Central of Georgia passenger trains

6 thoughts on “Central of Georgia passenger trains”

1. Very nice of ya’ll to put these CofG photos for us to see. I did not get to see steam but the other photos bring back great memories. I believe the Augusta, Georgia museum has in its collections the “Little Nancy” tail sign. Train ran from Augusta to Millan, Georgia connecting with the Atlanta-Savannah “Nancy Hanks”. Thanks again for the lovely photos.

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2. I found it “disturbing” (closest word I can think of) that in my 1954 Guide, the fine-print note that “Seats Reserved for White Passengers Only”, on trains like Nancy Hank (and others in the South) even though I grew up in that time period but never witnessed such blatant, lawful, out-right, and acceptable segregation in white-bread small town Iowa. I found it “disturbing” even though I was a history teacher and have seen pics of “Whites Only” and “Colored Only” drinking fountains, entrances, etc. How utterly senseless.

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   1. Michael:

      You have to understand that in the racially segregated south many rules were in effect, such as dining cars had small section for “colored” passengers, including having curtains between the “white” and “colored” parts of the dining cars, usually on the kitchen end. No, it was not equal, but it was the way it was.

      As information, the PRR ordered 17 seat coaches (not Jim Crow) for their trains that traveled south of Washington, DC.

      Ed Burns

   2. “white-bread” ???

3. My grandfather was a porter on the Seminole – retiring after 47 years CofG and surviving a boiler explosion resulting from an accident.

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4. Thank you very much for posting these priceless photos of the Central of Georgia. They are a real treasure trove of information for a CG modeler and historian. Please post more in the future when you come across more.

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