Please contact me off-list re: the SOU/NS wood chip hopper kits project. Your email addresses don’t seem to be working. Jim King http://smokymountainmodelworks.com/ -- Jim

Quick reminder that the January 23rd cutoff date to pre-order a limited rerun of Southern and NS wood chip hopper resin kits is just 2 days away. This is the last day to place a reservation and

Just a comment on the bridge greasing and the discontinuing. In the late 70's, I went with Bernie Schwartz to a bridge that collapsed under a loaded Big Red coal train over the Big Warrior River on

David: I do not expect there is a specific TVRM “plan” for Sou 5 at this moment, its restoration will come first. As it will be operational, as opposed to a “museum piece”, the car will

Ike, Do you know TVRM's plan for the car? Marv knows what I'm thinking ... David Payne

Marvin: Yes! That is the plan… I will put the entire Point Richmond, OC-X…OC-5, NS8 file on line at this week ends archives work session (we’ll also take time to go see NS8). That file contains

Of course.

Ike, you say the car will be restored as SR OC #5. Would that be in original Pullman green paint as well? Thanks, Marv Clemons

Southern Railway official car No 5 (disguised as NS No 8) arrived at Chattanooga this afternoon. It will be set on trucks tomorrow and moved to the TVRM Soule Shops to be restored as Southern Railway

The trucks under Ed’s shot of 73648 appear to be 40-ton, maybe 50-ton, capacity most likely left over from scrapped 40-ft boxcars. The car’s 70-ton capacity is likely impossible now it’s in

Scott: I have not checked to see if they are correct for clay hopper conversions but they ARE absolutely correct for Southern. I questioned their freight car brown color with Roman lettering. The

Ike wondered: > PS I have not checked but might the new Tangent hoppers be a starting point for a model of these? Tangent's 3-bay hopper is a Pullman 15-panel PS-3, 2700cf if memory serves. L&N owned

Thanks guys for the answers and pics. Some serious weathering projects there! I assume the reason for the "clamshell" doors is regular coal car doors wouldn't be tight enough to keep wet clay from

Ike, I’ve attached a photo I took in May of 1996. I just don’t remember where I took it. I was living in Charlotte at the time and somewhat likely that’s where I was. Anyway, it shows the

Dave, Good answer! I wonder if it was something thick and nasty which they had to heat up to get it to flow. Maybe they were burning some of the stuff itself to accomplish that goal. Another question

Hi Ike, Neat pic. Short answer: Something nasty! Dave -- Owner, Cumberland Model Engineering(865) 333-5712 www.CumberlandModelEngineering.comPastor, St. Paul Presbyterian

Dave: Here is another photo of T-413. WHAT are they burning in that tank? The origin of T-413 may be in the ICC records in the archives if it survived past 1926 or so when the valuation study

Wow, Ike. That 1920s era Weed Killer Flat Car appears to be one of the CNO&TP truss rod flats with the bizarre steel channel truck side frames. That is ancient, pre-WWI stuff! Dave Q

All: This is a shameless ad for SRHA’s three-book set Southern Railway Freight Car Diagrams. SRHA has sold hundreds of copies over the years but the current printing is almost gone (more are not

Dave, SR converted 70 cars from their 70 Ton 3-bay hoppers in 1956. Kevin von der Lippe Oak Ridge, NC