The 1902 Polk 's Lumber Directory has a Bache & "Hagan" (note the different spelling) at Luraville with a 20,000 feet a day mill cutting yellow pine. Their offices and yard was in Live Oak. My earlier

Breaking news: Tom Lawson is publishing his "Locomotives of Southern Iron & Equipment" book. It can be ordered through: Cabbage Stack Publishing PO Box 19912 Birmingham, AL 35219 Pre-publication price

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 early 1998. I corresponded with him from

Sorry for the recent Spam Post, the member has been banned and the post removed. Don

Folks In the continuing saga of my basement cleanup I have decided to sell the following NG & SL Gazettes. All are in fair to good condition with attached covers. The first few years worth of both mag

Gang, I finally got off my caboose and did a few updates on Tap Lines. I've added a new locomotive with Battle Lumber Co. # 5 of Sorrento, FL, a Southern Iron & Equipment portrait of a rare Grant narr

Thanks Don it is always nice to see a message from you For the rest of the list if you haven't gotten a copy of Tom Lawson's SI&E book you need one it has a wealth of photos and some of the best data

How to Build Model Railroad Benchwork, Second Edition (Model Railroader) by Linn Hanson Westcott Paperback: 80 pages Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Company; 2 edition (August 1996) In like-new conditi

Gang, I've been working all week on the Florida Southern's narrow gauge web pages. While not officially up, you can see previews at: http://www.taplines.net/fs/fs/html http://www.taplines.net/fs/fs188

Don Very Nice. Good job Have you ever done anything with the German-American Lumber Co?? Steve in SC

Not too long ago businesses and products were promoted or celebrated by advertisements painted on the sides of buildings. Those that remain today are very faded (which gives them the name of 'Ghost Si

I have just finished updating the Tap Lines site by adding Russell Tedder's Gainesville & Gulf history which is titled Grits and Gravy. I have also added in several pages of photos and maps to go alon

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Does anyone have photos of the P-W in Florida. I am interested in the interchange in Maytown with FEC as well as the P-W locomotives and equipment. Bill Michael

I have PW photos and info, please contact me off list for details. Don Donald R. Hensley, Jr. 277 S Washington St Waynesburg. PA 15370 724-627-3880 SE Shortline, Industrial & Narrow Gauge History: www

From 1908- 1910, Huron H. Smith, an assistant Curator of Botany at the Field Museum traveled throughout Georgia collecting plant and tree samples, and taking photographs. Among the 74 photographs in t

Its almost been a year since I last updated Taplines, a long delay that was mostly due to those darn addictive games on Facebook. I have finely gotten that monkey off my back (I am now game free) and

I will be updating the Switch List Links webpage, so if anyone wants their webpage listed, please email me direct at webmaster@... Don Donald R. Hensley, Jr. 277 S Washington St Waynesburg. PA 15370 7

Some of this may not be of interest from a military standpoint but from a lumber stand point this is a very nice museum to see the entire process from sawmill thru kiln and planer mill. All was steam

Silver Springs & Western has been added to Taplines. Next up will be the Rent Lumber Co. and Ocala Northern. Don Donald R. Hensley, Jr. 277 S Washington St Waynesburg. PA 15370 724-627-3880 SE Shortli