Jack: I will be doing this in HO Scale. I have some of the Sanborn maps that I have been able to see online and my friend Jim King is also helping me out as well as Gordon from the Murphy Branch

I have attached one of many items in the SRHA archives that document Southern's business carrying auto parts. Because of the Ford and GM assembly plants in Atlanta, Southern participated in equipment

Southern was nowhere near unique for this little idiom. The B&O used it on the names of stations' signs at the various locations as noted on many early photographs and likely even much later. Bob

Well Bill, then hooray for tradition! Doug

No, but it seems to me to have been a common convention at the turn of the last century. And the Wall Street Journal still places a period at the end of its title, even on the app on my cell phone,

Did you ever get an answer to your "period question"? I have noticed that on a lot of advertising of the era. I think that the last holdout, naturally, was the Wall Street Journal, which ran a

Ike, I'm going through my enormous backlog of emails and happened on this. I don't know if you found a solution, but if not, why not call the nice ladies at Catzpaw in Griffin. They do 3-D printing,

Thanks to Rick Bell, a list of Southern "SCPs" (Special Car Programs) and the later "CP" (Car Programs) is on the "Public" part of the SRHA file server. Use the same URL, etc. described for the

Mike: There is a lot (!) of material available on the S Line and Murphy branch but I have to ask; How much detail are you going to model? My own layout covers only from Murphy Jct to Old Fort (an old

I'm modeling that line, but just the Spencer to Clinchcross portion. I've found the "Business Tracks and Stations Not Shown in Station Columns" in the employee timetable to be very helpful. Also, look

Looks like the flag is wrapped around the firecracker. Guess it’s all right time and right angle. Jason Greene

<< The reason is I am going to be building the Murphy Branch and the Main line from Knoxville to Spencer. I know this is a lot information. If there's other out there that can help with this

Bob, Thanks for the answer! This was a hard one to track down with a lot of internet searches. There are so few pictures that show the conductors side of the locomotive. I first noticed it on a

The "box" observed in front of the fireman's side battery box on the short hood end of SOME SOU SD45's is the ATS control box. A comprehensive examination of SOU's entire SD45 roster concludes the

I appreciate all the answers so far and welcome more info on this item. After looking at pictures after posting, I think the ATS equipment box is the answer. On all SD35 and SD45’s I find this

>I think the extension was a box to put an extra knuckle. Perhaps, but it seems a little narrow and way too deep to hold a knuckle. It would be very awkward trying to lift one out. I think it holds

Ron: I would be interested in the ETT's for the following area's. Time period is 30's through 60's if you don't have all those I will be glad to use what you have to build a TT in Excel. Murphy

Thank you Carl. In addition to the employee timetables, it might be worth looking into other forms of paperwork that could be included...track charts, signal charts, etc. That might make the

Ron: Your divisional CD idea is one we are exploring. CEA

Extra knuckle might be a better explanation, but as noted, the unit is a radio train leader and the short hood is probably crammed with that equipment. The white number board indicates a leader for