SOU In French Lick/West Baden

[George Lortz]

Does anyone know where I can find history, information and/or photos of the Southern operations in French Lick/west Baden.  I'm looking information like dates of operation and types of service.

Thanks,

George Lortz

[Robert Wheeler]

George:
The places I would look are:

1) The Southern Railway Historical Society (or whatever they call themselves)
2) Southern Employee Timetables for the division serving French Lick in the 1920s to about 1940s. The SOU Ry HS may be a good place to fine them. Also, The National Association of Timetable Collectors' Website may lead to a source for the timetables.
3) Books with/about Southern Ry. history.
4) About the least informative the public timetables. The Official guides may be an easy place to find them.
5) The Orange County Historical Society or  a similar group in the area

The Monon operations started 1891 (Before the Southern or its predecessor arrived)or before and continued until the line was abandoned after 1970.

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[George Lortz]

Bob,

Good to hear from you.  Items 1) and 3) were attempted with no results.  I'll get to work on 2), 4) and 5).  I also plan to put ads in the newspapers that circulate in the FL/WB area.

It's been amazing to me how little information is available about this su[not allowed]ect.  My assumption is that it was an unimportant route for the SOU despite the fact they had both passenger and freight service to the area.

My hope is to able to write an article about the su[not allowed]ect.  I have a track diagram of the SOU freight yards, which Cookie gave me and a few poor-quality photos and that's it so far..

George L.