I don't do much writing in ths group, mainly enjoy other's posts. However, I ran across some interesting information on the first Chartered railroad in...
There were several railroads chartered by the Georgia legislature prior to the Central, Georgia, and Monroe railroads, but none were actually built and placed...
Has anyone other than Richard Prince done a Macon Dublin & Savannah Roster? I'm interested in their early roster 1890-1920 era. They have an 1890 Rome built...
I spent a few hours Saturday at the old G&F trestle and bridge over the Altamaha River north of Hazlehurst, GA.Even though I grew up within 30 minutes of the...
Here's a link to my photo site with the pictures I took Saturday and a few that were downloaded from the internet. There's suprisingly very little on the...
I am surprised NS hasn't had the span removed to keep people from climbing on it. People trespass, get hurt and sue all the time. Â This is why they had the...
Concrete piling caps are pretty common on wood trestles to make a fire break between the deck and pilings. I don't know if the G&F put these on that bridge,...
Warren, The Georgia DOT owns the old G&F right of way from the grade crossing at GA Hwy. 135/US Hwy 221 north of Hazlehurst to Vidalia, GA. The south trestle...
Thanks for the bridge and right of way info. Was there not an attempt to start a G&F society a few years ago?  Warren D. Stephens CofG & TA&G Fan ... ...
Chris, Thanks very much for the pictures. They bring back lots of memories from more than twenty years ago when a bunch of us had the good fortune to cross...
Does anyone here have or know of any lists of surviving G&F equipment? I know that the SW1 #1004 was/is at Wadley, GA. But I'm really curious as to whether any...
The 1004 was still in Wadley on April, 10, 2012 and Frank is correct, it's almost covered up by weeds and bushes. Frank, do you know who owns  the 1004?? It...
The old shortline guides said that the Louisville & Wadley owns it. I believe it was last used to shuffle tank cars on and off the line after the bridge went...
Don, The 1004 was shown on the 2001 NS roster, but was not shown on the 2003 roster so it seems to have changed hands  sometime within those dates.  What...
The first edition (1976) of the American Shortline Guide by Edward Lewis shows that the L&W leased Southern 1000. The Second Edition (1978) shows that the L&W...
As far as I know it's still owned by the Louisville & Wadley. Goodness knows when it last turned a wheel or why they hold onto it. ... -- Frank Greene ...
Seems like owner Billy Gibson told me that he had worked out a deal with NS to keep that locomotive. The Louisville & Wadley had high hopes and good business...
I just obtained Bill Folsom's CD of color photos of G&F equipment. There is a photo of a steam tender that's lettered; "Ditcher Tank No. 1" Do any of you know...
I know that the Southern transferred the St. Louis Car "Vulcan" to the G&F, but I found a very small picture labeled G&F Car #115 that appears to be an older...
Is that snow on the left? That and the snow plow make me wonder if it is G&F. Langley's G&F Album makes no mention of motor cars, besides 81, ex-Southern...
I believe that should be Pile Driver Tank # 1, as the Pile Driver was numbered 1 according to the ICC Valuation.  Donald R. Hensley, Jr. 277 S Washington...
Frank, The photo is too small to tell much about. The attachment is actually double the size of the actual photo.It was mounted on a page with two other photos...
Thanks, that explains a lot, I would think that maybe they had several tanks for the ditcher, using the tenders from scrapped locomotives. That way a ditcher...
One logical explanation is that used equipment dealers would attach a small photo (usually 620 size) to a letter advertising a piece of equipment they were...
Been meaning to post this for a while, This was a photo hanging in the museum also, there's a few others too, but this is the best quality Does anyone know...
Nice shot of the shops, looks to have been taken from top of the coaling trestle. The automobile unloading dock is interesting too, at the time almost every...
