Hello All, I received word that NS 4002, a rebuilt AC44C6M with a Sonic the Hedgehog inspired Paint Scheme, was going to be leading the ZAUGSBD716L (Austell, GA - San Bernardino, CA) through

Do they still have peaches? Tom Roise

Surviving remnants [source: Wikipedia] Lehigh The mainline of the OCR is on the west side of highway 75 as it enters town. At the south edge of town, a wye curved to the east to service mine No. 8.

Memphis, Paris & Gulf Railroad Co: "The Diamond Route" In 1910 it operated 41 miles from Murfreesboro to Ashdown with 3 branches: Saline River, Little River, and Dodson. The map that year in the

Interesting, Bart! I'll see if I can dig up other Louisiana roads that operated like this one.

Louisiana Central Railroad Co. This was a series of logging lines that were owned and operated by the W. R. Pickering Lumber Company. It was set up as a common carrier to obtain a share of the line

Oklahoma Central Railway Co. operated a respectable 129.4 miles of line from Lehigh to Chickasha. Some of the intermediate stations were Tupelo, Ada, Byars, Stratford, and Purcell. The route was

In 1910. Louisiana Central Railroad Co. operated 3 divisions: 1) Southern Division--30 miles between Pickering and Peterton. 2) Central Division--25 miles between Pickering and Somers 3) Northern

I have dozens of newspaper articles about the Arkansas & Choctaw in my files. Here are the basics.... Arkansas & Choctaw Railway organized under the general laws of Arkansas, August 31, 1895. The

RAILSPOT members have already seen a message or two regarding this little known railroad. The thread began with Dennis Hogan’s “Railspot Rarity #10” post a week or so ago. I’m bring KCS

I realized I didn't really speak about the L&NWRR part of the topic. I can't prove it right now, but I suspect the City Hall depot was for the L&NWRR connection from the north. As for a bridge over

Well... I don't know if I know more... but, I can tell you what I do know. The other depot in Natchitoches that is used as City Hall appears to be for a line that tapped off the T&P or what later

Prescott, Reader & Fordyce August 1907 Incorporation The road was already in operation from Reader, in Ouachita county, west to Lyda, a distance of six and one half miles (think logging). Plans were

When the caboose was still in Texas City they attached wood panel siding to the exterior steel sides thus covering all the windows.I suppose they did that to cut down on vandalism.The plybead paneling

That would be a good story too!! Tom Roise

If I remember correctly the PVS also had its sights set on Fort Davis.

Yep, Skip would know more. There must have been a bridge across the Red River which no longer exists. Speaking of the Grierson Raid ("Horse Soldiers"), Benjamin Grierson later became post commandant

Beaumont & Great Northern RR had a distinctive emblem comprised of a circle, the letters B&GN, and a diagonal fletched arrow. In 1910 it ran two pairs of trains between Trinity TX and Livingston. The

Skip should know, he went to school there. I’ve always wondered if this line was used in the John Wayne “The Horse Soldiers”. It was supposedly filmed at Nachitoches. TZ

Back in 1910 it covered almost 121 miles from McNeil to Natchitoches. This accounts for the other extant depot in Natchitoches, I think. The one in addition to the T&P