Ghost on the RIP track

[E.M. Bell]

You never know what you will find in the piney woods of Georgia.

CofG X17, shoved out back on the RIP track at Layfette GA 10/27/12

[NSMoWandS]

That is true EM! Up here in the Mid Atlantic... if you follow the Maryland Midland line... you find all sorts of Western Maryland stuff! Good looking out! Dan

[LC43]

Central of Georgia caboose on the ex Central of Georgia mainline between Griffin and Chattanooga.

[Ponce de Leon]

WOW! Now that is a major find! That particular paint job would have to go back to the early '60s--about 50 years. It still looks very fresh, however.

[etalcos]

Looks a little like one of the old S&A cabooses.  And I'm thinking it has been repainted into this scheme from a SOUTHERN schem it last wore.  I bet it ran in your neighborhood back when Ron?  I don't know a whole lot about CofG proper cabooses, but I can't find a photo of an all steel CofG coupola, they look to be pretty much a wood caboose operation.

[Ponce de Leon]

Looks a little like one of the old S&A cabooses.  And I'm thinking it has been repainted into this scheme from a SOUTHERN schem it last wore.  I bet it ran in your neighborhood back when Ron?  I don't know a whole lot about CofG proper cabooses, but I can't find a photo of an all steel CofG coupola, they look to be pretty much a wood caboose operation.

Good point. It looks like one of those "Northeastern" cabs like the Savannah & Atlanta owned. Yes, they were pretty common in Andover, replacing the wooden Interstate cabs.

I did see a few CofG cabs in the late '60s---including this wooden cupola model at Andover in early 1968:

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=272698&nseq=21

[Ponce de Leon]

I meant to post this as well. This is obviously a Southern Railway steel bay window caboose...but it was lettered for the CofG when I took this photo in 1968. Anyone know how that happened? (I don't...)

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=310764&nseq=24