I can thank Todd Horton for kickstarting my interest in TAG freight cars. We were at the old Atlanta airport train show - many years ago - and I picked up a few TAG freight car pics from Bill Folsom. I showed them to Todd who told me (more like scolded me) that it was high time I started taking TAG freight cars/rolling stock seriously. In other words mature amateur rail-historians don¡¯t neglect rolling stock. Well a thick binder of pics and sleeves of 35mm slides later, I am glad I listened. Because sadly with the passing of Bill Folsom and others like him, it is hard to find TAG freight car pics these days. So many photographic collections are now permanently closed. When I got started Frank Audrey had just announced his maternal was no longer available. I would hate to think what I would be up against if I was starting today instead of the late 90s. Finding some odd models has been tough. I have only one color roster shot of a TAG covered gondola. Finding pics of TAG freight cars repainted into Southern colors is very challenging.
A few years back, someone claiming to be from smoke city model railroad club in Birmingham emailed me asking for TAG freight car pictures because they wanted to do a special run of TAG HO cars. He was just phishing for free pictures. Like an idiot I emailed him a good number. After a while I emailed him asking what car they had decided to go with. He replied he didn¡¯t know what I was talking about. This incident and other bad actors have colored my opinion on openly sharing. If you are truly interested in TAG freight cars you are always welcome to look at what I have. And I can share where I found a pic. I just can¡¯t guarantee the collection is still open.
Warren
Warren Stephens