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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jim and all,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Frank Greene just sent me this which is great. It
will take a while to go through it.</FONT></DIV>
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Don Yelverton</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Bill Pollard compiled a matrix listing accommodations assigned to the
Tennessean from 1941 - 1966: <A
href="http://www.cbu.edu/~mcondren/MRP/Tennessean/Tennessean-car-assignments.htm">http://www.cbu.edu/~mcondren/MRP/Tennessean/Tennessean-car-assignments.htm</A><BR><BR>The
matrix shows 14 roomette - 4 double bedrooms appearing in the May 1950 Official
Guide, but heavyweight cars as late as 1959 (New York-Memphis
10sec-3dbr).<BR><BR></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 02, 2009 12:01
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Jim Nichols: Photo of
Tennessean , May/June '98 Arrow</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for this information, as it answers a
question I had about how long the silver paint lasted. Yes, the photo is
earlier than 1944 - possibly as early as late 1941. The J pulling the train
dates it as no earlier than October 1941. Jim Nichols</FONT></DIV>
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