Curious

[Anonymous]

After searching half my life , what website can i find pictures of a passenger train that ran west out of Atlanta in the 60's called the MAN OF WAR ???

[dknelson]

Here is some info on how to find a photo of the Central of Georgia's Man 'o War in and old Trains magazine
http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=000dvb

And here are mouse pads and T shirts featuring color drawings of the train
http://www.rebelrails.com/shop/index.php?action=category&id=21

I did not have time to search this site; it seems to be the Central of Georgia Historical Society and if you have been searching all your life for photos, you should probably join!
http://cofg.org/

Dave Nelson

[passengerfan]

Hope this helps re information on CofG MAN O' WAR

MAN O’WAR CofG June 24, 1947 Atlanta – Columbus two round trips daily 117 miles 2 hours 30 minutes each way

The first lightweight streamlined train owned by the Central of Georgia Railway entered scheduled service on June 24, 1947 between Columbus and Atlanta, Georgia a distance of 117 miles. The new MAN O’WAR a four car Budd built train powered by a single EMD E7A unit operating two daily round trips. The stainless steel cars carried a red letter board above the windows. The new streamlined train was named for a racehorse famed Triple Crown winner MAN O’WAR and the cars were named for Army forts located along the C of G. The seating capacity of the four car lightweight streamliner was 152. The cars were named only upon arrival on the C of G with numbers added in the latter half of the 1950s.

CONSIST

808 EMD E7A 2,000 HP Diesel Passenger Cab Unit

FORT MITCHELL Baggage 44-Revenue Seat Coach

FORT OGLETHORPE 54-Revenue Seat Coach

FORT McPHERSON 54-Revenue Seat Coach

FORT BENNING 40-Seat Tavern Lounge Bar 20-Seat lounge Observation

TTFN AL

[csmith9474]

Just look under the Central of Georgia index and there are a few pics of the cars you are looking for. A good friend was an engineer on the Central that ran the Man O War a few times.

http://www.trainweb.org/passengercars/