I have two of those kits in my stash, both in the green Wright Trak boxes. I might take some pictures for you to look over. I think I would test the waters much like you did with the 12 post and see

A model of the long-awaited 12-post PS 5277 cf boxcar is close at hand. Pullman-Standard manufactured these exclusively for Southern Railway and the original Norfolk Southern starting in early 1973.

Several SRHA Directors will be at the Collinsville RPM Fri and Sat. Stop by our table if you are there. And….(if you have your Covid vaccination) plan to join us at the August archives work session

Ike, I believe it was fairly common practice among railroads to stamp the owning roads reporting marks (Southern had none) and car number on the center sill. You might find the location on a paint and

I have found many Southern cars stenciled on the frame near the bolster but often this gets very dirty and hard to read. Inside the door is often another good place. You may have to remove layers of

I don’t know about the center sill but I do remember seeing the initial & number stamped on the lower side of the car body around the hand rails. Don’t remember if it was the ‘A’ end or

Does anyone know if the Southern used metal dies to stamp a car’s road number on its center sill? The question is to try to determine a car’s original number so it can be painted and numbered

Has NS cut back on their traffic on the old Southern main line from Atlanta to Washington

Hi Ike and all, I believe my Grandmother! Happened in Pittsburgh, drawings came from Duquesne Power Co where he was a construction engineer. But likely started a lot earlier in Indiana where he

John: Arrrgh…I have heard that before but was hoping it was a railfan myth. I heard the Secretaries at the DC headquarters would ask the Engineering people for old drawings they could take and wash

Hi folks Love those old linen drawings. My grandmother used to make all my grandfather’s handkerchief from discarded engineering drawings. John Stewart Birmingham, AL

There are at least 46 partial drawings of the Atlanta Terminal Station building in the SRHA archives. As they were all scanned from old microfilm, none are in perfect condition and there is no

Apparently, the question began from the NYC’s cars in the order. They started the issue of having 3 inch skirts on their lightweight cars. There is an entire sequence of correspondence between the

I wonder who the guy was that thought they could call up Ford and ask them to modify their cars to look like Chevy? My response would have been “If you wanted all your cars to look the same you

The attached letter from Budd to the Southern, 4-28-47 is one of a series of letters in the SRHA archives where Southern asked Budd, ACF and Pullman to change the design of the side sheets on cars on

Thanks for the heads-up

Just got the flyers for the annual (except last year of course), Gaithersburg Railroadianna show in "only" 4 months. That seems like a long time, but in no time it will be upon us I am sure. The date

My observations were that engineering people more often than not found a purpose for track, buildings, etc. that were planned for abandonment. The purpose was usually to park work equipment or to

From the SRHA Archives: When the Southern dieselized, many structures, tracks, etc. were rendered obsolete but still on the company’s books as assets. Rather than "write them down” over the usual

In 1955 my memory says black. I’m not sure when the flats, hoppers and racks went to brown but I thought it was 1957. Could be wrong. Maybe some one who definitely knows will chime in. But you could