Dave is right - Ghost Railroads of Kentucky is a must have for anyone interested in Kentucky railroads, but it is full of errors. The F&C had three GE 70 ton...
I managed to do a bit of railfanning this afternoon. Maybe I'm not as current as I once was, but I was caught off guard by a new ES44DC on Q-217 - #5224 - that...
Don Faris
defaris@...
Jan 1, 2006 10:44 pm
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I saw the 5232 in primer with a yellow sill stripe and yellow numbers on 12/10/05 at O'Bannon on a southbound. ... <KentuckyRailfan@yahoogroups.com> ... Q-217...
In a message dated 1/1/2006 7:24:05 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, cooper2001@... writes: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=129367 [Non-text...
geodeuce@...
Jan 2, 2006 8:13 pm
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In a message dated 1/1/2006 7:24:05 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, cooper2001@... writes: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=129367 This...
geodeuce@...
Jan 2, 2006 8:15 pm
6110
GE's paint shop couldn't keep up with deliveries so CSX took a number of them in the "KCS" scheme. These are the ones I know of: ...
Thanks, Roger. A couple of us were hoping-against-hope that they might be considering a UP-like "heritage" scheme on a few units. Don ... From:...
Don Faris
defaris@...
Jan 2, 2006 11:39 pm
6112
Here are the locations of the primer units. As you can see, they are pretty popular in this area. CSXT 5212 DEPARTED LOAD Q13731 PENMARJEI MD 12/31 2115 CSXT...
I believe the ROW was situated along what is now US 27, the Nicholasville Pike. The KT&T line to Georgetown was located on the west side of Georgetown Road,...
And the Capital dome emblem of the F&C disappeared when the then general manager proposed a new emblem featuring a steam engine in a whiskey bottle laying on ...
Does anybody have a good image of the F&C steam era triangle logo? ... From: Mike Gillespie <preacherman611@...> To: KentuckyRailfan@yahoogroups.com ...
John Faris of Georgetown, Kentucky, has several black and white photos of F&C steamers, and I remember at least one shot that has the triangle logo on the ...
And what about the "Whisky Road" stencil in your collection... In a message dated 1/3/06 3:44:19 PM Eastern Standard Time, preacherman611@... writes: And...
Ah, yes - forgot to mention that little item. Mr. Raines gave it to me personally .... ... __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL – Something...
I'm back online now! But first, how did I spend New Year's Eve? It surely was not spent watching Dick Clark and the dropping of the ball in Times Square. No ...
There were some old passenger cars at csx patio yard the other day and now they have disappeared ? They were 3 "Kentucky Central" cars(early built 1900 era)...
These wouldn't be from the TTI line that they used when they had the excursions in the early 90's would it? I know they had a Southern caboose at the time of...
... These cars are supposed to end up at KRM. Last I heard the three passenger cars were staying in Louisville for a while, and the Southern cab is coming ...
I was able to check out the Lebanon Branch (west side) today from Lebanon Junction to Boston. The Publishers printing company had 7 box cars with no room for...
As far as the LB discussion goes, I was told years back by a retired L&N/CSX guy that the LB was being looked at by the Santa Fe or the Burlington Northern. ...
Yes, the cars were interchanged to the RJ Corman RR on their way to KRM. From what I have heard through the grapevine one car and the caboose have made it to...
Yes, that is where they came from. ... These wouldn't be from the TTI line that they used when they had the excursions in the early 90's would it? I know they...
How many miles is it by rail from Carlisle to Maysville? Marty ... __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL – Something to write home about. ...
Anybody have any info on the KC equipment north/east of Paris, has this equipment been sold to KRM as well? Rumor had it when CSX (TTI) axed public ...
The LB is a never ending source of fascination for a lot of us it seems...maybe because of all the "what ifs" and "what could have beens" that surround its...
The story made it into the realm of "the competition", too - and many Southern folks wondered a bit about it ... ... __________________________________________...
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