me & breeze was workin for a guy in tyler tx he told us about camp fannin a us army base that shut down in 1945 we live near the old OFFICERS club
and about a mile from the old firing range which is now a hospital
ther would be 2 trains a week bringing pows from other bases to tyler they would rebuild the motors for army trucks & jeeps 1 train would bring old motors and parts & take the rebuilt ones back the old depot stillstands but is in bad shape [:(] the line was a cotton belt but is now UP[8D]
Ah, the shackle cars are back![(-D][:-,][swg][:-^][alien]
What are the shackle cars??? [D)][%-)][%-)]
You mean you haven’t heard, it’s a legend round here. I’ll go look it up for ya’.
Ohh, why thank you [:I]
Here you go, these have been the stuff of jokes ever since.
http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?page=1&TOPIC_ID=20437
wow…[:-,]
Ive been modelling rail ops in Texas for about five years now, and I cannot ever remember hearing, knowing, or reading about that.