THE HOT BOX
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The ATLANTA CHAP.rER takes the greatest of pleasure in being host to the 1962 National Convention here in the Gate City of the South. We welcome you and hope that you will enjoy the trips which we have planned for you.
If you have any questions, or if we can be of any help to you in any way, please call on us.
Again we welcome you.
Cordially,
William H. Price, President Atlanta Chapter, NRHS
CONVENTION ACTIVITIES
Following is a brief schedule of the various convention activities.
Thursday, Aug. 30
3pm-9pm
Friday, Aug. 31
Registration open. LOBBY, DINKLER PIAZA HOTEL
7:30 am Buses leave from DINKLER PLAZA HOTEL for Graham County Railroad pre-convention trip.
J2:30pm-9 pm Registration open. LOBBY, DINKLER PLAZA HOTEL
Saturday, Sept. 1
8 am - J2 noon 10:30 a.m.
6:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
9:30 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 2 6:30 a.m. 7:30 a.m.
Monday, Sept. 3 8:00 a.m. 11:45 a.m. 2:15 p.m.
Registration open. LOBBY, DINKIER PLAZA HOTEL
Leave TERMINAL STATION on A&WP steam special to West Point, Ga. and return.
* Reception, PIAZA A& B, LOBBY FLOOR, DINKLER PLAZA
* Cocktails, PLAZA A& B, LOBBY FLOOR, DINKIER PLAZA
* Convention Banquet, followed by movies and slides
DINKLER A& B, LOBBY FLOOR, DINKLER PLAZA
Directors• Meeting, SKYROOM (14th Floor), DINKIER PLAZA
* Gentlezoon are requested to wear coats
Worship Service conducted by NRHS National Chaplain Alexander Hamilton. RAINBOW ROOF, DINKIER PLAZA HOTEL Leave UNION STATION on L& N trip to Etowah to meet the "General" and return over the Hook& Eye route.
Buses leave from DINKIER PLAZA HOTEL for Stone Mountain and a rideonthe Stone Mountain Scenic Railroad. Bus returns to DINKIER PLAZA HOTEL direct from Stone Mountain for benefit of those leaving on the Crescent, the Peach Queen and Seaboard's #6.
Others continue on tour to Grant Park for a visit to the world-famous painting of the Battle of Atlanta (Cyclorama) and the locomotive "Texas"; thence to the Southeastern Museum of Transportation at Lakewood Park.
Buses return to DINKIER PLAZA HOTEL.
PLAZA B (LOBBY FLOOR), DINKLER PLAZA HOTEL, will be open on Friday and on Saturday morning and evening (until banquet time) for displays, gifts, chapter exhibits and sale of souvenirs.
SOUVENIRS FOR SALE AT THE DINKLER PIAZA HOTEL (PIAZA B) and during the Saturday and Sunday trips (in the Commissary Car),? the following souvenirs will be available:
The Ozarks Chapter will offer:
Patches of various railroads@ 35¢' each, 3 for $1
8 x 10 pictures of railroad subjects@ 75¢' each, 2 for $1
Small pictures of railroad subjects@ 15¢' each
The Atlanta Chapter will have:
Bronze commemorative medallions of the General and the Great Locomotive Chase@·$3 each
Railroad spike paper weights@$1 each
Patches of various railroads except the Chattahoochee Valley and Western & Atlantic, 35¢' each, 3 for $1
Patches of the Chattahoochee Valley and the Western & Atlantic, 50¢' each
Railroad caps@$1 each
Winston Link's new recording of the locomotive "General" (45rpm) $1.50
Mobile Fidelity Records' newest release (not yet on the market) MF-9 "SUNDAY ONLY" (Burlington Steam), as well as other Mobile Fidelity records.
SPECIAL WELCOME TO INTERMOUNTAIN CHAPTER FRIENDS. As you know, Denver will be the site of the 1963 convention,and literature concerning this convention and Colorado is being distributed at the Hotel. Be sure to get yours. Denver has a locale for magnificent mountain trips,and surely a treat is in store. Why not start a systematic saving plan now so you can go. While you are about it_, include 2 or 3 e�tra days and ride the "train to yesterday," the narrow-gauge Durango to Silverton branch.
The motive power consists of ancient coal-fired steam locomotives. Many of the oldfashioned cars date from the last century. The oldest, a combination baggage�passenger car, was made in 1878. All passenger cars now ma.king up the trains are still equipped with stoves, coal bins and stovepipe chimneys.
Coal-oil lamps provide light, and open platforms and hand-operated windows are the only sources of air conditioning. These assure a plentiful supply of cinders from the stack of the aged engine and an aroma of smoke mingled with fresh mountain air. Advance reservations are almost a necessity.
STONE MOUNTAIN SCENIC RAILROAD COACHES ARE EX-C&NW The Convention Brochure erroneously stated that these coaches were ex-Illinois Central.
RAILROAD FIIM TO BE PRESENTED
A railroad film will be presented by Mr. E. T. Mitchell, a Pennsylvania RR employee from Philadelphia, at the Seaboard's offices, 990 Chattahoochee Avenue, N.W._, Atlanta, Ga.. on Friday, October 5, 1962 at 7:30 P.M. and on Saturday, October 6, 1962 at 2:30 P.M. and 7:00 P.M. According to the information furnished the editors the picture is based on two books written by Mr. Mitchell. It is a 16mm sound film of 90 minutes duration showing shots of Budd RDC 1 s, steam, diesel and electric power as well as a trip in a dome car around the U.S.A. A FREE WILL OFFERING WILL BE TAKEN. This picture will also be shown in Augusta, Georgia ·at the Y.M.C.A. on Wednesday, October 3, 7:30 P.M. and in Macon, Georgia at the Y.M.C.A. on Thursday, October 4, 7:30 P.M.
FAIR SEX FLEXES ITS MUSCLES Georgia women may be Southern belles, but there is some question about the:!r being the weaker sex. The 1960 census reveals that four Georgia women are listed as locomotive engineers, eight are working as forgemen and hammermen, four are railroad brakemen, and 15 are employed as chainmen, rodmen and axmen surveyors. (From ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, 8/16/62)
SEPTEMBER MEETING will be on Friday, the 21st at the Red Cross Building on Peachtree at 7:30 P.M. A 16mm sound and color fi.lm, "Science Rides the High Iron", will be shown. This 27�minute film concerns the application of electronics to modern railrcading.
ATLANTIC & DANVILLE RAILWAY CO. U.S.District Court has authorized the sale at auction of the 73-year-old and ailing P&D. The Norfolk & Western has agreed to bid $1.5 million in cash for this road and to spend the money necessary to keep the line in operation.
The ATLANTA CHAPI'ER was chartered on May 23, 1959, and now with 207 members, it is the largest chapter in the Nation. The Chapter holds regular meetings on the third Friday night of each month at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Red Cross Building, 848 Peachtree Street, N.E.
The official publication of the Atlanta Chapter is "THE HOT BOX"which is published monthly.
One of the Chapter's most important projects is the administration on behalf of the Chapter and the City of Atlanta of the Southeastern Transportation Museum at I.a.kewood Park. In addition to equipment which has been donated to the City of Atlanta, several pieces of the Chapter's own equipment are on exhibit at this Museum. Some 15,000 to 20 1 000 persons visit this Museum annually.
The Chapter's most challenging project, however, is the establishment and maintenance of an operating museum. Equipment that is in especially good condition, or equipment that can be restored to good condition, is being placed in this operating museum. Such equipment is available to communities, historical societies and civic groups for :participation in celebrations of historical events, centennials, memorial exercises, etc. The Chapter already has two steamlocomotives in operating condition, with a third one scheduled for restoration. The sleeperlounge-observation car WASHINGTON CLUB is being used in the labor Da.y Convention trips as is our newly acquired Baggage Car, formerly L& N ff269. This car has been completed rebuilt interiorly as a commissary car for Chapter activities. Office Car ACL #304 is also a pa.rt of the operating museum.
We are in the process of securing various other equipment, and we anticipate that this operating museumwill be of considerable size within the next few years.
At present, the following equipment is on display:
SOUTHEASTERN MUSEUM OF TRANSPORTATION
Street Car #997
P&WP Locomotive f290
Southern Locomotive #1509 (MAUD)
Cherokee Brick& Tile
Locomotive #3
P&WP Caboose #529
Southern Coach#3580
Seaboard Camp Car
•·Ttiaycle .1;y:pe·[Band<:ear
Atlanta Transit Co. Bus
GEORGIA RAILROAD HULSEY YARDS
Gainesville Midland Locomotive:/f203
Chattahoochee Valley Locomotive /t2.l
Sa'Vanilalf:&:AtlantaLocomotive #750
BARON'S IRON WORKS (Old Pullman Shops)
WASHINGTON CLUB
ACL Office Car #304
L& N Baggage Car:/f269
The Chapter has started a collection of railroad films. This film library is available to community and civic groups and is used by schools and youth organizations. Rental films of especial interest are shown at various Chapter meetings, and the general public is invited to view these films. Chapter members speak on occasion before community and civic groups on matters of railroads, both of the pa.st and present.
On the following pages are pictures of the locomotives presently in our museums, together with some statistical data pertaining to each.
Savannah & Atlanta fh50. C/No. 46567. Pacific-type 4-6-2 passenger locomotive. This engine was built by American Locomotive Company in 1910 for the Florida East Coast Railroad, and was used on the Overseas Branch of the Flagler System. The engine has 69-inch driving wheels. This locomotive was completely rebuilt and stored for the past several years at the �A Shops in Savannah. Donated by the Savannah & Atlanta Railway to the Atlanta Chapter on July 4, 1962.
Chattahoochee Valley #2.1. c/No. 57707, 2-8-0. Built by Baldwin in 1924 for Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railway and used in passenger service from Chattanooga to Gadsden. C.V.Ry. bought it in 1935, and operated it in general service until 1946 and standby service until 1961. It came to C.V. with superheat e�uipment and thermal syphons. C.V. added cross compound air pumps, prime cylinder valves, air-operated fire door and cut-off reversing gear. Its cylinder size is 20" x 24", tractive effort 31,000 lbs. Presented to the Atlanta Chapter by the West Point Manufacturing Company.
ELmer J. Brasweii, Jr.
from Coiiection of Rick Jowers
Atlanta & West Point #2-90. C/No. 7008. Pacific-type 4-6-2 passenger locomotive. Built by Lima in 1924. 74-Inch driving wheels. Tractive effort 46,900 lbs; 27-inch x 28-inch cylinders. Piston-type valves. Standard stoker. Weight of engine 269,700 lbs.; weight of tender 78,800 lbs. Tender capacity: ll,000 gallons water; 5 tons coal. Originally pulled the New York-New Orleans crack passenger train "The Crescent". Donated by /:&WP to the City of Atlanta for the Southeastern Transportation Museum.
Gainesville Midland fi203. C/No. 60342, 2-10-0 (Decapod). Built by Baldwin in January 1928 for the Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad. 52-Inch driving wheels. Boiler pressure 200 lbs/sq.inch. Piston valves, Walschaerts valve gear arrangement. Total weight: 213,000. Last run: September 1959, when she double-headed the first trip sponsored by the Atlanta Chapter. Engine was presented to City of Athens by the Seaboard Railroad, and the City of Athens later ma.de the engine available to the Atlanta Chapter.
From Collection of Rick Jowers
from Collection of Rick Jowers
Southern Railway#1509, affectionately known as "MAUD". 0-4-4T, Forneytype locomotive, built by Baldwin in 1880. Used for many years as shop switcher at Atlanta's Pegram Shops. Donated by Pegram employees to Southeastern Transportation Museum.
Cherokee Brick& Tile #3, C/No. 6690. 2-4-2T. Built by Porter in 1925. Donated by Cherokee Brick & Tile Comp=1ny of Ma.con to the Atlanta Chapter in 1961. Last run: December 1958.
Railroad
Where to Find STEAM in Metropolitan Atlanta
Wheel ArrangeNo. ment Builder C/No. Date
ATLANTA& WEST POINT RR 290 4-6-2 Li.ma 7008 1924
Displayed inside fence at Southeastern Transportati.on Museum, Lakewood Park, Atlanta. Donated by P&WP to City of Atlanta, and moved to present location in
1958 by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Originally pulled New York-New Orleans crack passenger train, "The Crescent" .
ATLANTIC STEEL COMPANY 1 0-4-0T Porter 3250 1905
Ex-Southern Iron& Equipment Company. First locomotive ever to run at Atlantic Steel. Now being put on display outside plant at Mecaslin & 16th Streets, N. w., Atlanta.
CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY RY 21 2-8-0 Baldwin 57707 1924
Ex-Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railway 201. Donated to Atlanta Chapter,NRHS by West Point Manufacturing Company, West Point, Georgia. Currently kept at Georgia Railroad's Hulsey Yards, DeKalb Avenue, S.E., Atlanta. Last run: July 22, 1961,
CHEROKEE BRICK& TILE CO. 3 2-4-2T Porter 6990 1925
Donatedby CHleT, M9.con, Georgia, to Atlanta Chapter,NRHS, and put on display inside fence at·southeastern Transportation Museum, Lakewood Park. Last run: Dec. 1958.
GAINESVILLE MIDLAND RR 203 2-10-0 Baldwin 60342 1928
Ex-Alabama, Tennessee & Northern RR (Frisco) 4o2. Donated by City of Athens, Ga., to Atlanta Chapter, NRHS, and currently located in Hulsey Yards, Atlanta. Last run: Sept. 19, 1959, on Atlanta Chapter-sponsored double-headed GM rail excursion.
GAINESVILLE MIDLAND RR 206 2-10-0 Baldwin ? 1918
Originally built for delivery to Russia in World War I, but sale never negotiated. Ex-Seaboard Air Line 544. Donated by GM to State of Georgia, and to be displayed in museum erected in Stone Mountain State Park. Located presently in Hulsey Yards, Atlanta. Last run: June 22, 1959, GM's dieselization date, and on final trip side rod broke, as if in protest to dieselization.
GEORGIA POWER COMPANY 97 0-6-0T Porter 7593 1943 Ex-Army 5060 98 o-6-0T Porter 7464 1942 Ex-Army 5004 Locomotive 97 currently in service five days per week, with 98 serving as stand-by power, but 98 could be runni.ng regularly by the time this is published. Both locos serve GP's Plant Jack McDonough, now being erected on the Chattahoochee River at Georgia Highway 280 in Cobb County. Plant to be completed in 1965.
MILSTEAD RAILROAD 104 o-6-o Rogers 6259 1905
Ex-Atlanta& West Point 104. Railroad owned by Callaway Mills, which has vacated plant, thereby taking away Milstead 1 s sole source of revenue. Plant now awaiting prospective purchaser. Loco located inside plant at Milstead, Georgia, three miles north of Conyers. Last run: October 1960.
H. G. POSS & CO., LIMITED 249 0-4-0T Porter 4458 1909
Ex-Pratt Engineering Company; Southern Iron & Equipment Company; Pullman Company Atlanta Shops. Poss, former employee of SI&E, purchased loco when she was to be scrapped. Loco displayed at Poss business, 1085 Howell Mill Road, N.W. (near 14th Street), Atlanta.
SAVANNAH& ATLANTA RY 750 4-6-2 Alco 46567 1910
Ex-Florida F.a.st Coast 136. Completely rebuilt and stored for past several years at S&A Shops, Savannah. Donated by S&A to Atlanta Chapter NRHS, and brought into Atlanta on Chapter-only fan trip July 4, 1962. Kept in Hulsey Yards, Atlanta.
Originally ran on overseas Branch of Flagler System.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY .1.509 0-4-4T Baldwin ? 18.30 Forney Type Loco, Used for many years at Atlanta's Pegram Shops as shop switcher. Displayed at Pegram after retirement J until i· was donated by Pegram employees to Southeastern TransportationMuseum_, Lakewood Park, Atlanta, Presently located :i.nside fence at Lakewood away from vandals, souvenir hunters, e c,
STONEMOUNTAIN SCENIC RR 1 4••4-0 Baldwin 52207 1919 "General II" 2 4-4-o Baldwin 55390 1922 "Texas II" Locomotive 1 ex-Red River & Gulf RR 104; ex--Louisiana Estern RR 1. Purchased from LE and totally rebuilt from Oct.ober 1961-·Ma.rch 1962, and made first test run on •March 17. Ran under own power with f'our coaches from Union Station, Atlanta, to StoneMountain Depot on Apr:il 4, where 1. was trucked. 3/4 mile to StoneMountain Scenic 9 s railhead. Loco 2 purchased from Louisiana Easternasfueir se'.!Oni one (also ex-San Antonio& Aransas Pass 60, Texas& New Orleans 60 J LE 2). Received from LE on May 4, then repainted and, oil burner re·built; pressed into much-needed service during week of May 20, Currently he l and 2 are in alternating service, Trackage 2/3 1 s complete, to be finished during tourist slack season th:!.s winter. RaU.road is located 2 miles east of StoneMountain, Georgia, on U. S. High 78.
WESTERN& ATLANTIC RR 49 4-4-0 Danforth-Cooke
1856 "Texas"
THE hero of the Civil War's Great Locomotive Chase, now rudely confined to the basement of the famed Cyc.lorama, located :!.n Grant Park, Atlanta. -Data Compiled by Rick Jowers,Member, Atlanta Chapter, NRHS
FIRST PULIMAN George Adair was associated with Richard Peters in the organization and early operation of the Atlanta Street Rai1roa.d Company. It is said that he was the conductor who pulled the bell ord on the first train arriving in At.lanta over the Georgia Railroad, which Mr. Pet�rs helped to build. His nalll9 was linked with many of the City's leading enterprises, but he was perhaps best known as the founder of the real estate business which first bore his name and in later yea.rs was called "Forest and George Adair11 , after his sons.
Mr. Adair studied law, but he found it necessary to take a job as conductor on the Georgia Railroad to pay off debts he had accumulated in the course of his studies and in early business ventures. As a condu. tor on this r d, he built himself a sleeping berth for use at night when the rain was not permitted to run, the law at that time allowing trains to run only during daylight hours.
Passengers on tJ1e train we.re inclined to appropriate Mr. Adair's berth while he was busy with other matters. To break up this practice, or � profit from itp he began charging twenty-five cents per night for the use of his berth.
George W. Pullman heard of Mr. Adair's con rivance, including the fee charged for its use, from their mu ual friend, H. I. Kim't>a.11, owner and operator of the Kimball House. Mr. Pullman came to Atlanta to investiga.:.e, with the res..tlt tha Mr. Ada.ir t s invention became the forerunner of the Pullman car. In appreciation of Mr. Adair's ingenuity and cooperation, Mr. Pull.man afterward gave him a. pass for life good for all the space he or his family m:i.ght wish on Pull.man cars. (From HISTORY OF THE GEORGIA POWER COMPANY 1855-1956, by Wade H. Wright)
THE SOUTH'S FIRST TROLLEY-SUBWAY opened on August 1 in Fort Worth, Texas. Five exD. Co Transit PCCs, Nos. 1506, 1535, 1541, 1551 and 1561, were purchased for the 1400-foot line on which construction began May 27. The double-track line, entirely underground, was buil by Leonard's Depart:aent Store t;o connect their new, $2,000,000 downtown shopping center with a 5000-car free :i;arking area on the edge of the central business district. The PCCs have been air conditioned, and will run on standardgauge track. One and one-half minutesa.rerequired to make the quarter-mile trip.
(From "Headlights", July 22, 1962)