W. Edwin Mims photograph collection Descriptive Summary Repository: Georgia Historical Society Creator: Mims, W. Edwin. Title: W. Edwin Mims photograph collection Dates: 1886-1967 Extent: 0.75 cubic feet (2 boxes) Identification: MS 1692 Biographical/Historical Note A mechanical engineer with Seaboard Coastline Railroad, W. Edwin Mims has had a lifelong connection to railroads; his father, W.H. Mims, was a mechanical engineer for the Central of Georgia railroad. Scope and Content Note This collection consists of photographs relating to the Central of Georgia Railroad, dating 1886-1967, with some undated images. Most of the photos are of engines; however there are a few images of shops and yards. Photos of named trains include the "Nancy Hanks II" and the 'Southwind." The photographs in this collection are all copy prints; there are no original photos. These copy prints were reproduced from several photograph albums compiled by W. Edwin Mims. The albums contain photographs purchased from various railroad collections, photographs taken by his father, W. H. Mims, and photos taken by W. E. Mims himself. The collection inventory has been sorted in three ways: by locomotive number, by date of photograph, and by location of photograph. A few of the photographs have additional information photocopied from the original Mims albums. A list of those photos follows this finding aid. A second list records the original source, if known, for many of the photographs. The following abbreviations are used in the inventories: BLW= Baldwin Locomotive Works CGA=Central of Georgia CGAHS=Central of Georgia Historical Society CRRBC=Central Rail Road and Banking Company of Georgia Historical Society LLW=Lima (Ohio) Locomotive Works Index Terms Central of Georgia Railway. Locomotives--Alabama. Locomotives--Georgia. Mims, W. Edwin. Photographs. Railroad companies--Georgia. Railroads--Buildings and structures--Alabama. Railroads--Buildings and structures--Georgia. Administrative Information Custodial History Material was acquired from collector. Preferred Citation [item identification], W. Edwin Mims photograph collection, MS 1692, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia. Acquisition Information Gift of W. Edwin Mims, 1985 Restrictions Access Restrictions Collection is open for research. Publication Rights Copyright has not been assigned to the Georgia Historical Society. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Division of Library and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Georgia Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher. The photographs in this collection are for research purposes only. Sponsorship Encoding funded by a 2012 Documenting Democracy grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Container List Box Fldr 1 1 Photograph No: 001: Location of Original: Baldwin Locomotive Works Box Fldr 2 1 Photograph No: 001B: Savannah, Ga., 1967 September 3 CGA "Red Building"; photo by WEM 1 Photograph No: 002: Location of Original: Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1886 January 01 1 Photograph No: 002B: Loco/Engine #A: 0555 (S&W), Loco/Engine #B: 1585/1579, 1891 January 1 Savannah & Western 555, later CGA 1585, then 1579, Location of Original: HL Broadbelt/Baldwin Locomotive Works 1 Photograph No: 003: Loco/Engine #A: 0555 (S&W) One of 6 built by Baldwin in 1891; Savannah & Western 1 Photograph No: 003B: Loco/Engine #A: 1700, 1906 January 1 Location of Original: HL Broadbelt/Baldwin Locomotive Works 1 Photograph No: 004, Loco/Engine #A: 0146 May not be CGA, one of 11 built in 1884, Location of Original: Baldwin Locomotive Works 1 Photograph No: 004B: Loco/Engine #A: 0051, 1948 May 3 Savannah, Ga. 1 Photograph No: 005: Loco/Engine #A: 1212 1 Photograph No: 005B: Loco/Engine #A: 1638, 1922 November 24 Nadawah, Al. 1 Photograph No: 006: Loco/Engine #A: 1050 Location of Original: Baldwin Locomotive Works 1 Photograph No: 006B: Macon, Ga. CGA #10, Brill Coach 1 Photograph No: 007: Loco/Engine #A: 1700 Location of Original: Baldwin Locomotive Works 1 Photograph No: 007B: Macon, Ga. CGA #10, Brill Coach 1 Photograph No: 008: Loco/Engine #A: 1224 Location of Original: Baldwin Locomotive Works 1 Photograph No: 008B: Macon, Ga. CGA #10, Brill Coach 1 Photograph No: 009: Loco/Engine #A: 0704, 1925 January 01 Location of Original: Baldwin Locomotive Works 1 Photograph No: 009B: CGA Office Car #97 Built in Savannah shops in 1907; this car on display in the CA State Railroad Museum (Sacramento) 1 Photograph No: 010: Loco/Engine #A: 0771 CGA shops, Macon, Ga. Location of Original: Baldwin Locomotive Works 1 Photograph No: 010B: Loco/Engine #A: 1655, 1912 January 1 Location of Original: HL Broadbelt/Baldwin Locomotive Works 2 Photograph No: 011: Loco/Engine #A: 1818 2 Photograph No: 011B: Loco/Engine #A: 1614, 1905 January 1 Location of Original: HL Broadbelt/Baldwin Locomotive Works 2 Photograph No: 012: Loco/Engine #A: 1925 (ICRR) Illinois Central RR 2 Photograph No: 012B, Loco/Engine #A: 0704, 1926 January 1 Location of Original: HL Broadbelt/Baldwin Locomotive Works 2 Photograph No: 013: Loco/Engine #A: 1765 (ICRR) Illinois Central RR 2 Photograph No: 013B: Loco/Engine #A: 0469, 1926 January 1 Location of Original: HL Broadbelt/Baldwin Locomotive Works 2 Photograph No: 014: Loco/Engine #A: 1614 Location of Original: Baldwin Locomotive Works 2 Photograph No: 014B: Loco/Engine #A: 0417, 1948 March 13 Griffin, Ga. 2 Photograph No: 015: Loco/Engine #A: 1663 2 Photograph No: 015B: Loco/Engine #A: 0415, circa 1951/1952 Near Meldrim, Ga., Passenger train "The Little Nancy" ran between Savannah & Augusta 2 Photograph No: 016: Loco/Engine #A: 0444, 1933 July 29 East Point, Ga., Locomotive #444; photo by Shelby F. Lowe, Location of Original: W Edwin Mims 2 Photograph No: 016B: Savannah, Ga., 1933 January 1 Special train for railroads' Centennial Celebration 2 Photograph No: 017: Loco/Engine #A: 0435, 1939 September 10 Birmingham, Al.,Location of Original: F.E. Ardrey Jr. must have permission to reproduce 2 Photograph No: 017B: Loco/Engine #A: 0667, circa 1946 Near Macon, Ga., Man in photo is Hubert Hawthorne, Mechanical Engineer CGA; photo taken by WH Mims 2 Photograph No: 018: Loco/Engine #A: 1655 Location of Original: Baldwin Locomotive Works 2 Photograph No: 018B: Loco/Engine #A: 0053 (WS), 1955 August 1 Wadley, Ga. 2 Photograph No: 019: Loco/Engine #A: 0469 Location of Original: Baldwin Locomotive Works 2 Photograph No: 019B: Loco/Engine #A: 0041 (L&W), 1955 August 1 Dublin, Ga. 2 Photograph No: 020: Loco/Engine #A: 1136 Location of Original: Baldwin Locomotive Works 2 Photograph No: 020B: Loco/Engine #A: 0642, 1949 May 28 Cedartown, Ga. 3 Photograph No: 021: Loco/Engine #A: 1150 Location of Original: Baldwin Locomotive Works 3 Photograph No: 021B: Loco/Engine #A: 0208 3 Photograph No: 022: Loco/Engine #A: 1659 Location of Original: Baldwin Locomotive Works 3 Photograph No: 022B: Loco/Engine #A: 1537 CGA 3 Photograph No: 023: Loco/Engine #A: 1862 3 Photograph No: 023B: Loco/Engine #A: 1592, 1893 January 1 Possibly Savannah, Ga., The "Nancy Hanks" 3 Photograph No: 024: Savannah, Ga., circa 1930s Offical CGA photo taken for centennial celebration 3 Photograph No: 024B: Macon, Ga. Erecting bay, CGA Macon shops 3 Photograph No: 025: Loco/Engine #A: 1691 Early 1920s, CGA shops, Columbus, Ga. 3 Photograph No: 025B: Macon, Ga., circa 1924 Erecting bay, CGA Macon shops 3 Photograph No: 026: Columbus, Ga., circa 1910 appears in CGAHS Magazine 3 Photograph No: 026B: Savannah, Ga. CGA coach shop 3 Photograph No: 027: Loco/Engine #A: 0667 3 Photograph No: 027B: Savannah, Ga. CGA coach shop; east end of building looking north toward transfer table 3 Photograph No: 028: Loco/Engine #A: 0493, 1947 September 1 Hopewell, Ga. 3 Photograph No: 028B: Macon, Ga., circa 1920/1924 Erecting bay, CGA Macon shops 3 Photograph No: 029: Loco/Engine #A: 0642, 1948 May 1 Brewar, Ga. 3 Photograph No: 029B: Macon, Ga., circa 1920 CGA Macon shops, storehouse on left, erecting shop on right 3 Photograph No: 030: Loco/Engine #A: 0467 CGA, appears in CGAHS Magazine 3 Photograph No: 030B: Loco/Engine #A: 1535, Loco/Engine #B: 0005, 1909 January 1 Macon, Ga., First engine lifted in new CGA Macon shops 4 Photograph No: 031: Loco/Engine #A: 0485 Location of Original: Central of Georgia official photo? 4 Photograph No: 031B: Macon, Ga., circa 1920 CGA Macon shops 4 Photograph No: 032: Loco/Engine #A: 0484, Loco/Engine #B: 0453 Jonesboro, Ga., late 1940s, double heading steam locomotives 4 Photograph No: 032B: Macon, Ga., circa 1956 CGA Macon shops; aerial view 4 Photograph No: 033: Jonesboro, Ga. Late 1940s, double heading steam locomotives 4 Photograph No: 033B: Macon, Ga., 1886 May 31 CRRBC of GA 4 Photograph No: 034: Loco/Engine #A: 0775 Lovejoy, Ga. 4 Photograph No: 034B: Macon, Ga., 1886 May 31 CRRBC of GA 4 Photograph No: 035: Loco/Engine #A: 0457 Jonesboro, Ga., late 1940s, double heading steam locomotives 4 Photograph No: 035B: Loco/Engine #A: 1653, 1914 March 1 Savannah, Ga., Steel cars except sleeping car on rear 4 Photograph No: 036: Loco/Engine #A: 0453, 1954 November 1 Macon, Ga., Photo by E.D. Patterson 4 Photograph No: 036B: Savannah, Ga., 1914 March 1 Steel cars except sleeping car on rear (Note: sleeping car is owned and operated by CGA, not Pullman) 4 Photograph No: 037: Loco/Engine #A: 0455 Wesleyan College, Macon, Ga., offical CGA photo 4 Photograph No: 037B: Loco/Engine #A: 1653, 1914 March 1 Savannah, Ga., Steel cars except sleeping car on rear 4 Photograph No: 038: Loco/Engine #A: 0454 Macon, Ga., late 1940s, when the new roof was put on 4 Photograph No: 038B: Loco/Engine #A: 1010, circa 1910 Columbus, Ga., Old shops and turntable; negative printed backwards--see 73B 4 Photograph No: 039: Loco/Engine #A: 0443 Andalusia, Al., Offical CGA photo 4 Photograph No: 039B: Loco/Engine #A: 1691, circa 1924 Columbus, Ga., New shops and turntable 4 Photograph No: 040: Andalusia, Al.