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I'm sure most of you have seen this but, just in case. . . Atlas models is taking pre-orders for the TAG GP 38 NO. 80 (HO Scale) Oddly they have two models listed: Original paint scheme and a second

After Fess Parker made a hit as Davie Crocket ‘Estes would wear a coonskin cap from time to time. He probably looked more like Crocket than Parker ever did.

I think it was on the old list, that we discussed Estes Kefauver, the senator from Tennessee and two time presidential candidate. For those not around in those days, at one time he was a TAG employee

Well I finally had time to sit down and read the captions and text in the TAG section of the book. The mistakes are too many to get into. Mostly assumptions on the part of the author. This really

There are several TAG slides on eBay at the moment. Rosters by the late Bill Folsom and all shot in Alton Park (South Chattanooga). He shot multiples of the same image so I believe I have most of

Polaroid was the medium used by my parents to record my childhood. But then they - the prints - have held up. I can still remember the smell that the film gave off as it slid free and self developed.

I certainly wish I had a better camera and foresight when I was a kid. There I was embedded in TAG and CofG and never made a photo until 1970. Ouch! Thanks for the review, Warren. Arnold Eaves

Today I purchased a copy of Ralcon Wagner’s “Tennessee Central Railway, the First 50 years”. It is by Arcadia Publishing for those of you familiar with their format. I haven’t really had time

Well I finally received my Kentucky and Tennessee Shortlines in Color book. Some of the pictures were the standard Alton Park (south Chattanooga) roster/switching shots but there were some good images

Well again my original effort to purchase this book thriftily has come back to bite me. I ended up ordering it directly from Morning Sun. Hopefully it’ll arrive in a week or so. The hobby shop I

Well I am familiar with Mr. Ardinger and Mr. Gulash but the other gentleman are new to me. I have a TAG duplicate slide taken by Mr. Gulash and a couple of originals by Mr. Ardinger. I have seen an

Warren, Most of the TAG photos are shown as being from the Garreth M. McDonald Collection. Some are from William B. Gwaltney, Kenneth Ardinger, Emery J. Gulash, and Robert F. Wilt. I ordered my book

?Rereading my previous post, please don’t think I once disrespected copyright. I always gained or already had permission, if I shared a photo. Secondly, let me say that TAG freight cars roamed all

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.

Well I ordered my copy from an online hobby shop that discounts the suggested price of Morning Sun books. They sent me an email last Friday that they hope to have them in 7 days. So any day now And

I got the new Morning Sun book on the shortlines of Kentucky and Tennessee yesterday. It has 20 TAG photos. One photo each of a caboose and a boxcar and the rest are locomotve or locomotive with train

Sad indeed. Thanks for the reporting. Arnold eaves

Warren, I don't have any insight on TAG watch policies, however I suspect they might have used J. M. Sanders Jewery in Chattanooga for their inspections as he was the watch inspector for the Southern.

Strangely enough, I got into railroad history through my interest in old pocket watches which led me into railroad pocket watches. I collected railroad pocket watches for a time. Ball was my favorite

We have a cabin at Cloudland Canyon for a few days. It has been a while since I have driven parallel with the old TAG right of way, through the Chattanooga valley. It is shocking how nature has