By now, I probably should not be surprised at the variety of material I find in the Southern Railway Presidents’ files in the SRHA archives. I suspect we do not realize how important passenger

All, Thanks for the extra history. I didn't realize coal has acid in it that would eat away at steel cars, but that makes a lot of sense. Thanks for Bob's number. I haven't lived in Raleigh for close

Tim: No, Sou 992987 (according to the SR MoW records) is one of the high side gons built by Mt. VernonCar Co. in 1943. I’m sure the info is someplace but I cannot locate the car’s revenue road

Could this be a similar car? Photo was made January 10, 2020 in Chattanooga

David, Bob is in Wallingford KY. He will be at the Neuse River show in Raleigh May 1-2. (Next weekend!) His number is 606-748-1811 David Carpenter

Hi Bill, Thank you for helping me with that information. Glad to see the other model is numbered correctly after all. I'll have to think about what I want to do and either paint it similarly and

David, This is a model of a Southern Coal Gondola. The following information is from the Sunshine Models Prototype Data Sheet.The cars were originally CAPY: 100,000. I have a couple of photo’s from

Hi all, I've had a model of a 42' Gondola made by PSC for quite some time. I'm trying to understand what I actually have. There is no documentation in the box and nothing really at all about this

I look forward to meeting you soon

Rodney: There must (!) be some videos of the Southern container cranes among the films SRHA received from NS a number of years ago. (More videos than I remember, my Honda Accord was down on its

Thanks for the information. I plan to be in Chattanooga at the next "work day" and will certainly look set aside some time to look through those files. I wonder if there are any short videos of the

All, Just a reminder that this is the last week to order your SRHA swag in black. We’ll continue to carry the green items. So go out and order some of both for your summer wardrobe. Kevin

Rod: I never managed handling COFC but the answer to your question can be found in the Rail-Highway files in the SRHA archives. Two things are important to understand: The first TTX cars did not have

I would like for those of you who managed the early handling of containers on flatcars (without truck wheels or frames) for information as to why Southern initially handled loading and unloading of

The “story” of the decline in passenger trains and development of railroad intermodal services (at least on the Southern Railway) is much more intertwined than I believe is typically understood.

Hi all, I'm trying to work through a queue of projects and one is finishing up an article for a 44T water cooler stand I created. Nothing crazy, and it was based off this

Michael: I have scanned a number of documents with those comparisons, many “fallen flags” are represented. I’ll try to post something this wekend. Ike

I'm trying to wrap up 2021-3 TIES - its deadline is April 25, and I don't have many (or any) images for the time period covered by the 3rd installment (1935-1950) of our Akron Branch series. If anyone

Since WW1 had started, it could be the USRA was upset, the the Southern boxcars weren't big enough to load war supplies , when they were unloaded on other railroads. suppose they shipped cotton bales

George- I agree with the other Paul. These documents are fascinating. Please keep them coming. In the meantime, hope you are well safe and sane. Have a really good day. Paul