http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaRRHistory/ Florida Railroad History Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:01:29 GMT southjerseymichigan http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaRRHistory/message/66 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaRRHistory/message/66 Jan. 06thThe History Channel will once again air the "Overseas Highway" episode of Modern Marvels on January 06th at 7 a.m. Eastern time. I'm a big fan of the Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:19:06 GMT Donnie Hensley http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaRRHistory/message/65 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaRRHistory/message/65 This week on Tap Lines I have posted a Danforth Cooke American built around the time of the Civil war. Here she is shown at Southern Iron & Equip. Co. in 1908 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:46:57 GMT RHanson669@... http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaRRHistory/message/64 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaRRHistory/message/64 General was built by Rogers. ... From: relichuntr@... To: FlaRRHistory@yahoogroups.com; floridacitrusindustrymodeling@yahoogroups.com; Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:06:48 GMT Donnie Hensley http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaRRHistory/message/63 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaRRHistory/message/63 The General (#39) was a Rogers, the next engine (#40) the Cherokee, was a Baldwin built in 1856. Don Donald R. Hensley, Jr. 277 S Washington St Waynesburg. PA Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:57:31 GMT relichuntr@... http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaRRHistory/message/62 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaRRHistory/message/62 No. 2 looks a lot like the General, which was W&A No. 3. I don't have a photo of the General handy to compare it to though. Can't recall offhand if the Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:38:45 GMT Donnie Hensley http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaRRHistory/message/61 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaRRHistory/message/61 This week on Tap Lines I have posted a Baldwin (circa 1915-1922) publicity photo of the the JN Bray Baldwin, an antebellum 4-4-0 that was reported to have been Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:21:47 GMT Donnie Hensley http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaRRHistory/message/60 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaRRHistory/message/60 This week on Tap Lines I have posted photos of the the Luraville Engine, an ancient antebellum 4-4-0 that fell off a barge in 1906 and was rescued from the Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:26:54 GMT Donnie Hensley http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaRRHistory/message/59 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaRRHistory/message/59 New weekly locomotive photo series on Taplines has been updated The direct link to Locomotives is http://taplines.net/locos/locos.html The direct link to the Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:03:50 GMT Donnie Hensley http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaRRHistory/message/58 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaRRHistory/message/58 New weekly locomotive photo series on Taplines A new weekly series called Locomotives will start this week, as I dig deep into my locomotive portrait negative Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:31:15 GMT Donnie Hensley http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaRRHistory/message/57 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaRRHistory/message/57 Walt, Later doing regular routine maintenance most of the track would have been reguaged. Standard gauge cars and locomotives could still be carried Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:00:24 GMT southjerseymichigan http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaRRHistory/message/56 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaRRHistory/message/56 The current issue of the ACLSAL Historical Society magazine recently arrived, most of it being a very well written article on various railroads around Orlando. Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:43:57 GMT Donnie Hensley http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaRRHistory/message/55 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaRRHistory/message/55 Looking for volunteer moderators to help moderate any of my RR History groups by approving or rejecting new members and moderating new member's messages. Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:38:02 GMT Donnie Hensley http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaRRHistory/message/54 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaRRHistory/message/54 Last year I started up the RR2Sell yahoo group to replace the spammer infested RR4Sale group. This list provides a forum for announcing railroad and model Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:23:25 GMT Donnie Hensley http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaRRHistory/message/53 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaRRHistory/message/53 Now on Taplines, a short history of the Gulf Florida & Alabama Ry, that ran between Pensacola, FL and Kimbrough, Alabama from 1912 to 1922. It later became the Fri, 08 May 2009 16:27:10 GMT Donnie Hensley http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaRRHistory/message/52 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaRRHistory/message/52 I updated the Tap Lines website with the Lake Santa Fe Route, the story of the Western Ry of Florida, a narrow gauge railroad that ran from 1881 to 1899.