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Mystery Photo # 6
7/2/2004
Solved 9/1/06
My good friend
Russell Tedder of Arkansas sent me this one for the mystery files:
Don,
For several years I have had
a nice 8x10 photo of a "going away" shot of mixed train
with probably 10-12 cars and a combine. The engine is out of
sight insofar as recognition and the combine doesn't have any markings
other than 655. This picture was made by the Sanborn brothers of
Lakeland, Fla., and I'm pretty sure it's in South Georgia. It
looks like track that could be one of the Pidcock lines, or maybe
even the G&F. There are three crewmen sitting on chairs or
stools on the back platform of the combine, which itself is running
with the passenger compartment in the front instead of the
rear. It is not Jim Crow combine. It woud be circa 1950.
Would you be willing to take
a look at this and see if you have any ideas, or maybe you might want
to run it as a "Mystery Photo" on your website. I know that heretofore you mystery photos
have been much more ancient than this, but I am really puzzled by
it. I have even looked in the equipment register for No. 655 on a
combine without success.
Thanks,
Russell
The
answer came via the new Georgia & Florida book by Al Langtry.
If
anyone can help us out here please contact me by e- mail.
