That is interesting. Thanks for sharing stuff on the early years. I get the whole high hoods era attraction, but for some reason I'm just fascinated in the 1900-1940 era. I'm reading a 1928 Car

Tom: Those (converted wood rack) chip cars were discussed in a TIES article years ago. Maybe someone (Bill Schafer) can tell us which issue? Ike PS They never would have traveled to Columbus, GA.

Chris: Remember, prior to WWII the Southern was basically an East-West railroad (note the 1921 v 1931 traffic map). A Southern route from Norfolk to Ivorydale (Cincy), OH would have been the most

Note attached....By June of 1911, attitudes on all-steel cars had changed but the Pullman Co. could not supply enough steel cars. The Southern considered the "Birmingham Special" a first-class train,

There are a number of memos and letters in the SRHA archives that discuss the move from wood to all-steel passenger equipment. Running multiple sections was already becoming a problem simply because

Ike, Fascinating stuff. I did find several versions of the SS Pythia and whale oil shipping on this list, including an SS Pythia that supposedly ran from 1915 to 1928 under the A/S Dominion Whaling

Thanks Jack! I have added that page to my list now. Google needs a librarian, when I tried SS even S/S Pythia all I got was the info I put up. That and how whale oil is bad . Todd Pearson

Almost certainly tank cars. General American Tank Car Journeys published by General American Tank Car Corporation in 1931 has a whole page (P. 99) devoted to 'whale oil'. From that page: "whole ship

A ship named Pythia is in this list: Donaldson Line (theshipslist.com) It was sold to Norway in 1911 and converted to a whale factory ship. Jack Wyatt

Hi Ike Whale oil Margerine and brake fluid Who knew? John Stewart Birmingham, AL

I would assume box cars as well, unless in its oil form maybe a tank? I looked for a ship named Pythia, none from that era, however there was a shipping company out of Glasgow Scotland that had ships

Charlie, I believe that they are designed to do so, but they’ll look better on broader curves. Doug Alexander Sent from my portable UNIVAC Computational Machine. -- Doug Alexander Atlanta

Presidents' Files Box 403 contains files that discuss shipments, and revenues, for every category of freight the Southern carried in the early 1920s. Manufactured items, from the North to the South,

I see the letter was from the fifth vice president to the fourth vice president. Was there a sixth, seventh, and eighth vice president. :-)

John: The original scan is too large to post on the .io site but if any SRHA members would like a hi-res copy of the drawing, send me an email at archives@... and I’ll send a link to Google

Hi folks Yes sir, Ike, that is neat, and a long while back. I love cranes. John Stewart Birmingham, AL

From SRHA Presidents' Files Box F File 77 Note the attached: Every now and then, we find something in the Presidents' files that would probably never be useful in a TIES article.... but it's simply

Hello everyone, In my research of the St. Louis line, I have seen mention of a coal train 291/292. From what few pictures and videos I've managed to find, it shows GP39X and GP50s for power with what

Some time ago, I posted the response from Champion Paper when the Southern forwarded the TVA request to suspend operations of the west end of the Murphy Branch for the construction of Fontana dam in

Hi Folks Good Gracious, that is a handsome locomotive! Thanks to Chris Mayhew John Stewart Birmingham, AL John R Stewart www.bhamrails.info 205-901-3790