber barons and...
279
YAHOO!! Service
okete12000
Apr 15, 2013 8:13 pm
Frank,
 I think the WS was out of the Kaolin territory. Billy Gibson used to say if he could find kaolin on the Louisville & Wadley territory he could...
280
Frank Greene
frankg290
Apr 15, 2013 8:16 pm
After the initial valuations 1916-1918, which were foot-by-foot, building-by-building, car and locomotive-by-car and locomotive, etc., the RRs filed annual...
281
Robert Hanson
rhanson137
Apr 15, 2013 8:18 pm
Someone (Mark Twain?) once said that the US and England were two nations divided by a common language. Products of mines would be any mineral or solid fuel, in...
282
Robert Hanson
rhanson137
Apr 15, 2013 8:24 pm
I stand corrected on that point. I do know that one of the reasons for the undertaking was to limit the amount of bonds that a company could issue on the...
283
Simon Dunkley
simondunkley
Apr 15, 2013 9:22 pm
Conrad, ... Yes, and very quickly. Had picked up an amount already, but this information is like gold dust. ... Large parts of Cornwall sit on top of kaolin,...
284
Robert Hanson
rhanson137
Apr 15, 2013 9:47 pm
Yes, I believe you're correct, it was George Bernard Shaw who said that. Very true, regardless of the source. I once worked for a company headquartered in...
