Central of Georgia Steam

Here is a C of G Mountain . Photo dates to 1939 and is in Atlanta. The railroad's terminal in Savannah is pretty much preserved and in use as a museum and Visitors center. There is a Roundhouse there and it is Ante Bellum design and is the oldest roundhouse still in existence in the country. Worth a visit if in Savannah. I don't believe there have been C of G steam models produced in O gauge.

Thanks for the picture of the Mountain LIRR Steamer. I did find information

on the engine that I would like to see made but no pictures. It seems that

CofG had several 4-8-4 engines built by Lima around 1943. I guess they were

originally called Northerns but several railroads had their own names for them.

The CofG called them Big Apples. From what I read the 4-8-4's must have been

a real workhorse and there were a lot of railroads that had them.

Without a picture, it would be a great engine to model because it would be hard

for someone to say they did not get it right.

But, since I seem to be the only one that has a desire to see someone make a

model of CofG steam, I don't think i'll be able to get MTH to make one.

For all that looked, thanks for letting me ramble for a while.

C of G's Northerns were similar in specifications to the Southern Pacific GS-2 locomotives, built about 6 years earlier. The GS -2 was an oil burner but the Big Apples were coal fired. They had a relatively short service life being retired when they were about 10 years of age. They had 73 inch drivers so probably could be fast. Here is a photo of 451 at Birmingham credited to Don Hensley . She is a good looking engine and I would like to see one as well. C of G had two passenger trains named for Race Horses, " Nancy Hanks " and "Man o War". I believe the Man o war was an all Georgia train and supposedly it was the first lightweight streamliner to run entirely within the state of Georgia. C of G 's late 10 wheelers were good looking engines as well. 

I will agree, it is a good looking engine and I too would love to see one made

but i'm sure that it will take more than two of us wanting one to make it 

happen. I thought I had looked everywhere for a picture of this engine and

did not find one. I don't know where you found it, but thanks.