Branchline did some 50' cars on the R/W/B BAR scheme, going off memory, these cars were built in 1957. Todd Horton

C of G car to the very left. Todd Horton

C of G freight equipment start appearing with the rectangular monogram in June of 1934. Todd Horton

It’s amazing how many photos I’ve seen of CG cars on PRR lines I know they traveled everywhere but they seem to pop up often. Todd Horton

The C of G used USRA clone gons for pig iron service in Birmingham. These cars had the sides lowered to limit the amount of material that could be loaded. These cars were eventually all rebuild with s

I have a not so great photo of a C of G

Scott, I have a not so great photo of a C of G door and a half with Superior doors. The photographer was shooting a locomotive and the boxcar just happened to get caught. Todd Horton

The bodies were cast by GSC. The C of G had 20 similar cars built for the General Electric plant in Rome Ga. These were probably built for the same customer as they both had access to the plant. Todd

The Central started using “ The Right Way” lettering in 1954 on freight cars. The 50’ black and silver “blimp” cars were the first to have this. The slogan was used earlier on some diesel locomotives

These were the last new 40’ cars purchased by the Central in 1957. They were different in that they were delivered in a brown color as opposed to the more common freight car red. These cars also had b

I’m not sure where they originated but I always assumed they were sent to Brunswick for unloading. There was so many forest operations in South Ga that there could have been several locations of loadi

The C of Ga modified some USRA clone gons like this for hauling stumps to make dynamite Todd Horton

The CG cars didn’t get roof hatches till after the 1963 takeover by Southern, well past the era of this group’s time era.

There's a C of G vent car with the old style lettering coupled to the 2nd flat car. Todd Horton

Who likes paying taxes ? Not me

That is a C of G vent car

New Mitutoyo calipers for $30 ?? There’s you sign

Calipers are questionable to 4 places but it’s nice to have that feature. Any time I get into the 4 place I rely on more technologically advanced measuring tools

I’ve owned several sets of digital and dial calipers over the years. Mitutoyo seems to be my favorite but Swiss made Brown & Shape dial calipers are good also. The digital advantage is the ability to

A reverse helix cutter will push the material down instead of trying to lift it. I think Harvey Tool Company has these. They sell very small tools. I’ve used a .004 diameter cutter from them in the pa