I haven't hated ANY of these messages..........they have all been interesting! Vicki ----- Original Message ----- From: Charles R. Young <tncharles@mindspring.com> To: <TNGIBSON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 02, 1999 4:27 PM Subject: RE: [TNGIBSON-L] Vicki hates that she mentioned trains! > my high school history teacher emma inman williams in jackson tn authored > several books on west tenn history including at least one on civil war > action on the mobile & ohio railroad. one anecdote that i remember was how > the confederate snipers would lay up on the banks along the rail lines and > take pot shots at the federal troops that rode the flat cars as guards. > often they would tear up the tracks in order to stop the trains so they > could capture badly needed supplies. gen. n.b. forrest secured much of his > supplies in this manner. the public library in jackson has these books on > file. chas young > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Red & Pat Anthony [mailto:redpata@artelco.com] > > Sent: Friday, July 02, 1999 5:00 PM > > To: TNGIBSON-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [TNGIBSON-L] Vicki hates that she mentioned trains! > > > > > > One more story and I will quit: > > The amazing thing about the railroad industry is how fast it > > grew and how well built the structures were. Some of them still > > in use today are well over 100 years old. Lots of the bridges and > > tressels were built in the 1800s. The subway system in New York > > City was built around 1890, but the most durable has been the > > Chicago El. It was finished and opened in October, 1893. El means > > Elevated, and the steel infrastructure that supports the track, > > two stories off the ground, hasn't changed since it was built. > > The El forms a 2 mile loop around downtown Chicago before > > branching off to different destinations. Since the early 1900s, > > about 1600 trains a day make the loop. OK, Vicki, I'm outta > > here,,,,,,,,,Red Anthony > > ,,,,,,,,Red = > > Anthony > > >