GINSAW Where are you?

Anyonw know???

I spoke with him a few months ago, might have been over the summer in fact. At the time he was strongly considering getting out of the hobby. He may just need a break, but I would be surprised to see him back.

When I last chatted with him he was planning to leave O-gauge at least for the immediate future.["Ginsaw" as in Cotton Gin Saws--he worked in the raw cotton business].

Conrail4me and Dewey, Thank you for your responce. I had talked to him over a period of time and I don't think he was well. He jad talked about taking down a layout that was upstairs. He and I used to talk about the Memphis area which we both had in common at one point or another. He had a lot of knowledge abd I hope he does return here and yhay nothing bad has happened.

De wy the cotton version of wall street was in Memphis don on Front street and so I would guess that he had knowledge of that. PaRTS OF MY FAMILY ARE ALSO IN THE COTTON BUSINESS. I also earned my first dollar pickimg cotton. Took ,r all day to pick about 100 pounds and fingers were sore from the cotton bowls pricking my fimgers. I think that was the best job I ever had because it motivated me to go to College and stick it out.

Thanks again guys for the input.

Popsrr

So, you are a "Linthead" also.

I was a longtime board member of the National Cotton Council and Program Director for several years representing the Textile industry. Ginsaw's handle attracted me right away and we had many interesting conversations regarding Cotton and Trains. A good guy!

I spent a lot of time in Memphis and Beltwide--mostly Texas and the the Delta. In 1990 I bought my first Williams SRR brass [2-8-2s & Ps-4s] from a dealer in Memphis who Ginsaw knew.

During the '80s our company used 250 millions lbs of cotton annually, weaving Denim and Corduroy primarily. 

I just had the lady at the "Little Bale Company" down in Ole Miss make me some 1/4" scale bales for the Denim Mill I am trying to squeeze into one corner of my little attic layout.

Dewey, My uncle had a gin about 75 miles east of Memphis and his son had one about 25 north east of Memphis. My cousin knew that the growing season in West Tn and Texas were not quite the same so he also had a gin in Texas. He would move his crew from TN to TX for the ginning seasons. He also had the large wire cage trailers for hauling from the fields to the gin. I see that today when they  pick a field they end up with a HUGE uncleaned bale to be hauled to the gin. I remember people using the gined huls around scrubs at the homes. I am not sure what the yield on oil from the seed turns out to be but that has to be worth a good bit today I would think.

As a kid I used to go fishing with my dad down in the Delta, Down along the Mississippi River near Tunica and some little lakes just south of there that were normally cut off from the BiG RIVER.  

If you spent time in Memphis then you know about the Rendevous for ribs off the alley in downtown and Corkey's east out Poplar ave.

Did the dealer you bought from in Memphis Die? The one store out east off Summer ave near Cordova was the store I liked the best. The Hobby shop off White Station Road and Summer was too much hobby and not enough train for me lol.

There used to be a packing house in Memphis called Nat Buring's and they used the name KING COTTON on a lot of there products.

I forgot to ask if the Lady in Oxford put a flag and Ole Col. on the bales lol lol

Cinsaw are you reading this post?

Ginsaw are you reading this post?

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