TAG Train Order
My desk is like the La Brea tar pits, every once in a while something will float back to the surface I had forgot about. I actually don't remember acquiring this particular TAG train order. It was in
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61st Atlanta Model Train Show & Sale - THIS Saturday, August 27, 2022
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Hope to see you at the show!
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61st Atlanta Model Train Show and Sale
THIS Saturday, August 27, 2022
9:00 AM to 4:00
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Bill Delmar
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61st Atlanta Model Train Show & Sale - Saturday, August 27, 2022
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61st Atlanta Model Train Show and Sale
Saturday, August 27, 2022
9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Gas South Convention
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Bill Delmar
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Look at this on eBay
I can not be sure but I believe this may not be an original slide. That it may in fact be a duplicate. I have a similar slide in a ¡°red border¡± mount fitting of the era it was taken. The fact that
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Warren Stephens
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Georgia's Virtual Vault - Georgia's Virtual Vault
https://vault.georgiaarchives.org/
Look this sight over good. For TAG I note pics from the pipe shop near Flintstone and the connection with CofG/Durham mines. Maybe this is old news. No Menlo pics.
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Warren Stephens
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Re: [lnrr] L&N Coil-steel gondolas
Warren,
The L&N Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment, Volume One, features several L&N covered gondolas. On page 74, there is a photo of new #56898, a sister car to the one in the photo
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Steven D Johnson
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Coil-steel gondolas
Can someone please tell me about this L&N covered Gondola? It looks very similar to TA&G and Southern cars that were in the Republic Steel car pool. The cradles and covers for the TA&G and Southern
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Warren Stephens
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Re: TAG freight cars
As a side note, I have a picture taking in the Republic yard of similar Southern gondolas loaded with pipe. They appear wooden sheathed instead of steel and thus the external bracing. Those TAG 4000
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Warren Stephens
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TAG freight cars
https://www.lakestatesarchive.org/Ed-Wilkommen-BW-Collection/Freight-Cars/
This link is courtesy of Todd Horton. If you scroll through there are a few TAG freight cars but two in particular really
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Warren Stephens
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Re: TA&G excursion on C&C dates & details needed
Thanks, that verifies my info.
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John W. Coni
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john w coniglio
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Re: TA&G excursion on C&C dates & details needed
John, That excursion according to my slide mounts - was Saturday 21 May, 2005.
Warren
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Warren Stephens
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Re: TA&G excursion on C&C dates & details needed
Thanks, that will help. We did have some "interesting" (to misquote Freeman
Hubbard) railfans back then. It's good that your situation did not
escalate. Yes, #80 would have been right at home
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Re: TA&G excursion on C&C dates & details needed
According to my records 2005 is the correct year. I have the exact date buried somewhere around here.
Arnold Eaves
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Re: TA&G excursion on C&C dates & details needed
So we reached out to Tom Foden and he believes that the trip was in the spring of 2005 and originated in Trion before going up to Chattanooga and then down the TAG.? It then returned the way it
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Re: TA&G excursion on C&C dates & details needed
John it was 2005 or 2006 but I always date stamped my slides so when I get a chance to see which Logan box they are in and look I¡¯ll let you know. That was a good trip. Sy Reich a former staffer
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TA&G excursion on C&C dates & details needed
I am trying to identify the date and any available details of an excursion that visited Kensington, Ga. Train was C&C 102, a pair of TVRM coaches, and a Central of Georgia caboose. C&C 103 was in
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Re: Check out this sweet pic of TAG 50 and gang!
When I visited the south portal during the time of rail pulling there were no structures or remnants of structures that would have drawn my attention. There was a very well-maintained track oiler on
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Re: Check out this sweet pic of TAG 50 and gang!
Well I did have time to take a fleeting glance at the valuation map for the section of track that included the tunnel. It listed that building we discussed as "watchman's house?" There was a small
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Re: Check out this sweet pic of TAG 50 and gang!
Boy autocorrect always wears me out. That previous email is rough boy. Bill I work odd hours. I head to work at 1pm and get home at 1am the following day. I am just time deficient on a workday with
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Re: Check out this sweet pic of TAG 50 and gang!
Bill with regard to my comments on the building, I did note the lack of accommodations for motor cars and the steps. I do feel very strongly that it is the train order station based on the
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