As Presented -- Kudzu Rails -- 2004

Number of Passenger Cars Owned

1888 - 173
1892 - 216
1900 - 206
1905 - 230
1919 - 303
1929 - 268
1934 - 190
1937 - 168
1940 - 160
1948 - 179 - Includes 31 wooden side cars
1957 - 130 - Includes 12 wooden side cars
1961 - 107

Some Named Trains Operated

• South Atlantic Limited
• Seminole 1890-1969
• (Seminole Limited)
• (Seminole Express)
• Dixie Flyer 1908-1952
• Dixie Limited
• Dixie Express
• The Southland 1915-1959
• The Flamingo 1925-1968
• The Georgian (pre-war)
• City of Miami 1940-1971
• Sunchaser 1941-1949
• The Floridan
• Man O'War 1947-1970
• Nancy Hanks 1892-1893
• Nancy Hanks II 1947-1971
• Little Nancy 1948-1952
• Westerner
• Savannahian
• Georgia Cracker
• Oceanic
• Sea Gull
• "Shoofly"

Passenger Car Paint Schemes

• 1901 Standard was "Medium Shade Tuscan Red."
• At some unknown time Pullman Green was adopted. This probably occurred prior to WWI.
  
• Pullman Green with black roof, underframe and trucks became the standard for all conventional cars until 1947 when some heavyweight cars were modernized and painted Blue and Gray to match the new "streamlined" cars.
• The Blue and Gray scheme was discontinued beginning in 1959 when Pullman Green once again became the standard.
• Blue and Gray was first used on Baggage-Express Cars (453-458)* and Mail and Baggage Cars (473-474) delivered new from American Car & Foundry (ACF) in 1945.

* 456 & 457 later equipped with roller bearings and tightlock couplers for use as mail storage cars on Nancy Hanks II.

Nancy Hanks II
All cars delivered new from ACF in 1947. These were:

• 390-Passenger and Baggage, 56 seats
• 540-543-Partition Coach, 68 seats
• 660-663-Open Coach, 56 seats
• 690-Buffet-Lounge

Heavyweight cars painted Blue and Gray to match new "streamlined" cars

• 373-375 Combination Pass. & Bagg.
• 378 Combination Pass. & Bagg.
• 381 Combination Pass. & Bagg.
• 506 Partition Coach
• 526 Partition Coach
• 527 Partition Coach
• 528 Partition Coach
• 529 Partition Coach
• 530 Partition Coach
• 531 Partition Coach
• 627 Open Coach
• 630 Open Coach
• 650-654 Open Coach
691 Grill-Lounges

Brown and Orange (Illinois Central) - For use in SEMINOLE or CITY of MIAMI Trains

• 473-474--30' Mail Apt. and Bagg.
• 506-Partition Coach
• 527-Partition Coach
• 528-Partition Coach
• 531-Partition Coach
• 630-Open Coach
• 663-Open Coach, 56 seats (City)
• 670-Open Coach (former 541), 52 seats (City)
• 671-Open Coach (former 542), 52 seats (City)
• 672-Open Coach (former 543), 52 seats (City)

Aluminum (with shadow line striping)-for use in Man O'War
Red "Hat Band" added in 1952

• 458-Baggage and Express
• 493-15' Mail Apartment and Express
• 494-15' Mail Apartment and Express
• 528- Partition Coach

Stainless Steel - Man O'War Cars.
All delivered new from Budd in 1947. Not painted except for red "Hat Band" added in 1952.

• Fort Mitchell (391)-Baggage and Passenger, 44 seats
• Fort Oglethorpe (664)-Open Coach, 54 seats
• Fort McPherson (665)-Open Coach, 54 seats
• Fort Benning (692)-Tavern-Lounge (Boat Tail)

Sleeping Cars Owned by CofGa (pre-1925)
Corresponding name and number not confirmed, but believed to be correct.

14-MUCKALEE	22-UPATOI	30-OGEECHEE
15-WILLACOOCHEE	23-TALLAPOOSA	31-ETOWAH
16-CANOOCHEE	24-CAHABA	32-COOSA
17-KINCHEFOONEE	25-OHOOPEE	33-OCONEE
18-ECHCONNEE	26-CHICKAMAUGA	OOSTANAULA
19-CHOCTAWHATCHEE	27-THRONATEESKA	CHEWACLA
20-CONECUH	28-CHATTAHOOCHEE	PATAULA
21-APALACHEE	29-OCMULGEE	ISODEGA
(NOTE: 14 thru 18 were 10 Sec.-1 DR, remainder were 12 Sec.-1 DR.)

Pullman Cars Purchased in 1949

MT. OURAY-10 Sec-LO	McELAHATTAN-12-1
CENTESSA-8-1-2	VICTORY-12-1
CENTMOUNT-8-1-2	HIGH ROCK-10 Sec-LO
WESLEYAN COLLEGE-8-1-2	MECONAH-10 Sec-LO
KNOLLWOOD CLUB-8 Sec. Lounge	FORT KENT-10-1-2
ALVINSTON-12-1	FORT TAYLOR-10-1-2
GILLA-12-1	MONTE ROSA-10-LO
GRENSHAW-12-1	POINT BENNETT-10-2
McCARTERS-12-1	POINT TERRACE-10-2
McEACHERN-12-1	LAKE BUFFUM-10-1-2

Parlor Cars Owned by Central of Georgia

• 796 Pullman Lot 4536 1918, sold to Pullman in 1925. Named PRISCILLA by Pullman
• 797 Pullman Lot 4536 1918, sold to Pullman in 1925. Named GLORIA by Pullman
• 798 Built in 1892, rebuilt by CofGa in 1910
• 799 Built in 1893, rebuilt by CofGa in 1910

Pullman Palor Cars Purchased in 1942 for conversion to other uses

Pullman Name	Coach No.	Later Rebuilt to:
VAIL	636	Buffet Lounge 691 in 1948
Unknown	637
CEASAR RODNEY	638	Baggage and Express 428
CHARLES CARROLL	639	Baggage and Express 430
FREEHOLD	640
APPONAUG	641	Baggage and Express 429
KEY LARGO	642
GLORIA (former CofGa797)	643	Baggage and Express 427
Unknown	644	Baggage and Express 426
DESDEMONA	645	Baggage and Express 431
DEBORAH	646
EDITH	647	Office Car ATLANTA in 1949
BADEN		Baggage and Express 422
NISBET		Baggage and Express 423
ARLINGHAM		Baggage and Express 424
NEWVILLE		Baggage and Express 425

Office Cars

Office Car 97

• Built in the Savannah Coach Shop in 1905 for the Company president.
• In the 1920's it was sold to the Live Oak Perry and Gulf.
• LOP&G sold car to the Georgia Northern in the late 1920's.
• Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg purchased the car from Mr. Pidcock of the Georgia Northern in 1948 and moved it to Carson City on the Virginia and Truckee Railway where it was repaired and refurbished.
• The car was then renamed the GOLD COAST while retaining the original number and CENTRAL OF GEORGIA on the letterboard.
• In 1950, the car was presented to the Pacific Coast Chapter of the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society for perpetual preservation.
• It is currently on display in Sacramento in the California State Railroad Museum

Office Car COLUMBUS

• Rebuilt in the Savannah Coach Shop in November 1920 from Illinois Central Car No. 3855 as CofGa 100.
• At the time it had a mahogany finish with painted ceilings.
• It had Baker and Vapor heating systems, five ceiling fans and five 9" bracket fans for cooling.
• The floors were carpeted.
• It had wooden double window sash.
• In August 1937, the car was air conditioned by the Central of Georgia in Savannah with an ice activated system.
• On January 26, 1953, Office Car 100 was named COLUMBUS.
• Between 1955 and 1958, the wooden window sashes were replaced with new double glazed aluminum sash windows.
• It is currently on display at the Roundhouse Museum in Savannah following extensive restoration.

Office Car SAVANNAH

• Originally named MARCO POLO, was built in 1927 by Pullman to be part of its general pool for rental service.
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt first used the car when he was governor of New York, then had it leased by the U. S. Government for his continued use in the early years of his presidency.
• Bars used by him to assist in moving around in the car were preserved by the Central of Georgia when the car was rebuilt in the Savannah Coach Shop to become the Office Car SAVANNAH.
• When Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, wife of China's war time president, toured the U.S., the car was assigned to her. When she visited her alma mater, Wesleyan College in Macon, GA, the car was carried on a special train of the Central of Georgia.
• The Central of Georgia bought the car in 1944.
• The car is presently located in the Washington, DC train station and presumably used by Norfolk Southern to entertain guests.
• CENTRAL OF GEORGIA and the name SAVANNAH have been removed, replaced with PULLMAN and MARCO POLO respectively.

Office Car ATLANTA

• Rebuilt in the Savannah Coach Shop from Coach 647 in 1949.
• The 647 was formerly Pullman Parlor Car EDITH, built in 1925 and purchased in 1942 by the CofGa for war time use as a coach.
• The Southern Railway sold the ATLANTA to Atlantic Creosoting Co. in 1970 who moved the car to its Port Wentworth, GA facility where it remained until recently.
• The car is now located in the Roundhouse Museum at Savannah along with the COLUMBUS.

References:

Blue and Gray Passenger Car Paint (1945) Manufacturer--Threshers

• Blue #9820
• Gray#9819
• Imitation Gold (lettering) Dupont Duco "DULUX" 21-13-95-056

• Blue #259-31040
• Gray #259-31030
• Black #259-2048
• Orange #259-19151
• Imitation Gold #289-3572

Microscale Decals For Central Of Georgia Equipment

STREAMLINED PASSENGER CARS (1947-1963)	HO 87-1126	N 60-1126
STREAMLINED PASSENGER CAR STRIPING (1947-1963)	HO 87-1127	N 60-1127
DIESEL CAB LOCOMOTIVES F3A, E7A, E8A (1947-1959)	HO 87-382	N 60-382
HOOD LOCOMOTIVES RS-3, GP7, GP9, SD9 (1947-1959)	HO 87-604	N 60-604
SWITCHERS (1952-1959)	HO MC-4062
STEAM LOCOMOTIVES (1931-1953)	HO 87-1194	N 60-1194
COVERED HOPPERS (1940-1963)	HO 87-1093	N 60-1093
40' and 50' BOX CARS (1937-1963)	HO 87-1079	N 60-1079
CABOOSES (1930-1963)	HO 87-1219	N 60-1219